Manchester United remain hopeful of signing Marcos Rojo from Sporting Lisbon.

BBC Sport's Simon Stone says the proposed deal for the Argentina defender is 'inching' closer to completion.

Rojo, 24, has apologised for refusing to train with the Sporting last week in an attempt to force the transfer through.

Triathlete Ben Dijkstra wins Great Britain's first gold medal at the Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. Dijkstra, 15, from Leicester was outside of the medal positions after the 750m swim, but fought back into contention during the 20km cycling phase. He then secured victory in a photo finish at the end of the 5k run.

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Chances are that, unless you're a hardcore Middlesbrough, Wigan or Sunderland fan, you'll struggle to remember a Lee Cattermole goal.

Until this weekend that is. The tough-tackling midfielder is not known for his attacking prowess, but shocked many - including himself - with an early thunderbolt against West Brom.

"I was happy with that goal," Cattermole joked on Sunderland's official website., external "Everybody knows I don't score many but when I do they're decent!"

"I knew I'd struck the ball well and then I was delighted when it went in. Goals are not my game, that's not what I'm in the team to do, but when a chance falls I'll take it."

The return of the Premier League means one thing - the return of Garth Crooks's Team of the Week. The former Tottenham striker has already picked his best XI from the opening weekend and now you can decide which of these players caught the eye more than anyone else. So get clicking on your choice in our Sportsday Vote - you've got until 11:00 BST - and we will reveal the results shortly after.

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Inbee Park is celebrating her fifth major title after defending the Wegmans LPGA Championship on Sunday with a play-off victory over Brittany Lincicome in Pittsford, New York.

The South Korean approached the final two holes trailing by two shots, but a birdie on 17 and a vital 15-foot par putt at the last gave her a two-under 70 - matching Lincicome at 11-under 276 after the American bogeyed 18 to complete a 71.

That forced the pair to replay the 18th - the toughest hole of the course at Monroe Golf Club. Lincicome chipped six feet past and then failed with the putt, while Park, after finding the rough behind the flag with her second shot, chipped to three feet and coolly holed out.

We are asking for your memories of your team's worst start to a season. Please keep them coming using the hashtag #myteamsworststart

Alexis Charlton:, external In 11/12 when Arsenal drew 0-0 to Newcastle, lost 2-0 to Liverpool and 8-2 to United, ouch!

Aqil Canizade:, external Chelsea won WBA 6-0 in 2010, but score should be 20-0 it was heart-aching start, they missed too many opportunities.

Dave Musson:, external In 97/98 Villa lost the first four games so I started senior school supporting the team bottom of the league.

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Mahela Jayawardene bows out of Test cricket with a win as Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 105 runs in Colombo to complete a 2-0 whitewash. Jayawardene, 37, finishes with 11,814 runs from 149 Tests at an average of 49.84, with 34 hundreds a 50 half centuries.

Having lost three successive Tests to concede the series against England 3-1, India are also punished for a slow over-rate during their fifth Test defeat at The Oval.

Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni loses 60% of his match fee with the other 10 players losing 30%. Dhoni will be suspended for one match should his side commit another over-rate offence in the next 12 months. India accepted the ruling without appeal.

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Great Britain's athletes can be forgiven for being bleary-eyed today - because they will have been celebrating late into the night after topping the European Championships medal table.

It is only the third time that Team GB has lead the way, after the Class of 2014 secured a record-breaking 12 gold medals.

"We are absolutely over the moon," sprinter Jodie Williams, who helped the 4x100m team smash the British record on the way to winning gold, told BBC Breakfast.

"It has been an amazing trip and we ended it with gold in the 4x100m relay so we're really happy. We have been targeting, and talking about, the national record all year so to do it at the European Championships and win the gold is a fantastic feeling."

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is considering bringing defender Per Mertesacker back from his post-World Cup break early as injury cover for Tuesday's Champions League first leg play-off against Besiktas.

Mertesacker and his Germany team mates Mesut Ozil and Lukas Podolski were given the extended break by Wenger after the World Cup triumph last month but knocks to Laurent Koscielny and Kieran Gibbs in Saturday's last-gasp 2-1 win over Crystal Palace mean Mertesacker, 29, who last week announced his international retirement, could be drafted in to play in Turkey.

Caretaker boss Keith Millen admits the new Crystal Palace manager may decide to dismantle the team built by former boss Tony Pulis.

"This is the problem with changing managers," says Millen. "You bring in players to suit the system you play and if you are bringing in a different manager with different philosophies, then maybe they won't suit that.

"With the window shutting at the end of this month, the appointment is important so they have a little bit of time to bring in new players."

New Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal said his opening day of the Premier League season "could not have been worse". West Ham midfielder Mark Noble described his first-day penalty miss against Tottenham, who went on to win 1-0, as "heart-aching".

So we want to know your memories of nightmare opening days for your team. Heavy defeat against your local rivals? Losing your new summer signing to injury? Whatever it was, we want you to tell us using #myteamsworststart on Twitter, or via text on 81111. Go, go, go!

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I wonder what a millionaire footballer like Esteban Cambiasso wants as a birthday present? A contract with Premier League new-boys Leicester perhaps?

The Foxes are sniffing after the former Real Madrid and Inter Milan midfielder, although boss Nigel Pearson is keeping his cards close to his chest over a potential deal.

"Whether we can do the deal depends on things I am not prepared to talk about," he told BBC Radio Leicester after Saturday's 2-2 draw against Everton.

Time for a quick sing-song..."Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you..." You know the rest.

Celebrating today? So are a number of sporting stars...

Esteban Cambiasso, former Inter Milan and Argentina midfielder - 34

Kris Boyd, Rangers and Scotland striker - 31

Cameron White, former Australia Twenty20 captain - 31

Robert Huth, Stoke defender - 30

Bryan Ruiz, Fulham and Costa Rica forward - 29.

Ross McCormack, Fulham and Scotland striker - 28

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Liverpool made a less-than-convincing start to their Premier League season with a narrow 2-1 win against Southampton. But winger Raheem Sterling is confident that the Reds can escape from tricky upcoming trips to Manchester City and Tottenham with maximum points.

"If we play our normal game, we'll be fine in those two games," the England international tells Liverpool's official website., external "Today we showed courage and that's what we need to show at City next week.

"We'll go out and play our usual game, and hopefully we can get the three points. Last season we had a tough start as well but we got the wins."

While football is the focus throughout the day, we will not be neglecting the rest of the sporting world. So let's head over to golf where Scotland's Marc Warren reckons he does not have a chance of playing in next month's Ryder Cup.

Warren claimed his first European Tour title for seven years on Sunday, but he is not expecting a call from European captain Paul McGinley.

"That's not really in my thinking," he says. "I think that ship has sailed. I've left it a little bit too late."

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Arsenal captain Mikel Arteta believes "on fire" midfielder Aaron Ramsey can become as instrumental for the Gunners as former skipper Cesc Fabregas.

Wales international Ramsey scored an injury-time winner as Arsenal started their Premier League campaign with a 2-1 home win against Crystal Palace.

"We don't really have a 30 or 40-goal scorer at the moment, so to have players who can score goals from the middle of the park is very important," says Arteta.

"He reminds me a little bit of Fabregas when he was here. At his best, Cesc was coming off the front, making the final ball and scoring very important goals."

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So who might QPR and Harry be chasing? Spurs winger Andros Townsend, who you may remember had a loan spell at Loftus Road two seasons ago, is one name that they after, according to the Daily Express., external

But the Express reports the west London club face competition from Southampton for the England winger.

Harry Redknapp is a manager known for his wheeling and dealing, and the Queens Park Rangers boss is ready to dip into the transfer market before the end of the month.

Redknapp, who has already made four summer signings, says he wants to add two midfielders and a striker before the transfer window shuts.

"We need to get a couple more in, we're short in some areas," he says. "I've got three central midfield players - Joey Barton, Alejandro Faurlin and Karl Henry - when you need six midfield players really at this level.

"So we're looking to get one or two midfielders in and maybe a front man as well because we need a bit of cover there. You need four strikers in an ideal world."