West Ham defender James Collins withdraws from the Wales squad for their first European Championship qualifier against Andorra on 9 September.

The 31-year-old has a hamstring injury and is replaced by Newcastle United's Paul Dummett.

The results of our vote on who should be England's next captain are in and Wayne Rooney has narrowly edged it.

The Manchester United striker got 30.89% of your votes with Joe Hart second on 28.6% and Gary Cahill third with 23.69%.

Stay tuned and we will bring you Roy Hodgson's official announcement at 12:00 BST.

Chris Byrne:, external Surely new England captain has to be Hart, but of course, it will be given to Rooney.

Christian Evans:, external England captain should be picked based on who sings national anthem with most pride, which would be Hart, or Cahill for me.

Would Wayne Rooney make a good England captain? Tweet us on #bbcsportsday.

Xabi Alonso's move to Bayern Munich made back page news in Spain this morning. He will undergo a medical this afternoon.

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Italy manager Antonio Conte has told Gazzetta dello Sport he is not sure if Mario Balotelli's return to England with Liverpool is a good move or not. "I do know that whoever joins the national team must then deserve to stay there," says Conte - a strict disciplinarian.

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New Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock expects Manchester United's Wilfried Zaha to be his first signing since returning to the club.

Warnock, 65, was appointed Palace boss on Wednesday, four years after finishing his first spell at Selhurst Park, and he hopes to welcome back Zaha, who started his career with the Eagles.

"I did speak to him last night," Warnock tells Talksport. "I spent half an hour telling him why I want him to come back and I'm optimistic we are going to do it today."

Zaha, 21, made only two league appearances for United last season.

George:, external Rooney's inconsistency for England is his downfall, not a worthy captain for England and Utd. Baines or Jagielka for captain.

Jack Morrison:, external Rooney... A role model for kids? No...Can perform on the big stage? No ...A cool head? No ...Future England captain? Hope not.

Tweet us your views on whether Wayne Rooney will make a good England captain to #bbcsportsday.

Today's #QSTeaser from @QuestionofSport, external Which 12 teams in this season's group stages have appeared in the Champions League Final since 2000?

We will have the answer here later.

Who should be England's captain? You can now vote on the right-hand side of this page. Get clicking as the vote will close at 11:30 BST with England manager Roy Hodgson set to announce his choice at 12:00.

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino will make an attempt to take Manchester United and England striker Danny Welbeck on loan, reports the Daily Mail., external

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Welbeck, 23, who has won 26 caps, has only played 27 minutes of United's first two Premier League games of the season under new manager Louis van Gaal.

Castleford announce the signing of Bradford half-back Luke Gale on a two-year deal from next season.

Gale, 26, will help plug the gap created by the imminent departure of Marc Sneyd to Hull and the news will also soften the blow of losing highly rated hooker Daryl Clark, whose move to Warrington for £185,000 was confirmed on Wednesday.

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Former Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia retires from football after a heart condition was detected at a routine medical.

The Spaniard, 37, spent eight years at Arsenal between 2004 and 2012, but after a spell at Watford was due to sign for Italian side Cagliari earlier this month.

But the Serie A side decided not to go ahead with the deal after tests showed he has apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a disease of the heart tissue, external that causes it to thicken and can lead to sudden death.

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BBC Sport pundit Pat Nevin thinks the 3-5-2 system deployed by Louis van Gaal will work at Old Trafford.

In his latest tactical analysis piece, Nevin says the system gives adaptable players such as Phil Jones and Adnan Januzaj the chance to become key to United.

Ex-Arsenal defender Martin Keown says Louis van Gaal's 3-5-2 system needs changing, because "it doesn't work".

Keown told BBC Radio 5 live that Manchester United's players were struggling with the formation.

"He's persisting with this three at the back and I don't believe the players are picking it up well enough; they don't seem to understand it," he said.

The i newspaper leads with Arsenal's Champions League win over Besiktas and says the club's recently acquired teenage centre-back Calum Chambers will be called into Roy Hodgson's England squad. The Three Lions face Norway in a friendly on Wednesday and their first European Championship qualifier against Switzerland on 8 September.

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The squad announcement will take place at 12:00 BST.

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce says he has the budget to bring in one new face to the club before the transfer window closes on Monday.

The Hammers are unlikely to let anyone leave and Allardyce also tells his weekly news conference that he welcomes the forthcoming international break in order to aid the recovery of several players.

"We still have Andy Carroll, Matt Jarvis, Carl Jenkinson, Kevin Nolan and James Collins out. Diafra Sakho tweaked his back on Tuesday too so we're not sure if he'll be fit for Saturday," says Allardyce.

West Ham face Southampton at Upton Park on Saturday.

So let's have a closer look at the Champions League draw, which begins at 16:45 BST. Each team is in one of four pots and cannot play another side from the same country. Each group will consist of one team from each pot.

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Pot one: Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Chelsea, Porto, Real Madrid.

Pot two: Basel, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Manchester City, Paris St-Germain, Schalke, Shakhtar Donetsk, Zenit St Petersburg.

Pot three: Ajax, Athletic Bilbao, Bayer Leverkusen, CSKA Moscow, Galatasaray, Liverpool, Olympiakos, Sporting Lisbon.

Pot four: Anderlecht, APOEL Nicosia, BATE Borisov, Ludogorets Razgrad, Malmo, Maribor, Monaco, Roma.

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Bayern Munich agree to sign Xabi Alonso from Real Madrid.

The German champions say the former Liverpool midfielder will now undergo a medical.

Alonso, 32, retired from international duty yesterday and looks set to leave the Spanish capital after making 192 appearances.

The International Rugby Board will become World Rugby from 19 November as part of a major rebranding programme.

The IRB hopes the move will help it reach out to the sport's growing number of participants, but insists the change will have no impact on the branding of the 2015 World Cup.