Andrew Johnson scored 85 goals in 160 appearances in his first spell at Crystal Palace, from August 2002 to May 2006.

James McArthur, Kevin Doyle and Zeki Fryers could make their Crystal Palace debuts, with Andrew Johnson also available after re-joining the club. Joe Ledley is fit after missing the last two league games, but Marouane Chamakh is nursing a hamstring injury.

New Burnley signings George Boyd, Nathaniel Chalobah and Michael Keane are in contention, although the latter pair are unlikely to start. Forward Danny Ings is available after overcoming illness.

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The Queen's horse Estimate, ridden by Ryan Moore, records a battling success over Whiplash Willie in the Doncaster Cup, the feature race on day three of the St Leger Festival at the South Yorkshire track.

The 11-8 favourite won by one-and-a-quarter lengths and could now be aimed at November's Melbourne Cup.

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Austrian rider Matthias Brandle wins Friday's sixth stage of the Tour of Britain from Bath to Hemel Hempstead but Britain's Alex Dowsett is now the overall leader.

Dowsett, who rides for the Movistar team and won gold for England in the time trial race at the Commonwealth Games, finished a second behind Brandle and holds a 34-second advantage over Poland's Michal Kwiatkowski who finished in the peloton.

Sir Bradley Wiggins is in seventh place, one minute and two seconds back.

Chelsea striker Diego Costa faces a fitness test on his hamstring injury. Eden Hazard is expected to play, despite suffering a minor Achilles problem. New signing Loic Remy could make his debut.

Swansea striker Wilfried Bony will be assessed by manager Garry Monk after playing for the Ivory Coast against Cameroon on Wednesday. Marvin Emnes could be involved for the first time this season following his hamstring injury, but Leon Britton is out for a further month.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says defender Gary Cahill is in the best moment of his career and deserves his new role as England's vice-captain.

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England manager Roy Hodgson says 28-year-old Cahill will be entrusted with the armband in his new-look side whenever captain Wayne Rooney is missing.

"Cahill is a very mature player and his profile as a professional and a player is always stable," adds Mourinho ahead of Saturday's first versus second clash with Swansea City at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. "He is obviously a central defender that England trust."

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Richard Gasquet and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga both won their singles rubbers to give France a 2-0 lead in their Davis Cup World Group semi-final against the defending champions Czech Republic.

Gasquet beat Tomas Berdych 6-3 6-2 6-3 before Tsonga, the world number 12 defeated Lukas Rosol 6-2 6-2 6-3

In the other semi-final, Roger Federer gave Switzerland a 1-0 lead over Italy as he battled to a 7-5 (8/6) 6-4 6-4 win over Simone Bolelli in the first singles rubber.

Stoke City manager Mark Hughes has been speaking at a news conference and hopes his side can build on their shock 1-0 victory away at Manchester City in their last Premier League match.

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"I think in fairness most of the papers gave us the credit we deserved," says Hughes. "To be fair to the people at Manchester City, they said we deserved the victory too, which was nice to hear.

"We have to use that performance and result as the standard now. We have set the bar for ourselves for the coming weeks and months. Leicester will be a totally different game. We will probably use the Aston Villa (1-0) defeat as a bigger incentive to us. We let ourselves down."

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Mourinho also says Loic Remy could make his debut against the Swans and the purchase of the Frenchman was in reaction to the departure of Fernando Torres.

"I analysed the transfer situation early on, and after that my club did an amazing job getting the right players," he adds.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says Diego Costa is a doubt for Saturday's Premier League game against Swansea after suffering a hamstring injury in Spain's defeat to France last week

"Diego came back injured on Saturday so he's had one week to work with the medical department," he says. "He has a chance to play."

BBC Sport's Simon Stone: "Van Gaal says Jones is set to be out for between three weeks and a month with a torn hamstring after he went off in the second half of England's win in Switzerland.

"But the Dutchman did provide a very amusing moment during his news conference.

"A couple of weeks ago he was asked to name his injured players and stumbled somewhat but today he came prepared.

"When the question came today, Van Gaal put on his glasses, opened a piece of paper and started reading from it. 'I have my paper. I have my glasses. Here is the list,' he said."

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Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal says defender Luke Shaw is in contention to make his club debut against QPR on Saturday after recovering from a hamstring injury.

However, the Dutchman is still without nine players, including Marouane Fellaini, Phil Jones, Michael Carrick, Chris Smalling and Ashley Young.

"We shall see who plays on Sunday," he says. "I'm a coach who always decides based on what I have observed."

Ireland have made 241-9 in the third ODI against Scotland in Dublin with John Mooney top-scoring on 96

The hosts have already won the three-match series after successes in game one and game two.

Further to the earlier news (see 14:29 BST) that American investment company Cain Hoy say they are considering a takeover bid for Tottenham Hotspur, the White Hart Lane club say, external they are not in takeover discussions with Cain Hoy or any other party

The club add that they have been in discussions with finance providers in regard to their new stadium and while they have met representatives of Cain Hoy, there are no ongoing discussions.

Britain's double world champion Gee Atherton tells BBC Sport that he believes downhill mountain biking should be in the Winter Olympics.

The downhill races are time trials on steep, rugged tracks that often include jumps and other obstacles and it has featured in every Mountain Bike World Championships but the only event with Olympic status is cross-country, added to the summer Games in 1996.

American investment company Cain Hoy have confirmed they are considering a takeover bid for Tottenham Hotspur.

A statement from the group said they were in the preliminary stages of assessing a cash offer.

Spurs, who are trying to finance a reported £400m project to construct a new 56,250-capacity stadium. denied on Thursday that owner Joe Lewis was seeking to sell, after the Daily Telegraph broke the story of Cain Hoy's interest.

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Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock is looking forward to getting back to action after the international break.

Warnock only took over at Selhurst Park on 27 August and his first game was a 3-3 draw against Newcastle.

"Since I've taken over, my feet haven't touched the ground. I thought it would have been nice to have a game so I could have a nice relaxing afternoon," he said.

"It has been nothing but chasing about, but it has been good and I've really enjoyed the training. They are a genuine bunch and I think bringing in a few new faces has helped set us up for the season."

Newcastle owner Mike Ashley insists he has no plans to sell the club until the end of next season at the earliest.

Ashley has dismissed speculation that he is ready to sell up in order to buy Scottish club Rangers, in which he already has a nine per cent stake.

A club statement,, external which revealed that the Daily Telegraph has been banned by the club for a series of reports on the matter, said: "The truth is Mike Ashley remains committed to Newcastle United. For the avoidance of doubt, this means that for the remainder of this season and AT LEAST until the end of next season, Mike Ashley will not, under any circumstances, sell Newcastle United at any price."

So as mentioned, Yorkshire have won the County Championship title today, their first success in 13 years, after beating Nottinghamshire by an innings and 152 runs at Trent Bridge.

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"It's the best thing I've ever done in cricket," said England bowler Tim Bresnan, who was one of 10 players in the side playing today to have come through Yorkshire's academy.

Coach Jason Gillespie added: "I'm a big one for enjoying the game of cricket, that's why we play the game, and play a really positive brand of cricket. Over the last few years, we've certainly done that, we are here to entertain people."