Warwickshire beat Northants by an innings and 16 runs at Edgbaston to move above Nottinghamshire and into second in the Championship.

Yorkshire secured the title on Friday morning, but the Bears moved 15 points ahead of Notts in the race for second place and £214,000 prize money. Resuming on 149-5 on the final day, Ben Duckett (71) and Andrew Hall (31) briefly raised Northants' spirits. But the visitors were dismissed for 284 before lunch as Keith Barker took 4-47.

Live text commentary from all of today's County Championship matches is available on the BBC cricket pages.

Middlesex v Durham (day four)

BBC London 94.9's Kevin Hand: "Last year's Champions Durham are on the verge of the victory that will ensure their Division One status as they picked up Dawid Malan with the last ball before lunch, having been set 396 to win.

"Six wickets have fallen this morning and the hosts will now be looking nervously over their shoulders with two games to play - their last being at second-bottom Lancashire."

Middlesex 276 & 200-8 Durham 377 & 294

Sussex v Lancashire (day four)

BBC Radio Lancashire's Scott Read: "Lancashire get to lunch in the knowledge that a win this afternoon will almost certainly take them out of the relegation zone.

"Losing quick wickets before lunch may not have been the worst thing for Lancashire as they'll need time to bowl Sussex out. Tom Smith retiring hurt hasn't helped their bowling cause but if the Red Rose are to win it will be largely down to Anderson, Chapple and spinner Simon Kerrigan."

Lancashire 320 & 364 Sussex 434

Right, let's turn our attention briefly to cricket and the state of play in today's County Championship matches...

BBC pundit Mark Lawrenson has given his predictions for this weekend's Premier League matches.

Manchester United have only picked up two points from three League games, but Lawrenson expects Louis van Gaal's side to be celebrating on Sunday afternoon when they face QPR.

This week, Lawrenson takes on Van McCann, the lead singer of British band Catfish and the Bottlemen. To find out his predictions and the rest of Lawro's forecasts then visit his prediction page on the BBC football site.

England Under-21s will face Croatia in the play-offs for next summer's European Championship.

The games will be held between 8 and 14 October and England will be at home for the first leg to be staged at Molineux.

Some more of your comments on how your team has done so far this season and which players have performed well / poorly. Starting with an Arsenal fan.

Saif Rahman:, external Steady but slow start, win against City on Saturday could give us the jump-start we need to mount a serious title challenge.

Andrew Priestley:, external I'm hoping that Manchester United's PL season is going to actually start on Sunday vs QPR! Better late than never I suppose!

BBC Sport football analyst Robbie Savage believes Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger must resist the urge to include too many attacking players against Manchester City.

"His team are at home but he must remember what happened when he went to Etihad Stadium in December last year - Arsenal took City on and got battered 6-3," says Savage.

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"I watched Arsenal's 1-1 draw with Leicester last time out and it was completely obvious that they were missing a defensive midfielder. They looked unbalanced, with too much emphasis on attack. They should have signed a player to solve that problem before the transfer window closed - Wenger chose not to, but he has still got to find a way to tighten things up in his midfield."

The full Robbie Savage column is available on the BBC Sport football pages.

Danny Welbeck's figures include his time at Manchester United and a season on loan at Sunderland, while Aguero has only played for Manchester City in the Premier League.

So former Manchester United man Welbeck is set to make his Arsenal debut against Manchester City on Saturday.

The striker, who netted twice in England's 2-0 win against Switzerland in midweek, will be motivated by criticism from his former boss Louis van Gaal.

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"He played three seasons for the first team, but he doesn't have the record of Robin van Persie or Wayne Rooney. And that is the standard. That's why we let him go," said Van Gaal.

Danny Welbeck could make his Arsenal debut against Manchester City, having scored twice for England against Switzerland on Monday. But midfielder Aaron Ramsey may be absent after sustaining an ankle injury playing for Wales in midweek.

As you've just heard, Manchester City defender Pablo Zabaleta is available, despite picking up a knock on international duty. Forward Stevan Jovetic injured his hamstring while away with Montenegro and is out, while midfielder Fernando will also miss two weeks.

Pellegrini also explains his reasons for letting Alvaro Negredo go to Valencia: "The decision for Negredo to go was very important. We have a restriction on the players we can use in the Champions League. Alvaro Negredo was injured. He wasn't going to be on the list. He wanted to go back to Spain. It all starts from the restrictions due to the money we spent."

Pellegrini also says that Frank Lampard is available to play at the Emirates as is defender Eliaquim Mangala while Pablo Zabaleta is available after picking up a knock while playing for Argentina.

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini says that midfielder Fernando will miss the next two weeks, including Saturday's trip to Arsenal while Stevan Jovetic is also ruled out after picking up an injury on international duty with Montenegro.

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has his turn in front of the cameras, looking ahead to his side's away game at Arsenal on Saturday.

Hull City manager Steve Bruce says it is business as usual after owner Assem Allam has revealed the club is for sale as he continues to fight for the club to be called Hull Tigers.

"Deep down, I know he doesn't really want to sell but he feels so passionate about it and for that you have to respect him," says Bruce. "You only had to see what he did on transfer deadline day to see it's not the actions of a man who wants to sell the club.

"Nothing has really changed and we just want to get on with playing football and I hope the fans can get behind us but it is a difficult situation I find myself in."

As Ryan mentioned, Swansea have looked good so far this season. And their boss Garry Monk has today received the Barclays Premier League manager of the month award for August after the club made a 100% start to the season.

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Monk has guided Swansea to three wins - away to Manchester United and at home to Burnley and West Brom.

Chelsea striker Diego Costa has also won the Player of the Month award.

Some early reaction to our question of which teams and players are looking good or struggling.

David Abakah Jnr:, external Chelsea are making me proud! Jose and the entire team are doing great, however Costa has been excellent.

Ryan Shum:, external Can't look past Swansea, very impressive start after losing Michu. Equally happy with my team Liverpool, two tough away games played.

Sid:, external Aston Villa have looked very impressive after the appointment of Roy Keane as assistant manager.

Ryan, Liverpool did lose one of those away games!

In his column in the London Evening Standard,, external West Ham manager Sam Allardyce says he welcomes Fifa president Sepp Blatter's proposals to allow managers to question referees' decisions during a game.

"I have been banging on about this for some time now, in this column and elsewhere. It has seemed ludicrous that football has been yet again lagging behind other sports in this respect," he says.

"I'm fed up with people who close their minds to change. We have to move forward. We have the biggest brand in the world but, too often, we are the last to take a positive step. That has to change."

Top level domestic football returns this weekend after the international break. So, let's look at the season so far. How is your team doing? Better than expected, are you confident of the title or promotion or has any optimism drifted away as you prepare for another long hard, miserable season?

Which teams or players have impressed, who have been awful? Let us know your thoughts and we will publish the best messages on this page throughout the rest of the day.

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