That's the end of today's Sportsday but, worry not, there will be more of the same on Tuesday and there's live text commentary of Hull's Premier League clash with West Ham to keep you entertained throughout the evening.

All-rounder Jesse Ryder produced career-best figures of 5-50 as Essex dominated the opening day against Leicestershire at Grace Road.

The home side, bottom of Division Two, were all out for 138 in 36.4 overs.

New Zealander Ryder was well supported by Graham Napier (3-43) and David Masters (2-43), while Dan Redfern's unbeaten 54 was the only score of note.

Middlesex only managed one point in their fight against relegation on day one against Somerset.

Craig Kieswetter hit 69 off 80 balls in his return from severe facial injuries as Somerset reached 266-5 at stumps.

Youngster Tom Abell made exactly 50 before being unluckily run out backing up, and James Hildreth faced 173 deliveries for an unbeaten 70.

Victory at Taunton will ensure Middlesex remain in Division One next season and send Lancashire down.

Chris Nash continued his special relationship with Trent Bridge by scoring his third County Championship century on the ground to help Sussex to 358 for nine on the first day of their match against Nottinghamshire.

Nash scored 178, the first time he had reached three figures this summer; his runs coming from 235 balls with 32 fours. It was the 31-year old's 17th first-class hundred, with four of them coming against Notts.

Andre Villas-Boas takes his in-form Zenit St Petersburg side to Benfica for their Champions League opener on Tuesday unworried by the threat of over-confidence threatening their impressive start.

Zenit finished a point behind Russian Premier League winners CSKA Moscow last year but are currently top of the table having won each of their opening seven fixtures.

"We should understand that when [a defeat] does happen, it won't be because we were too over-confident or anything like that," said the former Tottenham and Chelsea boss.

"It will be because our opponent was better than us and then you just have to jump right back again and show that you are stronger."

Former Manchester United and England midfielder Paul Scholes believes Liverpool could be a good outside bet to win this season's Champions League.

The 39-year-old, speaking in his role as a pundit for ITV's coverage of the competition, said: "Brendan Rodgers has done a fantastic job. The style of play he's adopted is exciting to watch and the players seem to have taken to him. I feel they will do well with the players they have.

"The big advantage they have is a home crowd. Anfield is always a hostile place to go, which is something Manchester City lack."

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Liverpool face Ludogorets in the Champions League on Tuesday. If you're unfamiliar with the Bulgarian side, here are some facts:

- Nicknamed "the Eagles" they were presented in 2014 with a live eagle, named Fortuna, by Europa League rivals Lazio whom they beat 4-3 on aggregate.

- Ludogorets are bankrolled by Bulgarian industrialists Kiril and Georgi Domuschiev, who bought the club in 2010.

- They have won the Bulgarian championship in each of the last three seasons.

- As their 6,000-seater Ludogorets Arena in Razgrad does not meet UEFA requirements, they play their home European fixtures 200 miles away in the national stadium in the Bulgarian capital Sofia.

British, Commonwealth and European all-around champion Max Whitlock has been included in Britain's men's team, external for the World Championships in Nanning in October.

There is no place for Olympic silver medallist Louis Smith, who won pommel horse bronze at the Commonwealth Games.

Commonwealth all-around champion Claudia Fragapane has been selected in the women's team.

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Wasps boss Dai Young has said James Haskell has vindicated the decision to appoint him as skipper this season.

The 29-year-old England flanker has a strong presence on Twitter and is not unfamiliar with photo shoots, premieres or media launches.

"I think people were quite surprised when I picked him as captain," said Wasps director of rugby Young.

"Outwardly he can be a little bit showbusiness I suppose. But in the camp he is a real role model."

Former Newcastle manager Graeme Souness is not surprised the pressure on current boss Alan Pardew is intensifying.

Pardew's future has become the subject of heavy speculation after a dismal start to the season.

Souness, in charge at St James' Park from 2004-06, told Sky Sports News: "If you are not winning football matches then it used to be you got half a season, or usually a season, now you get six games. If you are in a job you know that is the case."

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The New York Times, external has calculated how many swings New York Yankees' Derek Jeter has taken in his professional career, including training games. Jeter, who will retire after this season, is in his 20th as a major leaguer.

Before Sunday night's game against the Baltimore Orioles, Jeter had played in 2,734 games and had 3,450 regular-season hits, the sixth most in history.

And, according to the number crunchers, by the end of the season the American will have taken 341,960 swings - which is nearly four days of non-stop swinging.

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said the club will cope with the injury to right-back Mathieu Debuchy.

"In defence we of course have the Mathieu Debuchy injury, and that puts us in a position where we do not want more," said Wenger before Tuesday's Champions League tie with Borussia Dortmund.

"Hopefully there is good news after his scan today and he is back soon.

"We have Callum Chambers who can play in different positions, Nacho Monreal can play at centre-back and as well Hector Bellerin, who I think now is ready to play."

Liverpool face Bulgarian side Ludogorets in the Champions League on Tuesday. If you're unfamiliar with the team's opponents - here are some facts:

- Founded in 2001 as Ludogorie Football Club, they acquired the licence of one of the first football clubs in the town of Razgrad, which itself was founded in 1945 but dissolved in 2006.

- They are the second Bulgarian team after Levski Sofia to reach the group stage of the Champions League.

- Last season, they reached the last 16 of the Europa League before exiting to Valencia.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers believes Mario Balotelli will relish the responsibility of being the side's senior striker as Liverpool make their Champions League return on Tuesday.

"Time will tell. The boy is only just in the door," he said before the clash with Ludogorets.

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"The best players enjoy that responsibility and I am sure it is one he is relishing but on the training field he is going to work hard to accept that responsibility knowing he has been brought in here to do a job which is to create and score goals and work hard."

BBC Sport's Ben Smith asks whether an English club will win this season's Champions League.

"Research by Deloitte shows that over the past two summer transfer windows in England, Premier League clubs have spent a total of £1.47bn, which again outstrips the combined spending of all top-flight clubs in Spain and Germany," writes Smith.

"That spending is bound to have an impact. Whether it will transform an English team from contenders to champions is unknown but without doubt, this season's Champions League looks as competitive as ever."

Infostrada, external say that the big three Spanish clubs - Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid - are all but certain of progressing from the Champions League group stages.

The three Spanish clubs all have at least a 95% chance of reaching the second round, according to the Euro Club Index, while Bayern Munich and Chelsea have above 90%.

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Radamel Falcao thanked Manchester United's fans after making his debut at the "extraordinary" Old Trafford.

Falcao came off the bench in the 67th minute of United's 4-0 win at home to QPR in the Premier League on Sunday.

He was unable to find the net but the deadline day signing clearly enjoyed his run-out.

"It felt good to make my debut at Old Trafford," he said. "It is an extraordinary stadium, a legendary stadium and I am happy to get the win. I will enjoy this moment."

Former Arsenal and Real Madrid striker Nicolas Anelka is set to join Indian Super League club Mumbai City. Here are a selection of your comments in response, taken from the BBC Sport Facebook page., external

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Au Ga:, external Arsenal, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Shanghai Shenhua in China, West Brom Albion... and now Mumbai City. Anelka one of the BEST journeymen in football history.

Hans Pedersen:, external He's definitely up there amongst the most unsettled ones. There was a Brazilian player a few years ago called the beast, I think. He tended to switch clubs as often as the Fifa rules allowed him to. I guess Mario Balotelli will be a member of this list by the end of his career.

Liam Corneille:, external He'd be a nobody without Arsene Wenger and as soon as he left he just declined. £23m profit off of him and we ended up with Thierry Henry. Not too bad in the end.

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New Manchester United signing Daley Blind says his boss Louis van Gaal's honesty can be frightening.

"He is very honest to everybody. He knows what he wants and he knows his philosophy," said the £13.8m signing from Ajax.

"He can bring that to the players and he can make a team with everybody in. That is a good start for everybody if you want to work for each other. I have really learned a lot from Van Gaal and I like working under him.

"He is not frightening, he is just honest. That can be frightening, but I like it."

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Frank Warren has confirmed to BBC London 94.9 that Chris Eubank Junior will fight Billie Joe Saunders on the undercard of the Tyson Fury-Derek Chisora fight at the Excel Centre in London on 29 November.

Warren said: "They're two undefeated fighters and there's a bit of bad blood between them so it will be a cracking fight.

"The winner will go on and fight for the world title."

On Eubank Jnr, Warren said: "His father has been guiding his career - he says a lot of good things about him and in the last couple of fights he's looked extremely good.

"At this stage of his career he's a better fighter than his father."