Summary

  • Football: Sepp Blatter to resign as Fifa president

  • Blatter cites a "lack of support in the world of football"

  • Extraordinary congress will take place between December and March 2016

  • Get involved: Your reaction to Sepp Blatter quitting #bbcsportsday

  1. Zawraq suffers injury scarepublished at 13:32 British Summer Time 2 June 2015

    Cornelius Lysaght
    BBC horse racing correspondent

    "Zawraq, one of the favourites for flat racing's Epsom Derby on Saturday, is at the centre of an injury scare.

    "The colt, trained in Ireland by Dermot Weld, was found to be lame after a workout on the gallops. Vets believe it will be 36 hours before they are certain if he is able to line up. "

  2. How transfers used to be donepublished at 13:26 British Summer Time 2 June 2015

    Barnsley FC's Twitter pictureImage source, Barnsley FC

    Imagine Manchester United or Real Madrid conducting business like this these days.

    In 1955 this is how Barnsley went about signing and shipping out players. The club have tweeted this telegram., external which shows they clearly had an abundance of forwards.

  3. Runs and wickets aplenty at Trent Bridgepublished at 13:21 British Summer Time 2 June 2015

    BBC Radio Nottingham's Dave Bracegirdle at Trent Bridge:

    Nottinghamshire 255, Sussex 173-7

    "With the visitors resuming on 39-3, the session produced 134 runs for the loss of four wickets, three of them to Jake Ball.

    "Chris Nash was the first man to go, adjudged lbw to Ball for 15, as he tried to work to leg. Luke Wright looked full of shots after he'd arrived at the crease but then lost his off pole to Ball, also for 15.

    "The same bowler had Ben Brown caught behind, first ball, by Riki Wessels and it could have been much worse for Sussex had Craig Cachopa and Chris Jordan not both been spilled in the slip cordon.

    "Jordan's was the only other wicket to fall, comprehensively bowled by Luke Wood, leaving Cachopa unbeaten on 46 at the interval and with his side still 82 runs adrift."

  4. Leicestershire give themselves victory chancepublished at 13:18 British Summer Time 2 June 2015

    BBC Radio Leicester's Richard Rae at Chelmsford:

    Essex 166 & 102-4, Leicestershire 280

    "A tense, absorbing session of county cricket at Chelmsford has concluded with Essex on 102-4, still trailing Leicestershire by 12 runs.

    "The men to go were Ravi Bopara, who fought his way through the first hour before Clint McKay, coming towards the end of an outstanding spell, brought one back sharply off the seam to win a leg before decision.

    "Then Jesse Ryder, who after a very different sort of innings, was bowled by Charlie Shreck.

    "The Foxes' first victory in 38 matches is a little closer, but they know they still have much work to do on a wicket which is improving with every passing session."

  5. Cheer up Dedryckpublished at 13:14 British Summer Time 2 June 2015

    Dedryck BoyataImage source, Celtic

    New Celtic signing Dedryck Boyata looks a bit underwhelmed in the club's official photograph. , external

  6. Bad light stops play at Lord'spublished at 13:05 British Summer Time 2 June 2015

    BBC WM's Mike Taylor at Lord's:

    Warwickshire 342, Middlesex 101-2 (lunch, day three)

    "An early lunch is now anticipated at Lord's, with bad light threatening to smother this match. With the equivalent of two sessions already lost, the game needed to move on quickly this morning to prevent the chance of a positive result vanishing.

    "But only one early wicket came to Warwickshire, Sam Robson edging a drive at a full Chris Wright delivery to first slip. Varun Chopra held that well, but could not cling on to a sharp chance offered by Eoin Morgan. He may have expected wicketkeeper Tim Ambrose to grab it instead.

    "Morgan and Nick Compton resisted with good judgement and timing until it became too dark to continue."

  7. Weather interrupts morning session at Ovalpublished at 13:02 British Summer Time 2 June 2015

    BBC London 94.9's Mark Church at The Oval:

    Surrey 448, Lancashire 29-2

    "A pretty good morning for Surrey. Play finally got underway at 11:30 BST and the hosts were all out for 448 with Ben Foakes unbeaten on 63.

    "Then in tough batting conditions Tom Curran dismissed Karl Brown and Matthew Dunn had Paul Horton caught behind.

    "Alviro Petersen and Ashwell Prince moved Lancashire to 29-2 when bad light forced the players inside for an early lunch.

    "The 3,000 schoolchildren inside the ground will be hoping the light improves and they get to see more cricket this afternoon."

  8. Sydney FC 0-1 Chelseapublished at 13:01 British Summer Time 2 June 2015

    Full-time Down Under and Chelsea end their tour and season with another win.

    But they were hanging on at the end, as John Terry got his body in the way to deny Alex Brosque.

    Loic Remy's goal on 30 minutes settled the game which saw a glimpse into Chelsea's future with may youngsters given a chance by Jose Mourinho.

  9. England five downpublished at 13:00 British Summer Time 2 June 2015

    Oh dear. Having been hit in a "nasty" place, Ben Stokes loses his concentration just minutes before lunch and edges to Luke Ronchi. New Zealand are jumping up, England are on the down...and almost out. 102-5, chasing 455.

    Click here to follow live text coverage of the match

  10. Barcelona news conferencepublished at 12:58 British Summer Time 2 June 2015

    Luis EnriqueImage source, Barcelona / Twitter

    Barcelona boss Luis Enrique: "I want to do my job right, I want to enjoy what I do.

    "It is only natural that you win the biggest game. I haven't thought about it. We have played a great Champions League campaign and we need a great game against Juventus.

    "We will try to keep the ball as long as we can like we always do. We want to take advantage of the spaces and pressure when we don't have the ball."

  11. Get involved #bbcsportsdaypublished at 12:55 British Summer Time 2 June 2015

    Charlie AustinImage source, Getty Images

    Johnny Magrinho: Charlie Austin. To score that many goals for the basement club in the Premier League is absurd yet Kane gets all the plaudits.

    Josh Thorne: Jordan Henderson is a player who was crucial to Liverpool's challenge for the Premier League last season. #engineroom

  12. Sydney FC 0-1 Chelsea (88 mins)published at 12:54 British Summer Time 2 June 2015

    Sydney FC have had the ball in the net but it is disallowed for a handball. Seb Ryall the man to think he had scored the equaliser.

    Just before that Petr Cech saved at point blank range from Andrew Hoole's header.

  13. Ouch!published at 12:53 British Summer Time 2 June 2015

    Ouch!! Ben Stokes has just been hit in the...one place you don't want to be. It's put me right off my lunch.

    England recovering against New Zealand though, now 101-4, chasing 455.

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  14. Sydney FC 0-1 Chelsea (85 mins)published at 12:51 British Summer Time 2 June 2015

    Changes for Chelsea: Charly Musonda replaces Dominic Solanke and goalscorer Loic Remy is off for Isaiah Brown.

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  16. Sydney FC 0-1 Chelsea (80 mins)published at 12:46 British Summer Time 2 June 2015

    Eden HazardImage source, Getty Images

    After some great work by Eden Hazard, Verdan Janjetovic saves from Andreas Christensen at the near post before the goalkeeper is then called into action to save from Cesar Azpilicueta.

    The official attendance at the ANZ Stadium is 83,598.

  17. No action against Cipriani...for nowpublished at 12:43 British Summer Time 2 June 2015

    Rugby union reporter Chris Jones: The Rugby Football Union will take no action regarding Danny Cipriani until the conclusion of the police investigation.

    Cipriani was released on bail after being arrested on suspicion of drink driving, and will return to the police station at a later date, believed to be in August. He has not been charged.

    He will therefore meet up with the rest of the England squad in camp on 22 June.

    "We are aware of the matter concerning Danny Cipriani," said an RFU spokesperson. "However it would be inappropriate to comment at this time until all the facts are known."

  18. Boyata moves to Celticpublished at 12:38 British Summer Time 2 June 2015

    BBC Scotland's senior football reporter Chris McLaughlin: "Celtic have completed the signing of Belgian defender Dedryck Boyata from Manchester City."

  19. Barcelona news conferencepublished at 12:37 British Summer Time 2 June 2015

    Ivan RakiticImage source, Reuters

    Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic: "We want to be the best we can on this special day. We don't want to change anything in our preparation and we want to enjoy it.

    "We have to play wonderfully because we face an extremely talented team. Juventus have worked hard for what they have achieved.

    "If you believe you are favourites, it is dangerous. We cannot control what people feel. We can only control our sensations as a group. It is very easy to say Barca are the favourites."

  20. Sydney FC 0-1 Chelsea (70 mins)published at 12:36 British Summer Time 2 June 2015

    ChelseaImage source, AP

    Should have been 2-0 to Chelsea.

    Eden Hazard finds Loic Remy but his shot is cleared off the line by an Alex Gersbach header.

    Ruben Loftus-Cheek is replaced by Jordan Houghton.