Dean McNamara: Slightly worried, no Fifa update for a while......

Don't worry, Dean. There's one coming up right now...

The Guardian are reporting, external that the closure of the summer transfer window has been brought forward to 18:00 BST on 1 September.

The rationale, apparently, is to allow England's Champions League representatives - Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City and, should they successfully negotiate a qualifier, Manchester United - to submit their squads for the group stages by the 11pm deadline.

Daily Telegraph football correspondent Henry Winter:, external Fabian Delph missing England training with what FA call 'a minor knock picked up in FA Cup final'. Expected to travel to Dublin.

Deloitte's annual review of football finance in the Premier League is becoming a blur of almost inconceivable numbers.

Equally unbelievable from this year's report is the claim that, in 2013-14, the debts of Championship clubs spiralled to an astonishing £1.1bn. Divide that by 24 clubs and you're looking at £46m debt each.

Little wonder Dan Jones, a partner in Deloitte's sports business division, says that only increases in the parachute payments from the top flight are stopping the second tier having "a truly disastrous financial picture".

Even more alarming? Those parachute payments will be reduced from 2016-17.

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Who have you struggled to forgive for switching to your team's rivals?

Alerick: No-brainer Carlos Tevez. United to City

Nii Dani El: Juan Mata switching camps to Man Utd. Still cannot forgive him would have preferred him moving to Spain, Italy or Germany

Peter Collins: Brett Williams, left Woking to join rivals Aldershot, then scored the goals to beat Woking and save Aldershot from relegation

Love that one Peter. It has it all.

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England face the Republic of Ireland in an international friendly on Sunday and Daily Telegraph football correspondent Henry Winter has tweeted a picture, external of Roy Hodgson's keepers hard at work in training at St George's Park.

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Gloucester have been docked two points for fielding an ineligible player, Mariano Galarza, against Sale in March.

They were fined £5,000 and lost two points, suspended for two years.

However, after an appeal by the Rugby Football Union, the deduction is now immediate and the club have confirmed they will not appeal the decision.

The points deduction does not affect the Cherry and Reds 9th place finish in the Premiership table as they finished eight points ahead of London Irish in 10th.

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Premiership champions Saracens have named the man to replace Ed Griffiths as chief executive.

Heath Harvey, who used to be in charge of the Club Wembley section at Wembley Stadium, will take over.

It's the end of an era for Sarries, with Griffiths being the figurehead of the club's emergence as a force in English and European rugby.

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It's women's semi-final day at the French Open and former British No 1 Annabel Croft has tweeted a picture, external from Roland Garros of Serbia's Ana Ivanovic in a team talk huddle led by her boyfriend footballer Bastian Schweinsteiger.

Ivanovic faces Lucie Safarova for a place in Saturday's final.

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It's one of the most controversial acts in sport - leaving a club to join their rivals.

Benfica boss Jorge Jesus could be about to skip across Lisbon to Sporting, according to local media.

And earlier today, we brought you news that Australian rugby league player Daly Cherry-Evans performed a U-turn on a move from Manly to Gold Coast.

It's one of those days that reminds us of Alex McLeish's dubious decision to swap Birmingham City for Aston Villa four years ago.

Who have you still struggled to forgive after they jumped ship to your rivals?

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Rafael Nadal believes he can recover from his French Open quarter-final defeat by Novak Djokovic and return even stronger. The Spaniard lost 7-5 6-3 6-1 on Wednesday.

Nadal had previously lost just one match in 71 at Roland Garros - against Robin Soderling in 2009.

"I lost in 2009 and it was not the end. I lost in 2015 and it's not the end," says Nadal. "I hope to be back here the next year with another chance."

Mr reliable James Milner has sparked a separate debate with his move to Liverpool. Can a player ever give 110%?

Vince thinks so...

Vince Hughes: Sad to see him go.... but good luck fella and thanks for your 110% every time you played!

Neil doesn't...

Neil Foot: Can we just clarify: no player, Milner or otherwise, gives "110%". Stop this nonsense please

Iwan has obliged...

Iwan Williams: Gives 100% every game he plays he's a quality player

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Benfica coach Jorge Jesus, who secured the second Portuguese league title in a row for the Lisbon side last month, is poised to move across town to rivals Sporting after a salary dispute, local media said.

Benfica had been trying to cut the 60-year-old's wage, which was the highest for any coach in Portugal, Expresso newspaper, external said on its website. The report also said Jesus' move to Sporting was backed by the club's Angolan shareholder Alvaro Sobrinho.

Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has been speaking in Parliament about England's prospects of stepping in to host the 2022 World Cup, should they be needed.

"I think as the chairman of the English FA [Greg Dyke] observed, if Russia hosts the World Cup in 2018 it does seem very unlikely that another European country would host it in 2022.

"But obviously if Fifa came forward and asked us to consider hosting it, we have the facilities in this country and of course we did mount a very impressive, if unsuccessful bid to host the 2018 World Cup."

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Liverpool might have agreed to sign Manchester City midfielder James Milner but Reds defender Martin Skrtel is stalling on signing a new deal after appearing to have been offended by the performance-related terms, reports Press Association Sport.

Speaking to Slovakian outlet Aktualne the 30-year-old reportedly said: "It's unacceptable for me. I think that such contracts are offered to players who are much older than me or players who have had some health problems."

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The Culture Secretary John Whittingdale believes England can step in to host the 2022 World Cup if Qatar is stripped of the competition.

The allegations of corruption around Fifa, and an inquiry over the awarding of the 2022 World Cup, have raised questions over whether Qatar will host the tournament.

Whittingdale told the House of Commons that England has the facilities to step in, if they are asked.

Although he did add he thought it was unlikely a European nation will be chosen as Qatar's replacement - should the Asian country be removed as hosts.

There have been around 34,000 tweets about James Milner in the last hour. Manchester, Liverpool and London unsurprisingly where the heaviest number come from.

The Press Association report that Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has told the House of Parliament that England can host 2022 World Cup if it's stripped from Qatar and if asked to by Fifa.

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Hull City release a statement after reports Scottish winger Robert Snodgrass had suffered a setback in his rehabilitation from the serious knee injury he suffered in his Premier League debut last August.

"Both the surgeon and the Tigers' medical staff are happy with progress so far and Robert has been given the green light to step up his rehab over the summer," reads the statement., external

"Robert is now running under the guidance of the club's medical staff and continues his rehabilitation whilst the rest of the squad have a break over the summer."

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Let's just remember what Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini said about James Milner in an interview with the Guardian, external in March.

"I'm Milner's No 1 fan. Find me a more complete English player. There are players who are better technically, yes. Quicker players, yes. Players who head better, yes. But show me one who does all the things Milner does well. There isn't one."