Newspaper editors and football club secretaries across the country breathe a collective sigh of relief as the Football League confirms the summer transfer window will close at 18:00 BST on 1 September.

Fax machines (do people actually still use them??) are usually buzzing right up to 23:00 on transfer deadline day, but not this year.

The time has been changed to allow clubs competing in next season's Champions League - Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal and Manchester United - to get their teams for the tournament to Uefa by their 23:00 deadline.

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The Korea Football Association, external tweeted the above photo of the South Korea team in Canada ahead of the Women's World Cup and posing with the tournament's mascot - a Great White Owl called Shueme.

Why an owl I hear you say? The organisers say "it demonstrates the strength and elegance of the women's game"...

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Gordon Reid wins his first Grand Slam title by winning the French Open wheelchair doubles with Shingo Kunieda of Japan.

However, Jordanne Whiley - and her Japanese partner Yui Kamiji - failed to win their sixth consecutive Grand Slam title as they were narrowly beaten in the women's final by the Dutch pair of Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot.

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Scotland manager Gordon Strachan has told his players to avoid heavy tackles in Friday's friendly against Qatar.

Scotland prepare for next weekend's Euro 2016 qualifier with Ireland by taking on the 2022 World Cup hosts at Easter Road, and Strachan is keen to have a fully-fit squad ahead of the Group D clash.

"They have to be sensible," he says. "But when you let players go and enjoy a game then you never know."

The game, which kicks off at 19:45 BST, will be live on BBC Radio Scotland, with live text commentary online.

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Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri has just finished speaking to the media to preview Saturday's Champions League final against Barcelona.

Does he fancy Juve's chances?

"We've been in seven finals, won two and lost five; Barcelona have won four and lost three. You do your maths."

I'm not sure that answers the question Massimiliano...

Andrew Benson
BBC Sport chief F1 writer

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"Lewis Hamilton set the pace as Mercedes dominated the first practice session at the Canadian Grand Prix.

"Hamilton, in impressive form throughout, was 0.415 seconds quicker than team-mate Nico Rosberg.

"Lotus's Romain Grosjean and Force India's Nico Hulkenberg made it a Mercedes-engined top four, ahead of Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. The four-time world champion, third overall this year behind Hamilton and Rosberg, was 1.6secs off the pace."

Read Andrew Benson's full report.

Jessica Ennis-Hill withdraws from Sunday's Birmingham Grand Prix as she bides her time before a possible World Championship bid later this year.

Ennis-Hill, 29, made a successful return to action at the Hypo Meeting in Gotzis last weekend in her first heptathlon since winning Olympic gold at London 2012.

"I have missed a volume of training over the past few months, since having my baby, due to problems with my Achilles and there is still a lot of work to do," she says. "So we have made the decision for me to take the usual week off post a heptathlon to recover and then to get back into solid training."

Stop what you're doing and take five minutes to read this astonishing interview, external with Greg Dyke.

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Some of the things the FA chairman tells the Guardian are too incendiary for us delicate flowers on Sportsday to repeat but here's a flavour of the candid conversation...

"Blatter hates the English. He hates the FA. And he hates the British media. Blames them for everything," Dyke said.

"I work on the basis that we have nothing to lose, the English FA. We don't need Fifa's money. We don't want to bid for another event, not while Blatter's there. We can say what we like."

Olympic gold medallist Darren Campbell tells BBC Sport athletics is "in the gutter" following allegations that coach Alberto Salazar and American long distance runner Galen Rupp violated anti-doping rules.

Both Salazar and Rupp both deny the allegations, made in a BBC Panorama programme.

Andy Murray's French Open semi-final with top seed Novak Djokovic has started. Can he reach his first French Open final?

Click here for live text commentary.

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The first of the Champions League news conferences is under way ahead of Saturday's final between Barcelona and Juventus. Juve goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon says it is a "very nice surprise" for the Italian team to be in the final.

"We thought it would take two or three years to reach the Champions League final," he adds.

"After the first five or 10 minutes we'll see the real teams - and what they've done to deserve to be in the final. Barcelona are favourites, but we have a chance."

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Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci is speaking now in the pre-Champions League final news conference, and he talks about how he disappointed his son by getting to the final.

He explains: "When I left home this morning my son said 'Where are you going?' 'I'm going to Berlin.' 'That's tough, I wanted to go to the beach.'"

Bonucci's team-mate Gianluigi Buffon also has some family-related concerns to deal with.

"I have a son who likes Messi and another likes Neymar; they won't know what to wish for," he jokes.

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To mark BBC Music Day, we're asking what songs are on your pre-match playlist and why?

Dennis Abbott: The Only One I Know by The Charlatans.

Ashlae: Taylor Swift's Bad Blood, Fifth Harmony's Worth It, Tove Lo's Talking Body, Ellie Goulding's Burn.

Aaron: Right Said Fred - Deeply Dippy. If that doesn't get you pumped nothing will.

Really, Aaron? I was always more of an "I'm Too Sexy" man myself...

Frank Keogh
BBC Sport at Epsom

Jockey Silvestre de Sousa notched up a 79-1 double as Gratzie won the Investec Mile at the Derby meeting.

The four-year-old filly, a 7-1 shot, is trained by former England and Southampton striker Mick Channon.

De Sousa does not have a ride in the feature race, the Oaks, which is due off at 16:30 BST. You can follow commentary of the fillies' Classic on BBC Radio 5 live.

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LeBron James shot a personal best 44 points but it was not enough to prevent Cleveland from losing 108-100 to Golden State in the opening game of the NBA Finals on Thursday.

The Warriors came back from a 14-point deficit to secure the win in overtime, although James could have won it for the Cavaliers in the last seconds of regulation time, but missed a long jumper.

"I got to where I wanted to get, I've made them before," James said. "It's a make or miss league, and we had our chances."

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Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka beats Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3 6-7 7-6 6-4 to reach the French Open final for the first time. The 30-year-old will face the winners of the other semi-final between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray which begins in the next few minutes.

Click here to follow live text commentary.

We asked you to name the six South Americans who have scored in a Champions League final since 2005.

The answer? Juliano Belletti (Barcelona), Hernan Crespo (AC Milan), Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid), Marcelo (Real Madrid), Lionel Messi (Barcelona) and Diego Milito (Inter Milan).

As Women's World Cup hosts, nothing less than winning the tournament will count as a success for Canada. That is easier said than done, though, having only got out of the group stage at a World Cup once before.

They take on tournament regulars China, ranked 16th in the world, in Saturday's opener and will also play debutants Netherlands and New Zealand, who have yet to reach the knockout stages of a World Cup.

Read more about the Women's World Cup in our tournament preview.

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We've had pictures of Wayne Rooney and his family in the Bahamas, Chris Smalling swimming with turtles and now Tottenham forward Roberto Soldado posts a snap from his holidays on Twitter., external He doesn't look as though he's having a bad time either.

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Middlesex and England one-day captain Eoin Morgan describes the current county schedule as "terrible".

Middlesex are midway through a two-week spell of Championship and T20 cricket, with just two rest days in between.

"The schedule at the moment is terrible and doesn't benefit anybody," Morgan tells BBC London 94.9. "It could get to a point, if it continues like this, where it becomes dangerous. Travelling and playing is a recipe for disaster."