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Image source, Getty ImagesSteve McClaren is confirmed as Newcastle United's new head coach. It is a three-year deal at St James' Park for the ex-England boss, with an option for a further five years.
All-rounder Jesse Ryder completed a final-day century for Essex at Wantage Road before their County Championship Division Two game against Northants petered out to a draw.
The New Zealander hit two sixes and 10 fours in his 124 before being caught at cover point off Ollie Stone. Tom Westley added 15 to his overnight unbeaten 164 before Rory Kleinveldt (5-138) ended their 258-run stand.
Essex declared on 506-9, 339 ahead, and Northants were 115-3 when a halt was called, with Richard Levi 53 not out.
Time to pose and show your muscles.
Image source, Getty ImagesFrench rider Nacer Bouhanni of the Cofidis team has won the fourth stage of the Criterium du Dauphine in Sisteron, his second stage victory in the race.
Australia's Rohan Dennis of BMC retained the overall race leader's yellow jersey after the longest stage of the race, a 228-kilometre ride from Anneyron, although his team-mate Tejay van Garderen has the same time.
"I am very happy with my condition. I must have five or six second places since the start of the season but this was also my fifth victory," said Bouhanni, who won the points classification at last year's Giro d'Italia.
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"There were some mitigating factors in England's record-breaking effort - a fantastic pitch, a lightning fast outfield and a mediocre New Zealand attack without the retired Daniel Vettori and rested Tim Southee.
Image source, AFP"But that takes nothing away from a very different England attitude, one that was tested when the home side found themselves 0-1 after only one ball of the match."
Read BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew's latest column as he reflects on England's remarkable one-day victory over New Zealand.
Image source, Getty ImagesEngland women's striker Toni Duggan writes on Twitter about her side's 1-0 defeat by France in their first Women's World Cup match.
She says: "It was a tough shift yesterday, its never a nice feeling when you lose but we stay positive & our goal doesn't change."
Kyle Coetzer has been added to Scotland's squad for July's World T20 qualifiers following the withdrawal of Freddie Coleman.
Image source, Getty ImagesNorthamptonshire batsman Coetzer, 31, was "hugely disappointed" at initially being left out. But Cricket Scotland insists it acted in Coetzer's "best interest" by "allowing him to concentrate on securing his future in county cricket".
Coleman has pulled out of the 15-man squad "due to personal circumstances".
We are expecting to hear that Steve McClaren is to become the next Newcastle manager. Here are some more of your thoughts.
Shingy Wan: Steve McClaren. Worked with good managers in good sides, knows how to win. Not the glamour signing but could be good for both. No manager is going to enter NUFC without assurances they are going to go somewhere next season. McClaren has ambition.
Snafu: Still not sure where S.McLaren gets his reputation from. What's he done to suggest great things to come at Newcastle United?
Abou Diaby's injury-scarred nine-year stint at Arsenal is set to finish after he was included on a list of players to be released by the club on Wednesday.
Diaby, 29 and capped 16 times by France, broke an ankle shortly after joining Arsenal from Auxerre in January 2006 and has suffered injury problems ever since.
The midfielder's Arsenal tenure has been a succession of lengthy absences followed by aborted comebacks, with a cruciate knee ligament injury restricting him to just two appearances over the past two seasons.
Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill said he is "fine" after returning to the training ground hours after being involved in a car crash.
Image source, Getty ImagesO'Neill, his assistant Roy Keane and three other management team members suffered minor injuries after Tuesday's smash on the M50 motorway in Dublin.
"We just got shunted from the back, said O'Neill. "I speak for myself, but I'm feeling not too bad."
Asked if the incident had been scary, O'Neill added after a pause: "Yeah, but listen, we're fine."
Image source, Getty ImagesSylvan Ebanks-Blake hopes his move to League One side Chesterfield will help him recapture the form that saw him twice finish as the Championship's top scorer during his time at Wolves.
The 29-year-old struggled for regular football during spells at Ipswich and Preston over the past two seasons.
"I'm as hungry as ever to get back to those heights," Ebanks-Blake told BBC Radio Sheffield. "This is the right move at the right time to get back to that level."
Former Chelsea and England centre forward Kerry Dixon knocked a drinker off a bar stool and punched and kicked him on the ground, a court has heard.
Image source, South Beds News AgencyLuton Crown Court was shown footage of the attack at The Nags Head in Dunstable last May after the man allegedly called Mr Dixon a "fatso".
Mr Dixon, 53, who lives in the town, denies causing actual bodily harm.
The court was told Mr Dixon will be claiming he struck out in a "pre-emptive strike" in self defence.
So there is speculation that Steve McClaren is set to become Newcastle United's manager in the next hour. Here are some of your thoughts on the former England boss.
Barry King: McClaren's not the right man for Newcastle United. He's a Yorkshire Pardew for me but great for the Ashley regime. He's another yes man.
Ross Arnett: I want McClaren to prove me wrong and bring excitement back to SJP. But I'm not holding out much hope. His appointment doesn't scare me in comparison to Pards in 2010. But it is not the exciting appointment the fans wanted.
Michael Laverton: Steve McClaren can do well for Newcastle but Mike Ashley needs to put his hands in his pockets to support him.
Image source, David GoldPerhaps not West Ham joint chairman David Gold's finest hour. The player pictured is, in fact, Juventus' Italian defender Angelo Ogbonna...
Gold has since deleted the tweet and added: "I've just spoke to Pedro and he sounded very excited to be here. He promised me that he'd learn to sing Bubbles in less than a month."
Image source, Getty ImagesBarcelona forward Lionel Messi has moved a step closer to being tried for tax evasion after a Spanish high court rejected his latest appeal.
The Argentine and his father Jorge are both accused of defrauding the authorities of more than €4m (£3.1m).
The court ruled that Messi should not be granted impunity for not knowing what was happening with his finances.
The pair, who deny the charges, are alleged to have withheld the money between 2007 and 2009.
The Premier League are reporting that Leicester City youngster James Pearson has been offered a new contract.
Image source, Getty ImagesPearson, the son of manager Nigel Pearson, and fellow development squad members Tom Hopper and Adam Smith were accused in May of appearing in a racist sex tape during the club's post-season tour to Thailand.
The trio apologised and Leicester have since refused to confirm if the contact offer to Pearson was made before the claims emerged.
Both Hopper and Smith are still under contract.
Olympic champion boxer Nicola Adams has been selected as Team GB's flag-bearer for the Opening Ceremony of the Baku 2015 European Games on Friday.
Image source, Getty Images"To be representing Team GB at the first ever European Games is a great honour and being selected as the flag-bearer will be a truly unforgettable experience," said Adams.
"I know that carrying the flag will be a very proud moment not only for me and my family but also for everyone who has supported my career up to this point."
So Steve McClaren may well be announced as the next Newcastle United manager in the next couple of hours.
Is the former England boss the right man to take over at St James' Park? What consists a good season for Newcastle in 2015-16?
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Premier League referees may get to know West Ham's new signing very well if this statistic is anything to go by...
Christopher Baigent: Blackburn v Brighton, Dec 2012, cancelled. Waterlogged pitch. Accrington, six miles away, played their game.
Simon Soothill: York City 1-0 Arsenal FA Cup. Fan power to clear snow-bound pitch. Keith Houchen penalty. Legend.
Amrit Elixir Gautam: US v Costa Rica, 2014 World Cup qualifying. Can't imagine how they can play in this pitch (pictured).
Image source, Amrit Elixir GautamThe midfielder is 23 years old
He has signed a four-year deal with West Ham after helping Sampdoria finish seventh in Serie A in 2014-15
During that season he scored three times in 34 games
He has represented Spain at Under-17, Under-19 and Under-21 level
He was brought up in Madrid and was on Atletico's books until he was 16 when he joined Sampdoria