Summary

  • 11 Premier League news conferences

  • Celtic get Ajax, Fenerbahce & Molde in Europa League

  • Rubin Kazan, Bordeaux & Sion for Liverpool

  • Spurs get Anderlecht, Monaco & Qarabag

  • GET INVOLVED: My sporting dinner party #bbcsportsday

  1. Sportsday Livepublished at 18:00

    That's it for Sportsday Live for Friday. It will resume on Monday at 08:00 BST.

    Until then, have a good weekend.

  2. football

    Friday's football actionpublished at 17:59

    Football

    There is live football action on Friday evening with Blackburn up against Bolton in the Championship while in the Scottish Championship, it's Falkirk against Dumbarton.

    Follow the latest on the BBC Sport website.

  3. Coming uppublished at 17:57

    5 Live Sport

    From 19:00 BST on 5 Live, Mark Chapman presents 5 Live Sport, looking ahead to the weekend's football with Chris Sutton, Paul Lambert and football writer Miguel Delaney.  

  4. cricket

    Who will prevail at T20 Blast Finals Day?published at 17:53

    Cricket

    James Vince, David Willey, Ian Bell, James FaulknerImage source, Getty Images

    The T20 Blast comes to a conclusion tomorrow at Edgbaston, with Hampshire, Northants, Birmingham Bears and Lancashire all attempting to lift the trophy.

    BBC Sport will have live radio coverage of both semi-finals and the final, as well as a live text commentary of the action throughout the day.

    Who will come out on top? We've assessed the four contenders.

  5. cricket

    England face Women's Ashes test in Hovepublished at 17:50

    Cricket

    England will be hoping to keep their hopes of retaining the points-based Women's Ashes alive when they take on Australia in the second of three Twenty20 matches in Hove on Friday evening.

    England need to win all three of the T20 matches and were victorious in the opening match at Chelmsford on Wednesday.

    England's Katherine Brunt celebrates victory in ChelmsfordImage source, Reuters

    You can hear live commentary of the game on 5 Live Sports Extra from 18:45 BST.

  6. swimming

    Hooper aims for Atlantic featpublished at 17:46

    Swimming

    BBC World Service's Sportshour programme speaks to Britain's  Ben Hooper who is swimming from Senegal to Brazil in a bid to become the first person to swim the Atlantic Ocean.

    More people have landed on the moon than have swum an ocean in full and Hooper is hoping to add his name to that list. It will take him around 120 days of swimming in two sessions, totaling around 2,000 miles and he will sleep on a support boat over night to avoid the risks of sharks and jelly fish.

  7. rugby league

    Maxine Peake's Challenge Cup final previewpublished at 17:42

    Rugby League

    Maxine PeakeImage source, BBC Sport

    Ahead of Saturday's Challenge Cup final between Hull KR and Leeds Rhinos, actress and rugby league fan Maxine Peake previews the game.

    You can watch the Challenge Cup Final live on BBC One and online from 14:30 BST on Saturday with commentary on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, BBC Radio Leeds and BBC Radio Humberside.

  8. football

    West Brom 'agree fee for Evans'published at 17:36

    Football

    According to Sky Sports News, West Brom have agreed a fee with Manchester United for defender Jonny Evans.

    Jonny EvansImage source, PA
  9. football

    Premier League team newspublished at 17:31

    Newcastle v Arsenal (Sat, 12:45 BST)

    Newcastle midfielder Moussa Sissoko faces a late fitness test on a groin problem.

    Papiss Cisse returns after illness, Daryl Janmaat is available again after a ban and Florian Thauvin could be handed his first Premier League start.

    Moussa SissokoImage source, Getty Images

    Arsenal may again be without Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker because of injury and illness respectively.

    Koscielny, who has a back problem, is the more likely of the two to play, according to manager Arsene Wenger, while Danny Welbeck and Jack Wilshere remain sidelined by injury.

  10. football

    England blind footballers miss Paralympic placepublished at 17:24

    Football

    England's blind football team have missed out on a place at the Rio Paralympics after losing on penalties to Russia in the European Championship semi-final in Hereford.

    The team needed a top-two finish to clinch a place for Great Britain at next year's Games but after the sides finished scoreless in normal time, England captain Keryn Seal had his spot-kick saved.

  11. football

    Money, money, moneypublished at 17:17

    Football

    No lack of cash in the Premier League, then. And that's before the new TV deal kicks in...

  12. tennis

    GB quartet in US Open qualifying actionpublished at 17:10

    Tennis

    British quartetJohanna Konta, Brydan Klein, Naomi BroadyandKyle Edmundare all in action on Friday in the final round of qualifying for the US Open.

    From 18:00 BST, Konta faces Austrian Tamira Paszek, Klein is up against Matt Ebden of Australia and Broady plays Estonia's Annett Kontaveit.

    Edmund will be in action from around 20:00 against Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka.

    You canfollow the latest via the US Open website., external

    Johanna KontaImage source, Getty Images
  13. football

    Sullivan critical of Allardycepublished at 17:03

    Football

    West Ham co-owner  David Sullivan has given an interview to the London Evening Standard., external

    In it he says that during his time at Upton Park, former manager Sam Allardyce claimed he had the worst job in the world and Rafa Benitez was three hours away from becoming Hammers manager.

  14. football

    Scant reward?published at 16:56

    Europa League draw

    Professor Simon Chadwick from the Centre for the International Business of Sport at Coventry University tweets...

  15. basketball

    Carrigill aims for Euro successpublished at 16:48

    Wheelchair Basketball

    The Great Britain men's and women's teams get their European Wheelchair Basketball , externalcampaigns underway on Friday at Worcester University with Rio Paralympic places up for grabs.

    Captain Sophie Carrigill took up the sport after a car accident in 2010 and will play a key role for the women's team in the event.

    Sophie CarrigillImage source, SA Images
  16. rugby union

    England players show Exeter's risepublished at 16:42

    Rugby Union

    Henry SladeImage source, Getty Images

    Exeter Chiefs head coach, Rob Baxter, has said three of his players being named in England's World Cup squad is 'fantastic' for the club.

    Henry Slade, Jack Nowell and Geoff Parling all made the cut in the 31-man party.

    Exeter have only been in the Premiership for five years and narrowly missed out on their first play-off semi-final last season, finishing fifth.

    Read more about what Baxter had to say here.

  17. boxing

    Crolla to face rematch with Perezpublished at 16:34

    Boxing

    Manchester's Anthony Crolla will face Darleys Perez in a rematch for the WBA World Lightweight title at the Manchester Arena on 21 November.

    Perez retained his title with a controversial draw with Crolla on 18 July despite being docked points for several low blows.

    Anthony Crolla and Darleys PerezImage source, Getty Images
  18. football

    Mascot derbypublished at 16:27

    Football

    Robert Thomson from the Scottish Sun has his finger on the pulse...

    KingsleyImage source, SNS

    The market has since shifted... turns out Kingsley, the terrifying Thistle mascot, has drifted to 3/1...

  19. rugby union

    Get into the Rugby World Cup spiritpublished at 16:23

    Rugby Union

    England named their squad for the Rugby World Cup on Thursday and you have the chance to get into the spirit of it all by joining BBC Radio 5 live for their tournament preview show at the Twickenham Stoop on Thursday 17 September.

    Hosted by Mark Chapman, the programme will also feature a number of World Cup legends including former New Zealand fly-half Andrew Mehrtens, ex Scotland captain Gavin Hastings, Wales scrum-half Rob Jones and former Ireland winger Denis Hickie amongst his guests.

    Tickets are available on the 5 live website where you can find the full terms and conditions.

    Andrew MehrtensImage source, Getty Images
  20. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 16:22 British Summer Time 28 August 2015

    #bbcsportsday

    Greg Talbot:  My ideal dinner party guest would have to be Steven Gerrard... I would serve nothing but banana skins.

    Keep your suggestions coming for who would be your ideal dinner guest and what would you cook them, with reasons. Tweet  #bbcsportsday,, external  or post on  BBC Sport Facebook., external