Newcastle boss Steve McClaren has been talking in his pre-match news conference...

Russian two-time European champion  Sergey Shubenkov runs a personal best to win gold in the 110m hurdles in 12.98 seconds.

Olympic champion  Aries Merritt , who will have a kidney transplant in less than a week's time, wins bronze.

Aston Villa manager  Tim Sherwood  has revealed that forward  Adama Traore  is watching plenty of DVDs to get up to speed with the Premier League.

"I talk to him daily. I showed him the video of his cameo on Saturday - and I will show him footage from the win over Notts County too," Sherwood told the club website., external

"He needs to mix his game up because it doesn't give people the opportunity to kick him."

The Newcastle Chronicle's reporter Lee Ryder is waiting for manager Steve McClaren, alongside the rest of the media. We will bring you what he says when we have it.

Britain's Shara Proctor wins silver in the long jump at the World Championships in Beijing with a new national record of 7.07m.

American Tianna Bartoletta claims gold with the third-last jump of the competition where she grabbed victory with 7.14.

Of the other Britons, Lorraine Ugen was fifth (6.85) but Katarina Johnson-Thompson's miserable time continued as she finished 11th (6.63)

Britain's Dina Asher-Smith finishes fifth in the 200m at the World Championships in Beijing in a new British record of 22.07 seconds with Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands taking gold.

Richard Winton
BBC Sport

Brentford are expected to complete the loan signing of Red Bull Salzburg striker Marco Djuricin later on Friday.

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The 22-year-old striker only signed for the Austrian champions in January, but has been allowed to leave after they were knocked out of both the Champions and Europa Leagues in August.

The Austrian scored 17 goals in 36 games for Sturm Graz before moving to Salzburg and has two international caps. 

Mark Poyser
BBC Wales football reporter

Swansea City completed the league double over Manchester United last season, beating Louis Van Gaal's side 2-1 at Old Trafford in his first game in charge in August then following it up with another victory by the same score line at the Liberty Stadium in February. 

Manager Garry Monk masterminded both of those successes and we wait to speak to him shortly to find out if he thinks they can do it again...

Looks like T20 Finals Day just became even more exciting....

ManagerRonny Deilais also remaining positive in the face of a tricky draw.

Celticare in a group with Ajax, Fenerbahce and Molde.

A Question of Sport Teaser

Earlier on, we asked you to name the five non-Spanish teams to have won the Europa League since 2004.

The answers? 

Chelsea, CSKA Moscow, Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk and Zenit St Petersburg

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

Some interesting match-ups in the Europa League - and Spurs fans will be scouring all outlets to discover news of Azerbaijan's very own Qarabag.

Liverpool will clock up a few air miles against Russia's Rubin Kazan but manager Brendan Rodgers will feel confident of getting out a group that also contains France's FC Bordeaux and FC Sion of Switzerland.

Not exactly a soft landing for Celtic in the Europa League after being dumped out of the Champions League qualifiers by Malmo. It is a real test for Ronny Deila's side in a group containing Ajax, Fenerbahce of Turkey and Norwegians Molde.

Marcos Lopes joins Monaco on a permanent deal.

The Portuguese midfielder, 20, spent last season on loan at Lille where he made 27 appearances and scored three goals.

Lopes, external, nicknamed 'Rony' after his idol Ronaldo, made just five appearances for the Blues since joining the club from Benfica in 2011. 

There's been a historic moment for Britain's Shara Proctor in the long jump final in Beijing...

Shelley Alexander, BBC's editorial lead on women's sport is at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London...

You can watch the match via the BBC Sport website.

England face Spain in the second semi-final at 19:30 BST which will also be live on the website.

Britain's Charlie Grice has qualified for the 1500m final in Beijing after finishing fourth in the second of two semi-finals. 

But there was frustration for compatriot Chris O'Hare who was in one of the five automatic qualifying spots with 100m to go in the first semi-final but was out-sprinted, missing out by 0.08 seconds.

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Steven Richards: Worried for LFC when they got Rubin, but it is not so bad. Tough for Spurs and Celtic. Group G looks like a rip-roarer to me. 

Pawara Prongjit: The Winner for the #UELdraw is surely @BVB Dortmund, easy three teams and the eastern Europe expedition. 

chris munro: Typical Celtic get a group of CL teams, but nothing to fear, Ajax scrapped into the groups.