It's another busy day at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing with Dina Asher-Smith (200m final), Katarina Johnson-Thompson (long jump final) and American Aries Merritt (110m hurdles final) among those in action.

You can follow the latest via the BBC Sport website.

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So, about these pots...

The 48 teams in the draw comprise the 22 play-off winners, the 10 losing teams from the UEFA Champions League play-offs (including Celtic) and the 16 sides entering directly at this stage (including Liverpool and Tottenham).

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They have been split into four groups based on their club coefficients and will be drawn into 12 groups of four, with no two teams from the same country drawn in the same section. Futhermore, sides from Russia and Ukraine cannot meet.

Matches will be played on 17 September, 1 & 22 October, 5 & 26 November, and 10 December.

The former Arbroath, Hearts, Wigan, Rangers, Dundee United and Scotland defender left Coventry City at the end of last season.

Jack Cummins: I'd invite Frank Leboef, Patrick Berger and Philip Lamb over for a BBQ. 

John McEnerney: Ian "Beefy" Botham & Viv Richards, a good Irish steak plenty of red wine & fine hand rolled cigars. Imagine the craic you'd have. 

BRADON: Juan Mata because I think he is a nice intelligent person I fancy a good conversation.

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According to the Sunderland Echo,, external Black Cats manager Dick Advocaat has criticised the money wasted on “lower than average” players by his Sunderland predecessors.

“We had a big past here and I know a little bit about the salary of players – average players, lower than average players and that’s crazy," he said.

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“People who bought those kind of players for those transfer fees and gave them those salaries didn’t care about the club.

"Supporters have to understand that before you can have a new start, you have to get rid.”

We'll be hearing more from Advocaat from 12:30 BST when he faces the media for his weekly news conference.

Tottenham are in Pot 1, while Liverpool and Celtic are in Pot 2.

Remember we asked you about this....

Well, we've had one magnificent guess...

But the actual answer is Spain international Cesar Azpilicueta.

Also celebrating are Paris St Germain's Brazilian midfielder Thiago Motta (33), Stoke’s former Barcelona forward Bojan Krkic (25) and Sri Lankan bowler Lasith Malinga (32).

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Lancashire seamer Kyle Jarvis will miss the rest of the 2015 season with a broken hand.

The 26-year-old suffered the injury during fielding practice before T20 Blast Finals Day at Edgbaston.

Jarvis is the joint-leading wicket-taker in Division Two of the County Championship with 62 scalps and has helped Lancashire to the brink of promotion.

Meanwhile, batsman Karl Brown has signed a new long-term contract.

Wise decision to never clash with a cheese show...  

Some more gossip for you...

• Fulham have made a bid for Nottingham Forest defender Michael Mancienne, 27. (Nottingham Post) , external
• Sunderland's 32-year-old forward Jermain Defoe believes he deserves an England call-up - two years after last playing for his country. (Daily Star) , external
• Meanwhile, the Black Cats are still waiting to hear whether Napoli's 27-year-old Netherlands midfielder Jonathan de Guzman will move to the Stadium of Light. (Newcastle Chronicle) , external

Paul Harris: I'd cook Akinfenwa an all you can eat breakfast to see how much he could handle! 

Dale James Power: As an avid LFC fan it would have to be Djimi Traore. I'd cook his favourite (fish fingers) as we reminisced the halcyon days.

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Here is a bit more on Sunderland's new signing...

• The 29-year-old began his career in his hometown with Degerfos IF before spells in Gothenburg and Malmo. A move to Dutch side PSV followed where he won the KNVB Cup and the Dutch Super Cup.
• He joined French side Rennes in January 2014 scoring 14 goals in 46 league appearances, and he also won over 40 caps for Sweden.

The transfers are coming thick and fast as Sunderland sign Sweden attacking midfielder Ola Toivonen on a season-long loan from Rennes...

In2011, Usain Bolt was disqualified after false-starting in the final of the 100m at the World Championships in Daegu. His fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake won the title.

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Tim Sherwood is giving Adama Traore until the last minute to be fit for the game against Sunderland. Traore has an ankle injury sustained in cup win over Notts Co on Tuesday. 

The Villa boss was coy on any potential transfer activity. He was cool on suggestions  of Joleon Lescott coming in from WBA. He says if a suitable player becomes available then they may do something  but there's no NEED to bring new faces in.

Lizzie Jones, the widow of former rugby league player Danny Jones, will sing Abide With Me before Saturday's Challenge Cup final at Wembley.

Jones, a Welsh international, died from a heart problem after collapsing while playing for Keighley Cougars against London Skolars in May.

The 29-year-old's widow, a professional singer, has told the Victoria Derbyshire Show she was trying to look at the positives.

You can watch Saturday's game between Hull KR and Leeds on BBC One from 14:30 BST with commentary on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, BBC Radio Leeds and BBC Radio Humberside.