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Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

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England manager Roy Hodgson has often spoken of the respect and affection in which his captain Wayne Rooney is held in the dressing room. You only have to listen to previous praise from Arsenal's Jack Wilshere, although whether Rooney appreciated being called "the dad figure" is another matter.

And if any further proof was needed it can be found in thefootage of Rooney coming back into the Wembley dressing roomafter becoming England's all-time record goalscorer. There is genuine delight among his team-mates at a character who is so popular with his England colleagues reaching that landmark.

Sally Nugent
BBC Breakfast sport presenter

If this was a competition to decide which England player best represented the values of English football then I would say Sir Bobby Charlton - by a mile. 

He is still working tirelessly to make the game better at every level - for professionals and for the young boys and girls playing for the first time. 

But this is about the greatest ever England goalscorer and my answer to that is easy. 

It's still Bobby - his goals helped England win a World Cup - the international team's greatest ever achievement. 

Ben Smith
BBC Sport

You can certainly make the case for Sir Bobby Charlton, perhaps the best English player of all time, Jimmy Greaves, the most natural finisher England have ever had, Sir Geoff Hurst, who produced on the biggest stage of them all and Gary Lineker, who raised his game when it came to World Cups. 

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You could even argue that at his very, very best, perhaps only for a period of two or three years, Michael Owen was as devastating a force as anyone England have ever had. 

But if we are talking purely about goalscoring, then Wayne Rooney's record in an England team that has never really looked like challenging for the biggest prizes deserves to stand alongside any of the names above. 

The only question against Rooney is his failure to score prolifically in major championships. But his team-mates may have to share some of the blame for that. 

It looks like winger Aaron Lennon will play some part for Everton against Chelsea on Saturday.

The 28-year-old's last match was for the Toffees on 16 May at the end of his loan spell at the club but he rejoined them permanently on deadline day from Tottenham for a fee of £4.5m.

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"I'm not worried about his physical state and he needs to play games now to sharpen up his play," said Everton boss Roberto Martinez. 

"He's refreshed and is in a great position. He knows the football club inside out and is desperate to get back to Goodison.

"From that point of view, I expect Aaron to be involved one way or another at the weekend."

Midfielder Aaron Tshibola has signed a new contract that will keep him at Championship club Reading until 2019.

The 20-year-old has featured in every match for Reading so far this season.

Torquay United could go out of business if some of the club's former employees win court cases against the club, says director of football Dean Edwards.

The Gulls - in the Conference - were taken over by a consortium of local business people in the summer, but laid off a number of staff as they tried to cut costs.

"We have a couple of people now who are trying to take us to court," Edwards told BBC Sport. "It's a problem. Ultimately it could finish the football club."

One person has already won a case for unfair dismissal against the National League club, and they could face a bill of up to £250,000 if all the cases went against the Gulls.

Togo coach Tom Saintfiet says he won't select Emmanuel Adebayor after the Tottenham striker failed to respond to a call-up for an African Cup qualifier against Djibouti.

"If you are dating a woman who does not want to respond positively, then you must look for another woman," said Saintfiet.

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Adebayor played and scored in a qualifying win against Liberia in June but expressed his disappointment then that he was overlooked for the captaincy.

Togo beat Djibouti 2-0 and lead their group.

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Kell Brook is ready to pass his "toughest" test against Diego Chaves next month before trying to arrange fights with the likes of Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan.

The Yorkshireman will defend his IBF welterweight world title against Argentine Chaves in his native Sheffield on 24 October.

Unbeaten Brook will then chase down the division's big names having so far failed to land the mega-fights he craves.

"I want to fight a massive name in the spring next year," Brook said.

Angus Porter has decided to leave his position as the Professional Cricketers Association chief executive.

Porter, who has held the role since March 2010, has told his employers of his intended departure. A statement on the players' union website read:

"After five-and-a-half years of outstanding leadership as chief executive of the PCA, Angus has let us know that he feels it is time for him to move on."

As mentioned earlier (15:30) South Sydney Rabbitohs are to release back-rower Glenn Stewart from his contract early, so that he can join Super League club Catalans Dragons in 2016.

The 31-year-old former Australia international will link up with three other players that are joining the French side from NRL clubs next term.

David Ornstein
BBC Sport

Take nothing away from Rooney's achievement, but international greatness should be measured by how a player performs at major tournaments. Rooney got off to a dream start at Euro 2004, but hasn't been able to replicate that form when it has mattered most. 

His World Cup record compares unfavourably to those of Gary Lineker and Sir Geoff Hurst, and his Euros record to that of Alan Shearer. That said, there's still time for Rooney to outshine them all in the next three years.

Steve Watson: Lineker without a doubt, golden boot in 86 and scored vital goals. Rooney's seven goals in major tournaments just isn't good enough in 12 years as an international.  

England boss Roy Hodgson will not be given a new deal until after Euro 2016 to avoid the "unsavoury position" that emerged under Italian Fabio Capello, the Football Association has said.

Capello, then the England manager, signed a new contract prior to the 2010 World Cup, but England lost to Germany in the second round.

"Roy is very comfortable with the situation," said FA chief Martin Glenn.

Hodgson's current contract runs out after Euro 2016.

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Follow The Buzzards:  Player breaks goals record in other countries: lauded as a hero. Player breaks goals record for England: He's rubbish. Sigh.

Naveed Afzal:  For me it's Michael Owen. Scored that wonder goal in 98, hat-trick against the Germans and won the Ballon D'or.

Tim Rowley:  Alan Shearer would have beaten the all-time record if it wasn't for injuries and the rise of Michael Owen.

Matt Slater
BBC Sport

Mark Cavendish started this Tour of Britain by losing the first stage by about an inch and then launching into a defence of the sprinter’s art.

His main point was that the Vuelta, with its emphasis on gear-grinding gradients, has forgotten that sprinters are good riders too, and a bunch sprint can make for great TV.

It has taken three days but Cavendish can now point to some compelling evidence, although his star witness is teammate Fernando Gaviria, the winner of a thrilling fourth-stage sprint into Blyth.

With Cavendish widely expected to be leaving Etixx – Quick-Step next season, this will no doubt prompt some to speak of a changing of the guard.

But I am not ready to write off the Manxman just yet – he has made a nonsense of such predictions before – and it should be noted that it was Cavendish leading the celebrations even before Gaviria had crossed the line.