Mark Lawrenson
Former Liverpool defender

Nobody is doubting the ability of Newcastle boss Steve McClaren - but now it is a case of him finding his best team and knitting it together. West Ham are proving very difficult to predict at the moment, winning away at Arsenal and Liverpool but losing both games at home, so I am probably best off going for a draw.

Lawro's full predictions v ex-F1 driver Mark Webber

England have named an unchanged starting line-up for Friday's World Cup opener against Fiji at Twickenham, the Rugby Football Union has announced.

Full team ... 15 Mike Brown (Harlequins, 39 caps);14 Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby, 11 caps); 13 Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby, 13 caps); 12 Brad Barritt (Saracens, 23 caps); 11 Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby, 16 caps)

10 George Ford (Bath Rugby, 13 caps); 9 Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 49 caps); 1 Joe Marler (Harlequins, 33 caps); 2 Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 24 caps)

3 Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 52 caps); 4 Geoff Parling (Exeter Chiefs, 25 caps); 5 Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 40 caps; 6 Tom Wood (Northampton Saints, 38 caps); 7 Chris Robshaw (capt, Harlequins, 39 caps); 8 Ben Morgan (Gloucester Rugby, 29 caps)

Watch the top plays from week one of the NFLas the 32 teams begin their journey to compete in Super Bowl 50.

Wide receivers Jarvis Landry and Tavon Austin feature alongside a marvellous one-handed catch from Cleveland Browns' Brian Hartline and quarterback Johnny Manziel's first touchdown throw for Cleveland.

Defending Super Bowl champions New England Patriots opened the season with a win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Ben Cockburn: Graham Fenton v Newcastle. Geordie lad scored two for Blackburn in 95-96 to end our title bid. Did little else in his career.

Wales should resist any temptation to protect key players from injury by resting them for the World Cup opener against Uruguay, says Jonathan Davies.

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Leigh Halfpenny and Rhys Webb will miss the tournament after being injured in a warm-up game against Italy.

Davies wants coach Warren Gatland to select his strongest side to ensure Wales score as many points as possible against Pool A's weakest team.

"We should be all in for this game," said the former Wales captain.

Frank Keogh
BBC Sport

An appeal against the decision to demote Simple Verse to second place in the St Leger has been delayed and will now be held next week.

The British Horseracing Authority hearing had been earmarked for Thursday, but has been put back to tie in with the availability of lawyers.

Bondi Beach, who passed the post second at Doncaster on Saturday, was awarded the race after a stewards’ inquiry into interference during the closing stages.

“The hearing will now be held on either Tuesday 22, Wednesday 23 or Friday 25 September based on counsel’s availability” said a BHA spokesman said.

Azlan Ahmad: Roger Milla. Italia 90. He came, he scored, he jigged near the corner flag. World takes notice of African football.

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David Keys: Ross McCormack equaliser away to Porto in 2005 on Rangers' way to Champions League knock out stages

Jono: Graham Weir - Hearts. Comes on 82nd minute against Hibs, 4-2 down, scores in the 94th and 95th minute for a 4-4 draw.

Leicestershire batsman Ned Eckersley and seamer Charlie Shreck have agreed new contracts at Grace Road.

Vice-captain Eckersley, 26, has signed a new two-year deal while Shreck, 37, formerly of Nottinghamshire and Kent, has agreed a one-year extension.

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Charlie Cook: Thierry Henry coming off bench v Sparta Prague & scoring a brace to become Arsenals all time leading goalscorer.

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Right, not too long until this tasty little encounter gets under way...

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So let's start our countdown to the big game now. We'll have live text on the match, remember, right here on the BBC Sport website.

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Cardiff City's new third kit will cost £699, as it is only available to fans who sponsor a player for the season. Read the full story on Wales Online., external

It had better be made of the finest Welsh cashmere money can buy...

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Tom Wray: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer came on as a sub when Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke had scored two. He netted four in 10 minutes.

The Norwegian is buried under his team-mates after scoring his fourth against Nottingham Forest in February 1999.

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Remember Bradley Johnson's embarrassing slip-up when he arrived at Derby on deadline day?

He said he was "delighted to have signed for a big club like Derby City".

Erm, close but no cigar. It's County, Bradley ... and as he reveals in this interview with BBC Radio Derby, his team-mates have not let him forget about his slip of the tongue.

Among those also celebrating on Monday are Aston Villa coach Ray Wilkins (59) and Bayern Munich and Brazil attacker Douglas Costa (25).

BBC Somerset's Anthony Gibson at Hove: "The wicket of Ed Joyce, caught down the leg side off Jamie Overton off the last ball before tea for a well-made 83, turned what had been an evenly-balanced session very definitely Somerset's way. 

"In between the showers, their seamers had plugged away, picking up the wickets of Chris Nash and Luke Wright, but it was the extra pace of Overton that first unsettled the Sussex captain and then removed him."

BBC Radio Manchester's Scott Read at Old Trafford:

"Jimmy Anderson bowling to Kumar Sangakkara one highlight of what's been an engrossing day's play so far at Old Trafford. 

"The England bowler was brought straight back into the attack when the Sri Lankan batsman came out to the middle and he was tempted into a driving Anderson who found the outside edge. The game feels about level at tea."    

BBC Radio Leeds' Dave Callaghan at the Ageas Bowl:

"It has been an even contest so far between relegation-threatened Hampshire and champions Yorkshire.

"At 55-0 at lunch, Hampshire were reasonably happy, but two wickets went down quickly in the afternoon as Jack Brooks accounted for Michael Carberry and James Vince was clean bowled by Tim Bresnan". 

QPRhave included Brazilian midfielderSandro in their U21 squad this afternoon. 

It is the first time he has played since May when the club were advised not to pick him because of a work permit issue.

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Eyebrow goals...

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