Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

Liverpool's much-criticised "transfer committee" has been the subject of much debate since the sacking of Brendan Rodgers.

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It is the group that plots and carries out transfer strategy and up until Sunday night consisted of Rodgers, scouts Dave Fallows and Barry Hunter, the man in charge of analysis Michael Edwards, FSG's Anfield representative Mike Gordon and chief executive Ian Ayre.

I understand that the new manager WILL work within the existing structure because one of the big reasons for making the change was that owners FSG firmly believe someone else can get better results with the existing players and within the existing structure. In other words they believe it is a squad that can and will perform better under someone other than Brendan Rodgers.

Not sure you're taking this entirely seriously Tom...

Bolton manager Neil Lennon could be in trouble after branding referee Darren Drysdale an "absolute disgrace" in the wake of Saturday's 4-3 defeat by QPR.

"I've never seen a more biased performance from a referee in a long time," said the 44-year-old former Celtic boss. 

"He gave QPR everything he possibly could, I was so frustrated with that."

And England, we reckon, will be pretty satisfied with that. Plenty of batsmen in the runs during the course of the day.

And it's moved on a bit more since. The score is 229-6, though strictly speaking England have only lost five wickets - Joe Root retired not out 59.

Footballer Ched Evans is to have his rape conviction reviewed by the Court of Appeal.  

The decision was announced by the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

We asked you to vote on who the next Liverpool manager should be, and you have voted in your thousands.

The clear winner, with 56% of the vote, is Jurgen Klopp, while Carlo Ancelotti was second with 22%.

Elsewhere, Frank de Boer got 6%, Ronald Koeman 4%, Walter Mazzarri 3% with the other 9% opting to vote 'other'.

Thanks to everyone who voted.

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It looks like things could be getting even worse for the England rugby union team after their World Cup exit on Saturday...

Chelsea have released a statement, external giving their backing to manager Jose Mourinho...

"The club wants to make it clear that Jose continues to have our full support," it says.

"As Jose has said himself, results have not been good enough and the team's performances must improve. However, we believe that we have the right manager to turn this season around and that he has the squad with which to do it."

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According to the Liverpool Echo,, external former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers intends to take a short break from football before returning to management.

And it adds that the 42-year-old has been left 'devastated' by his sacking from the Anfield club.

Britain's Aljaz Bedene is out of the China Open in Beijing.

Bedene, the British number two lost 1-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 to Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic.

England are starting to struggle in their tour warm-up game against Pakistan A in Sharjah. 

Ireland should know on Tuesday whether centre Jared Payne will be fit to play in their World Cup Pool D decider against France on Sunday.

Payne missed Sunday's narrow 16-9 win over Italy with a foot problem which saw Ireland through to the quarter-finals and the Irish medical team has put his foot in a moon boot as part of the treatment. 

"The next 24 hours will give us a clearer picture of Jared's situation," said team manager Mick Kearney. 

"But we would be very hopeful he will be okay later in the week. "He's in and out of the moon boot all day, and he's already been jogging in training,"

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Sir Bradley Wiggins has been named in a 20-strong British squad for the UEC European Track Cycling Championships in Switzerland from 14-18 October.

Seven-time European champion Laura Trott is also included, but Ed Clancy misses the championships through injury, while Becky James is rested as she continues her comeback following a long-term knee injury.

“We’ve selected a strong squad," said Great Britain Cycling Team technical director, Shane Sutton. "With the Olympic Games in Rio now less than a year away it’s a great opportunity to secure some vital qualifying points."

Just a reminder about the vote on the BBC Sport website about who you think should be Liverpool's next manager - you have less than half an hour left to make your mind up.

To vote click on the option at the top of the page.

Usual terms and conditions apply.

To find out more about the potential contenders for the Liverpool job, read our feature on the issue.

Eugenie Bouchard retired in tears and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga suffered dizzy spells before suffering his worst defeat of the year in an incident-packed China Open first round.

Bouchard has not played since she was concussed in a locker-room fall at the US Open and she lasted just 10 games against Andrea Petkovic before having her blood pressure checked and exiting in Beijing.

Earlier, Tsonga declined to blame Beijing's air pollution as he was hit by dizzy spells before falling at the first hurdle 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 to little-known Austrian Andreas Haider-Maurer.

Tsonga took a time-out during the match after staggering on court, and was given medication as well as having his heartbeat checked.

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Colorado Rockies baseball player Brendan Rodgers had to post a message on Twitter on Sunday and tell everyone he is not the former Liverpool manager.

The 19-year-old was bombarded with messages following the departure of his namesake from Anfield.