Summary

  • Liverpool hope to hire Klopp by Friday

  • England drop Burgess, Slade and Nowell start

  • Tax charges against Messi dropped

  • Rio 2016 team make cutbacks of up to 30%

  • Which sports star would you bake a cake for? #bbcsportsday

  1. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 16:33

    #bbcsportsday

    Remember David Cameron's quote in our entry at 16:02 ... "I was there on the great night when Mo Farah won gold twice. I've witnessed some great sporting triumphs," the Prime Minister said.

    Well, good point made by one of our Sportsday readers...

    Indeed. Mo only won one gold on the night. Wonder if we can get Mr Cameron to respond and explain his comment? David, if you're reading this, feel free to tweet. Remember to use the hashtag #bccsportsday. Thanks.

  2. rugby union

    Canada v Romania teamspublished at 16:28

    Rugby Union

    The teams are in for the game in Leicester...

    Canada: Harry Jones, Jeff Hassler, Ciaran Hearn, Nick Blevins, DTH van der Merwe, Nathan Hirayama; Hubert Buydens, Ray Barkwill, Doug Wooldridge, Brett Beukeboom, Jamie Cudmore (capt), Jebb Sinclair; John Moonlight, Aaron Carpenter.

    Replacements: Benoit Piffero, Djustice Sears-Duru, Jake Ilnicki, Kyle Gilmour, Nanyak Dala, Phil Mack, Conor Trainor, James Pritchard.

    Romania: Catalin Fercu, Madalin Lemnaru, Paula Kinikinilau, Florin Vlaicu, Ionut Botezatu, Mike Wiringi, Florin Surugiu. Mihaita Lazar, Otar Turashvili, Paulica Ion, Valentin Popirlan, Johan Van Heerden, Valentin Ursache, Viorel Lucaci, Mihai Macovei (capt).

    Replacements: Andrei Radoi, Andrei Ursache, Alexandru Tarus, Daniel Carpo, Stelian Burcea, Valentin Calafeteanu, Adrian Marian Apostol, Csaba Gal.

  3. rugby union

    World Cup latestpublished at 16:21

    Rugby union

    Tuesday's opening game at the Rugby World Cup sees Canada play Romania at the King Power Stadium in Leicester at 16:45 BST.

    Both sides are bidding for their first win of this tournament with Canada emerging victorious in the previous two World Cup meetings between the nations in 1991 and 1995.

    You can follow the latest via the BBC Sport website.

    Romania scrum-half Florin SurugiuImage source, Getty Images
  4. football

    Blatter and Platini claimpublished at 16:21

    Football gossip

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    Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Uefa counterpart Michel Platini could face suspension within days after new claims over a £1.35m payment, claims The Sun., external

  5. football

    Fleetwood name new bosspublished at 16:15

    Football

    Confirmation of some news we bought you earlier in the day...

  6. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 16:12 British Summer Time 6 October 2015

    Which sports star would you bake a cake for?

  7. football

    Saville makes Millwall loan returnpublished at 16:12

    Football

    League One side Millwall have signed Wolves midfielder George Saville on a 28-day loan deal.

    This season the 22-year-old, who had a brief spell on loan at Millwall in 2012-13, has been limited to only two appearances for the Championship club.

  8. Cameron denies he is a 'jinx'published at 16:02

    Olympics

    David Cameron and Boris JohnsonImage source, Getty Images

    Now then, here's a good story.

    Prime Minister David Cameron has denied he is a jinx for England sports teams, after the rugby union, cricket and football teams each crashed out of World Cups in the group stages.

    In an interview on LBC radio, the PM was asked by host Nick Ferrari whether there was a "curse of Cameron" affecting English teams. 

    He replied: "That annoys me so much. That's nonsense. Who was Prime Minister this summer when we won the Ashes, thank you very much? I was Prime Minister when we had the best ever haul of Olympic medals.

    "I always support England and we don't always win. Shock, horror, surprise. I shouldn't let these things annoy me but I was there on the great night when Mo Farah won gold twice. I've witnessed some great sporting triumphs."

  9. football

    Royals fine reducedpublished at 15:57

    Football

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    Reading have been issued with a reduced fine of £40,000 - down from £100,000 - following the club's appeal against a charge of misconduct regarding supporter behaviour.

    Their 2015 FA Cup quarter-final replay with Bradford at the Madejski Stadium in March was marred by fans invading the pitch at the end of their 3-0 victory.

    Objects, including a smoke flare, were thrown towards the away fans.

    rImage source, Getty Images
  10. tennis

    Pennetta battles to victorypublished at 15:54

    Tennis

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    In the women's event in China, US Open champion Flavia Pennetta of Italy rallied to advance to the third round with a 3-6 6-0 6-4 win over Brazilian Teliana Pereira.

    Eighth seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark defeated Chinese wildcard entry Wang Qiang 7-5 6-0.

  11. tennis

    Nadal progresses ... justpublished at 15:53

    Tennis

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    Rafael Nadal had his serve broken four times by one of his former ball boys before progressing to the second round of the China Open.

    The world number eight beat China's 230th-ranked Wu Di 6-4 6-4 in his first match since being knocked out in the third round of the US Openlast month.

    Top seed Novak Djokovic improved his perfect record in Beijing to 25-0 by beating Italian Simone Bolelli 6-1 6-1.

    His winning run started in 2009, when he won the first of five China titles.

  12. baseball

    Pitcher suspended for gamblingpublished at 15:49

    Baseball

    A pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants, Japan's most popular baseball team, has been suspended for betting on games, including those involving his own team. 

    Satoshi Fukuda bet on 10 Nippon Professional Baseball games and 10 major league games in an attempt to win back more than $8,000 (£5,270) he lost gambling on high school baseball games. 

    Gambling is a violation of NPB's charter and the Giants have also suspended pitcher Shoki Kasahara, who introduced Fukuda to an employee at a tax accounting firm who enticed him to bet on games. 

    Satoshi FukudaImage source, Getty Images
  13. The Blind Faithfulpublished at 15:43

    Radio 5 live, 21:00 BST

  14. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 15:39 British Summer Time 6 October 2015

    Which sports star would you bake a cake for?

  15. football

    Nice viewpublished at 15:31

    Football

    Bit of a tenuous link but speaking of Messi, check out this photograph taken before Barcelona's last La Liga game.

    gImage source, Getty Images

    As views of a footie match go, this lad's not got a bad one.

  16. football

    Messi charge droppedpublished at 15:26

    Football

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    Prosecutors in Spain have dropped tax charges against Argentina and Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi but will pursue a case against the star's father.

    If convicted, Jorge Messi faces 18 months in prison and a £1.6m fine.

    Both Messi and his father were accused of defrauding Spanish authorities of more than £3.1m.

    Prosecutors allege that Jorge avoiding paying tax on his son's earnings by using offshore companies in Belize and Uruguay between 2007 and 2009.

  17. football

    Safe handspublished at 15:24

    Football

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  18. football

    'World Cup for legends'published at 15:22

    Football

    Jorge CamposImage source, Rex Features

    A World Cup for legends will take place in Mexico at the start of 2017.

    The tournament will be comprised of 12 teams: four from the Americas, six from Europe and one each from Africa and Asia.

    The hosts will be coached by Mexico’s legendary and flamboyant goalkeeper, Jorge Campos.

    “I want to see big players - Zinedine Zidane, David Beckham, Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos," said Campos.

    “Everybody wants to see Diego Maradona but he can’t play. He’s too old.”

  19. get involved

    Get Involved - #bbcsportsdaypublished at 15:21 British Summer Time 6 October 2015

    Which sports star would you bake a cake for?