Summary

  • Southampton appoint Puel as manager

  • Eight British teams in Europa League first qualifying round

  • Euro 2016 quarter-final: Poland v Portugal (20:00 BST)

  • GET INVOLVED #bbcsportday

  1. football

    Leicester to make £15m Keane move?published at 12:03 British Summer Time 30 June 2016

    Football gossip

    Michael KeaneImage source, Getty Images

    The Mirror are reporting, external that Leicester City are ready to "table a take-it-or-leave-it bid of £15m" for Burnley defender Michael Keane.

  2. football

    Record breaker?published at 11:57 British Summer Time 30 June 2016

    Poland v Portgual (20:00 BST)

    Cristiano RonaldoImage source, Reuters

    A goal for Cristiano Ronaldo this evening for Portugal in their Euro 2016 quarter-final against Poland would see him equal Michel Platini's record (9).

    Will the Real Madrid forward beat it?

  3. Postpublished at 11:52

  4. football

    Who's who?published at 11:48 British Summer Time 30 June 2016

    Football

    Scottish Premiership side Kilmarnock will present their 11 summer signings to the media shortly. Good job they've scribbled out those name cards...

    KilmarnockImage source, BBC Sport
  5. football

    Manager Bruce to stay at Hullpublished at 11:42 British Summer Time 30 June 2016

    Football

    Steve BruceImage source, Getty Images

    Steve Bruce has confirmed he will continue as Hull City manager.

    It had been suggested that Bruce would leave the Premier League new boys due to his dissatisfaction at the resources at his disposal. But, in a statement,, external he has reaffirmed his commitment to the club.

    "As far as I am concerned it is business as usual," he said. "I am confident we all understand what we need to do to be ready for the Premier League."

  6. football

    Zenit's Hulk completes Shanghai switchpublished at 11:34 British Summer Time 30 June 2016

    Football

    HulkImage source, .

    This beats getting him to hold up a scarf, right?

  7. football

    'Gareth Bale is a proper human'published at 11:30 British Summer Time 30 June 2016

    Euro 2016

    Former Wales assistant manager Dean Saunders has put paid to any rumours that Gareth Bale may not be from this planet on BBC Radio 5 live.

  8. get involved

    Get Involved - your sporting breakfastpublished at 11:16 British Summer Time 30 June 2016

    #bbcsportsday

    John McEnerney has gone above and beyond here...

    "Four Weetabix is easy when you've got one-year-old twin boys to look after..."

    WeetabixImage source, .

    Other wheat biscuit-based cereals are available.

  9. get involved

    Get Involved - your sporting breakfastpublished at 11:15 British Summer Time 30 June 2016

    #bbcsportsday

    Will Wicks: Pro tip for eating weetabix, use a mixing bowl, you can fit a full sleeve of 12 in.

    David Roberts: Four? Amateur. I once ate a whole 12 pack of Weetabix in one go - emptied them into the largest mixing bowl I had.   

    Did ye, aye?

  10. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 11:07 British Summer Time 30 June 2016

    #bbcsportsday

    Alex Elliott: Tried to build on the few positives from this campaign...

    If Rooney's England career keeps going like this he'll be playing 'rush' goalkeeper by Euro 2020.

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  11. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 11:05 British Summer Time 30 June 2016

    #myenglandxi

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    You might have noticed that England are out of Euro 2016 after defeat against Iceland, so thoughts now turn to the 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign, which begins in September.

    Use our team selector to pick your team for those qualifiers and let us know the thinking behind your decisions at #myenglandxi

  12. tennis

    A touch of classpublished at 11:01 British Summer Time 30 June 2016

    Wimbledon

    Roger Federer ended the Marcus Willis fairytale with consummate ease yesterday but the Swiss has tweeted his appreciation for the Brit's achievements.

    The seven-time champion could face another Brit, Dan Evans, in the third round.

  13. get involved

    Get Involved - your sporting breakfastpublished at 10:54 British Summer Time 30 June 2016

    #bbcsportsday

    Potentially a bit of a spat developing at #bbcsportsday...

    More when we have it.

  14. football

    Southampton to appoint Puelpublished at 10:49 British Summer Time 30 June 2016

    Football

    Claude PuelImage source, Getty Images

    Southampton will announce later on Thursday that Claude Puel is their new manager. 

    The 54-year-old Frenchman joins having led Nice to fourth in the French top flight last season and replaces Ronald Koeman, who left for Everton in mid-June. 

    Former Roma boss Rudi Garcia was considered, while a move for former Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini was not pursued after initial talks.

  15. football

    Poland v Portugalpublished at 10:41 British Summer Time 30 June 2016

    Euro 2016

    Can any of the young team explain what BBC Radio 5 live's Phil Wye is trying to tell us here?

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  16. football

    Hulk completes Shanghai switchpublished at 10:35 British Summer Time 30 June 2016

    Football

    HulkImage source, Getty Images

    AFP are reporting that Zenit St Petersburg forward Hulk has completed his record £41.5m move to Sven-Goran Eriksson's Chinese Super League side Shanghai SIPG.

  17. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 10:30 British Summer Time 30 June 2016

    #mywalesxi

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    Right, we're less than 36 hours out from perhaps the biggest game in Welsh football history so you'd better iron out all those selection quandaries bubbling around in your mind.

    What formation are you going to deploy? And which players will you plump for?

    Have a go here and let us know your thinking at #mywalesxi

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    Get Involved - your sporting breakfastpublished at 10:20 British Summer Time 30 June 2016

    #bbcsportsday

    David Rhys Lewis: I used to wake up, like most blokes on a Sunday hungover, big fry up then off to play football.

    Tommy Watson: Got to go for ravioli with some sort of fruit and some water.

    For those interested, I've just put trail mix in porridge. 

  19. football

    No rest for Niallpublished at 10:15 British Summer Time 30 June 2016

    Football

    Niall McGinnImage source, Getty Images

    If selected, Aberdeen and Northern Ireland forward Niall McGinn will be starting his 2016-17 season a mere five days after finishing his 2015-16 campaign.

    Dons boss Derek McInnes has suggested the 28-year-old could feature in their match against Luxembourg side Fola Esch.

    At least he wont be rusty.

  20. football

    Europa League first qualifying round first legspublished at 10:12 British Summer Time 30 June 2016

    Football

    As we mentioned earlier, the domestic football season begins in earnest today for eight British clubs...

    • AIK v Bala Town (17:30 BST)
    • IFK Gothenburg v Llandudno (17:30) 
    • Differdange v Cliftonville (18:00)
    • Aberdeen v Fola Esch (19:00)
    • Linfield v Cork City (19:00)
    • Connah's Quay v Stabaek (19:15)
    • Hearts v Infonet Tallinn (20:00)
    • KR Reykjavik v Glenavon (20:15)