Ludogorets Razgrad (Bulgaria) v FC Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic)

Celtic (Scotland) v Hapoel Beer-Sheva (Israel)

FC Copenhagen (Denmark) v Apoel Nicosia (Cyprus)

Dundalk (Republic of Ireland) v Legia Warsaw (Poland)

Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) v FC Salzburg (Austria)

Steaua Bucharest (Romania) v Manchester City (England)

FC Porto (Portugal) v Roma (Italy)

Ajax (Netherlands) v Rostov (Russia)

Young Boys (Switzerland) v Borussia Monchengladbach (Germany)

Villarreal (Spain) v Monaco (France)

The first legs will take place on 16/17 August with the second legs on 23/24 August.

The draw is about to get going. We will bring you the draw very, very soon. Stay tuned Celtic, Manchester City and Dundalk fans.

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2003: Darren Gough announced his retirement from Test cricket.

Day three of the third Test between England and Pakistan is about to start and you can follow live commentary and highlights by clicking right here.

England made 297 in their first innings and Pakistan are 40 runs behind with seven wickets remaining.

Dundalk will play the home leg of their Champions League play-off in the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, the venue where the Republic of Ireland national team play.

Dundalk normally play at the 4,500-capacity Oriel Park and are aiming to become the first from the Republic of Ireland to qualify for the Champions League. The play-off draw is coming up soon.

They will be playing one of Apoel Nicosia, Celtic, FC Salzburg, Legia Warsaw or Viktoria Plzen and a win over two legs will take them into the Champions League group phase, while they will drop into the Europa League group stage if they are beaten.

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England without Ben Stokes are like a "car without a wheel", according to former captain Michael Vaughan.

The hosts took only three wickets on the second day of the third Test at Edgbaston as Pakistan reached 257-3, trailing by 40.

All-rounder Stokes is missing the final two matches of the series with a calf injury sustained in the second Test.

"They they can't move in the same direction or at the same speed," Vaughan told BBC Test Match Special.

"England miss Ben Stokes hugely - he's an in-your-face player."

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EuroHockey: The hockey - so inspiring to see incredible athletes and support all our European teams!

Richard Murphy: Any British gold medal. Hoping we can emulate what we did four years ago.

Helen Bennett: Oh yes. Today's the day! Can't wait to see the British hockey teams, diving, swimming, judo, archery, athletes. Everything really.

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Norwegian defender Brede Hangeland has retired from football aged 35.

He was capped 91 times and captained his country and his clubs included Fulham and Crystal Palace, who released him at the end of last season.

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Belfast archer Patrick Huston will be Team GB's first competitor in action from 13:00 BST on Friday.

If you want to find out how to get into archery, read our special guide.

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League Two side Blackpool have signed Leicester City midfielder Michael Cain on a season-long loan deal.

The 21-year-old moved to the Premier League champions in 2011 from Luton and has played for their development side.

He has previously spent time on loan at Mansfield and the 2014-15 season in League One with Walsall.

"He plays forward and he wants to create something. I just felt that we needed that in the squad," boss Gary Bowyer told the club website., external

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has described his side’s Champions League play-off tie as being the most important matches on the season.

Certainly it would be a major embarrassment for City and their new manager if they fail to advance to the group stage.

Of the five sides City could get, they have only played probably the toughest, having encountered Italian side AS Roma in the group stage in 2014-15, drawing at the Etihad Stadium, then securing a 2-0 win at the Stadio Olimpico thanks to goals from Samir Nasri and Pablo Zabaleta to reach the last 16.

City have never played Steaua Bucharest, Monaco or Rostov, but at least they have played teams from Romania, France and Russia in their European history.

A meeting with Young Boys would represent their first encounter with a team from Switzerland.

The draw is at 11:00BST.

West Ham are the only British side in the Europa League play-off draw (12:00 BST), aiming to join Manchester United and Southampton in the group phase.

The Hammers, after their 4-2 aggregate win over Slovenian side NK Domzale, will play one of these six sides in a two-legged tie later this month - Astra Giurgiu (Romania), Brondby (Denmark), Grasshoppers (Switzerland), Partizani Tirana (Albania), Qabala (Azerbaijan) or Slavia Prague (Czech Republic).

West Ham fans will have an epic trek on their hands if they get Qabala of Azerbaijan. They are based 135 miles from Baku, which in itself is a five-and-a-half hour flight from London Heathrow. 

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JoshRichter7: I love the football, handball and water polo! Basically looking forward to everything!

Okpanachi James: Want to see Usain, Serena, Mo Farah, and the Nigerian football team and also if Phelps could pick up a medal to add to his long list.

Nichola: Can't wait to see the gymnastics (rhythmic, gymnastics and trampolining) so many amazing athletes in Team GB.

Remember, we are also asking how and where you will be following the Olympics?

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To celebrate the opening of the Olympic Games in Rio, BBC Radio 6 Music is celebrating the motivational power of music with their Running Challenge.

The challenge is simple: run 6km with 6 Music - in a single run between 5-19 August - and they'll provide the playlist, which will be launched on Steve Lamacq's show at 16:00 BST on Friday, 5 August.

Read more about the challenge here.

On the back of the evolution of the 100m, BBC Sport continues the countdown to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games with the moment Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt retained his Olympic 100m title in London. W-O-W.

The 100m is arguably the Olympic Games' most iconic event.

A gold medal in the race gives an athlete global recognition. Breaking the world record over the distance ensures sporting immortality.

BBC Sport has put together a chronological history of world records in the event, showing each time it has been broken and when. You can check it out by clicking here and here's a little taster...

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A ban on Russian athletes with previous doping offences competing at Rio 2016 is "unenforceable" says the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has banned Russians with prior doping offences, regardless of whether they have served their punishments.

It means 271 Russians out of an initial squad of 389 will be in Rio.

But the Cas ruling could open the way for banned athletes to appeal against the IOC's action.

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Russia will have 271 athletes eligible to compete at the Rio Games, says the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

This is more than two-thirds of their original entry list of 389 athletes, despite the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) recommending a blanket ban after a state-sponsored doping scandal.

Russia's Olympic Committee president Alexander Zhukov said his country will have "the cleanest team" at the Games.

"The Russian team may have experienced the toughest checks of the Olympics, because they had to go through multiple tests and checked," said Zhukov.

"On top of all that, Russian athletes are going through additional testing which is taking place at the Olympic Village.

"So, as of now, the Russian team is probably the cleanest in Rio."

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The Champions League play-off round draw takes place at 11:00 BST as teams find out who they will face in a two-legged tie with the winners moving into the group phase of the competition. Celtic, Dundalk and Manchester City are among the teams who will find out their fates.

Manchester City are seeded are will play one of Monaco (France), Roma (Italy), Rostov (Russia), Steaua Bucharest (Romania) or Young Boys (Switzerland).

Celtic are also seeded, but in a different section of the draw, and they will face Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia), Dundalk (Republic of Ireland), FC Copenhagen (Denmark), Hapoel Beer-Sheva (Israel) or Ludogorets Razgrad (Bulgaria).

Dundalk are aiming to become the first side from the Republic of Ireland to qualify for the group stages of the Champions League. Their potential opponents are Apoel Nicosia (Cyprus), FC Salzburg (Austria), Legia Warsaw (Poland), Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic) or Celtic.

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