Swansea City come from behind to beat Sheffield United 2-1
West Brom beaten 2-1 at home by Bolton
Middlesbrough come from 2-0 down to draw at Millwall
Brentford hammer Rotherham 5-1, Wigan beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-2
Away from the footy for a moment, England have just completed victory over India in the first Test at Edgbaston.
England got the five wickets they needed on what began as a delicately-poised fourth day to win by 31 runs.
Click on the play button below to watch Ben Stokes take the key wicket of India captain Virat Kohli...
Sunderland v Charlton (12:30 BST)
There are five summer signings making their debuts for Sunderland, including goalkeeper Jon McLaughlin, defenders Alim Ozturk and Glenn Loovens, midfielder Luke O'Nien and winger Chris Maguire.
Visitors Charlton have only managed to make two permanent signings, and that pair - forward Lyle Taylor and midfielder Darren Pratley - both start.
Here's how both teams line up:
Sunderland: McLaughlin, Love, Loovens, Ozturk, Matthews, O'Nien, Mumba, Honeyman, Gooch, Maguire, Maja.
Subs: Ruiter, Baldwin, Oviedo, Embleton, Sinclair, Hume, Molyneux.
Charlton: Phillps, Page, Bauer, Pearce, Marshall, Taylor, Pratley, Aribo, Grant, Solly, Lapsie.
Subs: Maynard-Brewer, Sarr, Maloney, Ajose, Hackett-Fairchild.
Sunderland v Charlton (12:30 BST)
Cheers, Adam.
While I'm reeling from the discovery that Sunderland midfielder Bali Mumba is only 16 - he was born exactly a month after Michael Owen's 2001 hat-trick against Germany - let's have a re-cap of the teams before kick-off...
Sunderland v Charlton (12:30 BST)
Right then, time for me to pass the baton on to my colleague Katie Whyatt as the first action of the day is almost upon us.
Here we go then as Sunderland host Charlton in the first League One fixture of the season....
While there was a little get-together going on in Russia, plenty was occurring back home in the English Football League.
What did you miss? Details of managerial switches, a funny Twitter takeover and a bad day for Ajax in Walsall can be found in Ian Woodcock's feature.
BBC Radio 5 live
Jonathan Overend is in the chair this afternoon for BBC Radio 5 live to bring you all the headlines from the opening day of the EFL season.
Tune in now to hear reports from around the grounds as well as all the latest sporting stories elsewhere - click on the coverage option at the top of the page to listen online.
Sunderland v Charlton (12:30 BST)
Image source, Getty ImagesSunderland and the words "relegated" and "crisis" have gone hand-in-hand in recent years.
Back-to-back relegations have seen the Black Cats drop drop to the third tier of English football for the first time in 31 years.
There's a new owner and also a new manager, Jack Ross, who should have a decent chance of success - a final year of Premier League parachute money, a massive following and a new squad can surely only galvanise the Black Cats and see them bounce straight out of the third tier?
They are firm favourites to win the League One title and begin their season at home to Charlton Athletic this afternoon. The two sides last met in the top flight in 2007 when the Addicks were 2-0 winners, but they have never faced one another in the third tier on English football before.
Image source, Getty ImagesIf you find yourself saying that phrase a few times while watching this weekend's EFL, then it's probably true.
Why not test your knowledge of how many EFL players were in Russia for their respective nations this summer by taking our special quiz.
Here's a clue for you, the player pictured above features in our opening match, starting in 15 minutes....
Sunderland v Charlton (12:30 BST)
Image source, Getty ImagesIf you want to feel old, Sunderland midfielder Bali Mumba makes his first Sunderland start today - aged just 16.
That's right - he was born after the turn of the millennium. He's not even old enough to drive. In fact, he wasn't even born when Michael Owen scored his hat-trick for England against Germany during World Cup qualifying in 2001. Sob.
To make us all feel even worse, this isn't even his Sunderland debut. He came on as a substitute in the final game of last season, when Sunderland beat champions Wolves 3-0.
I don't know what I was doing at 16, but it wasn't making my first EFL start.
Exeter v Carlisle (15:00 BST)
Speaking of long journeys, Carlisle have a 700-mile round trip for their game against Exeter and it appears the M5 traffic is causing a few problems...
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Sunderland v Charlton (12:30 BST)
There's nothing like a 560-mile round trip for a Saturday lunchtime kick-off to start the season, is there?
Well done to the Charlton fans who've made the trip to Sunderland today. Some effort!
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Image source, ReutersCharlton have been dealt an early season blow as midfielder Jake Forster-Caskey, external has been ruled out of the upcoming season with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.
The former England under-21 international sustained the injury in training on Thursday.
Caretaker manager Lee Bowyer said: "It's devastating news. Just a freak injury. Everything goes through Jake, he's our ball player."
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Former Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe is backing his old club today...
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Sunderland v Charlton (12:30 BST)
Matt Newsum
BBC Sport at the Stadium of Light
Image source, BBC SportThere’s an expectant buzz around the Stadium of Light this afternoon as Sunderland begin life in the third tier for the first time since 1988.
New seats have given the ground a facelift, there’s a new manager at the helm in Jack Ross and a broom has been aggressively swept through the squad with a host of new faces.
Fans have responded with their wallets and purses, about 32,000 tickets have been sold, hoping to see the new era start with a bang. Charlton are the side being sent into the lion’s den but with ex-Newcastle player Lee Bowyer at the helm, there’s plenty of incentives to spoil the party.
It certainly doesn’t feel like a third-tier event, and, as befits a match that has graced the Premier League, the TV cameras are here, perhaps looking for that rude awakening that could face the Black Cats this term.
Sunderland v Charlton (12:30 BST)
Image source, PAI'm temporarily being distracted by goings on at Edgbaston in the cricket, but the team news is in for our first game of the day....
Five summer signings make their debuts for Sunderland, including goalkeeper Jon McLaughlin, defenders Alim Ozturk and Glenn Loovens, midfielder Luke O'Nien and winger Chris Maguire.
Visitors Charlton have only managed to make two permanent signings in a well-documented summer of struggle, and that pair - forward Lyle Taylor and midfielder Darren Pratley - both start.
So here's how both teams line up in full:
Sunderland XI: McLaughlin, Love, Loovens, Ozturk, Matthews, O'Nien, Mumba, Honeyman, Gooch, Maguire, Maja.
Subs: Ruiter, Baldwin, Oviedo, Embleton, Sinclair, Hume, Molyneux.
Charlton XI: Phillps, Page, Bauer, Pearce, Marshall, Taylor, Pratley, Aribo, Grant, Solly, Lapsie.
Subs: Maynard-Brewer, Sarr, Maloney, Ajose, Hackett-Fairchild.
BBC Radio 5 live
In case you missed Tuesday night's big preview of the EFL season on BBC Radio 5 live, it's available to listen to again both online, on the iPlayer or as a Football Daily podcast via your usual provider.
Caroline Barker was joined by Mark Clemmit, Stephen Warnock and Simon Grayson plus a host of managers and players for a full and comprehensive look ahead at the upcoming campaign.
Image source, BBC SportTalking of predictions, it's never easy to make them, but there's safety in numbers!
Being among the 23 BBC journalists who contributed their predictions on who would finish where in the Championship, it's fair to say it's not an easy job.
But we predicted that Stoke and Middlesbrough would go up in the top two places, while Derby, West Bromwich Albion, Nottingham Forest and Leeds would make the play-offs.
Rotherham, Bolton and Ipswich have been tipped to go down.
Well, we predicted, you read and reacted... we'll have some of your predictions over the next couple of hours.
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