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4.28pm:But I want more for today 's no-1' s for actually happens everywhere transfer stories? Then there 's another 500 words for your reading pleasure, courtesy of Fever .

4.06pm: "He's not for sale" story No55 of the day: this time from Chelsea. Responding to the rumours linking Didier Drogba with Manchester City, Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay said: "Didier will be a Chelsea player next year. Didier is under contract. The thing about this time of year is we always get [this]. For our players to be in the news â€" it's normal. But Didier Drogba will be a Chelsea player next year." KM

3.40pm: Canford Cliffs has won the big race of the day at Goodwood, the Sussex Stakes, running down last year's winner Rip Van Winkle. There's more from our racing team in Talking Horses. KM

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2.53pm: We've got a nice blog post on how the Guardian has archived its World Cup content down the years, especially interesting for those who lean towards a spot of tech.

2.35pm: Sachin Tendulkar's doing his best to salvage something from the second Test in Colombo. He's finished day three unbeaten on 108, with India closing on 382-4 in reply to Sri Lanka's first innings of 642-4 declared. Debutant Suresh Raina was 66 not out.

And here's a gallery of yesterday's action at the European Championships. Better late than never, eh? KM

1.57pm: Darren Clarke's hopes of playing his way back into the Ryder Cup team, and forcing captain Colin Montgomerie into finding another assistant, have received a huge boost as he has been invited to take part in the US PGA Championship for the second year running. He's been a solid performer down the years against the US but has he got the form this year to make him a competitive selection? TL

1.34pm: Bad news for fans of central Asian wheel-based sports: Tour de France champion Alberto Contador will leave Astana at the end of this season. Rumour has it he may join a new team founded by Fernando Alonso, who's no stranger to team orders etc and so forth. TL

1.24pm: Birmingham City's new signing, Nikola Zigic, has been looking forward to the new season. In terms, of rallying cries it's not the best we've ever heard. "La Liga is quite physical too. It may not be as fast as the Premier League but I will certainly do my best to adapt. I'm pretty sure I will be able to do that. I do have to adapt a bit physically but I am working very hard on that in training to step up the pace." On paper, he looks like a decent signing but I was underwhelmed by his performances at the World Cup. TL

12.57pm: There's nothing like honesty. Peter Ebdon has today released a statement â€" to play down his chances of winning a match. The former world champion is getting married this weekend and is then due to play in qualifying for the Shanghai Masters. Here's the statement, which surely must be influenced by the recent match-fixing allegations to have hit snooker:

I would like to make it known that I believe will not be able to play in the best of its abilities in my Roewe Shanghai Masters qualifying match in Sheffield next week.

This is down to personal circumstances, including the fact that I am getting re-married in Hungary this weekend. Since playing in a recent tournament in Thailand I have not been able to practise, and by the time the qualifiers come around I will not have played for 10 days or more.

I know just how bad I can be when I don't feel properly prepared as I am the type of player who needs to practise hard in order to play to a reasonable standard. As always, I will be doing my utmost to win what is a very important match for me but in truth, my levels of expectation will not be very high."

KM

12.33pm: For the racing fans among you here's today's Talking HorsesThanks to our tips for the second day of Glorious Goodwood and, as usual, a chance to win a £ 25 bet. KM

11.58am: Spain's Under-19s weren't the only ones involved in a bit of set-piece trickery yesterday. Here's Danilo Rios scoring an almost identical goal for Duque de Caxias in Brazil's second division last night. KM

11:18 am: A couple of lines out of the Arsenal: Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Nicklas Bendtner will miss the start of the season because of his groin injury, while Wenger's also had a few words to say about the Cesc Fábregas saga. "He is a very important player for us, he is our captain and we have worked very hard [for him] to be the future of our team and that is why we are always adamant about [not] letting him go," he said. "It is only noise. In our job we have to deal with what we can master. What we cannot influence is not to worry about."

Meanwhile, Raúl's move to Schalke is now a done deal. There's more here. KM

11:08 am: Tim Bresnan has been called into the England squad for the first Test against Pakistan. Ajmal Shahzad has been ruled out due to an ankle injury. TL

11.05am: Just in case you have a hankering for non-fatal lorry crash videos. I always find these near-death videos a little creepy. Mainly because of the fact that if there are loads of these videos of people narrowly escaping death, there are loads more of people not escaping death. TL

10.47am: Newcastle have confirmed the signing of Sol Campbell on a one-year deal. We'll have more on the site shortly. KM

10.39am: A quick update on what's coming up today:

• Football-wise, we'll have a blog on Diego Maradona up later. Roy Hodgson's giving a press conference at 5pm ahead of Liverpool's Europa League qualifier tomorrow, while tonight Celtic are in Champions League qualifying action against Braga.

And if you haven't found it already, here's this week's Knowledge, featuring players who have won with their country but not with their clubs.

• The European Athletics Championships continue. From a British perspective, the pick of the action should be Dwain Chambers in the 100m final at 8.45pm. The semis take place at 6.50pm.

• We'll be keeping an eye on the England v Pakistan build-up, with both teams giving holding conferences at Trent Bridge.

• And there's a Felipe Massa presser too, ahead of the Hungarian GP, the scene of his serious crash last year. No doubt he'll also be asked about last weekend's events in Germany too. KM

10.12am: I thoroughly enjoyed the 10,000m at the European Athletics Championships last night, although I may have turned over for three minutes to watch Piers Morgan boasting about how he's made it in Hollywood. What did you think of Mo Farah's decision to encourage Ayad Lamdassem to overtake him as the race reached its conclusion. Was it a canny psychological ploy or a needless piece of showboating? I'd go with the former, Lamdassem fell for the bait and Farah went on to power past him. TL

9.57am: Another blow for 'Arry: Raúl has opted for a move to the Bundesliga instead of England. Schalke have confirmed the former Real Madrid forward has agreed a two-year deal to join them â€" subject to a medical today. KM

9.45am: Some interesting transfer news coming in: West Ham have confirmed they've rejected a bid from Tottenham for Scott Parker. This is the (fairly lengthy) statement on their website:

The club would like to state that, regardless of the size of the bet, nothing would violate the promise that the chairman David Sullivan has made to our supporters. As repeatedly stated, Scott Parker is not for sale there and not under any circumstances and no amount of money that will cause us to break that pledge to the fans.

The club informed Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy prior to him making the offer that we would not welcome any approach to unsettle the player. Scott Parker has three years left on his contract and the club has opened talks with his agent over a new five-year deal.

David Sullivan said: "I made a promise that I would not sell Scott and I will not, for any amount of money, break that promise to the West Ham supporters. Scott is not for sale at any price, to anyone. West Ham supporters, for far too long, have had owners that sell their best players and promise one thing and do another.

This is a new era. We are building a bigger, better West Ham and when we make a promise, we honour it."

KM

9.38am:Good morning and welcome to our daily news sports blog. During the day we LL 'to refresh the page history, links, and that' s expected to happen within a few hours ahead.

Time permitting, we'll try to post below the line, answering your questions and comments.

But first, you can post your thoughts on the morning of 's major stories: the decision of Fernando Torres' to stay at Anfield (for now), Diego Maradona's departureArgentina, as a manager, the UK '1 -2 in Barcelona and Andy Murray's decision to split with coach Miles Maclagan. KM