everton could give gylfi sigurdsson his debut, having signed

everton could give gylfi sigurdsson his debut, having signed for a club—record fee, thought to be £16 six days, we've played three away games, difficult ones. it starts on monday, city, ok, a nice challenge. they are strong, and we like to be strong. 0k, full confident. we play how we play and we do the maximum to get a good result. the game was there, they arrived four times and scored four goals, and we were not solid defensively. of course, hopefully we can learn about that. the same way we win, the same way we lose. scotland manager gordon strachan has handed recalls to five players for the vital world cup qualifiers against lithuania and malta next month. hibernian's steven whittaker is back for the first time in nearly a year and a half for the must—win group f fixtures. we've got to try and win both games. that's what we set out. i don't think we ever really set out to draw a game. we set out to win. if we get a game. we set out to win. if we get a draw, we get a draw. but we set out to win, to get some goals and put ina out to win, to get some goals and put in a magnificent pe

gylfi sigurdsson will have a medical at goodison park on wednesday and will become the club's recordy paid sunderland for goalkeeper jordan pickford last month. the premier league celebrates its 25th birthday today. more than 25,000 goals have been scored in england's top division since 1992. fans england's top division since 1992. fa ns were england's top division since 1992. fans were asked to pick their favourites in a bbc poll, and the winner was this one, scored by dennis bergkamp in 2002. now it is dennis bergkamp in 2002. now it is dennis bergkamp, and he has turned. what a goal a smack he has come from inside out. did he mean that? i think he did. what! he has. now we go to cricket. in the first ever day and night game for england and edgbaston, why do people? when it comes to playing underfloodlights are not visibility is important. you can see the red colour of the ball, here, and the prominent seam. that will deteriorate as the day goes on, and that is part of test match cricket. but under lights, it is too dark, no good. so you go for the pink under the lights. it is visi

everton seal a spot in the europa league draw helped by a stunnerfrom gylfi sigurdsson. it's by only four hundredths of a second, but that's enough for m0 farah to win his very last race on the track. the six british clubs who will play champions league football this season found out their opponents, as the draw for the group stages took place in monaco earlier. it won't really make easy reading for fans of celtic or spurs. jose mourinho and manchester united will be relatively happy to face portuguese champions benfica, basel and cska moscow in group a. scottish champions celtic face a tough test in group b, with five times winners bayern munich, paris st—germain and anderlecht. group c sees premier league champions chelsea, atletico madrid, roma and azerbaijan's qarabag. having qualified last night, liverpool are in group e they face spartak moscow, sevilla and slovenian champions maribor. manchester city will be happy to avoid the big names — they'll take on ukrainian‘s shaktar donetsk, napoli and feyenoord. but what a draw for spurs in group h — the double champions

butjust 14 seconds intp the second half, everton's gylfi sigurdsson marked his debut with an even betterome team's goalkeeper from close to the halfway line. so confirmation everton progress 3—1 on aggregate. elsewhere, athletic club of bilbao are through after beating panathinaikos i—nil on the night, and 4—2 on aggregate. valere germain scored twice for marseille as they beat the slovenian side domzale 3—nil, 4—1 overall. dutch giants ajax, already beaten in champions league qualifying, are out of europe altogether after a 3—2 defeat at rosenborg saw them lose 4—2 overall. and milan are through after winning i—nil in macedonia, 7—nil on aggregate. one other football story. gareth southgate has congratulated wayne rooney, after the everton striker announced his retirement from football. gareth southgate that he hoped to pick wayne rooney fully up he hoped to pick wayne rooney fully up coming qualifiers against malta and the bikie. i was evidently thinking of including him in the squad. his form has been brilliant. i thought there was a role he could play for the squad, but at the same t

everton have agreed a deal to sign swansea city midfielder gylfi sigurdsson for a fee believed to bernational will have a medical at goodison park on wednesday and become everton's record signing, beating the £30 million they paid sunderland for goalkeeper jordan pickford last month. one player who's leaving goodison park, though, is gareth barry. he's joined west bromwich albion on a one—year contract, for an undisclosed fee. 36—year—old barry is just five games short of breaking ryan giggs‘ record of 632 premier league appearances. the premier league celebrates its 25th birthday today. more than 25,000 goals have been scored in england's top division since 1992 and fans were asked to pick their favourite in a bbc poll. and the winner was this one scored by arsenal's dennis bergkamp, against newcastle in 2002. now here is bergkamp. he's turned him! whata now here is bergkamp. he's turned him! what a goal by dennis bergkamp. he turned the defender inside out. did he mean that? i think he did. he slips the ball past shay given. let's turn our attention to cricket now, and later this w

koeman‘s side, who look set to be in the main draw after next week's return leg, when new signing gylfi sigurdssonlsewhere, marseille hold the advantage heading back to france, after a 1—1 draw in slovenia against nk domzale, while athletic bilbao were 3—2 winners in greece against panathinaikos. for all the results, head to bbc.com/sport. sonny bill williams has been named for new zealand, as they get their rugby championship defence under way on saturday. the all black centre will start in the opening game of this year's series against australia, in sydney, having not played since being sent off in the second match of the drawn series against the british and irish lions last month. his coach, steve hansen, is expecting big things from the dual—code international. here's a great headspace, in that he knows that he has dealt with this issue —— he is. and has done the things he needs to do around it. he is ready to play. so we are excited about him wanting to play. he is excited, and we are looking forward to seeing that. what has been the message to the group has been be ready, get yourself ready,

everton have agreed a deal to sign swansea city midfielder gylfi sigurdsson for a fee believed to beion. the icelandic international will have a medical at goodison park on wednesday and will become the club's record signing, beating the $38.6 million they paid sunderland for goalkeeper jordan pickford last month. maria sharapova is set to play in herfirst grand slam since her is—month drugs ban expired in april. the 30 year old russian has been handed a place at this month's us open in new york. the 5—time grand slam champion was denied a wildcard for the french open and pulled out of qualifying for wimbledon. currently ranked 148th in the world she won the 2006 us open and reached the semi finals in 2005 and 2012. sharapova's won 35 singles titles in her career and first became world number i in august 2005. nick kyrgios is through to the second round of the cincinnati masters after a comfortable 6—2, 6—3 victory over the ninth seed david goffin. after nearly losing the first game of the match, the australian secured three breaks of serve against the belgian who took a medical time

barkley in the same position, swansea's gylfi sigurdsson in the same position and for those clubs, south they can't play, some which doubt about their futures and i think the general feeling within english football is that something has to be done to sort this out cos it's just destabilising the clubs and add a really key point in the season. the premier league celebrates its 25th birthday today. fans have been treated to hundreds of incredible goals over the years — picking the best is no easy task. the goal which won a bbc vote has been announced — and it's hard not to watch in awe. dennis bergkamp's brilliant effort against newcastle in 2002 came out on top. he's turned, off what a goal! he turned him inside out. did he mean that, i think he did. slide the ball past shay given. absolutely stunning. absolutely stunning. liverpool captain jordan henderson is expecting a tough outing at hoffenheim, in tonight's champions league first leg qualifier. liverpool are without the injured philippe coutinho, daniel sturridge and adam lallana. but henderson feels there is enough quality in the sq

everton midfielder ross barkley is in the same position, and so is swa nsea's gylfi sigurdsson.and swansea, they have got three big players who cannot play because there is so much doubt about their futures. i think the general feeling within english football is that something has to be done to sort this out, because it has just destabilised clubs at a key point of the season. liverpool captain jordan henderson is expecting a tough outing at hoffenheim, in tonight's champions league first leg qualifier. liverpool are without the injured philippe coutinho, daniel sturridge and adam lallana. but henderson feels there is enough quality in the squad to get over the line, despite the huge challenge that lies ahead. it isa it is a big test. it is a big opportunity and that is how we have to look at it. over the two games, if we can win and qualify for the champions league that was the end last season, so we need to finish it off with these next two games. it will be a tough game because they area will be a tough game because they are a good side and they will make it difficult. i thin

everton have shown off their record signing gylfi sigurdsson at the finch farm training ground today.ub record £45 million this week and will make his debut against manchester city on monday night. and in the last couple of hours, spurs have announced that they've signed the colombian international defender davinson sanchez on a six—year deal. he's 21 years old and has played twice for the national side. over at old trafford jose mourinho is in high spirits — even though manchester united aren't likely to sign any more players in this transfer window. they got off to a flyer in the premier league last sunday, beating west ham 4—0 — but having already got three big transfer deals over the line, mourinho says he's happy with the squad. highs said that obviously my plans we re highs said that obviously my plans were for we will be together again for another transfer window in january and another one in the next summer, january and another one in the next summer, so january and another one in the next summer, so there is no pressure from me at all. i'm happy with the squad we have and i'm

everton have agreed a deal to sign swansea city midfielder gylfi sigurdsson for a fee of around £16 milliontional will have a medical at today and would become everton‘s record signing, beating the £30 million they paid sunderland for goalkeeper jordan pickford last month. the england midfielder fara williams has left arsenal to sign a two year deal with reading women. williams won the fa women's cup with arsenal last year and has also played for everton and liverpool, as well as picking up a record 165 caps for her country. england captainjoe root has confirmed that toby roland—jones will keep his place in the england side for the first test against west indies which begins tomorrow. chris woakes is sidelined with a side strain and mason crane also misses out. the opening batsmen will make his england debut replacing the historic... he is not worried about the uncertainty around the england line—up. the uncertainty around the england line-up. an opportunity for the skies now. —— the guys. i think it is an exciting place to be for us as a team. if the lads can take the chances now, that wil

swa nsea's gylfi sigurdsson is in the same position.flux because they have that can't play because there's so much doubt about their future. the general feeling within english football is that something has to be done to sort this out, because it's just destabilising clubs at a key point of the season. liverpool are in champions league action this evening. they're in germany to face hoffenheim in the first leg of the play—off to decide which of them will qualify for the group stage of the competition. liverpool are without philippe coutinho, daniel sturridge and adam lallana, who are all injured, but captainjordan henderson says they have enough quality in the squad to get a result. it's a big test, but it's a big opportunity as well. that's how we've got to look at it. over the two games, if we can win and qualify for the champions league, that was the aim last season. we need to finish it off with these next two games. it will be tough, because hoffenheim are a very good side and will make it difficult for us. but if we perform to the

. £115 million signing gylfi sigurdsson won‘t be fit enough to make his everton debut tonight in theher watched the game away and you have the deal. they do not have secrets for us and we will not have secrets for them. and eight time olympic gold medallist usain bolt he‘ll be out for three months after sustaining a hamstring tear in the men‘s 4x100 metres final at the world championships last weekend. the jamaican world record holder has had further scans on the injury, which show the damage to be worse than anticipated. it means he won‘t appear for manchester united legends at old trafford at the start of september. mixed martial arts champion conor mcgregor believes he‘ll beat floyd mayweather inside two rounds, thanks to the use of lighter weight gloves when the pair meet. the eight ounce gloves have been approved as a one off for the contest in las vegas next weekend. the lighter gloves have less padding over the knuckles and are believed to favour the heavier puncher, who is though to be mcgregor. we are prepared for every possible outcome. i do not believe he will make it out

everton midfielder ross barkley is in the same position, and so is swansea's gylfi sigurdsson.ecause there is so much doubt about the futures. i think the general feeling within english football is that something has to be done to sort this out, because it has just destabilised clubs at a delete key point of the season. absolutely, but what will be wider impact be for european teams? we have seen ursula's interest in philippe coutinho. the window closes at the start of the british season, it will have an impact on europe. —— barcelona's have an impact on europe. —— ba rcelona's interest. have an impact on europe. —— barcelona's interest. whilst english premier league clubs can have an agreement amongst themselves, it is unenforceable across europe unless the whole window changed. so you could not stop barcelona targeting philippe coutinho, as they have done this summer. you couldn't stop philippe coutinho going to ursula, as he evidently wants to do. the question is, if you have decided, the premier league clubs have decided that they don't wish to buy any players after this ar

this is gylfi sigurdsson showing everton why he's worth £115 million. in the mix. england boss gareth southgate says he has no issue with the culture of the fa and believes the manager of the women's side, mark sampson, is an excellent character. it's after eni aluko, who has 102 caps for england, accused sampson of bullying and discrimination, which he denies. sampson has been cleared by two investigations so far and southgate says there's no problem at the fa. my my feeling is that the culture is very good here. i can't talk about specific camps and age groups i'm not involved with, but i sense we are heading in a good direction with everything that's going on at saint georges park. i think this summer was a really good example of that across the men's and women's game. in cricket, england can seal the series against west indies with victory in the second test which starts later at headingley. the last test finished inside three days and england will start as big favourites ahead of the match. it's one of two tests to take place before this winter's a

swansea‘s gylfi sigurdsson is in the same position.e. the general feeling within english football is that something has to be done to sort this out, because it is just destabilising clubs at a key point of the season. the premier league celebrates its 25th birthday today. more than 25,000 goals have been scored in england‘s top division since 1992 — and fans were asked to pick their favourite in a bbc poll. and the winner was this one — scored by arsenal‘s dennis bergkamp against newcastle in 2002. commentator: bergkamp! what a goal by dennis bergkamp. did he mean that? i think he did. and slipped the ball past shay given. some of us remember that! liverpool are in champions league action. they‘re in germany to face hoffenheim in the first leg of the play—off to decide which of them will qualify for the group phase of the competition. liverpool are without philippe coutinho, daniel sturridge and adam lallana who are all injured, but captainjordan henderson says they have enough quality in the squad to get a result. it's it‘s a big test

everton has finally annouced they've completed a club record signing of gylfi 0f gylfi sigurdsson.round 45 million pounds. the iceland international, who passed a medical earlier today, scored nine goals to help swansea avoid relegation. his transfer breaks the previous everton record when they paid almost £32 million for romelu lu ka ku in 2014. he was one of the key players to bring in, and that was all about that, of course. we knew we would lose lu ka ku for this that, of course. we knew we would lose lukaku for this season. and we need productivity in the team. he's that type of player. he knows the premier league and he had a really good season at swansea. in my opinion, in his position, he's one of the best the premier league. scotland's catriona matthew has been called up to replace the injured suzann pettersen in europe's solheim cup team. 47 year old matthew has played in nine cups between 1998 and 2015. norwegian pettersen has been receiving treatment for a recurrent back injury but pulled out this morning. the event takes place in iowa from friday to sunday. england wom

swansea‘s gylfi sigurdsson is in the same position.heir future. the general feeling within english football is that something has to be done to sort this out, because it‘s just destabilising clubs at a key point of the season. liverpool are in champions league action this evening. they‘re in germany to face hoffenheim in the first leg of the play—offs to decide which of them will qualify for the group stage of the competition. liverpool are without philippe coutinho, daniel sturridge and adam lallana — who are all injured, but captainjordan henderson says they have enough quality in the squad to get a result. it isa it is a big test but a big opportunity as well and that is how we need to look at it. over the two games, if we can win and qualify for the champions league, that was the end last season. so we need to finish it with these next couple of games. it will be tough for us as hoffenheim are side. but i feel with the quality we have got, if we perform to the level we know we can, iam very perform to the level we know we can, i am

everton have agreed a deal to sign swansea city midfielder gylfi sigurdsson for a fee believed to bed sunderland for goalkeeper jordan pickford last month. former world number one maria sharapova will make her first grand slam appearance in over 18 months after she was awarded a main draw wildcard for the forthcoming us 0pen. the 30—year—old russian, who returned from a 15—month doping ban earlier this year, was denied a wildcard at the french open before missing wimbledon with a thigh injury. britain's johanna konta's into the third round of the cincinatti 0pen after beating kiki bertens of the netherlands. konta, who's the world number seven, broke the dutch woman early in the first set, then came back from a break down in the second. she'll play alize cornet of france or slovakian dominika cibulkova next. tiger woods had five different drugs in his system when he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in may. a urine test revealed a mixture of strong painkillers, sleep and anxiety drugs and thc, which is a chemical component of marijuana. the 14—time major winner

everton are through to the europa league group stage, helped by a stunning goal from gylfi sigurdsson in the first half. any nerves were eased seconds after the break thanks to sigurdsson's amazing strike, his first for everton. a jordan pickford penalty save ensured it finished 3—1 on aggregate. tottenham have been given one of the toughest possible draws in their champions league group for this season. they're up against defending champions, real madrid. also in the group is borussia dortmund and apoel nicosia, the cypriot team. spurs will play their home matches at wembley this season, while their new stadium is built. they'll come up against former tottenham players gareth bale and luka modric. here is how it looks for the other british sides in the draw. manchester united are in group a alongside former winners benfica. celtic are in another tough group with bayern munich and paris st germain. chelsea match up against atletico. meanwhile, liverpool will be pleased. they face spartak moscow, maribor and sevilla. manchester city too will be happy with their draw, although they face

everton have signed gylfi sigurdsson from swansea city for a club record fee believed to be around £45 england‘s cricketers begin their first day—night test this afternoon, against west indies at edgbaston. in a move designed to attract more fans to the game, the match will begin at two o‘clock and will be played with a pink ball which shows up better under the lights. the west indies team already has experience of playing a day—night test, but it‘ll be a step into the unknown for the hosts. it is hard to think of test cricket, playing it any differently to how you would normally. ultimately it is still the same game. you have to adapt to the conditions. we have managed to do that well and should be in managed to do that well and should beina managed to do that well and should be in a good addition. —— position. it is something the game needs. test cricket is not suffering in england, but in many territories around the world, the fans are slowly but surely decreasing. sol fans are slowly but surely decreasing. so i think this adds something to test cricket. we will be speaking a bit mo

the expense of hajduk split last night thanks to this stunning 50—yard strike from new signing gylfi sigurdssonmen today. they face the dutch home side trying to make it through to the final in front of another sell—out crowd of 10,000. we really wanted to get to the final. we said before the tournament started, we didn't put our game out there. on friday, we have to make sure we get to the final and that will be a big step forward. 0nce sure we get to the final and that will be a big step forward. once we get to the final, we will try to win it. a huge opportunity now to try and geta it. a huge opportunity now to try and get a european medal. west brom have signed scotland winger 0liver burke from german club rb liepzig on a five—year contract. burke became the most expensive scottish player ever when he joined the bundesliga side for a fee of about £13 million last year. burke could make his west brom debut on sunday at home to stoke in the premier league. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. major travel disruption is expected over the weekend as millions prepare for th