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The latest on Lewis Hamilton's win in the German Grand Prix, Mark Cavendish's Tour de France success and England v India at Lord's.

1256: CRICKET - BBC's Test Match Special producer Adam Mountford on Twitter: "Now that was special. Real hair on back of neck that moment as Tendulkar walked to the middle. Just imagine if he scores 100 runs today." Sachin is there because Graeme Swann took the wicket of Gautam Gambhir. India now 140-4. Truly intoxicating atmosphere at Lord's now... 1243: CRICKET - Another wicket has fallen at a hot Lord's, VVS Laxman (56) caught by Ian Bell off the bowling of Jimmy Anderson. India now 131-3. "Nothing more than a loosener from Anderson... and Laxman just slogged it down Bell's throat at midwicket," says chief sports writer Tom Fordyce on our live text commentary. England need seven more wickets. 1223: BADMINTON - The draw for next month's world championships at Wembley Stadium (8-14 August) have been announced and England's only seeded players, Nathan Robertson and Jenny Wallwork (10th), have received a bye into the second round. Meanwhile, England's top singles male and Commonwealth silver medallist Rajiv Ouseph will face third seed Peter Gade of Denmark in the first round. Ouseph has never beaten Gade in six attempts. Scotland's Susan Egelstaff, the highest ranking women's singles player from the home nations, faces Canada's Michelle Li whom she beat earlier in the year. 1121: FOOTBALL - Press Association Sport understands that Aston Villa are set to sign Wigan winger Charles N'Zogbia in a £9.5m deal. 1055: CYCLING - BBC Sport's Matt Slater on Twitter: "Cav's lead-out man Mark Renshaw says Cadel Evans is 'still developing as a rider' and can win TDF again, Aussie cycling firmly on the map." 1053: SWIMMING - BBC Sport's Ollie Williams on Twitter: "Day two of World Swimming live on BBC website/red button shortly. I'm on a train so can't watch. Tell me if big things happen, won't you?"

1049: RUGBY UNION - South Africa captain John Smit says that the Springboks will be in top gear when they begin their World Cup defence against Wales in the autumn. An inexperienced Springboks side lost 39-20 to Australia on Saturday, but Smit said: "The one thing I promise is that we will be fully ready and prepared for that first game against Wales. We've got an opportunity to play four games in the Tri-Nations, which in itself are against the best teams in the world, so you'll pretty much know exactly where you are once the Tri-Nations is done."

1046: CRICKET - BBC Sport's Dave Gordon on Twitter: "Inside Aquatics venue on Olympic Park for the first time. Simply stunning. See it on BBC on Wednesday to mark one year to go." 1029: CRICKET - Lord's Ground on Twitter: "Sadly we've had to revert to one ticket per person today. Known touts in the queue ruining it for everyone."

1023: SNOOKER - Stuart Bingham has climbed to 12th in the world rankings following his Australian Goldfields Open triumph. The Basildon cueman won the first ranking title of his career by beating Mark Williams 9-8 in the final in Bendigo and jumped three places.

1019: FOOTBALL - Wolves midfielder Adlene Guedioura is to see a specialist to determine the extent of his ankle problem. The 25-year-old Algerian midfielder suffered the setback when on African Nations Cup qualifying duty for his country last month.

1008: ROWING - BBC Sport's Martin Gough on Twitter: "Three more in GB squad for rowing World Champs - Katherine Copeland, Kieren Emery and Peter Chambers, who was a sub with brother in Lucerne."

1002: FOOTBALL - Dorin Goian hopes to finalise the details of his move to Rangers today. The Ibrox club have reportedly agreed a fee of around £750,000 with Italian club Palermo for the 30-year-old defender.

0954: HOCKEY - Ashley Jackson, who scored twice when England beat Germany to win the European title in 2009, will return from injury to help defend the crown at the end of August. Jackson, 23, has been out of action for eight months.

0944: FORMULA ONE - Lotus Renault test driver Bruno Senna, nephew of the late Ayrton, will replace Nick Heidfeld at this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix - but only in Friday's first practice.

0939: CRICKET - The Australian Test squad for the tour of Sri Lanka will be announced on Tuesday. Australia will play two Twenty20s, five one-dayers and three Tests.

0935: AMERICAN FOOTBALL - An end to the NFL lockout may be imminent, as a committee of league players is scheduled to meet Monday in Washington to consider an offer by club owners.

0930: BOXING - Veteran Maesteg boxer Jason Cook, 36, says he will not be quitting the ring despite losing a British light-welterweight title fight against champion Ashley Theophane at Wembley on Saturday.

0925: GOLF - Three-time major winner Padraig Harrington will return to defend his title at the Iskandar Johor Open in Malaysia, which will offer a 60% increase in prize money, the Asian Tour said on Monday.

0922: CRICKET - International Cricket Council (ICC) chief Haroon Lorgat has hit back at former Australian captain Steve Waugh's claim that 56 cricketers reported illegal approaches by bookmakers to the governing body last year.

0918: GOLF - Tiger Woods, expected to announce later this week that he is returning to action at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Thursday week, is out of the world's top 20 for the first time since January 1997.

0906: DIVING - Tom Daley has decided to leave school early in an attempt to renew his dream of being crowned Olympic champion in London. The 17-year-old lost his world title in Shanghai on Sunday, finishing fifth in the 10m platform.

0903: FORMULA ONE - Jenson Button says that any slim hopes he had of challenging for the world championship have disappeared after two consecutive retirements.

0857: FOOTBALL - Sir Alex Ferguson has backed Javier Hernandez to eclipse last season's 20-goal haul for Manchester United.

0847: RUGBY UNION - The All Blacks will rest at least four key players for Saturday's Tri-Nations Test against South Africa. Assistant coach Wayne Smith confirmed on Monday that Crusaders forwards Brad Thorn, Owen Franks and Kieran Read and Blues hooker Keven Mealamu will be released from the All Blacks squad this week to recuperate from tiring Super 15 campaigns.

0839: CRICKET - Aussie legend Matthew Hayden will return to cricket with the Brisbane Heat for the T20 Big Bash League in Sydney.

0833: FOOTBALL - Aston Villa have resumed talks with Wigan over signing winger Charles N'Zogbia and are close to agreeing a fee. Wigan had rejected Villa's bid of £9m for the former Newcastle player. But the two clubs held further discussions over the weekend and are believed to be not far from reaching a compromise figure of around £9.5m.

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