Spurs boss Harry Redknapp says Luka Modric is worth more than £35m, a punch up at the Diamond League athletics - plus more.
2324: MOTOGP - Jorge Lorenzo quickest after free practice 2, finishing ahead of Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner. Britain's Cal Crutchlow 13th ahead of qualifying at Laguna MotoGP.
2253: GOLF - Luke Donald struggles badly, going round in a three-over-par 73 to leave him in a tie for 49th place at the Canadian Open in Vancouver. Scott McCarron leads.
2244: FOOTBALL - A young Wolves side went down 2-0 to Shrewsbury at the Greenhous Meadow. Dominant throughout, Shrewsbury clinched victory with second-half goals from Shane Cansdell-Sherriff and Marvin Morgan.
2240: FOOTBALL - Former Tottenham defender Jonathan Woodgate watched from the stands as his new Stoke team-mates went down 1-0 to League One Brentford in their pre-season friendly at Griffin Park.
2235: FOOTBALL - Former Manchester United and Real Madrid defender Gabriel Heinze has agreed to join Italian side Roma after leaving French side Marseille where he had spent two seasons.
2110: WHEELCHAIR TENNIS: - Britain's Peter Norfolk will meet American David Wagner in Saturday's quad singles final at the British Open in Nottingham. It is the fourth time since 2005 that the top two players in the world will face each other in the tournament final. The women's singles decider will see Dutch star Esther Vergeer try to extend her 421-match unbeaten streak against compatriot Jiske Griffioen.
2005: RUGBY LEAGUE - Halifax's Championship Grand Final-winning coach Matt Calland has left the club by "mutual consent", just four days before they discover if they will be admitted to Super League.
2000: ATHLETICS - The women's 200m was swept up by the Amerians who took all three podium places. Allyson Felix and Carmelita Jeter were in contention as they powered into the straight but Jeter held the advantage to win in 22.20. Felix, running in her final race before next month's world championships, must now decide whether to run both the 400m and 200m in Daegu.
1957: GOLF - Mark Calcavecchia remained at the top of the Senior Open Championship leaderboard after carding a second-round 69 to move on to seven under par at Walton Heath in Surrey.
1952: GOLF - Japan's Miki Saiki holds a one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Evian Masters after carding a second round five-under-par 67.
1857: FOOTBALL - Spurs boss Harry Redknapp says that Luka Modric is worth more than the reported £35m bid made by Chelsea.
1820: FOOTBALL - Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas has remained at home as the rest of the squad fly to Germany for a pre-season game against Cologne and a training camp. The official word is that he stayed to work on a fitness problem. Nicklas Bendtner and goalkeeper Manuel Almunia have also not travelled.
1806: ATHLETICS - British long-distance runner Mo Farah on Twitter ahead of Diamond League meet: "Had a nice sleep before the race...Not long to go now!! This is gonna be exciting...Loaded field...No one is missing!!"1748: FOOTBALL - Press Association is reporting that Newcastle striker Hatem Ben Arfa is having his injured ankle assessed in Paris as the club await news on how serious the problem is. Ben Arfa is reported to have told fans at the team hotel that he did not think it was serious.
1559: FOOTBALL - Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has been appointed the club's head of football operations as part of a restructuring at the Spanish club following the firing of Jorge Valdano as director general.
1540: SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING - Britain's Jenna Randall and Olivia Allison finished eighth in the duet free final at the World Championships in Shanghai. Their performance moves them ahead of France in the world rankings and Allison said: "It feels so good to have achieved our aim right now."
1515: CYCLING - The Court of Arbitration for Sport says it will hear a doping case against 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich next month. The German, who retired in 2007, served a six-month doping ban in 2002 and, for a second offence, faces a life ban from holding any position in cycling.
1451: SNOOKER - Doherty and Williams will meet in one semi-final. The other is an all-English clash between Shaun Murphy, who beat compatriot Matthew Selt 5-3, and Stuart Bingham, who was a 5-3 winner over Northern Ireland's Mark Allen.
1449: SNOOKER - Ireland's Ken Doherty has reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open with a 5-3 victory over England's Mark Selby. Mark Williams is also in the last four after beating fellow Welshman Dominic Dale.
1438: CYCLING - Chris Boardman on Twitter: "Long day to go, best for Cadel and Tommy to get together, settle in and pace themselves. There is one guy riding with 3h to do."1424: CYCLING - Alberto Contador has blown the quartet apart. Cadel Evans dropped off and then suffered mechanical problems, necessitating a bike change, while the pace was just too quick for Thomas Voeckler. Andy Schleck is staying in Contador's wheel. In an unusual move, French rider Jerome Pineau of the Quick Step team is helping his countryman Voeckler, of Team Europcar, up the Col du Telegraph.
1413: FOOTBALL - Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaud Courtois has joined Atletico Madrid on a season-long loan, according to the Press Association.
1402: CYCLING - Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has launched a sensational attack on the first climb of the 19th stage. Andy Schleck has gone with him though and his team-mate and brother Frank Schleck. Race leader Thomas Voeckler and Cadel Evans have also kept pace.
1323: BREAKING ATHLETICS - UK Athletics confirm Bernie Wilson, the fastest female sprinter in the UK, has been provisionally suspended from all competition after being charged with having committed anti-doping rule violations.
1240: DIVING - Jack Laugher, 16, came eighth in the final of the 3m springboard at the World Swimming Championships in Shanghai.
1230: DIVING - China's He Chong has won his second successive world 3m springboard gold medal. China have won all eight diving golds on offer so far in Shanghai, with just the women's 3m springboard and men's 10m platform titles to be decided.
1200: CRICKET - Zaheer Khan, who took both the wickets to fall on the rain-interrupted opening day, may be unable to bowl in the remainder of England's first innings in the first test at Lord's after leaving the field with a hamstring strain on Thursday.
1115: FORMULA 1 - Team Lotus driver Jarno Trulli, who has been replaced by Karun Chandhok this weekend, tells Press Association Sport that he 'already has a contract for next year".
1050: CRICKET - With India's main strike bowler Zaheer Khan struggling with a leg injury, Rahul Dravid is expecting to keep wicket at some point today so that usual stumper Mahendra Singh Dhoni can bowl. England resume on 127-2 at 1100 BST and live text commentary of the second day of the first Test at Lord's has begun on the BBC Sport website. Test Match Special radio commentary is also under way.1041: CRICKET - BBC Radio 5 live correspondent Pat Murphy reports from Lord's that India bowler Zaheer Khan has struggled in the nets this morning, and he will be surprised if the left-arm seamer is involved much on the second day of the first Test against England. However, there is no official confirmation as to the extent of the injury Zaheer suffered on Thursday.
1027: RUGBY UNION - Infostradalive on Twitter: "Dan Carter scored six points after coming on as a replacement [in New Zealand's win over Fiji] and is now one point behind Jonny Wilkinson's world record of 1195 Test match points." 1022: FOOTBALL - Blackpool sign midfielder Barry Ferguson from Birmingham on a two-year-deal.1018: RUGBY UNION - New Zealand have beaten Fiji 60-14 in a one-off Test match at Carisbrook.
1008: FORMULA 1 - Ferrari's Fernando Alonso has just posted the quickest time in the first practice session for the German Grand Prix. The Spaniard has recorded a time of 1:32.037. Live TV pictures and text commentary are on the BBC Sport website.0948: SWIMMING - The World Aquatics Championships are well under way in Shanghai with Keri-Anne Payne winning the 10km open water swim earlier this week to become the first British athlete to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The indoor swimmers begin their competitions on Sunday and we've got a handy guide on who to look out for and details of BBC Sport's coverage of the event.
0824: BOXING - Tyson Fury has claimed that the winner of his British heavyweight fight with Dereck Chisora on Saturday is likely to face David Haye's conqueror Wladimir Klitschko. "Wladimir Klitschko has shown a lot of interest in the winner of this fight. Unofficially this is a world title eliminator," Fury told BBC 5 live. Klitschko has twice pulled out of fights with Chisora. 0819: FORMULA 1 - Force India F1 on Twitter: "Another overcast morning at the Nurburgring. Air temp just 12 degrees and showers forecast all day - a bit like Silverstone!"
0810: CRICKET - Australia Test captain Michael Clarke has elected not to play in his country's domestic Twenty20 competition this season to focus on preparations for the longer format of the game. "We have a big six months ahead I want to prioritise my time and commitment to my role with the Australian team," he said.
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