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Anthony Crolla has been named as the last entrant in the next Prizefighter event which takes place on October 6 in Liverpool.

All eight badminton players involved in yesterday's controversies have been banned from the London 2012 Olympics after a series of appeals over their elimination from the women's doubles attempting to "throw" matches were rejected by the Badminton World Federation.

Great Britain celebrated their first gold medal of the London 2012 Olympics as Helen Glover and Heather Stanning cruised to victory in the women's pair and the rest of Team GB was quick to show their support.

Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew is hoping to further strengthen his defence this summer after the club were linked with new offers for FC Twente's Douglas Texeira and Lille right-back Mathieu Debuchy.

Tottenham came from behind to beat New York Red Bulls 2-1 in the final game of their pre-season tour of the United States as new signing Gylfi Sigurdsson scored a superb winner.

Manchester United have confirmed that they have sent young goalkeeper Ben Amos to Hull City on a season-long loan in order to try and gain some vital first team experience.

Arsenal could well face another battle with Barcelona after the Spanish giants were linked with a move for midfielder Alex Song who is seen as a possible replacement for Seydou Keita.

Arsenal have handed a first professional contract to German youth international Serge Gnaby after impressing manager Arsene Wenger in his first year with the club.

There was yet more success for Team GB at Eton Dorney as Alan Campbell produced a superb performance in the men's single sculls to qualify for the semi-finals, while the women's eight secured a spot in the final of the repechage.

Liverpool are said to be interested in signing Birmingham City goalkeeper Jack Butland after scouts returned with glowing reports having watched the youngster in action for Team GB on Sunday evening.

Watford manager Gainfranco Zola has begun the process of rebuilding his squad after completing deals for seven new players to join the club, including former Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia.

Clint Dempsey has refused to travel with the rest of the Fulham squad on their pre-season tour of Switzerland as he attempts to push through a transfer to Liverpool.

Liam Tancock and Gemma Spofforth both finished in fifth place in their respective 100m backstroke finals as Team GB's swimmers failed to follow up on the momentum that had been handed to them by the men's gymnastics team.

George Groves secured a superb stoppage victory over Francisco Sierra as he made a long-awaited return on the undercard of Robert Guerrero and Selcuk Aydin in San Jose, California.

Laura Robson safely made it through to the second round of the Olympic tennis event at Wimbledon as she secured a straight set victory over Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has handed a life line to Andrey Arshavin by suggesting that he still has a future at the club despite being sent on loan last season.

Hannah Miley and Caitlin McClatchey both qualified for the semi-finals of their respective events after a morning in the pool that saw Ye Shiwen of China grab the headlines with a dominating performance in the 200m medley.

Liverpool have handed permission for midfielder Alberto Aquilani to travel to Italy in order to try and secure a permanent move away from Anfield this summer.

Manchester United are keeping a close eye on the contract situation of England defender Ashley Cole who has less than 12 months remaining on his contract with Chelsea.

Great Britain's men's basketball team were unable to prevent defeat as they made their first appearance at the Olympics since 1948, eventually succumbing to 95-75 defeat to Russia in Group B.

Manchester City have reportedly made an opening bid of £13million for Liverpool centre-back Daniel Agger as manager Roberto Mancini looks to secure his first signing of the season.

Mark Cavendish failed to land Great Britain's first medal of the Olympic Games as Alexandre Vinokourov of Kazakstan raced to victory in the men's road race.

One of the favourites to medal at the London Olympics for Team GB has been handed a tough opening contest after super-heavyweight Anthony Joshua was drawn against Erislandy Savon of Cuba.

Chelsea captain John Terry has been charged by the Football Association after an extensive review into the incident that took place at Loftus Road on October 23 2011.

Emmanuel Adebayor's proposed switch to Tottenham appears to have hit a stumbling block after reports suggested that the striker is demanding that Manchester City pay him the full £5million transfer fee.

Laura Robson has been handed a place in the singles draw of the Olympic tennis event after it was announced that Croatia's Petra Martic had withdrawn from the competition.

Junior Hoilett completes his move to Loftus Road

Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas has been angered by the recent comments made by Giovani dos Santos which openly stated that he was hoping to quit the club this summer.

Arsenal are on the verge of completing a deal for Real Madrid's Nuri Sahin that would see the midfielder move to the club on a one-year loan deal.