SPORTS

Jessica Ennis wins the women's Olympic heptathlon competition with a British record of 6955 points as Greg Rutherford claims the long jump title and Mo Farah claims 10,000m gold

Arsenal are on the verge of announcing a £16million deal for Malaga midfielder Santo Cazorla after the Spaniard completed his medical on Thursday evening.

This day just keeps getting better for Team GB and Britain as we score another Gold medal in the women's rowing.

Great Britain's interest in the archery competition is over after Larry Godfrey lost a shoot off with Malaysia's Khairul Mohamad in the men's individual last 16.

Chelsea forward Eden Hazard says that he is keen to play alongside his brother Thorgen Hazard, who has just recently arrived at Stamford Bridge.

Luiza Galiulina of Uzbekistan has been banned from the London 2012 Olympic Games after she tested positive for furosemide, a prohibited diuretic substance

Athletics opens with Jessica Ennis going for gold and Rebecca Adlington defending Beijing 2008 title in 800m freestyle on one of busiest day of games.

Liverpool began their season in earnest with the start of qualification rounds for the 2012/13 Europa League with a narrow 1-0 away win over Belarusian club FC Gomel

Yesterday saw medals galore for team GB with three gold and three silver wins. The men's team sprint in cycling saw the trio of Sir Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny and Philip Hindes win gold and break a world record, twice in fact during the race.

Sir Chris Hoy adds another gold to Team GB tally in wildly successful day of six medals for Olympic hosts.

With a few notable exceptions, such as Italy and Jamaica, most Olympic team outfits were far from winning combinations.

Victoria Pendleton and Jess Varnish have both been disqualified from the womens team sprint cycling event at the Velodrome, with the pair relegated out of medal contention after a rule error.

Kate Middleton, Princess Charlene, Debbie Phelps, Bert Le Clos and troops in Afghanistan cheer on Olympic athletes.

Gemma Gibbons has taken out the silver in the Judo, with the Brit losing a hard-fought battle against USA star Kayla Harrison in the final match-up.

Team GB take second Gold in as many minutes, with canoe slalom pair Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott first while David Florence and Richard Hounslow collect silver.

London's busiest shopping centre will close to non-Olympic visitors as Stratford prepares for huge weekend crowds.

Peter Wilson produced a superb performance in the final of the double trap as he caused a major upset to secure Great Britain's third gold medal of the London 2012 Olympics.

Chelsea have allowed attacking midfielder Kevin de Bruyne to join German side Werder Bremen on a season-long loan in a bid to give the youngster some valuable first-team experience.

Rebecca Adlington has set up a nail-biting final for the 800m freestyle, with the Brit qualifying easily in her heat with a time of 8:21:78.

There was more success for the Great Britain rowing team as the men's lightweight four managed to claim the silver medal in perhaps the closest fought final we have seen at Eton Dorney.

Malaga playmaker Santi Cazorla is expected to have a medical at Arsenal this week as the Gunners look to land Real Madrid midfielder Nuri Sahin on loan.

Australian Olympic rower faints in London’s police custody after night out drinking.

Singer Cheryl Cole is the latest to join the bandwagon of fans of young Olympic diver Tom Daley.

Tlatli was shown slapping one of his players during the basketball game with the US at the London Olympics.

Track cyclist Victoria Pendleton has recalled the jeering she received while competing in Australia, with the Beijing Gold medallist revealing that fan support could be the key to her repeating her Olympic efforts in London 2012.

And the medals continue to roll in today, for team GB. Two gold's have been awarded to Shooter Peter Wilson has just won Britain's fourth gold medal of the London Olympics.

Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas has conceded that he has been forced to look at other options after a potential deal for Emmanuel Adebayor appears to have stalled.

India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni tops the list of the world's highest earning cricketers compiled by Forbes, followed by compatriot Sachin Tendulkar, as six Indians feature in the top 10.

Bradley Wiggins has revealed that yesterday was his proudest moment as a professional cyclist, with the Gold medal winner becoming Great Britain's most successful Olympian with 7 medals.