Bailey Matthews' feat was sport in its purest form. No doubts about whether the rider was clean or whether the runner was a cheat. It's about as moving as sport gets.

Olympic distance running is rife with doping according to experts who have examined the blood profile of elite athletes, with as many as one in three on drugs.

The accountants can justify Raheem Sterling's move to Manchester City, but at the age of 20 will he be the man to walk into a dressing room of stars and make the difference?

It's a worrying sign of things to come for Manuel Pellegrini that even before the season has started he cannot escape the shadow of Pep Guardiola and reports of his mooted move to Man City.

Frank Lampard came off the substitutes' bench in the 69th minute to make his highly anticipated MLS debut but he could not help his side from falling to a 3-2 home defeat. 

It does not matter how many times Jose Mourinho insists it is not an issue, Petr Cech's debut for Arsenal against Chelsea is a delicious amuse-bouche.

West Ham are ready to rival Newcastle in the race to sign Charlie Austin as they look to bolster their depleted forward line following an injury to Enner Valencia.

With the new season here at last, Sportsmail's columnist looks ahead to the fates of Radamel Falcao, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Petr Cech and Eddie Howe for the new campaign.

Arsene Wenger says Arsenal have no excuses not to challenge for the title. They finished third last season, but their campaign was hindered by the World Cup and injuries.

Roberto Soldado wants to join Villarreal and end his two-year spell at Tottenham. The 30-year-old striker joined Spurs from Villarreal's local rivals Valencia in 2013.

JACK GAUGHAN: Those around Leeds, witnesses of their financial struggle, say Uwe Rosler is comfortably the most decisive manager they have seen stride through the club.

On a different day, with perhaps a stricter driving-test examiner, Tyrone Mings might never have played professional football. Mings took his driving test four years ago when he was 18.

Leicester City have have agreed a £10.5m fee with Internacional for Charles Aranguiz. The Chile midfielder though has made it clear he would prefer a move to Leverkusen

CHARLES SALE: A further sign Sky Sports massively overspent in paying £11m a match for Premier League coverage is the fact they ceded Spanish football contract to rivals BT.

Juventus suffered an injury blow after new signing Sami Khedira was carried off on a stretcher during Saturday's friendly in Marseille. Stephan Lichtsteiner was later shown a red card.

With Emmanuel Adebayor due to join Aston Villa, Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino will step up his attempts to land a new centre-forward this month.

CRAIG HOPE: Steve McClaren is set to return to a Premier League dugout for the first time since 2006. Not since leaving Middlesbrough has he managed in top flight.

Middlesbrough are lining up an improved £14million bid for Blackburn Rovers striker Jordan Rhodes. Blackburn have already rejected £12m from Boro but need to sell one more player this summer.

Manchester United have already convinced Pedro to join them this summer the player's mother has revealed. The revelation was made by the president of his first club, Tenerife.

EXCLUSIVE: England's players will sacrifice their extra rest day earned in their crushing win over Australia by cramming in additional training at Nottingham Forest in a bid to reclaim the Ashes.

Mark Wood remains firm favourite to step in for a man who has taken more wickets in Nottingham than any Test bowler, but England have given themselves options.

Jimmy Anderson says he wants to play on until the 2019 Ashes series in Australia after confirming he suffered a 'little tear' during England's superb third Test win at Edgbaston.

MailOnline's Fantasy Football game is back and it is better than ever. Here we take a look at ten summer signings who could rake in the points in the upcoming campaign.

Teddy Sheringham, who scored 124 goals in 277 appearances for Spurs, is in his first managerial post with the League Two club and welcomed his former employers for to Stevenage.

Mourinho, 52, is relatively middle-aged among the Premier League managers. The Chelsea boss said: 'I see myself going into the 70s. Not for ever and ever, but while I have conditions for it.'

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said he could adopt a two-pronged attack this season, with Radamel Falcao offering more options after joining on a season-long loan from Monaco.

Brendan Rodgers insists Liverpool are ready to avenge the most humiliating day of his reign as he targeted an opening weekend win at Stoke.

Leicester City have completed a £5.6million swoop for Caen midfielder N'Golo Kante. The 24-year-old has agreed a four-year deal at the King Power Stadium after leaving the French club.

The big kick-off in the Premier League may still be in August, but the hard work begins long before for top flight clubs across the country.

Liverpool have completed the signing of Allan Rodrigues de Souza from Internacional for £500,000. The 18-year-old trained at Melwood on Tuesday.

In the end, it was third time lucky for Arsene Wenger and Petr Cech. The Arsenal boss tried in 2004 and 2013 but this time, Wenger sealed the deal and Jose Mourinho was powerless to prevent it.

Manchester United defender Daley Blind has revealed Arsenal tried to sign him when he was 16-years-old. Blind's idol growing up was Gunners legend Thierry Henry.

Sale and England fly-half Danny Cipriani is becoming increasingly frustrated as he waits to find out if he will be charged after being arrested on suspicion of drink-driving.

Sir Steve Redgrave fears the Olympic Games next year could be overshadowed by a major drugs controversy and has demanded the World Anti-Doping Agency get a grip on the problem.

CHARLES SALE: After Edgbaston produced easily the best atmosphere of the Ashes, Great Britain's Davis Cup semi-final against Australia could be heading to Birmingham as well.

Former Arsenal and England defender and Sportsmail columnist MARTIN KEOWN returns ahead of the new season to answer YOUR questions on the biggest talking points in football.