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It is a transfer that is a symbol of the headlong profligacy that has gripped our football. This feels like a league intent on burning its riches on a bonfire of its vanities.

CHRIS WHEELER IN LOS ANGELES: This is where Mourinho likes to spend his pre-season more than anywhere else; staying in Beverley Hills and making the short journey to training each day.

Even when he is losing, Federer still looks like he is winning. And it's because the very fact we are still talking about him at all today defies every available piece of logic.

Hamilton took a dazzling pole position at Silverstone to the delight of his thousands of supporters — which was in stark contrast to the boos which rang around Trafalgar Square.

JEFF POWELL: Kirkby super-lightweight Robbie Davies Jnr was stretchered away from the ring at Wembley Arena after being brutally knocked out by Poland's Michal Syrowatka.

NICK HARRIS: The former Moscow laboratory director at the heart of the Russian doping scandal could turn star witness against alleged drug cheats.

Manchester City and West Ham are trying to reach an agreement that will see Joe Hart leave the Etihad. The Hammers are unwilling to pay a loan fee for the goalkeeper and all his wages.

KIERAN GILL AT WIMBLEDON: Garbine Muguruza is rooting for Roger Federer on Sunday because the Spaniard wants to dance with the 35-year-old at the champions' dinner.

Stoke City have set an asking price of £22.5million for West Ham target Marko Arnautovic in order to try and sign three new players including Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma.

After two missed cuts in a row on links courses that were supposed to get him in the mood for The Open, the only option left for Rory McIlroy was to head down to Royal Birkdale for a solution.

LAWRENCE BOOTH AT TRENT BRIDGE: When Joe Root agreed with a pre-match suggestion that his captaincy might benefit from a backs-to-the-wall challenge, the gods were clearly listening.

Henderson, whose last appearance came on February 11, spent much of the close season at Melwood working with physios and then took a fitness coach on holiday with him.

Sebastian Vettel was all smiles on Wednesday, barely able to contain his glee as he was cheered and absent Hamilton booed. Three days later and 80 miles north those roles were reversed.

DEREK LAWRENSON AT DUNDONALD: Ian Poulter has given himself a glorious chance of his first win in five years at the Scottish Open and the ultimate confidence boost heading to The Open.

The one place where Hamilton has always found succour is ‘squished into the car, feeling every bump’ - his description of the cockpit as he scorched around Silverstone.

Mertesacker believes Sanchez will stay at Arsenal — and he does not even need to speak to the Chilean to know that. Manchester City target Sanchez has a year left on his contract.

The British Grand Prix at Silverstone is taking place this weekend, with Lewis Hamilton on pole after qualifying on Saturday. Here, JOE DOWNES gives his diary of all the action...

Ecclestone has urged F1’s new owners, Liberty Media, to buy Silverstone to save the British Grand Prix, and said the track's current owers needed to sort out the ‘muddle’ they preside over.

Forty-year-old sprinter Richard Whitehead led the way on Saturday as Britain kept their lead at the top of the medal table after winning five more gold medals at World Para Athletics Championships.

Patrick Rodgers is 18 holes away from his first PGA Tour win. But the 25-year-old former Stanford star knows that it'll likely take a lower score than the one he shot Saturday.

Shanshan Feng snapped a run of 23 consecutive pars with a birdie at the 18th hole to reclaim a one-stroke lead after Saturday's third round at the US Women's Open at Trump National Golf Club.

Brighton's move for Gent midfielder Renato Neto has fallen through. The 25-year-old travelled to England on Friday for a medical though that is understood to have thrown up concerns.

Palmer is yet to score in 2017, but is well-placed to break that duck on home soil after qualifying 11th at Silverstone. ‘It’s my second best qualifying of the year so that’s a good start,’ he said.

Russia wanted to use state security agents from the former KGB to attempt to influence key international figures in the anti-doping movement and prevent drug taking from being exposed.

Manager Unai Emery has selected new signing Dani Alves in his team to face Roma, Tottenham and Juventus, indicating he will take the right back slot previously occupied by Aurier.

SAM PETERS: Gary Ballance’s former team-mate Graeme Swann mischievously suggested the Yorkshire batsman was only in the England team because he is ‘best mates’ with the captain.

Roma have taken up the option to sign Fazio from Tottenham for £2.8million after impressing on loan. The 30-year-old defender spent last season on loan with the Serie A club as they finished runners-up.

AC Milan coach Vincenzo Montella is looking forward to working with Italy centre-back Leonardo Bonucci - hailing it a 'dream come true'.

EXCLUSIVE: Martina Navratilova offers a blunt assessment of the state of Johanna Konta’s game as the Briton considers the improvements she must make if she is to win a Grand Slam. 

The final day of Wimbledon will still see plenty of action across the courts, with a host of doubles and junior finals accompanying the main event - the men's singles final on Centre Court.

Jonas Bjorkman, coach of Marin Cilic and once of Andy Murray, believes his man is perfectly well-equipped to cause an upset and stop Federer winning a 19th Grand Slam title.

MATTHEW LAMBERT AT WIMBLEDON: Watson has thrived alongside the jovial Finn, but she cut a lonely figure on Saturday morning as she practised at 11am while her partner was still in bed.

Most football fans can tell you which club the best players in Europe were signed from. But can you pick out the club from four options from the beginning of their careers?

Liverpool are hopeful of a breakthrough on contract negotiations with midfielder Emre Can as they also prepare to bid £65m for Leipzig target Naby Keita.

Roma have made further contact with Leicester City over a proposed deal for Riyad Mahrez. The two clubs are still understood to be a considerable distance apart on their valuation of the player.

Synonymous with glitz, glamour and sporting success, the City of Angels will rubber stamp its place as a footballing hotbed when a second top-level team makes its debut in March.

Chelsea defender David Luiz is targeting more success after winning the Premier League in his first season since returning to England, believing the club can win all four of their competitions.

MIKE KEEGAN IN SYDNEY: The £120m-rated Monaco star has been linked with a host of clubs with reports from Spain claiming Arsenal had bidded, but Wenger thinks Mbappe will stay.

SHERIDAN BIRD: It's not a world exclusive to say that Chelsea fans love David Luiz, but the bubbly Brazilian may have earned a special place in the heart of AC Milan supporters. 

The combative 28-year-old feared he had fractured his neck while playing against Bristol City in March but was given the all-clear to return to training weeks later by specialists.

Former Premier League champions Blackburn Rovers begin life in the third tier of English football with a trip to Southend United while Portsmouth are at home to Rochdale on the opening day.

Jimmy Anderson called on England’s bowlers to repeat the heroics of their famous 2015 Ashes triumph at Trent Bridge to prevent South Africa leveling the series.

Leading West Indies cricketers such as Chris Gayle and Sunil Narine could soon return to the national one-day international side as a long-running pay saga nears a conclusion.