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| Britain's Phillips Idowu has to settle for a silver medal in the triple jump after being out-jumped by Portugal's Nelson Evora. |
| Idowu takes silver behind Evora |
| Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson win Britain's fourth sailing gold as they hold their nerve in a thrilling climax to the Star class event. |
| GB sailors take Star gold medal |
| Britain's David Davies just misses out on Olympic gold in the men's 10km swim after a brave performance at Shunyi. |
| Battling Davies wins 10km silver |
| Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez and chief executive Rick Parry hold clear-the-air talks. |
| Benitez &Parry hold peace talks |
| British number one Andy Murray will play Argentina's Sergio Roitman in the first round of next week's US Open. |
| Murray handed kind US Open draw |
| Four of the horses who competed in the Olympic show jumping event test positive for banned substances. |
| Olympic horses fail drugs tests |
| The Great Britain and US 4x100m relay teams crash out in the heats after botching their baton handovers during the heats. |
| GB &US both out of sprint relay |
| Sunderland confirm the signing of France striker Djibril Cisse on a season-long loan from Marseille. |
| Cisse completes Sunderland switch |
| Rangers complete the protracted signing of midfielder Steven Davis from Fulham for about £3m. |
| Fulham's Davis moves to Rangers |
| LaShawn Merritt claims a surprise gold in the 400m final to lead a clean sweep of the medals for the United States. |
| Merritt clinches shock 400m gold |
| Jamaica's domination of the sprint events at the Olympics is completed as Veronica Campbell-Brown wins gold in the women's 200m. |
| Campbell-Brown takes 200m gold |
| Manchester City agree a fee to sign Belgian defender Vincent Kompany, according to German club Hamburg. |
| Man City 'agree deal for Kompany' |
| Coach Fabio Capello defends his use of Steven Gerrard in England's 2-2 draw with the Czech Republic. |
| Capello defends England tactics |
| Captain John Terry says England will sort out their problems before next month's World Cup qualifiers. |
| Terry expects England improvement |
| Olympic heptathlon silver medallist Liudmyla Blonska is removed from the start list for Friday's long jump final failing a drugs test. |
| Blonska thrown out of long jump |