LEWIS STEELE: Darwin Nunez was the hero for Jurgen Klopp's side, scoring twice late in the game to secure a vital three points at St James' Park.

The Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket on September 30 is on the agenda for Task Force after the Ralph Beckett-trained colt made it two wins from as many runs.

SIMON JONES: Liverpool do not want to sell either Mohamed Salah or Joe Gomez to Al-Ittihad despite the Saudi Pro League side registering a strong interest in both.

Brighton are closing a £25m deal for Lille midfielder Carlos Baleba after the 19-year-old arrived for a medical on Monday.

SIMON JONES: Bayern Munich are ramping up their pursuit of Trevoh Chalobah after opening discussions with Chelsea over a permanent deal for the 24-year-old utility player.

Alexander Bublik went on an angry rant after smashing his racket during his US Open match against Dominic Thiem.

Maria Sakkari said she could smell cannabis during her first-round defeat at the US Open on Monday.

Manchester United icon Rio Ferdinand was left speechless by comments about Bruno Fernandes.

Atletico Madrid hammer city rivals Rayo Vallecano 7-0 for their biggest ever away win in La Liga.

JAKE NISSE AT FLUSHING MEADOWS: A year after his shock semifinal run in New York, Frances Tiafoe got off to the US Open start he wanted as he thwarted wild card Learner Tien.

Álvaro Morata scores twice as Atlético Madrid hit sevenInternazionale third in Serie A after seeing off Cagliari 2-0Atlético Madrid scored four times in 13 second-half minutes to win 7-0 at Rayo Vallecano and move to second in La Liga. The visitors were 3-0 up inside 36 minutes as goals from Antoine Griezmann, Memphis Depay and Nahuel Molina in effect …

Manchester United are interested in Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Al-Ittihad prepare another bid for Mohamed Salah, Chelsea want Emile Smith Rowe, plus more.

HENRY CLARKE IN BUDAPEST: With less than a year to go until the Olympic Games in Paris, the World Championships were a benchmark for Great Britain's track and field stars.

SIMON JONES:Talks for the 23-year-old looked to have collapsed last week, but Forest now want to take Tavares on loan and are also hoping to make several other additions before the deadline.

ALEX BYWATER IN MADRID:There can now be no doubt it is the Pumas and not England who will be favourites when they meet a week on Saturday on the World Cup's opening weekend.

Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Tuesday's meetings at Newbury, Ripon, Musselburgh and Worcester.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: It is quite the puzzle, such are the deliberations facing US captain Zach Johnson as he prepares to unveil his picks on Tuesday for the Ryder Cup in little over a month.

CRAIG HOPE: Newcastle United have landed with a bump after back-to-back defeats against Man City and Liverpool. Here, Mail Sport takes a closer look at where Newcastle are at right now.

LEWIS STEELE: Last season the Uruguayan 'agent of chaos' - as he was described by Portuguese experts after his move from Benfica - never got going, and as such, neither did his team.

MATT BARLOW: Gareth Southgate has a squad to select this week, so nobody will be more painfully aware that English players are desperately short of Premier League action.