We took to EA Sports FC 26 to try and predict the curtain-raiser for top-flight English football - and one moment nobody could have expected proved decisive

JAMES SHARPE: Club insiders talk of finding a sense of normality. Not many football clubs are all that normal deep down but few have been less able to claim it in recent years than West Ham.

JACK GAUGHAN: The Manchester City dressing room has looked within itself this summer, wondering about hangovers and resets and their changing world. The king is dead and all that.

Australia are on the ropes as they trail Bangladesh by 67 runs with six wickets in hand at Marrara Cricket GroundAustralia strike and it’s Josh Hazlewood doing the job with a beautiful seaming delivery that caught Mahmud on a leg stump line. That’s the breakthrough. Can the home side go on with it?114th over: Bangladesh 354-6 (Miraz 33, Mahmud 14) …

The Briton could not stop her emerging Swiss rival from taking gold in Birmingham.

Scottie Scheffler equalls the course record with a nine-under 61 as he opens up a three-stroke lead at the end of the second round of the St Jude Championship in Memphis.

Reports in France stated that Coquelin was conscious as he was taken to hospital, but has undergone a scan amid concerns he had suffered a broken eye socket.

The top stories and transfer rumours from Saturday's newspapers...

Castleford Tigers ended a disastrous run in Super League with a late 18-14 win at Hull FC on Friday.

Scottie Scheffler produced a stunning nine-under 61 that catapulted him to the top of FedEx St Jude Championship leaderboard as Rory McIlroy toiled again.

The world number one’s 61 on Friday saw him open up a three-shot advantage at TPC Southwind.

Manager’s deal expires at end of the new season‘They don’t have to worry … I want to be here’Mikel Arteta has said he is relaxed about his Arsenal contract expiring at the end of the new season and believes his side will need to be better than last year to defend their title successfully.The Premier League champions will face Enzo Maresca’s …

INTERVIEW BY JAMES SHARPE: Solomon's arrival means he's the first player to make the switch from Spurs to West Ham since Callum Davenport in 2007.

Keely Hodgkinson of Great Britain was among the athletes battling it out to win the women's 800m final

Keely Hodgkinson provided a clear response to a second-placed finish in the European Athletics Championships' 800m final

Blackburn Rovers concede a penalty in stoppage-time for a handball call right on the edge of the box, as Wolves' Raul Jimenez stepped up to convert the spot kick.

Curtis Davies and Jobi McAnuff debate whether Wolves' late penalty was correctly award during their opening day 2-2 draw against Blackburn.

Mikel Arteta has revealed he will sign a new Arsenal contract and there is no need for fans to be worried about his future.

Keely Hodgkinson came up just short of a coveted European 800m title hat-trick after Swiss favourite Audrey Werro won their hotly-anticipated showdown in Birmingham as the British Olympic champion settled for silver.

Highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers.