Toure Announced as African Player of The Year

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has been voted African Player of the year for the second time in the BBC competition.

Previous winners include Didier Drogba and Andre Ayew.  It was Toure's second win in seven nominations.

World T20 Group Draw

England have been placed in the same group as Sri Lanka the West Indies and South Africa.

The groups are as follows:

Men's first round (group winners progress to second round)

• Group A - Bangladesh, Netherlands, Ireland and Oman
• Group B - Zimbabwe, Scotland, Hong Kong and Afghanistan

Men's second round (top two progress to semi-finals)

• Group 1 - Sri Lanka, South Africa, West Indies, England and winner group B
• Group 2 - India, Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand and winner group 

England Qualify As Rooney Equals Record

Wayne Rooney has equaled Bobby Charlton's all time goal scoring record as England thrashed San Marino 6-0 to secured a place at Euro 2016.

Theo Walcott scored two and the pick of the bunch was Harry Kane's chip, the Totenham striker scoring his first goal of the season so far.

Rooney though, who was searching for a record equalling goal was substituted in the 58th minute for Harry Kane.

The The Lions take on Switzerland next.

Highlights available on ITV Player.

Wales Beat Cyprus To Go Three Points Away

Wales are just three points away from guaranteed qualification into Euro 2016 after Gareth Bale scored a late winner for them against Cyprus.

In the first half a Neil Taylor chance went begging and a Daniel Edwards goal was disallowed.  In the second period of play chances were also few but in the end Gareth Bale headed in a Jazz Richards cross to give Wales the win, extending their in-beaten run.

The Welsh national side are now just one win away from qualifying for Euro 2016.

Welbeck Out Till Christmas

Danny Welbeck will be out until Christmas whilst recovering from surgery on his knee.

Welbeck, who used to play for Machester  United, joined the Gunners on deadline day last year.

Girly did now Arsenals only fit and established striker.  

It was expected that Aresenal would try to sign another striker on deadline day this year but failed to do so leaving Petr Cech as there only summer signing.

Froome Crashes To Dent Vuelta Hopes

Chris Froome crashed and finished eight minutes behind the stage winner to put himself to go seven minutes down overall.

Froome crashed into a barrier on an early climb.  He continued the stage despite a badly cut leg.

The stage was won Mikel Landa, one minute and 22 seconds ahead of Fabi Aru of team Astana.  The highest placed Team Sky rider was Ian Boswell who finished 1 minute and forty seconds behind the stage winner.

Fabio Aru took the Red Jersey at the end of the day, twenty two seconds ahead of Joaquim Rodriguez from Katusha.

United Sign Martial

Louis Van Gaal has completed the signing of Athony Martial for Manchester United for £36m.

The former Monaco forward is now footballs most expensive ever teenager, and the fee could yet rise to over £50m.

The sticker scored just eight goals in 31 league games last season and has only ever scored 18.  The Frenchman also plays for the French U21 squad.

His style has been linked to that of fellow Frenchman Thierry Henry as Martial can also play on the wings as well as playing as a striker, his most prominent position.

It is still a shock however that the Manchester United boss payed the huge fee for the teenager and a few are beginning to ask, are Manchester Unite panic buying?

Martial 2014/15 Review

England Beat Australia By a Hair

England recorded a five run win against Australia in the T20 international in Cardiff.

Australian Smith hit ninety of just 54 balls but was caught by Billings in the end.  England had set a target of 182-5 but Australia didn't manage to reach it in twenty overs, falling short by just five runs.

The top scorer for England was captain Eoin Moragn who scored 74 off 39 balls but was caught by Australian Watson from a Coulter-Nile Delivery.

Man City Get De Bruyne

Manchester City have signed former Wolfburg attacking midfielder Kevin add Bruyne for £55 million.

The deal had looked done for a while and the player flew in for a medical the same day that aka heater City comfortably beat Watford 3-0 at the Etihad.

GB Quartets Seal Bronze Double in 4x400m Relay

Both the men and women won a bronze medal in the 4x400m relays.

In the women's event Jamaica spoiled the US party to take gold with the Americans second and Great Britain in third.  Bundy Davies managed a superb final leg to earn GB a seasons best of 3 minutes 23.62 seconds as well as a medal.

In the men's race however it was much tighter as the USA beat Trinidad and Tobago to take gold but Martyn Rooney only managed to beat the Jamaican anchor by four thousandths of a second in the final straight.

Farah Takes Gold To Earn Double Triple

Mo Farah won the 5000m final for Great Britain in Bejing ahead of the three Ethiopians and Kenya Ndiku.

The race started slowly with Tom Farell also of Great Britain leading for the first few kilometers.  Then though Mo came to the front and dictated the race until a Ndiku attack.  However this attack was overcome by Mo in the final hundred and blew the Kenyan away.

Mo Farah now holds the 5000m and 10000m title in the World Championships, the European Championships, the Commenwealth Games and the Olympics, prompting Brendan Foster to call him the greatest British Athlete of all time.

England Collapse as Australian Women Win Ashes

After getting Australia all out for 107 England had their own batting collapse, ending it on 87 after being 10 for 4.

The England team needed to win the last two matches to keep the series alive but failed after captain Charlotte Edwards batted poorly.  Australia now have an unassailable lead of 8-4 going into the final match.

Asher-Smith And Procter Both Earn National Records But Only One Medal

Both Dina Asher-Smith in the Women's 200m final and Shara Procter in the long jump final earned national records but only a silver medal was earned between them, by Shara Procter, at the Birds Nest.

In the sprint the young Brit, hotly tipped to contest a medal, finished 5th overall but earned herself the British record that she has been tipped to beat for some time.  Dafne Shippers, pentathlete turned sprinter, took gold.

In the long jump, Katrina Johnson-Thompson finished 11th but the best of the Brits was Shara Procter.  She managed a huge jump measuring at 7.07m.  This was only beaten by penultimate jumper Tianna Bartoletta who managed a huge 7.14, just seven centimeters more than Procter.

Bolt Beets Gatlin to Take 200m Gold

Usain Bolt clocked a time of 19.55 seconds to convincingly best American rival Justin Gatlin.

The Jamaican legend had been tipped to get beaten in the 100m which he came through to win but always said he was confident with the 200m.

The Bird Nest stadium went crazy for Bolt who after the run and in the end bolt won with Gatlin second and British youngster Zhanel Hughes finishing fifth.

England Women Thrash Australia to Keep Ashes Hopes Alive

The England's Women Cricket Team beat Australia by seven wickets at Chelmsford keeping them in contention going into the final two matches.

It was Sarah Taylor's half-century and the 77 run partnership with Charlotte Edwards that really won it for the hosts.  The win puts the ladies in contention to retain the point based ashes with just two matches reaming, each worth two points, which England must win to make the final score 8-8.

Balotelli Returns to AC Milan

Mario Balotelli has completed a loan deal returning him to his former club, AC Milan.

The Italian had moved to Liverpool for £14m last season but the deal flopped as Balotelli scored just four goals compared to the thirty he had scored with the Italian champions the previous year.

Media interest will be high as so called 'Madman Mario' returns to Serie A but all we can do is wait and see what happens, letting the inevitable drama unfold.

Rooney Hat-trick Sees Red Devils Cruise Into Champions League Group Stage

Wayne Rooney bagged a three goals to end his goal scoring drought and Ander Herrera also scored as Manchester United cruised into the Champions League group stage 7-1 on aggregate against Club Brugge after not appearing in Europe last year in any competition.

Wayne Rooney hadn't scored this season before his first goal

The Red Devils were carrying a 3-1 win from the first leg and crushed Club Brugge 4-0 in the second leg to make sure of winning the tie.  After not entering any European competition last season United's European credentials were under fire going into the tie which turned out to be a straightforward win.

Elsewhere in Europe Celtic failed to reach the Group stage again as they lost to Malmo 4-3 on aggregate.