♦ St Mirren seal Cuthbert loan deal

St Mirren have signed defender Scott Cuthbert from Celtic on a year's loan. The 21-year-old spent a loan spell at First Division side Livingston in the 2007/08 season. Cuthbert, who has eight caps for Scotland's Under-21 side, has been unable to force his way into Gordon Strachan's first team. The defender, who can play in central defence or at right-back...	1 vote

♦ Nott'm Forest 0-0 Reading

Nottingham Forest and Reading were unable to find a breakthrough in a tense season opener at the City Ground. Forest acquitted themselves well, but had keeper Paul Smith to thank as he produced a brilliant late save to parry Kevin Doyle's header on to the bar. Rob Earnshaw was up front for injury-hit Forest, but could not find the net.	1 vote

♦ McAllister to name Leeds captain

Leeds United manager Gary McAllister has hinted he could change his captain before their opening game of the season at Scunthorpe on Saturday. Midfielder Jonathan Douglas had the role last season. And McAllister told BBC Radio Leeds: "I have it sorted in my mind who it will be but just want to name him in the lead-up to the Scunthorpe game. Douglas, 26...	1 vote

♦ Everton 2-3 Blackburn

Andre Ooijer's injury-time strike ensured Paul Ince's Blackburn reign started with a victory at Everton. David Dunn's spectacular strike put Blackburn ahead after 22 minutes, but Mikel Arteta's free-kick beat Paul Robinson on the stroke of half-time. Yakubu headed in Arteta's cross after 64 minutes before Roque Santa Cruz slid in from close range two minutes later.	1 vote

♦ Gallas retains Arsenal captaincy

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has announced that William Gallas will remain the club's captain next season. Wenger said in April he was to reconsider the role that Gallas has occupied since August 2007. A controversial first season as captain saw Gallas sit on the pitch after the Gunners' 2-2 draw at Birmingham and his style of leadership criticised. During the draw at St Andrew's in February...	1 vote

♦ Premier League set for kick-off

The new Premier League season begins on Saturday, kicking off nine months of entertainment and top-class action from the most exciting league in the world. Only 97 days after Manchester United celebrated their 10th Premier League crown, the action begins again as Arsenal take on West Brom at 1245 BST. As well as the Baggies, fellow promoted teams Stoke and Hull are in action too...	1 vote

♦ Wycombe 0-4 Birmingham

Birmingham forward Quincy Owusu-Abeyie scored on his debut for the club as they beat Wycombe to ease into the second round of the Carling Cup. Mehdi Nafti had put the Blues ahead with a 20-yard strike before Sebastian Larsson added a second after being set free by the lively Garry O'Connor. The Swede then crossed for substitute Cameron Jerome to head home a third.	1 vote

♦ Ferguson to give Campbell chance

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is set to give youngster Fraizer Campbell a Premier League chance because he is short of strikers. Campbell, 20, scored the winner against Espanyol in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's testimonial at Old Trafford. "We do not have any strikers apart from Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez and Frazier plays in that area.	1 vote

♦ Pompey sign Charlton's Thomas

Portsmouth have signed Charlton winger Jerome Thomas on a season-long loan. The 25-year-old, who can also play in central or right midfield, has the chance to earn a permanent deal if he impresses during his temporary spell.	1 vote

♦ N Ireland trio out of Scots game

Skipper Aaron Hughes, Kyle Lafferty and George McCartney have pulled out of the Northern Ireland squad to play Scotland in Wednesday's friendly in Glasgow. Fulham defender Hughes has an ankle injury while Rangers striker Lafferty came off with a hamstring problem after scoring against Hearts on Saturday. West Ham full-back McCartney is recovering from a bout of pneumonia.	1 vote

♦ Barwick to leave post as FA chief

The Football Association has confirmed chief executive Brian Barwick is to leave his post at the end of the year. The decision was taken after weeks of discussion between FA chairman Lord Triesman and Barwick over his role within English football's ruling body. Triesman is the FA's first independent chairman and has been responsible for looking at the way it is structured. "I'm sad to be leaving...	1 vote

♦ Zuberbuhler completes Fulham move

Switzerland international goalkeeper Pascal Zuberbuhler has agreed to join Fulham on a one-year deal. The 37-year-old becomes Fulham manager Roy Hodgson's ninth signing of the summer and arrives from Swiss side Neuchatel Xamax. The former West Brom goalkeeper played for Switzerland in their Euro 2008 victory over Portugal. "I'm very happy to sign for Fulham, I'm coming here to be successful...	1 vote

♦ McGeady aims for fourth SPL title

Aiden McGeady has said Celtic's chances of winning a fourth SPL title could be helped by Rangers' involvement in Champions League qualifiers. The Ibrox club have two qualifying rounds before they reach the Champions League group stages, whereas Celtic go straight through as the SPL winners. McGeady told the Celtic View: "It might also help us with the league.	1 vote

♦ Scolari sets sights on quadruple

Luiz Felipe Scolari believes Chelsea can win the quadruple in his first season as manager at Stamford Bridge. The Brazilian, 59, said his squad is strong enough to challenge for the Premier League, the FA Cup, Carling Cup and Champions League. "We have four competitions this season and I'll try to win all four," he said.	1 vote

♦ Potters ready for Premier League

Stoke City fan Jayne Dalton can't wait for the first game of the season it's the first Premier League game for the team in 23 years. The 24-year-old nurse from Stoke-on-Trent volunteered to be Newsbeat's pet fan for the day as Stoke prepared for a return to the top flight of English football against Bolton Wanderers on Saturday.	1 vote

♦ Rangers sign Spaniard Esclapez

Rangers have signed 19-year-old attacking midfielder Aaron Niguez Esclapez on a two-year deal with the option to purchase the player. Esclapez joined Valencia as a youth and played against AS Roma in the 2006 Champions League. The Spaniard has been on loan at Iraklis FC in the Greek Super League since the start of the 2007 season.	1 vote

♦ Hungary keeper in Hearts sights

Hearts are hoping to sign Hungary goalkeeper Janos Balogh on a six-month loan deal. The 25-year-old is currently with Debrecen in Hungary. But new Hearts manager Csaba Laszlo is keen to strengthen the goalkeeping department and allow Stevie Banks more time to concentrate on his coaching. The Hearts coach said he had "a few names" in mind from which to make a choice. But one of those is Balogh...	1 vote

♦ Arsenal Ladies target more glory

The Women's Premier League season kicks off on Sunday with champions Arsenal facing the biggest challenge in half a decade to their domination of the English game. Since Fulham ended their three years as a full-time professional club by claiming the 2003 treble of League, FA Cup and League Cup, the Gunners have reigned supreme. They have collected five successive League titles...	1 vote

♦ Tottenham sign goalkeeper Sanchez

Tottenham have completed the signing of Spanish goalkeeper Cesar Sanchez from Real Zaragoza. The 36-year-old is the second keeper to sign for Spurs this summer following the departure of Paul Robinson, who joined Blackburn last month. Sanchez is expected to be the understudy to Heurelho Gomes who joined from PSV as Robinson's replacement. He had previously spent five years at Real Madrid...	1 vote

♦ Ferguson keen to sign new striker

"We are looking at three or four different options in the striking department which I hope will come to a happy conclusion," said Ferguson. Tottenham forward Dimitar Berbatov is believed to be on Ferguson's shortlist of potential signings. Valencia's David Villa, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar of Ajax, Lyon's Karim Benzema and Blackburn's Roque Santa Cruz have also been linked with United this summer.	1 vote