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Bush exited the 49ers’ season-opening 20-3 victory over the Minnesota Vikings with a calf strain after being stopped for no gain on a third-and-1 running play. He limped off the field and was carted from the sideline to the locker room for further examination.

In-form Australian Jason Day kept up the pace with a superb 63 to lead by five shots after the second round of the BMW Championship.

The Chicago Cubs look to keep rolling after winning six of their last 10 games.

Texans have 10 first-round picks on roster….

Or will Koeman inflict defeat on Van Gaal? Manchester United will be looking to bounce back following their shock midweek 2-1 defeat to PSV in the first match of the Champions League group stage.

As for West Ham, a win could help them climb higher in the league after losses from other teams above them occurred earlier in the game week.

Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne claims he only spoke to Jose Mourinho twice during his ill-fated six months under the Portuguese manager at Chelsea.

IN-FORM LEICESTER have been given an unusual incentive ahead of their Premier League encounter with Stoke this weekend. Stoke City, ranked #18 with two points, is poised as the underdog of the match.

Magnussen has been linked with the new Haas F1 Team, but will be absent from his role as reserve driver in Singapore this weekend due to breaking his hand in a cycling accident.

Vettel believes a front-row lockout was possible for Ferrari, but his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen had to settle for third on the grid. Hamilton has won the Singapore Grand Prix twice in 2009 and 2014. “I’ll focus on the race weekend and see what Lewis does but I want to...

Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola tells his club’s news site that he believes his squad can win the UCL again this year.

Still, despite talk the Isles have made, presumably highly lucrative, contract extension offers to Nelson in the recent past, Nelson’s agent, Ron Salcer indicated to Staple that as if this week they had not heard from the Islanders in six weeks.

Full-back Williams, meanwhile, has not played since the end of last season due to a foot problem, and his Scarlets colleague Lee has been sidelined since suffering an Achilles injury during Wales’ RBS 6 Nations victory over Ireland six months ago.

No-one was more surprised than Alexander Rossi when he got the call from the Manor Marussia team saying he would make his Formula One debut at this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix.

He seems to get better with age and has it all. The retirement of O’Driscoll was meant to signal the end of an era.