Wales forward Andy Powell admits he has been delighted with the way his career with Wasps has started after being bombed out of Cardiff Blues (Wasps 15/8 – To Reach Play-Offs).

Birmingham fans worried over the future of boss Alex McLeish have now been told the Scot is “perhaps inches away” from agreeing a new deal (Birmingham 1/18 – To Stay Up).

Former Aston Villa player Alan Curbishley appears to be in the frame for the vacant manager’s job amid reports he is to be interviewed for the post (Villa 9/1 – top four finish).

Summer signing Christian Poulsen has admitted it will take him a while to settle into life at Liverpool and adapt to the hectic pace of the Premier League (6/4 – top-4 finish).

Australia all-rounder Shane Watson says he is ‘blown away’ that Kevin Pietersen has been dropped by England for their Twenty20 and five-match one-day series against Pakistan and feels there are ‘underlying issues’ in the team ahead of the Ashes (Australia 8/15, England 12/5, Draw 5/1 – The Ashes 2011 Outright).

Newcastle defender Sol Campbell admits he still feels he is capable of featuring for England during the qualification campaign for Euro 2012 which starts on Friday night against Bulgaria (England 3/10, draw 4/1, Bulgaria 10/1 – 90 Minutes).

Hooker Stephen Moore, number eight Ben McCalman and lock Mark Chisholm have been drafted in by Robbie Deans for Australia for Saturday’s Tri-Nations clash against South Africa in Bloemfontein (Australia 3/1, South Africa 2/9, Draw 20/1 – 80 Minute Betting).

Rio Ferdinand has been declared fit to return to the Manchester United first-team (11/5 – Premiership Outright) after he came through 45 minutes of the reserve-team’s 2-1 win against Oldham in the Manchester Senior Cup tie at Stalybridge on Wednesday.

Paul Konchesky says he made the move from Fulham to Liverpool to win some silverware and believes the club has what it takes to win a trophy this season (Liverpool 20/1 Premier League outright).

Gareth Barry insists the England players (1/12 to qualify for Euro 2012) still believe in Fabio Capello, as the squad go into their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.