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).

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).

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.

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce said he was delighted to pull off a club record £13million deal to sign Ghana World Cup star Asamoah Gyan from Rennes, because he thought he was heading to Turkey (16/1 Sunderland – Premiership Top 6 Finish 2010/2011).

European Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie has made it clear that all six of his rookies will play at least one match before the singles at Celtic Manor (Europe 8/13 – Ryder Cup).

West Ham (40/1 – Premier League top six) have tabled a bid for Hamburg defender Guy Demel – as well as seeking to beat Stoke to the signature of Portsmouth’s highly-rated Marc Wilson.

Spaniard Alvaro Quiros has revealed his pain after ruling himself out of the chance to make the Europe team for October’s Ryder Cup (Europe 8/13 – outright).

Juventus have promised to clamp down on any fans who racially abuse Mario Balotelli when they meet Manchester City in the Europa League (City 11/2 – Europa League outright).

Leeds Rhinos coach Brian McClennan claims his players ‘are in a really good place’ as they aim to win the Rugby League Challenge Cup for the first time in 11 years against Warrington (Leeds 4/5, Warrington Evens – Outright Winner) at Wembley on Saturday evening.

Tiger Woods remains in contention for The Barclays but slipped back into the pack after carding a two-over par 73 on day two (Europe 8/13 – Ryder Cup).