- The Reds overcame a frustrating opening half to score two goals after half-time in their first competitive game since Jurgen Klopp left the club at the end of last season.
- The team of 22 players and eight technical bench staff, left the country on Thursday with Rachier highlighting the importance of acclimatising ahead of the crucial opener.
- Manchester City are still the team to beat but there is a lot of transfer business left to be done, and it could make all the difference at the top of the table.
- Clattenburg was appointed Nottingham Forest’s referee analyst in February, but stepped down in May, amid focus on his critical comments of some referees.
- Forest manager Nuno expects Howard Webb, the former World Cup final referee who oversees officiating at the top level in England, to drive up standards.
- Were’s Olympic journey ended in the semifinals after he clocked 49.22 seconds to finish fifth in his heat missing out on the two automatic final slots.
- In netball, Kenyan champions Oyugi Ogango have been drawn in a tough Pool ‘A’ which boosts Tanzania’s Dr Samia, G.S Gahini (Rwanda), Buddo and Kawanda (Uganda).
- Thunder swept defending champions Kenya Ports Authority 3-0 in the best-of-five final series to secure their first-ever league title while also going unbeaten the entire season.
- The Premier League is part of a legal challenge against Fifa alongside other domestic competitions in Europe and player unions over the sport’s calendar.
- The federation urged anyone with information that can assist in locating her to come forward and contact the nearest police station, her family (Ann Aluoch on 0710322 573) or FKF (Jectan 0727382466).
- Chebet dominated the women's long-distance races at the Paris Games, clinching the 5,000m Olympic title in a time of 14:58.26 and the 10,000m in 30:43.25.
