A hilarious video has emerged of a pitchside correspondent reporting on a Russian Premier League game despite being drenched by a sprinkler. 

The 35-year-old, who has been at Bury since 2017, started his career at Elland Road where he became one of the club's most prolific goalscorers with 85 goals in 152 matches.

Maurizio Sarri could take charge of his first Juventus game this weekend against former club Napoli. Sarri had been expected to miss his new side's first two games of the season due to illness.

Sam Skinner has been ruled out of Scotland's World Cup plans following a recent injury picked up on international duty. The Exeter Chiefs second row had scans after limping off with a hamstring issue.

Italian giants Napoli are reportedly waiting on the outcome of Mauro Icardi's meeting with his club Inter Milan, before deciding whether to make a late move for the player. 

Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe has indicated he will make changes as the Premier League side host Sky Bet League Two club Forest Green in the Carabao Cup second round.

Moeen Ali believes that 'legend in the making' Ben Stokes is England's greatest ever all-rounder. Moeen has ranked his England colleague above the likes of Sir Ian Botham and Andrew Flintoff.

There will be no knee-jerk reaction to the contentious VAR penalty decisions in the latest round of Premier League games but clubs are being encouraged to provide their feedback on the new system.

Gary Neville feels his former club should take the drastic move of selling the naming rights to their famous Old Trafford stadium, and use the cash to slash match tickets down to around £10.

The Spanish Grand Prix will continue to be part of the Formula One calendar after an agreement was reached to hold the race in 2020.

Bury are now almost certain to be expelled from the Football League after a takeover by C&N Sporting Risk fell through, just 90 minutes before a league-set deadline for the deal to be completed.

Sharing pictures on his Instagram, the Champions League winner was in goal wearing an eye-catching protective kit, stopping flying pucks instead of footballs.

Jose Mourinho wanted to get rid of Anthony Martial because he thought the Manchester United forward was 'mentally weak'. Martial reportedly fell out with the former Red Devils boss.

The Brazilian forward, 27, has been linked with a return to his former side this summer, two years after leaving the Catalan club for a world-record fee of £198million.

Ben Stokes' epic performance in England's miraculous one-wicket win over Australia at Headingley has seen him rise to a career-high 13th in the official Test batting rankings.

Tudhope's wins on Hot Affair, Knightly Spirit and World Title took him to 101 during the period which currently decides the title race - from May 4 to British Champions day on October 19.

Eden Hazard, who signed from Chelsea in a staggering £150million deal earlier this summer, missed the first two games of the La Liga campaign with a thigh injury.

If England could have chosen an Australian cricketer to make the fatal fumble that may just have handed them the Ashes then the name of Nathan Lyon would have been on many lips.

MARTIN KEOWN: Twenty-five years ago today, me and my Arsenal team-mates were caught up in a storm at Anfield as Robbie Fowler - just 19 at the time - scored three times in four minutes.

Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino is concerned his squad lacks an attacking plan B following the departure of Fernando Llorente. Spurs' difficulty in breaking down Newcastle has raised concerns.

The mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson says he will oppose moves by Liverpool Football club to trademark the city's name. The European champions came under criticism earlier this summer.

JASON MELLOR AT ELLAND ROAD: Danny Batth put Stoke into the lead before Sam Vokes doubled their advantage during the first-half of the second round clash at Elland Road.

The Masters champion said he hoped to be playing again in six weeks, while his doctor said he expected Tiger to make a 'full recovery'. Woods was injury-free in his comeback season in 2018.

Stoke City are facing a legal fight after failing to pay a mandated agent when they signed their former striker Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.

PAUL FARBRACE: What we saw at Headingley from Ben Stokes was the performance of a cricketer who has matured as a person and now fully understands what he's capable of.

First-half strikes from Richard Stearman and Oliver Norwood helped Sheffield United beat Blackburn Rovers to reach the Carabao Cup third round.

ADAM SHERGOLD AT RODNEY PARADE: Jack Wilshere was a fresh-faced 16-year-old the last time he scored in the League Cup, for Arsenal against Sheffield United back in September 2008.

NATHAN SALT AT THE PEOPLE'S PENSION STADIUM: When the teams were read out, Crawley knew there was always a chance they could pull it off. Daniel Farke made 11 changes.

Defending champion Naomi Osaka fought her way into the second round of the US Open with victory over Anna Blinkova.

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: The mantle of being British No 1 has never rested easily on the shoulders of Kyle Edmund, and he may be relieved of that pressure fairly soon.

On a sun-kissed August afternoon at Anfield, a quarter of a century ago, Robbie Fowler announced his exhilarating talent to English football. It remains an iconic Premier League moment to this day.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY JEFF POWELL: The most extraordinary maestro the world of boxing has ever seen was born in Ukraine two years after the horrors of Chernobyl.

JASON GILLESPIE: It is very hard to avoid the conclusion we are now in for one of the classic Ashes series, maybe even up there with 2005 in terms of excitement and drama. It's fantastic.

EXCLUSIVE BY KIERAN GILL: Premier League refereeing chiefs will resist calls for officials to start using their pitch-side monitors for VAR checks as they feel it will slow the game down too much.

It might only be week three of the new Bundesliga season but some of the usual suspects are already setting the pace. Here, Sportsmail previews the upcoming fixtures ahead of the weekend's action.

UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has claimed he isn't 'scared' to settle his rivalry with Conor McGregor outside of the Octagon.

Germany provided the first installment of live post-lockdown sporting action on Thursday by hosting a dozen races in Hanover. Many jockeys wore face masks while others used transparent plastic visors.

Stars' careers are being put at risk by the imminent resumption of competition, according to a union representing nearly 100,000 athletes. German football has been cleared to resume next week.

Walker was spotted travelling from Cheshire to Yorkshire, where his sister was celebrating her birthday, before then briefly moving on to his parents' house nearby.

Ministers are determined not to see the British Grand Prix postponed or cancelled in its 70th anniversary year and so plans are reportedly being drawn up to 'televise without spectators' there.

It is almost impossible to find a consensus among fight fans over the top 10 knockouts in UFC history given the vast number of spectacular finishes down the years. 

The 32-year-old, known in his early coaching days as the 'Baby Mourinho', has a well-earned reputation for attention to detail and will use practice games this weekend to get used to the peculiarities.

The four-time world champion eventually retired back in November 2012 after his loss to Vyacheslav Senchenko, holding an overall record of 45 wins and three defeats from 48 bouts.

Jonathan Goldstein, chairman of the Jewish Leadership Council, said the 'problem is not only Corbyn but also Corbynism and Corbynites, and these remain strong in the party'.

Rebecca Long-Bailey has ended weeks of speculation as she said she is 'considering standing' for the Labour leadership. Ian Lavery is also weighing up a run for the top job.

Speaking of a 'profound volatility' in UK politics over the last 12 months, the former Labour leader slammed the current one following his party's disastrous general election performance.

The outgoing leader used his New Year message to rail against billionaires and champion the 'movement' he built, but failed to address his party's cataclysmic election UK election defeat.

Boris Johnson is concerned a 'Labour mole' is operating within Whitehall, say government sources. Confidential Treasury documents were leaked to Labour during the election campaign.

The centrist shadow Brexit secretary would beat Rebecca Long Bailey by 61 per cent to 39 per cent in a run-off for the UK Labour party leadership, according to the YouGov survey.

MPs have warned of 'Operation Stop Keir' after a poll of members showed the centrist shadow Brexit secretary well ahead of Corbynista candidates such as Rebecca Long Bailey and Ian Lavery.