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It's transfer deadline day so managers and agents across the country will be working flat out.

Dundee's bid to take Aberdeen forward Michael Paton on loan has fallen through and St Johnstone don't expect any deals to be completed.

Rangers have rejected an approach from Blackpool for Kyle Lafferty while their Old Firm rivals Celtic look set to clinch a deal for Hibs frontman Anthony Stokes.  Mark Reynolds is to swap Motherwell for Wigan in a £1-million pound deal while the Steelmen and St Mirren are both chasing Alan Gow.

Jon Daly says he'll continue in the role of Dundee United's penalty taker despite his miss from 12 yards against Hearts on Sunday.  His strike partner David Goodwillie was keen to take responsibility from the spot.

Garry O'Connor and Jay McEveley will be called up to the Scotland squad later for Friday's opening Euro 2012 qualifier with Lithuania.  A number of players including Andy Webster, Craig Gordon and Kevin Thomson are already out of the match in Kaunas.  It'll be Craig Levein's first competitive game in charge of the national side.

St Johnstone's Murray Davidson will pull out of the under 21's game with Belarus later after being injured at the weekend while team-mate Peter Enckleman has withdrawn from the Finnish squad.

The draw for the third round of the League Cup takes place at Hampden this afternoon.  Dundee United, St Johnstone and Brechin are all in the hat.

Roger Federer's US Open campaign is off to a winning start.  The Swiss superstar easily swept aside Brian Dabul in straight sets.  He joins Scotland's Elana Baltacha in round two.  Later Rafa Nadal and Maria Sharapova are among those in action at Flushing Meadows.

Scotland's cricketers went down to another CB40 defeat yesterday.  They lost by 4 wickets after setting Warwickshire a winning target of 268 at Edgbaston.

Today's race cards are at Folkestone, Leicester, Newton Abbot, Ripon and Southwell with the donkey Normandy Maid running in Ripon's 1500.

Gavin Butler