Sporting Snippets

Fans at the London Stadium, celebrated with Mo Farah as he raced to his third consecutive world 10,000 metre gold medal.

Five years ago, he won Olympic gold at the same arena.

Farah almost fell twice during the race but held on take victory in what was a stern test for 34-year-old track star.

Now the athlete will prepare for the defence of his 5,000 metre title, with the heats commencing on Wednesday.

Usain Bolt, the eight time Olympic champion, was far from happy with his victory in the 100 metre heats, despite winning with a time of 10.07 seconds.

The 30-year-old Jamaican sprint legend who plans to retire after the World Championships said "I am not fond of these blocks. I have to get this together".

Britain's Reece Prescot and Chijindu Ujah qualified for the semi-finals with times of 10.03 and 10.07 respectively.

Liverpool's Adam Lallana will be missing from the squad for a couple of months according to manager Jurgan Klopp.

The 29-year-old midfielder injured his thigh during Liverpool's match against Atletico Madrid in the Audi Cup final on Wednesday.

Celtic, Everton and Liverpool were in the hat for their respective European draws yesterday. In the Champions League final play-off stage, Celtic were drawn against Astana of Kazakhstan, Liverpool face Hoffenheim of Germany, whilst Everton will play Hajduk Split of Croatia in the Europa Cup.

Aberdeen missed out on the chance to join the Toffees in the draw, after throwing away a first leg lead in Cyprus. The Dons lost by two goals to nil against Apollon Limassol, crashing out 2-1 on aggregate.

Source: BBC Sport