• FORMER Celtic star Paolo Di Canio has announced his retirement after struggling with a string of injuries.
Di Canio, 39, has spent the past two years in Italy's Serie C with Cisco Roma.
• FIFA president Sepp Blatter insists his organisation h
as nothing to fear from this week's court case alleging corruption involving six employees of the world governing body's former marketing agency. The International Sport and Leisure agency collapsed in May 2001 and Swiss investigators have been looking at allegations that company executives paid bribes to sports officials in order to secure lucrative television contracts.
Strike action will not affect Spurs• PSV Eindhoven's second-leg tie at home to Tottenham in the last 16 of the Uefa Cup tomorrow will go ahead despite concerns surrounding police strikes.
• BLACKBURN have been charged with misconduct by the FA as a result of their players' behaviour during the game with Newcastle on 1 March.
McManus heads to the States• DUNFERMLINE striker Tam McManus is on the verge of securing his lucrative move to Colorado Rapids. Inverness striker Dean McDonald has gone on trial with MLS side Toronto.
Fixtures(7.45 unless stated)
UEFA Champions League
First knockout round: Second leg: Inter Milan (0) v Liverpool (2).
Clydesdale Bank Premier League
Gretna v St Mirren
Irn-Bru Scottish League
First Division: Clyde v Morton; Dundee v Livingston; Partick Thistle v Stirling Albion; St Johnstone v Queen of the South; Dunfermline v Hamilton.
Second Division: Berwick v Cowdenbeath; Ross County v Ayr.
Third Division: East Stirling v Dumbarton; Forfar v Arbroath; Albion Rovers v Stranraer (7.30).
Coca-Cola Football League
Championship: Barnsley v Ipswich; Bristol City v Watford; Burnley v Charlton; Colchester v Sheffield Wednesday; Norwich v Stoke; Preston v Wolverhampton; QPR v Blackpool (8.00); Scunthorpe v Plymouth (7.30); Sheffield Utd v Coventry; Southampton v Leicester.
League One: Carlisle v Luton; Crewe v Port Vale; Doncaster v Gillingham; Hartlepool v Huddersfield; Leeds v Cheltenham; Leyton Orient v Swindon; Oldham v Bournemouth; Southend v Nottingham Forest; Swansea v Tranmere; Walsall v Brighton; Yeovil v Millwall.
League Two: Brentford v Peterborough; Bury v Rotherham; Dagenham & Redbridge v Macclesfield; Grimsby v Barnet; Mansfield v Hereford; Notts County v Lincoln City; Shrewsbury v Darlington; Stockport v Rochdale; Wycombe v Wrexham.
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