FIFA President Gianni Infantino is assessing nine offers from companies seeking to buy the commercial and broadcasting rights for a new club competition he hopes will become the most lucrative in world football, usurping Europe’s Champions League.

Gretna’s Scottish Cup fairytale ended today as the team from the small border town lost the final to hot favourites Heart of Midlothian following a thrilling penalty shoot-out.

SHARES in Leeds United Plc, who are bottom of the English Premiership, plunged 29% after the company said that a planned share sale won’t go ahead and that it may ask for court protection from its creditors if talks with them fail.