Slovenia boss Matjaz Kek today trimmed his World Cup squad to 23 by confirming a further three players would not travel to South Africa.

Jimmy Bullard has applauded Hull’s decision to reject a £5m deadline day bid for Stephen Hunt and believes it will help galvanise the squad.

Today’s transfer deadline day could yet have one more twist with Tottenham striker Robbie Keane locked in talks with Celtic over a loan move to Parkhead.

VILLARREAL defender Diego Godin accepts the onus will be on his side to make most of the early running against Panathinaikos tonight as they look to seal a place in the Champions League quarter-finals.

Stelios Giannakopoulos has left Hull to return to Greek football with Larissa.

Poland coach Leo Beenhakker has named uncapped striker Dawid Janczyk in a provisional 31-man squad for Euro 2008.

EVERTON boss David Moyes was warned by the FA over his future conduct at a London hearing yesterday following remarks made after the Merseyside derby with Liverpool last October, a clash that ended with the Toffees reduced to nine men.

Everton boss David Moyes was warned by the Football Association over his future conduct at a London hearing today following remarks made after the Merseyside derby with Liverpool last October that ended with the Toffees reduced to nine men.

Celtic have offloaded Poland striker Maciej Zurawski to Greek side Larissa.

Fiorentina romped to their first UEFA Cup triumph of the Group C campaign with a crushing 6-1 success at home to Elfsborg to go top of the table.

DAVID MOYES has told his Everton players to give Nurnberg the respect “any German team deserves” — even though tonight’s UEFA Cup opponents have endured a catastrophic start to the season.

EVERTON assistant manager Alan Irvine believes tonight’s Carling Cup clash at Luton could spark a goal spree for striker Ayegbeni Yakubu.

Everton manager David Moyes could hand Tim Cahill his first Barclays Premier League start since March at Derby on Sunday.

TIM CAHILL scripted his comeback to perfection with his first goal in almost a year as Everton secured victory in their UEFA Cup Group A opener against Greek outfit Larissa.

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Everton manager David Moyes believes Mikel Arteta deserves to be recognised by Spain

EVERTON manager David Moyes could recall Tim Cahill to the squad for the UEFA Cup match against Greek side Larissa at Goodison Park tonight.

Everton manager David Moyes could recall Tim Cahill to the squad for the UEFA Cup match against Greek side Larissa at Goodison Park tomorrow.

BOLTON’S trip to face Bayern Munich early next month promises to be the highlight of the UEFA Cup group stage, after the draw was made in Nyon yesterday.

Bolton have been drawn with German giants Bayern Munich in the group stage of the UEFA Cup.

Tottenham and Bolton will be among the second seeds in today’s draw for the group stage of the UEFA Cup but Everton are in the group of third seeds.

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Blackburn midfielders Tugay and David Dunn will be assessed ahead of Sunday’s Barclays Premier League game with Birmingham at Ewood Park.

BLACKBURN ROVERS crashed out of the UEFA Cup in the first round after giving themselves too much to do at Ewood Park.

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DAVID Bentley expects Blackburn to overturn their 2-0 deficit against Greece‘s Larissa at Ewood Park. “It was totally unacceptable with the way we performed over there,” he said. “But it is about how you react, how you respond. It is only the first half, it is 2-0 with 90 minutes to go, I don’t see 2-0 as a big deficit for us to overcome.

Benni McCarthy will be hoping he has done enough to get back into the reckoning for Blackburn’s UEFA Cup first-round second-leg clash against Larissa tomorrow.

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Blackburn will be without captain Ryan Nelsen for Sunday’s visit of Portsmouth due to a hamstring injury.

Blackburn captain Ryan Nelsen has been ruled out for up to a month after he suffered a hamstring injury in the UEFA Cup defeat by Larissa.

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Blackburn defender Christopher Samba has been forced to pull out of his side’s UEFA Cup first round, first leg tie with Larissa in Greece due to concussion.

BLACKBURN boss Mark Hughes is demanding a trophy from his side this season with his players now being viewed as cup winners.

England’s friendly against Greece next month looks set to go ahead after the Hellenic Football Federation asked FIFA to lift their controversial ban from international competitions following the amendment of the country’s sports legislation.

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Fifa have warned four Greek clubs to pay debts to foreign clubs - or face heavy sanctions.