Tottenham 3 Tromso 0

Andre Villas-Boas has warned that his players’ careers could be wrecked because of a fixture pile-up caused by the Football League.

Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas has accused the Football League of putting his players’ careers in jeopardy with its scheduling of the Capital One Cup.

Winger Aaron Lennon is a doubt for Tottenham’s Europa League game against Tromso after he missed training this morning.

Irish sides have been handed difficult draws for next season’s Europa League.

Last season’s beaten finalists Athletic Bilbao were made to work hard by Croatian side Slaven Belupo before edging through 4-3 on aggregate in the Europa League third qualifying round.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers praised the “desire and commitment” of his side following their 1-0 Europa League third qualifying round first leg win over Gomel last night.

Stoke’s first Europa League tie will see them face Croatian giants Hajduk Split in the third qualifying round.

Former Celtic star Frank McGarvey has praised Gordon Strachan for his handling of the highly-publicised spat between Artur Boruc and Aiden McGeady which threatened to overshadow the Homecoming Scottish Cup fifth-round win over Queen’s Park on Saturday.

Erlend Hanstveit began his week-long trial at Celtic today but refused to speculate on whether it would lead to a permanent move.

Tromso defender Tore Reginiussen will undergo a medical at Blackburn next week with a view to a January transfer, according to the Norwegian club.

MORTEN GAMST PEDERSEN has signed a new four-year contract at Blackburn.

CSKA Moscow’s UEFA Cup defence is hanging by a thread after they lost 1-0 at Dinamo Bucharest last night.

CSKA Moscow’s UEFA Cup defence is hanging by a thread after they went down 1-0 at Dinamo Bucharest.

Besiktas 1 Bolton 1

MIDDLESBROUGH will face last season’s UEFA Cup semi-finalists AZ Alkmaar in Group D of this season’s competition.

The teams taking part in the group stages of the UEFA Cup have been grouped as follows:

CORK CITY boss Damien Richardson is very positive about his team’s chances of progressing further in this year’s UEFA Cup, admitting that if his side play to their potential, they could extend their european ambitions into September.

Cork City will face a visit to Swedish side Djurgardens in the Second Qualifying Round of the UEFA Cup.

Cork City manager Damien Richardson hinted today that Roy O’Donovan, currently serving a two-match domestic ban, could play tomorrow evening against FK Ekranas in Turner’s Cross.

THE FA have charged referee Andy D’Urso with “less than proficiently applying the laws of the game”.

Blackburn have had another bid for Tromso winger Morten Gamst Pedersen rejected by the Norwegian club.

Blackburn have confirmed they are interested in signing Leeds captain Dominic Matteo.

Blackburn officials have had an offer for Norwegian winger Morten Gamst Pedersen rejected by his club.

Norway 0 Wales 0

Norwegian league leaders Tromso have denied receiving a bid for 22-year-old left winger Morten Gamst Pedersen.

Middlesbrough have confirmed their interest in Norwegian youngster Morten Gamst Pedersen.