Diego Maradona's reign as Argentina manager began with a 1-0 victory over Scotland in a friendly in Glasgow tonight.

ITALY coach Marcello Lippi will give former Manchester United starlet Giuseppe Rossi his first senior start in tonight’s international friendly against Greece in Athens.

Racing Santander midfielder Aldo Duscher is wary about the damage relegation-threatened Real Murcia could do to his side’s European hopes this weekend.

Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic is out of Serbia‘s Euro 2008 qualifying matches with Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Javier Clemente has been confirmed as the first coach of Serbia following the country’s split with Montenegro.

THE Primera Liga’s two form sides go head-to-head this weekend when leaders Barcelona travel to face a Juan Roman Riquelme-inspired Villarreal team.

Dunfermline chairman John Yorkston revealed today that he will interview former Spain coach Javier Clemente within the next few days if the club can afford his wage demands.

The remaining five places in the finals of Euro 2004 will be taken by the winners of the play-off matches between the 10 teams that finished runners-up in their qualifying groups.

Spain coach Jose Antonio Camacho is ready to announce his resignation, according to reports in the Spanish press.

They say the best gifts are the ones which keep on giving. If that is the case, then Real Madrid have certainly enjoyed good mileage out of superstar striker Raul.

Terry Venables has a "good chance" of becoming the new national coach of Greece, according to a spokesman for the Greek Football Association.

John Toshack has completed his controversial move from French club St Etienne to Spanish First Division strugglers Real Sociedad.