Ref rescinds Carr red card

Newcastle full-back Stephen Carr is looking forward to the start of next season after his red card in Sunday’s victory over Chelsea was rescinded.

Referee Mike Riley dismissed the 29-year-old for a 75th-minute challenge on Lassana Diarra, but the FA’s disciplinary committee today overturned the decision, sparing him a four-game ban at the start of the new campaign.