Hearts' appeal for compensation over the loss of Andy Webster will be heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on October 17-18. Ruud van Nistelrooy has confirmed he was forced to leave Man United after a fall-out with Sir Alex Ferguson.

lChairman Daniel Levy denies a deal has been agreed for Martin Jol to leave Spurs. Michael Owen sees a specialist tomorrow to decide whether he will need a hernia op. Craig McKeown, of Clyde, is back training after a hernia op.

lLithuania have appealed Saulius Mikoliunas' two-game ban for diving against Scotland. Paul Le Guen has been given the president's vote of confidence at PSG, who are 13th in the league. Women will get in for free at Albion Rovers on Saturday. Marseille have sacked Albert Emon and replaced him with Belgian Eric Gerets. Former Spain and Real Madrid defender Fernando Hierro, 39, is the new Spanish FA sporting director. Fernando Torres scored a hat-trick as Liverpool beat Reading 4-2 in the League Cup. Almost 5000 fans have joined an online petition calling for Austria to withdraw from co-hosting Euro 2008 because the national side "is an insult to every fan's aesthetic understanding of the game". Anghel Iordanescu, 57, voted Romania's coach of the 20th century, has retired.

Stories in today's English papers: Marco van Basten offered Chelsea job; Didier Drogba staying - for now. Newcastle on brink of "folding like pack of cards" until Mike Ashley takeover. Jose Mourinho rejects £10m-a-year to coach UAE for 2010 World Cup. New boss Avram Grant claims Mourinho deserved sack, and he'll do better. Jurgen Klinsmann tells Tottenham and Chelsea he's available.