Football: Southport appoint Steve Joel manager

Southport have promoted Steve Joel, who played for the GM Vauxhall Conference club in their Football League days, from assistant manager to manager. Peter Davenport, their former England striker, becomes Joel's No 2.

Moscow Torpedo have been suspended from all UEFA competitions for failing to pay an outstanding debt to Austria's VfB Modling that was compensation for the training and development of Andrei Kalaitchev, of Russia, who played for the Austrians for one season in 1992-93 before returning to Moscow.

Zimbabwe have dropped Peter Ndlovu, the Coventry striker, and his Switzerland- based brother Adam from the squad for Sunday's World Cup qualifier against Madagascar for turning up late to training.