Sporting Digest: Football

Wycombe Wanderers have been given council approval to build a new pounds 1.4m 5,000-seat stand at their Adams Park ground. It should be ready for use by the start of next season and will take the seating capacity to 6,300, meeting Endsleigh League First Division requirememts should they be promoted.

Notts County have agreed to release their Nigerian World Cup player, Michael Emenalo. The 30-year-old defender, 13 months into a three-year contract, has decided to return to his native country.

FRENCH LEAGUE: St Etienne 2 Monaco 4.

SUN LIFE IRISH GOLD CUP First round: Ballymena 0 Glenavon 3.

WINSTONLEAD KENT LEAGUE First Division: Canterbury 1 Deal 2.

PONTINS LEAGUE First Division: Nottingham Forest 0 Stoke City 1; Sheffield United 1 Sheffield Wednesday 1; Bolton Wanderers 1 Blackburn Rovers 0; Liverpool 3 Notts County 0 (at Southport). Second Division: Coventry City 1 Port Vale 1; Hull City 0 Manchester City 1). Third Division: Wrexham 1 Chester 0.

BANK OF SCOTLAND UNDER-17 FOUR NATIONS TOURNAMENT: Denmark 0 Belgium 3; Scotland 2 Netherlands 4 (both at Forthbank Stadium, Stirling).