Football: Fish to face United in Bolton debut

Mark Fish, the South African centre-half signed by Bolton from Lazio for pounds 2m, was finally granted a work permit yesterday. Fish will make his Premiership debut on Saturday against Manchester United, the club he turned down.

United, meanwhile, will be without seven first-choice players for their Champions' League game against Kosice in Slovakia tomorrow after Ryan Giggs was ruled out with a hamstring injury yesterday.

Tottenham and England will tomorrow discover the extent of Les Ferdinand's stomach injury, suffered in Saturday's defeat at Leicester. A scan on the strained muscle has proved inconclusive and so no news will be known for another 48 hours.

Newcastle have refused to co-operate in the sale of Kevin Keegan's forthcoming autobiography. The book by the Magpies' former manager and player will not be stocked at St James' Park or at any of the club's five shops in the city.

Tomas Brolin is considering a move to join Hearts on loan. Leeds' pounds 4.5m misfit met the Hearts manager, Jim Jefferies, yesterday, while the Manchester City striker Uwe Rosler has been put on the transfer list after turning down a new offer to stay at the club.