Sport in Short: Football
FRIENDLY (Montevideo, Urug): Uruguay 3 Ecuador 1.
MILAN have agreed to pay Torino an additional pounds 2 million for their Italian international striker, Gianluigi Lentini, raising the overall transfer value of the 23-year- old player to nearly pounds 8.5m.
CROATIA face Australia in Melbourne today in their first international match since gaining independence.
READING have signed Phil Parkinson, the Bury midfielder, for pounds 37,500.
PLAYERS will wear black armbands out of respect for the vitims of the recent Boipatong massacre when South Africa return to international football after 29 years against Cameroon in Durban on Tuesday.
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