Sport in Short: Football

DAVID PLATT, the England midfielder, will play for his Italian club, Juventus, against a Corsican team in Ajaccio today in a benefit match for the victims of the Furiani stadium disaster in Bastia in May.

DUTCH FIRST DIVISION: Go Ahead Eagles Deventer 2 BVV Den Bosch 0, SVV/Dordrecht 2 MVV Maastricht 2, Fortuna Sittard 0 Willem II Tilburg 1.

FRENCH FIRST DIVISION: Le Havre 0 Monaco 0; Lens 1 Saint Etienne 1; Valenciennes 0 Lille 1; Paris St Germain 2 Caen 0; Toulouse 1 Strasbourg 1; Metz 5 Sochaux 1; Lyon 2 Marseille 2; Toulon 1 Montpellier 0; Auxerre 1 Bordeaux 0; Nimes 1 Nantes 1.

SOUTH AMERICAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP (Medellin, Colombia): Colombia 0 Uruguay 0; Brazil 2 (Yan 47, Magrao 74) Ecuador 0.