Sporting Digest: Football
Celtic's Swedish striker Henrik Larsson has been voted the winner of the 1998 BBC Scotland Sports Award, the first non-Scot to claim the prize, following a nationwide telephone poll.
Russia has announced that it will play Iran and Israel in friendlies next month in preparation for its European Championship qualifying matches.
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