Sporting Digest: Football

ANDY PEAKE, the 32-year-old former Middlesbrough and Charlton captain, has retired after a 16-year professional career.

INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT (Ibrox): 3rd-4th place play-off: Manchester United (Cantona 43) 1 Newcastle United (Fox 19) 1 (Newcastle win 6-5 pens); Rangers (Hateley 3, Steven 30) 2 Sampdoria (Bertarelli 36, Jugovic 57, Melli 64, Bertarelli 89 pen).

PRE-SEASON FRIENDLIES: Blackpool 1 Bury 0; Cambridge Utd 3 Ipswich 1; Finn Harps 1 Kilmarnock 0; Forfar 0 Dundee Utd 2; Hull City 2 Halifax 1; Luton 1 Southampton 2; St Patrick's Ath 1 Tranmere 1; Sunderland 1 Sheff Wed 2; Weymouth 1 Torquay 0.

FRENCH LEAGUE: St Etienne 4 Montpellier 0; Bordeaux 1 Martigues 1; Le Havre 1 Nice 1; Lens 5 Rennes 0; Sochaux 3; Lille 0 Strasbourg 2; Paris St Germain 0 Nantes 2; Caen 1 Monaco 0; Auxerre 0 Cannes 1 Metz 0.