Sporting Digest: Football

THE Notts County defender, Shaun Murphy, a transfer target for Bolton, has ended speculation about his future at Meadow Lane by signing a new two-year contract leaving the manager, Mick Walker, with six players still holding out on new deals.

RUSSIA'S coach, Pavel Sadyrin, resigned yesterday following his side's poor showing in the World Cup and was replaced by Oleg Romantsev, the coach of the country's top side, Spartak Moscow.