Sporting Digest: Football

TONY CASCARINO scored and was sent off in Marseille's 1-0 victory over the bottom club Nimes in the French Second Division last night. The Republic of Ireland international hit his 18th league goal in 15 league matches for the Second Division leadersfour minutes after the break but was dismissed 15 minutes before the end.

BORD GAIS LEAGUE OF IRELAND Premier Division: Athlone Town 0 Cobh Ramblers 2; Shelbourne 0 Monaghan Utd 2.

GREAT MILLS LEAGUE Premier Division: Crediton Utd 1 Bideford 3.

FRENCH LEAGUE: Nantes 3 Lens 0; Lyon 3 Rennes 0; Cannes 3 Paris St Germain 2; Auxerre 3 Martigues 0; Strasbourg 3 Sochaux 2; Bastia 0 Bordeaux 0; Lille 1 Nice 0; Metz 2 Le Havre 1; Caen 1 Montpellier 0. Second Division: Marseilles 1 Nimes 0.

DUTCH LEAGUE: Roda JC Kerkrade 1 Sparta Rotterdam 0.

GERMAN LEAGUE: Freiburg 3 (Spanring 10, Kohl 26, Heinrich 47) Hamburg 0; Bochum 2 (Wegmann 45, Da Palma 58) 1860 Munich 2 (Trares 76, Schneider og 82).

TRANSFER: Andy Dow, left-back, Chelsea to Bradford City (month's loan).