Sporting Digest: Football
SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP First-round draw: Queen of the South v Stranraer; Stenhousemuir v Forfar; East Fife v Albion Rovers; Montrose v East Stirlingshire; Queens Park v Arbroath; Alloa v Berwick Rangers. (Ties to be played 3 or 4 August). Second round: Hearts v Queen of the South or Stranraer; Ayr v Motherwell; Airdrie v Cowdenbeath; Hamilton v Dundee United; Kilmarnock v Morton; Brechin v St Mirren; Hibernian v Alloa or Berwick; Stenhousemuir or Forfar v Falkirk; Dunfermline v Montrose or East Stirling; Stirling v Celtic; Aberdeen v Clydebank; Clyde v St Johnstone; Raith v Queens Park or Arbroath; East Fife or Albion Rovers v Partick Thistle; Rangers v Dumbarton; Meadowbank v Dundee. (Ties to be played 10 or 11 August.)
DUTCH LEAGUE: Ajax 5 Fortuna Sittard 1.
BELGIAN CUP Semi-finals, first leg: Anderlecht Charleroi 2 (second leg 31 May); Waregem 1 Standard Liege 1 (second leg 1 June).
WEDNESDAY'S LATE RESULTS: Spanish League: Albacete 4 Athletic Bilbao 5. Libertadores Cup final second leg: Universidad Catolica (Chile) 2 Sao Paulo 0 (aggregate 3-5). International friendly (Mission Viejo, Calif): United States 0 Peru 0. World Cup Asian zone first round Group A (Irbid, Jordan): Jordan 0 China 3 (Gao Hongbo 60, Wu Qunli 68, Cai Sheng 89).
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