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Saturday 27 January 1996 00:02 GMT

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Russell Osman, the former England defender, has signed a new contract keeping him with Brighton for another month. The 36-year-old former Bristol City manager has been on a month-to-month contract since arriving at the Second Division club in September.

Oumar Dieng, the Paris St-Germain defender, has been banned for two months by the French Federation for failing a drugs test. He is the fourth professional player to be given a ban in France this season.

The Spanish Federation agreed yesterday to cut their First Division from 22 to 18 teams by 1998 on the recommendation of Uefa. The First Division expanded unexpectedly last summer after the Spanish authorities demoted several teams to the Second Division for rules violations and then allowed them to return, joining two clubs who had been promoted.

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