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The South African international midfielder Lindy Vhutalezhi, who plays for the Johannesburg-based side Sundowns, arrived in England yesterday to start a 10-day trial with Birmingham City.

Doncaster Belles went joint top of the women's Premier League yesterday with a 4-1 home win over defending champions Croydon, who had their goalkeeper, Louise Cooper, sent off.

Mick McCarthy has been forced to make several changes to the Republic of Ireland B squad for the match against the FAI National League at Tolka Park, Dublin today (kick-off 4pm). Jon Goodman of Wimbledon has been ruled out, after suffering concussion on Saturday, and the Leeds defender Ian Harte and the Chelsea goalkeeper Nick Colgan are needed by their clubs for forthcoming Premiership matches.

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND B (from): Murphy (Wimbledon), Kelly (UCD), Dunne (Everton), Quinn (Crystal Palace,) Darcy (Tottenham), Carfley (Derby), Inman (Peterborough), Finnan (Notts County), Scully (Portadown), Farrelly (Aston Villa), Gain (Tottenham), Maher (Tottenham), Crowe (Exeter), Baker (Shelbourne), Foley (Wolves).