Sport in Short: Football

SHEFFIELD UNITED have decided against signing the Millwall centre-back, Alan McLeary, who has been on loan at Bramall Lane this season.

BRIGHTON are keen to appoint David Webb, the former Southend United manager, as their new team manager - but only when they can afford to employ him. They are at least pounds 2m in debt, and their managing-director, Barry Lloyd, said: 'When the finances are right, and developments concerning the ground are underway, then it could happen. But as our finances stand, it's not a job I would offer my worst enemy.'

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND SQUAD (v Latvia, World Cup Group Three, Dublin, 9 September): Bonner (Celtic), Peyton (Everton); Morris (Middlesbrough), Irwin (Manchester Utd), Phelan (Manchester City), Staunton (Aston Villa), McCarthy (Millwall), O'Leary (Arsenal), McGrath (Aston Villa), Houghton (Aston Villa), Townsend (Chelsea), Whelan (Liverpool), Keane (Nottingham Forest), McLoughlin (Portsmouth), Sheedy (Newcastle Utd), McGoldrick (Crystal Palace), Quinn (Manchester City), Cascarino (Chelsea), Coyne (Celtic), Aldridge (Tranmere), Kernaghan (Middlesbrough), Kelly (Newcastle Utd), Byrne (Sunderland).

LEAGUE OF IRELAND League Cup third round (group matches): Sunday's late results: Bohemians 0 University College Dublin 0; Longford 2 Galway 0.

ITALIAN CUP First round (Sunday): Ternana 5 Piacenza 3; Avellino 2 Reggiana 4; Spal 0 Pisa 1; Perugia 2 Cremonese 0; Taranto 2 Lucchese 1; Vicenza 0 Verona 4; Casertana 0 Modena 1; Monza 1 Bologna 0; Empoli 1 Bari 2; Como 1 Ascoli 2; Venezia 2 Cosenza 0; Palermo 0 Lecce 0 (Lecce won 7-6 on penalties); Genoa 2 Giarre 0; Andria 3 Padova 0.