Sporting Digest: Football

The former Arsenal and Everton midfielder Anders Limpar has signed a two-year contract with Colorado Rapids in the US Major League. Limpar moved after his most recent club AIK Stockholm, announced that they would not seek to renew his contract at the end of the present season.

Empoli, currently the bottom club in Italy's Serie A, fired their coach, Mauro Sandreani, yesterday. He was only appointed in August but paid the price after Sunday's 3-2 defeat by Salernitana.