Sporting Digest: Football

Ipswich Town have appointed Tony Mowbray, their former Middlesbrough and Celtic defender, as their first-team coach after yesterday's departure of John Gorman. The former England assistant coach, who joined the Portman Road club after he and Glenn Hoddle lost their England positions, has been linked with the job of first-team coach at Bristol City.

Bo Johansson, the Swedish-born coach who led Denmark to the World Cup quarter-finals last year, said yesterday he would quit next year. Denmark's coach since 1996, Johansson will not renew his contract that ends after the 2000 European Championship in Belgium and the Netherlands.