Sporting Digest: Football

Werder Bremen have appointed the former German international Klaus Allofs as their director of sport.

The seven German Bundesliga clubs who have already qualified for European competition this season have agreed that the 11 remaining Bundesliga sides should each receive pounds 510,000 from the money they will earn from European television rights.

The Yugoslav Football Federation have sacked their national coach, Milan Zivadinovic, after he signed a contract with a Saudi Arabian team without informing them. Radomir Antic, who coached Atletico Madrid last season, is the favourite to replace Zivadinovic.

Oxford United have signed the South African international goalkeeper Andre Arendse from Fulham for an undisclosed fee.