Sporting Digest: Football

STEVE LIVINGSTONE, the Chelsea striker on loan to Grimsby Town, has rejected a permanent move after failing to agree personal terms.

PERRY GROVES, the Southampton winger, has returned to full training after a year's injury absence.

A Swindon Town fan, Trevor Palmer, 31, was yesterday banned by magistrates for three months from every professional match after admitting he shouted racial abuse at the Newcastle United forward, Andy Cole, in the Premiership match at the County Ground on 18 September last year.

TRANSFERS: Paul Edwards, defender, Wolves to WBA (pounds 55,000); Neil McNab, midfielder, Derry City to Witton Albion (free).

MONDAY'S LATE RESULTS: FA Youth Cup third round: Cardiff City 1 Coventry City 2; Grimsby Town 3 Torquay United 1; Millwall 2 Wycombe Wanderers 2. Third-round replay: Arsenal 3 Brentford 1.