Sporting Digest: Football

LIVERPOOL'S chief executive, Peter Robinson, was today co-opted on to the club's board of directors, taking the place of the former vice-chairman, Sidney Moss, who died last month.

BURY have turned a pounds 620,000 loss into a profit of nearlt pounds 200,000 last year. Transfers and a pounds 120,000 cut in the wage bill accounted for the improvement.

TREVOR MORLEY, who has been out of action with a back injury, could be back in the West Ham team for Sunday's First Division game with Leicester. His manager, Billy Bonds, needs Morley's goal-scoring skills as Clive Allen will probably be unfit for the rest of the season.

GARY McALLISTER, the Leeds captain, has not fractured his left arm for a second time this season, as was feared after Leeds' 2-1 defeat at Sheffield United on Tuesday.

ALLY McCOIST will celebrate a decade at Rangers with a testimonial match against Newcastle United on 3 August.

TERRY GIBSON has been given a free transfer by Wimbledon. The 30-year- old is believed to be a target for Manchester City and one of his previous clubs, Coventry City.

BORD GAIS LEAGUE OF IRELAND Premier Division (Group A): Shelbourne 0 Dundalk 1. (Group B): Waterford 1 Shamrock Rovers 1.

DIADORA LEAGUE Second Division: Banstead 4 Leatherhead 2. Full Members' Cup third round: Hayes 2 Grays 1. Associate Members' Trophy semi-finals: Barton Rovers 3 Metropolitan Police 2; Northwood 3 Worthing 1.

HFS LOANS LEAGUE First Division: Congleton 2 Warrington 1.

HEREWARD UNITED COUNTIES LEAGUE Premier Division: Wellingborough 2 Bourne 5; Brackley 2 Raunds 11.

PONTINS LEAGUE First Division: Nottingham Forest 1 Sheffield Wednesday 2; Notts County 3 Blackburn 0. Second Division: Middlesbrough 2 Everton 3; Oldham 0 Derby 0.

NEVILLE OVENDEN COMBINATION First Division: Brighton and Hove 0 Watford 2; Bristol City 0 Luton 2; Norwich 3 Ipswich 0; Portsmouth 2 Fulham 2. Second Division: Cardiff 2 Exeter 0.

GERMAN LEAGUE: Schalke 04 2 Bayer Leverkusen 1; Bayer Uerdingen 2 Nuremberg 1; Kaiserslautern 0 VfB Stuttgart 0.

WORLD CUP Asian Zone Group F (Kobe, Japan): Japan 1 (Miura 29) Thailand 0. (Kyoto, Japan): United Arab Emirates 4 (Ali Thani 21, Al Taliyani 24, Mubarak Saad 56, 88) Sri Lanka 0.

LIBERTADORES CUP Second round first leg: Cerro Porteno (Par) 1 Cobreloa (Chile) 1; Nacional Quito (Ecu) 3 Sporting Cristal (Peru) 0; America Cali (Col) 2 Bolivar (Bol) 1; Flamengo (Bra) 8 Minerven (Ven) 2; Nacional Montevideo (Urug) 1 Olimpia (Par) 2; Universidad Catolica (Chile) 2 Atletico Nacional (Col) 0; Universitario (Peru) 2 Barcelona (Ec) 1; Newell's Old Boys (Arg) 2 Sao Paulo (Bra) 0.

TURKISH CUP Final second leg: Besiktas 2 Galatasaray 2 (Galatasaray win 3-2 on aggregate).