Sporting Digest: Football

IAN ROSS resigned as manager of Huddersfield Town yesterday. Ross, 46, a former Aston Villa and Wolves wing- half, still had a year of his two-year contract to run.

PHIL GRAY, Luton's 24-year-old Northern Ireland international striker, has turned down an pounds 850,000 move to Sunderland after failing to agree personal terms.

TRANSFERS: Steve Torpey, striker, Bradford City to Swansea (tribunal); Tony Gallimore, midfielder, Stoke to Carlisle (tribunal); John Keeley, goalkeeper, Oldham to Colchester (free); Martin Hodge, goalkeeper, Hartlepool to Rochdale (free); Davie Irons, defender, Partick Thistle to St Johnstone (tribunal); David Byrne, winger, St Johnstone to Partick Thistle (free); Paul Hunter, striker, Hull City to Cowdenbeath (free); Andrew Legg, winger, Swansea to Notts County (tribunal).

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY (Rio de Janeiro): Brazil 2 (Branco 82, Bebeto 90) Paraguay 0.

J LEAGUE: Kashima Antlers 1 Shimizu S-Pulse 2; JEF United Ichihara 0 Gamba Osaka 1; Verdy Kawasaki 2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0; Yokohama Marinos 1 Nagoya Grampus Eight 0; Urawa Red Diamonds 0 Yokohama Flugels 2.