Sporting Digest: Football

FRIENDLY MATCHES: Ayr 0 Blackburn 1 (Ally McLeod Testimonial); Bangor 0 Sheffield Wednesday 2; Barrow 1 Carlisle 0; Bath City 3 Cheltenham Town 2; Birmingham 1 Liverpool 1 (Birmingham win 4-3 on pens); Cambridge Utd 0 Chelsea 1; Chesham 1 Brentford 2; Dunstable 0 Oxford Utd 2; East Fife 0 Dunfermline 1; Forfar 1 Middlesbrough 4; Gala Fairydean 0 Meadowbank 1; Guisborough 3 Newcastle Utd 1; Halesowen Town 1 Shrewsbury 0; Harrogate Town 1 Doncaster 2; Inverness Thistle 0 St Johnstone 2; Mangotsfield 0 Bristol Rovers 4; Montrose 0 Dundee Utd 2; Raith 0 Luton 0; Saltash 3 Torquay 4; Stockport 2 Crusaders (IOM) 1; Sunderland 1 Rangers 3 (Gary Bennett Testimonial); Tampere (Fin) 1 Ipswich 0; Witton 1 Oldham 5; Wrexham 3 Port Vale 0; Yeovil 1 Charlton 3.

FOUR-TEAM TOURNAMENT (Johannesburg): Orlando Pirates (SA) 0 Arsenal 1 (Smith 70); Kaizer Chiefs 1 Manchester United 1 (Robson 53).

INTERNATIONAL (Caen): France 3 (Sauzee 17, Cantona 21, Papin pen 37) Russia 1 (Blanc og 24).