Sporting Digest: Football

NEIL WARNOCK, the former Notts County manager, is believed to have applied for the manager's post at Dundee United which will be vacated at the end of the season when Jim McLean resigns after 22 years.

RAMON CACHO HEREDIA has become Atletico Madrid's third coach this season, replacing fellow Argentine Omar Pastoriza who resigned last week.

RICHARD COOKE, the 27-year-old Bournemouth and former Spurs winger, has been told by a specialist to stop playing. He has not played since injuring his right knee last October.

BRITISH UNIVERSITIES' CHAMPIONSHIP (York): UAU I 3 Scotland 2; UAU II 1 Northern Ireland 0; Wales 2 London 0; Oxford 1 Cambridge 0; UAU I 3 London 2; Scotland 1 Wales 1.