Sporting briefs

Rescheduled: Genoa have confirmed their home Serie A game against Inter will be played on December 13. The encounter at the Luigi Ferraris stadium had been scheduled to take place on Sunday, but was called off due to flash floods in Liguria. Hibernian:...

Rescheduled: Genoa have confirmed their home Serie A game against Inter will be played on December 13. The encounter at the Luigi Ferraris stadium had been scheduled to take place on Sunday, but was called off due to flash floods in Liguria.

Hibernian: Hibernian yesterday appointed assistant manager Billy Brown as caretaker coach to fill in before a permanent successor to Colin Calderwood is found. Calderwood paid the price for a poor run of results culminating in a 1-0 defeat against Dunfermline.

Alcaraz: Wigan’s woeful start to the season got worse on Monday as Antolin Alcaraz was charged by the FA with spitting at Wolves defender Richard Stearman during Sunday’s 3-1 defeat. The 29-year-old Paraguayan has until today to appeal the charge.

Hamann: Dietmar Hamann has quit as manager of English non-league club Stockport after just over four months in the job. His appointment to replace Ray Mathias coincided with the promise of new investment in the club from Tony Evans. However, a deal failed to materialise and that prompted Hamman to quit.

Scrapped: A scheduled friendly between Greece and Romania on November 15 in Germany has been cancelled due to the refusal of the German FA to host the came because of security fears. Greece had wanted the match on November 15 to be held in the German city of Reutlingen.

Serie B: Bari vs Verona 0-1; Brescia vs Sampdoria 0-0.

Scottish Premier: St Johnstone vs Aberdeen pp (heavy fog).

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