Briefs

LITA: Leroy Lita has agreed a move to Birmingham on a three-month loan deal, which is set to be ratified when the window opens tomorrow. The striker arrives from Swansea having fallen down the pecking order under new manager Michael Laudrup, only...

LITA: Leroy Lita has agreed a move to Birmingham on a three-month loan deal, which is set to be ratified when the window opens tomorrow. The striker arrives from Swansea having fallen down the pecking order under new manager Michael Laudrup, only making the club’s matchday 18 once this season.

LEVEIN: Scotland manager Craig Levein has called up Bristol City full-back Richard Foster to join his Scotland squad for tomorrow’s World Cup qualifier against Serbia in Glasgow. The 27-year-old will replace injured defender Charlie Mulgrew.

JANTSCHER: The top scorer in the Austrian league last season, midfielder Jakob Jantscher, is going to Dynamo Moscow on loan for a year, his club Red Bull Salzburg said. The Russian club will also have an option to buy the 23-year-old, last season’s Austrian cup and league champions said. Jantscher was also nominated player of the season by fellow players

JOHNSON: England winger Adam Johnson has pulled out of the squad to play Moldova and Ukraine in the upcoming World Cup qualifiers due to injury, theFA said. “Johnson had a scan after picking up a minor thigh injury, and has returned to Sunderland,” the FA said.

FA TROPHY: First round – Senglea vs St Lawrence 2-0; SK Victoria Wanderers vs Sta Luċija 3-0.

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