Scottish draw: League cup third round – Dundee vs Dundee United; Falkirk vs Rangers or Inverness; Ross County vs Hibernian; Kilmarnock vs St Johnstone; Aberdeen vs Livingston; Partick vs St Mirren; Celtic vs Hearts; Hamilton vs Motherwell. Ties to be played on September 23-24.

Manolas: Roma have completed the signing of Kostas Manolas from Olympiakos on a €13 million transfer fee. The Greece international defender has signed a five-year contract with the Serie A outfit and will replace Mehdi Benatia following the Moroccan centre-half’s move to Bayern Munich. The 23-year-old Manolas played four games at the World Cup for Greece this summer.

Bendtner: Denmark forward Nicklas Bendtner has been left out of the squad for next month’s games against Turkey and Armenia as coach Morten Olsen included only one striker, yesterday. Bendtner recently left Arsenal to join German side Wolfsburg. Olsen has selected only one out-and-out striker, Martin Braithwaite, of Toulouse, in his 21-man squad.

Guardado: Mexico international Andres Guardado joined Dutch championship leaders PSV Eindhoven on a season-long loan from Valencia. Guardado moves away from the Spanish side for a second time on loan after spending the second half of last season at Bayer Leverkusen. The 27-year-old winger is a veteran of three World Cups for Mexico and has won 108 caps, playing in all of his country’s four matches at the recent finals in Brazil.

Milito: Diego Milito’s late penalty earned Racing Club a third win in four games as their strong start to the Torneo Apertura continued. The former Inter and Argentina striker converted three minutes from time for the game’s only goal to see off Arsenal Sarandi.

Cleber: Hamburg have signed 23-year-old Brazilian defender Cleber Reis from Corinthians on a four-year contract as they look to strengthen their backline to avoid last season’s relegation battle. “He is a very aggressive centre-back who does not want to give up an inch and he has a lot of passion,” said Hamburg General Director Dietmar Beiersdorfer yesterday.

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