Hooper: Sheffield Wednesday have signed Norwich striker Gary Hooper on an emergency loan deal. The former Celtic player, who has netted 20 goals in 70 matches for the Canaries, will remain at Hillsborough until January 17.

Ferrero: Reports in Italy yesterday said that a court in Rome had seized over €1m worth of assets belonging to Sampdoria club owner Massimo Ferrero on suspicion of tax evasion. However, Ferrero denied the allegations and said he was prepared to take legal action to clear his name. “False, misleading and seriously detrimental to the image of Massimo Ferrero are the reports of ‘concealment and destruction of accounting documents’ referred to by ANSA,” a club statement said.

FA Cup: Salford City will be dreaming of a giant-killing against Notts County when they make their bow in the first round of the FA Cup. The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier side are owned by Manchester United’s ‘Class of 92’ – Gary and Phil Neville, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt. And the ‘famous five’ will be preparing for another big cup day when League Two club Notts County visit Moor Lane on the weekend of November 6-9.

Coloccini: Newcastle have successfully appealed Fabricio Coloccini’s red card in the Tyne-Wear derby against Sunderland. Newcastle lodged an appeal after the 3-0 loss for wrongful dismissal – something the FA accepted, meaning Coloccini will now not have to serve a one-match ban.

German Cup shock: Third-tier club Erzgebirge Aue staged a big upset in the German Cup second round yesterday, stunning Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 at home with a goal late in the second half to advance. Max Wegner snatched a 74th-minute winner for the east German team, who lie in ninth place in the third division, with Eintracht having also been eliminated by Aue three years ago in the same competition.

Football results

Serie A

Bologna 0
Inter 1
Icardi 67;

HT: 0-0. Att: 22,350.
Red card: Melo (IN) 61.

Playing today (20.45)
Atalanta vs Lazio
Frosinone vs Carpi
Milan vs Chievo
Napoli vs Palermo
Roma vs Udinese
Sassuolo vs Juventus
Torino vs Genoa
Verona vs Fiorentina

Tomorrow
Sampdoria vs Empoli - 20.45

Serie B
Avellino vs Ascoli 3-0; Cesena vs Como 3-1; Crotone vs Brescia 1-1; Entella vs Livorno 0-0; Latina vs Ternana 1-2; Modena vs Spezia 1-1; Perugia vs Cagliari 0-0; Pro Vercelli vs Bari 0-1; Trapani vs Vicenza 1-2; V. Lanciano vs Salernitana 2-2.

Standings: Crotone 21; Cagliari, Cesena 20; Bari 18; Livorno 17; Spezia 16; Pescara 15; Vicenza, Brescia 14; Latina, Trapani 13; Novara, Entella 12; Perugia, Modena 11; V. Lanciano, Avellino, Ternana, Ascoli, Salernitana 10; Pro Vercelli 8; Como 6.

English League Cup
Last 16: Everton vs Norwich 1-1 (4-3 pens); Hull vs Leicester 1-1 (5-4 pens); Sheffield Wed. vs Arsenal 3-0; Stoke City vs Chelsea 1-1 (5-4 pens).

League One
Millwall vs Doncaster Rovers 2-0.

Scottish League Cup
Last eight: Inverness vs Ross Co. 1-2; Morton vs St Johnstone 1-3.

German Cup
E. Aue vs Eint. Frankfurt 1-0; FSV Frankfurt vs H. Berlin 1-2 aet; Mainz vs 1860 Munich 1-2; Nuremberg vs Dusseldorf 5-1; Bochum vs Kaiserslautern 1-0; Darmstadt vs Hanover 2-1; Unterhaching vs R. Leipzig 3-0; Wolfsburg vs Bayern Munich 1-3.

French League Cup
Evian vs Laval 2-2 (4-5 pens); Tours vs Angers 1-0; Bastia vs Rennes 0-1.