Cup dates: St Johnstone will play Hibernian in Edinburgh in the Scottish League Cup semi-finals. Hibs will make the short trip across the capital to Tynecastle to face the Perth side on Saturday, January 30. Ross County face Celtic at Hampden 24 hours later. Both matches will kick off at 4pm.

Koulibaly: Kalidou Koulibaly’s agent told reporters yesterday that the Senegal international will not leave Napoli to Everton in the winter transfer window “Could he move to Everton? No, Kalidou will not leave Napoli,” Bruno Satin said.

No appeal: New Zealand will not take the Oceania Football Confederation’s decision to exclude its men’s football team from next year’s Olympics to the CAS, New Zealand Football said. The New Zealand U-23 side were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player in the qualifying tournament.

Gladkiy: Ukraine striker Olexandr Gladkiy has been ruled out of the Euro 2016 play-off first leg against Slovenia in Lviv today. The Shakhtar Donetsk player, who has not recovered from an ankle injury, did not fly with the team to Lviv. Ukraine have only three fit strikers in Evhen Seleznyov, Artem Kravets and Pylyp Budkivskiy.

Amavi: Jordan Amavi will undergo scans in France as Aston Villa wait for further news on his fitness. The left-back suffered a knee injury in France Under-21s’ 1-0 win over Northern Ireland on Thursday. Reports said France’s medical team is optimistic the injury is not as bad as first feared. Amavi has made 12 appearances and was recalled by Garde for his first game in charge as Villa drew 0-0 with Man. City.

UEFA U-21: Group 1 – Montenegro vs Latvia 3-3. Group 2 – Serbia vs Italy 1-1.

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