Fletcher: Sunderland striker Steven Fletcher is waiting for results of scans on his ankle after he was carried off on a stretcher during Scotland’s World Cup qualification defeat by Wales. The 25-year-old has returned to the Premier League side and is being assessed by the Sunderland medical team.

Lucescu: Shakhtar Donetsk coach Mircea Lucescu will stay in his job for at least two more years after extending his contract with the Ukrainian champions yes-terday. “When we talked about the contract, money was not an issue at all,” Shakhtar’s billionaire owner Rinat Akhmetov.

Manolev: Stanislav Manolev has been declared fit for Bulgaria’s World Cup qualifier in Denmark today. The 27-year-old Fulham right-back missed his team’s resounding 6-0 win over Malta on Friday due to a thigh injury and his return will boost Luboslav Penev’s side who are still unbeaten in the qualifying campaign.

Destro: Roma’s Mattia Destro is close to making a full recovery from knee surgery and reports yesterday suggested he could figure in this weekend’s match against Palermo. The 22-year-old has been sidelined since January but was back to training with the Roma squad last week.

McInnes: Aberdeen have con-firmed Derek McInnes as their next manager. McInnes and Tony Docherty, his assistant at both St Johnstone and Bristol City, have signed contracts that tie them to Pittodrie until 2015 with the option of a rolling contract after that. Craig Brown would remain in charge of team affairs for the next two games along with assistant Archie Knox.

Friendly: Canada vs Belarus 0-2.

U-21 results: UEFA qualifiers –Scotland vs Luxembourg 3-0; Bel-gium vs Cyprus 2-0. Friendlies – Serbia vs Montenegro 0-0; Slovakia vs Slovenia 1-2; Italy vs Ukraine 1-0; Holland vs Norway 4-1; Ireland vs Portugal 1-2; England vs Austria 4-0.