Livorno: Livorno president Aldo Spinelli, who led the club to the Serie A, said he would like his son to replace him. Livorno beat Brescia 5-2 on aggregate in the play-off final to make an immediate return to the top flight. "If my son will accept the offer to take my place, I believe that this will be my last game as Livorno president," Spinelli said. "This has been too tough a year for me. I hope my son accepts."
Nakamura: Japan's Shunsuke Nakamura will announce his move to Espanyol from Celtic tomorrow and make his debut in a friendly against Liverpool on August 2. Nakamura told his agent last week that he had decided on the move to the Spanish side after talks with Yokohama collapsed.
Ranieri: Claudio Ranieri is likely to be the next coach of Zenit SP, according to Tuttosport. The 57-year-old, fired by Juventus last month, has already held talks with Zenit supremo Aleksandr Dyukov. He is expected to sign a two-year contract worth €2.5m a season.
Swine flu: A young Philippine footballer in Singapore for the Asian Youth Games has caught H1N1 flu, leading his team-mates to be quarantined and matches against the Philippines postponed. The Singapore government said a 14-year-old from the Philippines football team developed a fever during a practice session on Friday.
In Italy: Promotion play-offs - (Prima Divisione A) Pro Patria vs Padova 1-2 (Padova win 2-1 on agg., promoted to Serie B); (Prima Divisione B) Benevento vs Crotone 0-1 (Crotone win 2-1 on agg., promoted to Serie B).
Golf: The weather-hit US Open is likely to require at least a fifth day's play after heavy rain at an already soaked Bethpage Black delayed the scheduled start yesterday. With the third round of the year's second major still far from being completed, that will almost certainly mean a Monday finish at the earliest. PGA Tour rookie Ricky Barnes held a one-shot lead yesterday after firing a five-under-par 65 on Saturday for a record 36-hole total of 132.
Doping: Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde has appealed a two-year ban on him riding in Italy at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Valverde was banned by CONI last month and is poised to miss July's Tour de France as the 16th stage of the race passes through Italy. CONI said blood samples Valverde gave at a doping control when last year's Tour entered Italy matched DNA from code-named bags of blood discovered in Spain's Operacion Puerto doping investigation, launched in 2006.
Athletics: Olympic champion and world record holder Usain Bolt plans to compete in both the 100 and 200 metres at this week's Jamaican world championship trials. "His aim is to qualify for the world championship team in these events and the 4x100 metres relay," agent Ricky Simms said. Bolt set world records in all three at last year's Beijing Olympics. The Jamaican trials run from Friday through to Sunday in Kingston.
Cricket: Pakistan won their first major title in 17 years when they stunned Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the World Twenty20 final at Lord's yesterday. Seamer Abdur Razzaq claimed three wickets as Pakistan bowled and fielded aggressively to restrict Sri Lanka to 138-6, then coasted home easily with eight deliveries to spare. Pakistan, runners-up to India in the final of the inaugural World Twenty20 in South Africa two years ago, ended Sri Lanka's unbeaten run in the tournament with style.