Legendary African footballer Roger Milla, whose four goals helped propel Cameroon to the 1990 World Cup quarter-finals, has been voted Africa's Footballer of the Century, by African Soccer magazine.

The London-based monthly reached its decision after voting by a pool of the continent's top football coaches, players and experts.

And it was the name of 47-year-old Milla which stood out, not only for his performances during the 1990 World Cup, but the whole of his career, from his two African club titles with Leopards and Tonnerre Yaounde, through victory in the 1984 and 1988 African Nations Cups and three World Cup campaigns.

Ronaldo may need surgery to fix a knee injury he picked up at the weekend playing for Inter Milan. The Brazilian's absence now beginning to look more like three months than two it was confirmed yesterday.

Sligo Rovers last night appointed former Northern Ireland international Tommy Cassidy to succeed Jim McInally as manager at the club.

Cassidy, a former Newcastle United and Burnley player, takes over from caretaker boss David Pugh with immediate effect.