Italy's football federation (FIGC) have written to UEFA about the controversial refereeing of AS Roma's UEFA Cup exit at the hands of Liverpool.
Roma won 1-0 at Anfield on Thursday, but lost on aggregate after trailing 2-0 from the first leg in the Olympic Stadium last week.
Spanish referee Jose Maria Garcia- Aranda sparked controversy with just 13 minutes left after appearing to award a penalty for handball - pointing twice to the spot - only to change his mind.
Diego Maradona has been ordered to pay £15,000 to an Argentine reporter he shot with an air rifle in 1994.
A Buenos Aires judge made the ruling on Thursday in favour of photographer Raul Moleon, a former employee of Caras magazine, who was among five journalists attacked outside Buenos Aires by Maradona.
The photographer, part of a media stake-out of a country residence in Moreno, was wounded in the hand and ribs by shots fired by Argentina's former World Cup captain. Moleon's lawyers, who had asked for damages of more than £50,000, said they would appeal against the decision.
Inter Milan have decided to stick by coach Marco Tardelli despite a humiliating 2-0 home defeat by Alaves in the UEFA Cup.
Club director Giacinto Facchetti told reporters at Inter's training ground yesterday that Tardelli would stay on in a bid to guide the crisis-hit side into Europe next season.
Angry supporters had thrown seats and bottles on to the San Siro pitch at the end of Thursday's match, which was cut short by five minutes due to the ugly scenes.
First division club Portsmouth appointed Graham Rix as their new manager yesterday.
The 43-year-old former Chelsea assistant manager has signed a 3-1/2-year deal and replaces player-coach Steve Claridge, who will work under Rix as part of the new management team.
Ian Nolan is to sue Justin Edinburgh three years after a challenge which fractured the right leg of the 30-year-old in two places. The incident took place on February 21st, 1998 during a Premiership game when Nolan was playing for Sheffield Wednesday and Edinburgh was with Tottenham.
The 36th-minute tackle at Hillsborough led to Nolan spending 18 months on the sidelines.
