SOCCER/News: Celtic manager Martin O'Neill has denied opening talks with the Parkhead club over a new contract, but is not worried about his position at the Scottish Premier League champions.
O'Neill, who has a year left on his present contract, said he would sit down with the Glasgow club's board at the right time to talk over his future.
O'Neill brought Celtic back to his former home yesterday for a friendly with Leicester City at Filbert Street.
John Hartson's header gave O'Neill's team, incorporating the former Leicester favourites Neil Lennon and Steve Guppy, a ninth-minute lead they never relinquished.
The thought must have occurred to O'Neill that if Celtic ever do move south they would not be embarrassed in the Premiership, never mind the first division.
Juventus will play away from their home town Turin while their Delle Alpi stadium undergoes a major facelift to make it into an "English-style" venue, the Serie A club said yesterday.
Juve said they were close to reaching a deal with Turin city council to purchase the ground and yesterday they were given the go-ahead from the Italian Football League to seek a temporary home.
The private civil war that has engulfed FIFA for at least the last four years finally came crashing out into the open yesterday, plunging world soccer's governing body into yet another major crisis.
The CONCACAF Confederation has called for the resignation of FIFA's General Secretary Michel Zen-Ruffinen.
They claim he has exceeded his authority, gone against the wishes of FIFA president Sepp Blatter and the Executive Committee and interfered in the affairs of the Confederation.
Lee Bowyer has revealed he has no intention of leaving Leeds and will agree a new contract soon.
The midfielder was briefly placed on the transfer list by boss David O'Leary after refusing to accept disciplinary action earlier this year.
Former Scotland captain Bruce Rioch has backed manager Berti Vogts' pursuit of English-born players. Vogts has been tipped to include Preston's Coventry-born defender Graham Alexander and Middlesbrough's former England Under-21 full back Robbie Stockdale in his next squad.
