"I think six games was severe because there was extreme provocation. If we were to manage to qualify he would become eligible again."An Italian league disciplinary commission has suspended the Juventus midfielder Edgar Davids indefinitely after a second test on a urine sample taken from the player tested positive for nandrolone. Davids has denied taking the substance.The Leeds United midfielder Olivier Dacourt is one of six new faces called up to the France squad for the Confederations Cup in Japan and South Korea.There are several Premiership-based players named in Roger Lemerre's squad for the tournament, played from 30 May to 10 June. The Chelsea defenders Marcel Desailly and Frank Leboeuf join the Manchester United full-back Mika?Silvestre and Middlesbrough's Christian Karembeu in the party, although the United keeper Fabien Barthez is not included.Arsenal will be well represented by the midfielders Patrick Vieira and Robert Pires, and the strikers Thierry Henry and Sylvain Wiltord.However, several of the Italian and Spanish-based players ­ such as Zinedine Zidane, David Tr?guet, Lilian Thuram and Emmanuel Petit ­ are unavailable because of domestic commitments, thus handing Dacourt his chance.The Nantes pair, Micka?Landreau and Eric Carri?, Lyon's Gregory Coupet and Jeremie Brechet and Marseilles' Zoumana Camara are the other new recruits.Canada, Cameroon, Mexico, Australia and Brazil will also play in the eight-team tournament, which is part of the build up to the 2002 World Cup finals..

Just days after leading out Forest Green Rovers at the FA Umbro Trophy final, David Norton is looking for a new job. Just days after leading out Forest Green Rovers at the FA Umbro Trophy final, David Norton is looking for a new job. The former Aston Villa full-back was a proud man when he returned to Villa Park last Sunday as joint manager, along with Nigel Spink, of the Trophy finalists. But the Gloucestershire club's 1-0 defeat to Canvey Island was to be his farewell to Forest Green.Spink and Norton took over at The Lawn last September and not only led Rovers to the Trophy final but also rescued them from relegation from the Nationwide Conference. But it is known that they did not believe a managerial partnership was a viable long-term option.This week the Forest Green board appointed Spink as manager and asked Norton to be his assistant.

That offer was declined, and Norton has left the club on good terms to seek a managerial opportunity elsewhere.Spink, the 42-year-old former Villa goalkeeper, has retired from playing in order to concentrate on his off-field role.Elsewhere, Bill Williams has left Dover Athletic to take over at Kingstonian, who have been relegated from the Conference, in succession to Geoff Chapple. Williams will work alongside the first-team coach at the Surrey club: Steve Sedgley, the former Ipswich and Wolves midfielder.Stalybridge Celtic, newly promoted to the Conference, are looking for a new manager following Phil Wilson's move to Southport, where he replaces Mark Wright (now installed at Oxford United).The England semi-professional side, appearing as a Football Association XI, completed their season's fixtures with a 3-0 victory over the Highland League at Inverness Clachnacuddin's ground on Tuesday. The goals came from Doncaster Rovers' Tim Ryan, Kingstonian's Geoff Pitcher and Steve Jones of Leigh RMI.. Bolton Wanderers - the club that arguably hates the whole idea of the play-offs more than any other - are on their way to Cardiff for the First Division final on 28 May after a comprehensive victory over the side that had much to do with undermining their bid for automatic promotion.