FOOTBALL SHORTS

SOUTHAMPTON will be without Charlie Austin for several weeks after the striker picked up a hamstring injury in Tuesday’s 2-0 defeat at local rivals Bournemouth.

EURO 2016 organisers have increased the security budget by 15 per cent in the wake of the Paris attacks, with the security budget up to ¤34million (£26.3m).

CHED EVANS’ conviction for raping a 19-year-old woman is to be reviewed by March 22.

GALATASARAY have been handed a two-season ban from European club competitions by UEFA following their breach of financial fair play regulations.

MICHEL PLATINI has taken his appeal against a six-year FIFA ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.