Notts County, one of the very few clubs in the English Football League to employ a black manager, are at the centre of a racism storm, the Daily Mirror reported on Saturday. County, managed by former Ipswich Town, Arsenal and QPR striker Chris Kiwomya, have parted company with two youth team coaches accused of racist behaviour towards trainees at the club. Brett Adams and Lee Broster both resigned after a club hearing on Friday, the Mirror said. Both were accused of racially abusing black youngsters at the training ground.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers admits there is no way that Jamie Carragher will bow out quietly when he plays his final game before retirement against QPR on Sunday. Carragher, 35, has spent his whole career at Anfield, winning the Champions League, two FA Cups and three League Cups, and the Merseyside-born star will fittingly bow out as captain for his 737th and last appearance for the Reds.

Premier League club Stoke have launched an internal investigation into reports of a dressing room prank featuring a bloody pig's head and a smashed car windscreen. It has been reported that a pig's head was left in Kenwyne Jones' locker by team-mate Glenn Whelan on Friday. On discovering the pig's head, Trinidad striker Jones was reportedly so furious that he stormed outside and smashed the window of Whelan's car in retribution.

Paul Scholes says his former Manchester United and England team-mate David Beckham's decision to retire is a "sad day". Scholes and Beckham, both 38, came through the youth ranks at United together in the early 1990s and enjoyed huge success as midfield partners before Beckham left for Real Madrid in 2003. Following subsequent spells with Los Angeles Galaxy, AC Milan and, latterly, Paris Saint-Germain, Beckham has announced that he is to retire at the end of the campaign.