Life bans: Hibernian have confirmed they have issued sanctions including life bans to supporters identified as being involved in the crowd trouble which marred the Scottish Cup final. Thousands of the Leith outfit’s fans poured on to the Hampden pitch as they ended their 114-year wait for the trophy with last week’s 3-2 win over Rangers. The Easter Road side say the punishments imposed on “a number of fans” include life bans and indefinite bans.

Pasqual: Empoli have signed former Fiorentina captain Manuel Pasqual on a two-year contract. The 34-year-old left-back had been released by Fiorentina after making over 350 Serie A appearances for the club he joined from Arezzo in 2005. Fiorentina’s Tuscan neighbours Empoli an-nounced they had secured his services until the end of June 2018 in a tweet from their official account.

Navas: Costa Rica goalkeeper Keylor Navas will miss the Copa America Centenario because of chronic tendinitis in his left foot. Navas, who played for Real Madrid when they beat Atletico Madrid in the Champions League final on Saturday, has been trying to shake off the injury for around a year, reports said. He also missed last year’s CONCACAF Gold Cup, although he played regularly for Real Madrid this season.

Evans fired: Leeds have parted company with manager Steve Evans after he spent just seven months in the Elland Road hot seat, with the Championship club looking for a “different approach”. Italian owner Cellini has now gone through six managers since he bought Leeds in April 2014. Former Rotherham United boss Evans was appointed in October to replace German Uwe Rosler.

Rosicky: Midfielder Tomas Rosicky, who has had an injury-plagued season, was included when Czech Republic announced their Euro 2016 squad yesterday. Rosicky is joined by Arsenal team-mate, goalkeeper Petr Cech. Midfielder Lukas Marecek and forward Patrik Schick were the players cut from the provisional squad.

Serie B: Promotion semi-final play-off (second leg) – Trapani vs Spezia 2-0 (agg: 3-0).­