Success for Tamworth would mean a semi-final berth for the first time in their history.At least one club below Conference level will progress to the last four from tomorrow's tie between Aylesbury United and Gloucester City. United are at the wrong end of the Ryman Premier League and would be buoyed by a semi-final but Gloucester, who play in the Dr Martens League Western Division, have the better recent form.The other tie tomorrow should see Forest Green Rovers, twice runners-up in the Trophy, progress at home past Havant & Waterlooville, who are mid-table in the Ryman Premier. Forest Green reached the final two years ago on the first occasion it was staged at Villa Park Havant have not even been this far before.. Liechtenstein is prepared to seal off its borders to prevent hooligans and ticketless fans entering the country before the Euro 2004 qualifier with England on 29 March. "It's a big problem we have to solve, so we may not let them enter our country without a ticket," the Liechtenstein FA Vice President Fredi Hilti said "We can make border controls and check fans' tickets. We only have a few borders, so it should be easy." Though Liechtenstein has been working with Swiss and German authorities, only 30 police officers have been given riot training and their station in Vaduz has just two cells. But the Principality is confident they have enough information about known English hooligans and Hilti added: "We're more worried about Swiss and German hooligans."The England game will provide useful experience before Turkey visit Vaduz later this year as around 1.5m Turks live within 100 miles of the country and around 10,000 may travel without tickets..

Bernie Ecclestone has cast new doubts over the future of the British Grand Prix. Octagon Motorsports, who run the Silverstone circuit, recently reported losses of more than £80m for the fourth quarter of 2002. The parent company, Interpublic, responded by announcing that they are pursuing an "exit strategy" that could see Octagon sold off for less than their present £43m valuation. Octagon hold the rights to run the British Grand Prix, but Ecclestone, who controls Formula One's broadcasting rights, apparently fears that a sell-off could cause complications for the event, which is at the centre of a complex series of contracts and agreements.Ecclestone has called on the British Racing Drivers' Club to once again organise the event and blamed their cash demands for putting the race in jeopardy.He said: "The BRDC should run the race and be the promoter. We did a contract with them that was very cheap for them to run Once, the idea was to sell Silverstone.

But they decided not to do it – and got someone to rent it out. If the British Grand Prix disappears from Britain, it will be because no one can afford Silverstone's rent. If someone buys Octagon, whatever its assets and liabilities are, they will assume them. So either Octagon will run the race or someone else will."The BRDC chairman and former grand prix driver, Martin Brundle, insists Ecclestone's criticism of his organisation "is absolutely not correct"..

New Zealand have broken new ground by appointing an Australian coach for the first time, with Daniel Anderson taking over from Gary Freeman. Freeman has lost his job following last autumn's drawn series in Britain, partly because of his unwillingness to move back to New Zealand. Anderson is already based there as coach of the New Zealand Warriors, the successful club side playing in Australia's National Rugby League. Anderson led the Warriors to the Grand Final last year in his first full season in charge and his appointment means that the three major Test-playing nations – four if you include Papua New Guinea – are coached by Australians. The NZRL chairman, Selwyn Pearson, admitted that it had been a big decision to appoint an outsider.Anderson beat off the challenge of Kiwi-born contenders headed by the former Hull full-back Gary Kemble and will be in charge of the national side for the first time when they play Australia on 25 July.The Great Britain international Paul Sculthorpe has had a scan to try to find the cause of the back injury that is likely to keep him out of St Helens' Challenge Cup quarter-final at Salford on Sunday. Hull, who play Leeds the same day, will definitely be without their injury-plagued forward Warren Jowitt, who will be out of action for four months with a pelvic injury and could need an operation to save his career.The Leeds captain, Kevin Sinfield, is their big doubt for the match. Sinfield played at Warrington last weekend despite straining his back in the pre-match warm-up.The draw for the semi-finals of the Cup is to be held next Tuesday in Cardiff, which will host the final for the first time on 26 April.Castleford are looking at building a new stadium to replace the one on Wheldon Road that has been their home throughout their League existence..