Sport in Short: Football

PORT VALE have signed Kevin Bartlett, the Notts County and former West Bromwich Albion striker, on a month's loan with a view to a permanent deal. Stoke City are to borrow Steve Stone, a midfielder who has appeared once in Nottingham Forest's first team, on the same basis.

THE ORGANISERS of the 1994 World Cup in the United States are to canvas public opinion to find a name for the dog which will be the tournament's mascot.