West Ham suffered more jitters against Astra Giurgiu as they were held to a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their Europa League playoff on Thursday.

The Hammers, bidding to reach the group stages for the first time, looked set to take a 1-0 lead back to the London Stadium next week thanks to Mark Noble's penalty on the stroke of half-time.

However, Romanian champions Astra, who beat Slaven Bilic's side in last season's qualifiers, stunned the visitors again when sub Denis Alibec hit a late equaliser.

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Toulouse have signed goalkeeper Mauro Goicoechea from Portuguese side Arouca.

OFFICIEL - Mauro #Goicoechea signe au Toulouse FC. Tous les détails à lire ici: http://t.co/fR1vTAkMJb #Mercato pic.twitter.com/5auVwIRv9F

- Toulouse FC Officiel (@ToulouseFC) July 14, 2015

The former Uruguay under-21 international, now 27, will compete for playing time with regular starter Ali Ahamada as he inherits the role vacated by Zacharie Boucher's departure to Auxerre.

He told the club's official website:...