Cambridge secured a thoroughly deserved 2-1 victory at Wigan to blow the Sky Bet League One title race wide open.The U’s looked like perfect opposition for Wigan, who were unbeaten in nine league games and looking to move seven points clear at the top of the table.But right from the off the visitors looked the better side, and they took the lead after 33 minutes when Harvey Knibbs fired pa...Full Story »

Roy Hodgson insisted “one has to keep faith” despite Pontus Jansson’s last-gasp winner further damaging Watford’s already slim survival chances.The Hornets had a chance to score in added time with the score at 1-1, but instead Jansson headed home to secure a 2-1 win for Brentford.Watford had started the game six points from safety, but required at least something from the...Full Story »

Mikel Arteta admitted Arsenal’s players were dejected after their quest for Champions League qualification suffered a further setback with a damaging a 1-0 Premier League defeat at Southampton.Tottenham’s shock home loss to Brighton in Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off offered the Gunners the chance to move level on points with their fourth-placed north London rivals.But Arteta&rsq...Full Story »

Arsenal’s faltering quest for Champions League qualification suffered another setback after they slipped to an uninspiring 1-0 Premier League loss at Southampton. Tottenham’s shock home defeat to Brighton in Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off offered the Gunners the chance to move level on points with their fourth-placed north London rivals. But Mikel Arteta’s men blew a m...Full Story »

Tottenham boss Antonio Conte says his side’s last-gasp defeat to Brighton will be a good test of their mentality.A week after the Seagulls beat Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium to hand Spurs the initiative in the battle to qualify for the Champions League, they repeated the trick as Leandro Trossard scored a 90th-minute winner.It pegs Tottenham back in a race they looked to have control of ...Full Story »

Play-off hopefuls Blackburn have lost Tayo Edun to suspension for Stoke’s visit to Ewood Park.Midfielder Edun was sent off during Friday’s 2-1 Sky Bet Championship defeat at Peterborough, his first appearance since the end of January.Bradley Johnson is set to come into the starting line-up for a Rovers side who are two points adrift of sixth-placed Sheffield United.Bradley Dack made ...Full Story »

Swindon full-back Rob Hunt will miss the Sky Bet League Two clash with Leyton Orient due to an ankle injury.The right-back left the ground on crutches after being forced off during the 4-1 win over Harrogate on Good Friday.Mandela Egbo, who made the first two goals for Louie Barry at Harrogate, went off with cramp midway through the second half but will be available.Leading scorer Harry McKirdy ...Full Story »

Rotherham manager Paul Warne said his side put in the morale-boosting performance they needed after claiming a vital 1-0 win over Ipswich.The Millers’ grip on an automatic promotion spot has slipped on the back of three straight losses and just one win in their previous seven games, but Michael Smith’s late winner against Town reignited their push for an immediate return to the Champ...Full Story »

Middlesbrough will be without suspended midfielder Matt Crooks for Easter Monday’s Riverside clash against promotion rivals Huddersfield.Crooks received his 15th yellow card of the season in the Good Friday stalemate at Bournemouth and will sit out Boro’s next three games.Australia international Riley McGree could get the nod to replace Crooks, with Martin Payero recovering fitness f...Full Story »

Rotherham got their bid to win automatic promotion from League One back on track after scoring late to beat Ipswich 1-0 and end a run of three successive defeats .Top scorer Michael Smith struck with 12 minutes remaining as the Millers, whose losing run had seen them replaced in the top two by Wigan and MK Dons, claimed a valuable victory.Rotherham had not managed to find the back of the net sin...Full Story »

QPR boss Mark Warburton will hope for more of the same as he sends his players into Sky Bet Championship battle with lowly Derby on Monday.Rangers ended a run of five successive defeats with a hard-fought 2-2 draw at promotion-chasing Huddersfield on Friday, and need victories if they are to force their way into the play-off places.Emergency signing Keiren Westwood returned from illness in that ...Full Story »

Cardiff manager Steve Morison might shake up his XI for the visit of Luton on Easter Monday after being deeply unimpressed with their first-half performance at Hull.Morison labelled his side’s first 45 minutes on Good Friday as “horrendous”, with Mark McGuinness hooked at half-time after being at fault for the Tigers’ opener.The defender will probably make way but midfiel...Full Story »

The Americans were one of four in the battle for control at Stamford Bridge but faced fan backlash from the outset. Chicago Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts pictured in 2020 Credit: Getty That followed after leaked emails from 2009 - released in 2019 -appeared to reveal Joe Ricketts saying "Muslims are my enemy". It led to protests from supporters but SunSport understands that has nothing to do wit...Full Story »

Ralf Rangnick says he has "no regrets" about taking the Manchester United manager's job. The German heads into Saturday's Premier League clash with Norwich at Old Trafford having won just three of his last 12 games in charge. It has left United facing the prospect of missing out on a place in next season's Champions League but Rangnick insists he does think taking the job was a mistake. "No, n...Full Story »

Nemanja Matic has announced he will Manchester United at the end of the season. The 33-year-old midfielder has a contract with the Red Devils until June 2023. But he confirmed on social media: "After a great deal of thought, I have decided that this season will be my last with Manchester United. I have informed the board, the manager and the players of my decision. "It has been a huge honou...Full Story »

The former Citizens winger believes a prolific No9 would be welcome at Etihad Stadium despite an abundance of attacking riches Former Manchester City winger Shaun Wright-Phillips says his old club's interest in Tottenham striker Harry Kane may not be “dead and buried” despite Erling Haaland being a more logical fit for the club’s strategy. The reigning Premier League champi...Full Story »

Wayne Rooney helped delay Fulham’s bid to return to the Premier League and then admitted his future with Derby hinges on the proposed takeover of the club by American Chris Kirchner.Derby denied Fulham the three points they required to guarantee promotion with a 2-1 win that kept alive their own distant hopes of staying in the Championship.Earlier in the day, following the unexpected dismi...Full Story »

Fulham’s bid for an immediate return to the Premier League was put on hold again after they suffered a surprise 2-1 defeat at relegation-battling Derby.The Cottagers would have sealed promotion with victory and the Sky Bet Championship leaders were on track to do just that when Fabio Carvalho put them ahead in the 20th minute.But the Rams hit back and, inspired by teenager Luke Plange, cla...Full Story »

Huddersfield missed the chance to cut the gap on second-placed Bournemouth after being held to a 2-2 draw by QPR.The promotion-chasing Terriers twice held the lead before being pegged back by an impressive Rangers side.Town got off to the perfect start when Yoann Barbet turned into his own net, before Luke Amos levelled just before half-time.Harry Toffolo restored the home side’s advantage...Full Story »

Portsmouth boss Danny Cowley hailed his side’s dramatic 3-2 win over former club Lincoln as ‘brilliant.’Ronan Curtis came off the bench to snatch the Sky Bet League One points after Lincoln had fought back from 2-0 down to 2-2.Cowley said after the Fratton Park success: “It was a brilliant win for us, even though we weren’t at our best.“We’d expended a g...Full Story »