Chris Wilder believes his Middlesbrough team showed a different side after emerging from a tough afternoon against Luton with three points and a Sky Bet Championship play-off spot.Boro won for the eighth home league game in a row for the first time in a single season since the 1997-98 promotion campaign.It was enough to lift them up into the final play-off place and above Luton, who had started ...Full Story »

Hearts boss Robbie Neilson admitted in 25 years in football he had never experienced anything like the catalogue of injuries that decimated his team during Saturday’s cinch Premiership draw with Dundee United at Tannadice.The Jam Tarts had to make five changes because of injuries during the pulsating 2-2 match with Gary Mackay-Steven, Cammy Devlin, Alex Cochrane, John Souttar and Nate Atki...Full Story »

Sunderland manager Alex Neil was left to rue missed chances as his side could only draw 0-0 with struggling Charlton.The Wearsiders slipped out of the League One play-off places after they were unable to find a winner in London.Despite the setback, Neil believed his side played better in the first half than they did during last week’s stunning 3-0 win at Wigan.He said: “I think we de...Full Story »

Two goals in as many minutes completed an amazing turnaround as 10-man MK Dons won 2-1 at promotion rivals Rotherham.The visitors, who played for most of the game a man down after Dan Harvie’s straight red card, managed to turn the game in their favour and close the gap on Sky Bet League One leaders Rotherham to seven points.The Dons should have been ahead in the opening minute but Troy Pa...Full Story »

Ravel Morrison scored his first league goals in England for nearly eight years to give Derby a 2-0 victory over relegation rivals Barnsley.The former Manchester United midfielder struck twice to end a drought that stretched back to April 2014 as Derby halted a run of three defeats.Morrison also hit the bar in one of his best displays in a Rams shirt but Barnsley created little after Carlton Morr...Full Story »

Huddersfield manager Carlos Corberan believes his team benefited from a refreshed Danel Sinani during a 3-0 victory over Peterborough.The Luxembourg international had only started one of the Terriers’ previous four games but returned with a bang by scoring and claiming an assist during the opening seven minutes of a comfortable win.Sinani curled home an exquisite 20-yard effort in the thir...Full Story »

Huddersfield moved into the Sky Bet Championship’s top two after extending their unbeaten run to an 18th game with a routine 3-0 home victory over Peterborough.Centre-back Tom Lees’ headed brace secured three points for the Terriers after midfielder Danel Sinani’s sixth goal of the season had opened the scoring.The victory sees Huddersfield go a point ahead of third-placed Bour...Full Story »

Livingston have a fully-fit squad for the visit of cinch Premiership leaders Celtic on Sunday.Manager David Martindale has 24 fit players at his disposal.Martindale admitted he was trying to rotate the players who miss out on a match day but said changes to his in-form team would be limited.Celtic striker Giorgos Giakoumakis will return after missing two matches through illness.Manager Ange Post...Full Story »

Preston will be without Liam Lindsay for the visit of promotion-chasing Bournemouth.Lindsay was sent off in the 1-1 draw at Coventry last time out and is banned against the Cherries.Patrick Bauer (hip) is expected to once again miss out and Sean Maguire may not feature despite returning to training.Greg Cunningham and Tom Barkhuizen remain on the sidelines while Josh Murphy could play a part aft...Full Story »

Barrow defender Niall Canavan will be available to face Walsall in League Two this weekend after his midweek dismissal was overturned on appeal.Canavan was shown a straight red card after 32 minutes of Tuesday’s 1-0 defeat to Bristol Rovers after bringing down Leon Clarke, but Barrow have had his ban overturned.Jordan Stevens is fit after more than a month on the sidelines to boost Mark Co...Full Story »

Derby captain Tom Lawrence will return to the side against Barnsley after serving a three-match ban.Lawrence was sent off in the home win against Peterborough last month and the Rams have lost all three of their games in his absence.Defender Krystian Bielik has been passed fit after coming off at half-time in last week’s loss at Cardiff.Rams boss Wayne Rooney revealed on Friday that midfie...Full Story »

Hull have a number of players who should be back in contention as they host former boss Steve Bruce and out-of-form West Brom in the Sky Bet Championship.The Tigers ended a run of six games without a win with victory at bottom club Peterborough last week and head coach Shota Arveladze could have a stronger squad to choose from this time out.Callum Elder, Tom Eaves, Allahyar Sayyadmanesh and Marc...Full Story »

Charlton will assess Conor Washington ahead of the visit of Sunderland.The striker has been out since early February with a muscle injury but could return at the weekend.Goalkeeper Stephen Henderson is out with a calf problem, while Chuks Aneke and Corey Blackett-Taylor have been suffering from knocks.Jayden Stockley could start having returned on the bench for last week’s defeat to Sheffi...Full Story »

Tottenham Hotspur has been linked with Inter Milan defender Stefan de Vrij for several transfer windows, however, although a move has never really seemed close, that could all be set to change in the coming summer window. That’s according to a recent report from Inter Live, who claims the Serie A champions could finally be preparing to let the Holland international depart the San Siro. ...Full Story »

Lincoln boss Michael Appleton could look to shake up his side for the visit of Sky Bet League One promotion chasers Sheffield Wednesday.Appleton labelled the 2-0 home defeat by Gillingham on Tuesday night as “not good enough”, having switched to a 4-4-2 line-up with fit again striker Tom Hopper joining John Marquis in attack.On loan Swansea pair Morgan Whittaker and Liam Cullen are o...Full Story »

Barcelona are watching Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Florian Wirtz. Italian transfer expert Fabrizio Romano reports Barca are one of the clubs following Wirtz. In fact, in an interview around a month ago with BILD, the player declared that when he was little he "always wanted to play for Barcelona. That has not changed, but I still have time until that could arrive". Bayer are unlikely to let...Full Story »

Real Madrid eye Porro, Aarons and Dalot (El Nacional)The Blancos are hoping to upgrade at right-back in the summer Real Madrid are lining up options to replace Dani Carvajal at right-back, having decided to sell the 30-year-old this summer. The likes of Achraf Hakimi and Trent Alexander-Arnold have been deemed out of their reach, so they are lining up alternative candidates. Manchester Unit...Full Story »

Motherwell manager Graham Alexander disagreed with the decision to award Ross County a penalty in his side’s 1-0 cinch Premiership defeat.Joseph Hungbo scored the only goal of the game from the spot after Jake Carroll brought down County’s Kayne Ramsay as the right-back drove into the box.Alexander felt the foul took place outside the penalty area, but admitted his side were not clin...Full Story »

Antonio Rudiger's representatives are in talks with Real Madrid and PSG. The Chelsea defender is set to become a free agent at the end of this season. Discussions between Rudiger's representatives and Chelsea had taken place in January. However no new contract offer was presented by the Premier League club. Sky Sports says Real Madrid and PSG have been in "constant dialogue" with Rudiger's...Full Story »

Borussia Dortmund are considering a move for Chelsea forward Timo Werner. According to Sky Germany, Dortmund are interested in bringing Werner back to Germany, after an inconsistent spell so far in England. The German forward signed for Chelsea for £45m from RB Leipzig, reported Sky Sports. Werner is out favour at Stamford Bridge, managing just six starts in the league this season. Sum...Full Story »