Northampton edged above Tranmere in the League Two promotion battle with a 2-0 victory at Prenton Park.Kion Etete’s fine effort and Sam Hoskins’ penalty secured a third straight Cobblers league win that moved the visitors into third.The result ended Tranmere’s eight-game unbeaten run in all competitions and they slipped out of the play-off places in a tight League Two table.Rov...Full Story »

Mason Mount bagged a hat-trick as Chelsea handed hapless 10-man Norwich a 7-0 homegrown hammering to cement top spot in the Premier League.Chelsea youth products Mount, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Reece James set the tone with first-half goals as the Blues ran riot at Stamford Bridge.England left-back Ben Chilwell then drilled in his fourth goal in five games for club and country, Max Aarons put thro...Full Story »

The forward has no intention of stepping back from the international stage and believes that he can still claim trophies at Old Trafford Cristiano Ronaldo has shrugged off suggestions that he could retire from international duty with Portugal. The forward, who has been one of the stronger sparks to a slow start for Manchester United this season, is fast approaching his 37th birthday. But ev...Full Story »

St Mirren have a full squad for their cinch Premiership encounter with Rangers.Charles Dunne returned to the bench in Dingwall last weekend and Greg Kiltie has shaken off a knee injury.They may have to wait for their comebacks though, with the Buddies on a three-match winning streak.Rangers defender Leon Balogun is a doubt after picking up a hamstring injury in the 2-0 Europa League win over Bro...Full Story »

Steven Gerrard was pleased to see Rangers put together a strong 90 minutes to beat Brondby 2-0 in their Europa League clash at Ibrox.After opening Group A defeats to Lyon and Sparta Prague, the pressure was on the Scottish champions but they took the lead in the 18th minute when defender Leon Balogun headed in from a James Tavernier corner.Striker Kemar Roofe added a second on the half-hour mark...Full Story »

Rangers’ Europa League campaign burst into life with an ultimately convincing 2-0 win over Brondby at Ibrox.After opening Group A defeats to Lyon and Sparta Prague, the pressure was on the Scottish champions but they took the lead in the 18th minute when defender Leon Balogun headed his first goal in Light Blue from a James Tavernier corner.Striker Kemar Roofe added a second on the half-ho...Full Story »

Four-goal hero Patson Daka reignited Leicester’s Europa League hopes after the Foxes clinched a thrilling 4-3 win at Spartak Moscow.The striker breathed life into a campaign which looked in serious danger when the visitors fell 2-0 behind.Aleksandr Sobolev and Jordan Larsson, son of former Celtic and Manchester United striker Henrik, had given the hosts a commanding lead to leave the Foxes...Full Story »

Bournemouth boss Scott Parker paid tribute to his team’s battling qualities as they stretched their lead to six points at the top of the Championship.Dominic Solanke’s 51st-minute strike helped the Cherries make it 13 league games unbeaten as they clinched a fine 1-0 away win over Stoke at the bet365 stadium.And Parker’s team have now not conceded in six of their away league ou...Full Story »

Substitute Lyle Taylor struck twice in stoppage time as Nottingham Forest extended Bristol City’s Ashton Gate misery with a 2-1 Championship win.The hosts took a 39th minute lead when Nahki Wells saw his low shot from just outside the box saved at full stretch by Brice Samba, only for the ball to break for Alex Scott to fire into an unguarded net.City were still ahead on 90 minutes, but Na...Full Story »

Second-half goals from Matt Jay, Nigel Atangana and Sam Nombe gave Exeter a 3-1 victory at 10-man Crawley.The hosts, who had led through Kwesi Appiah’s header, had striker Ashley Nadesan dismissed for two bookable offences before half-time as they went down to back-to-back defeats.Exeter boss Matt Taylor made four changes and the recalled Jake Caprice tested veteran keeper Glenn Morris ear...Full Story »

Ipswich striker Conor Chaplin scored against his former club as Paul Cook celebrated his return to Portsmouth with a comprehensive 4-0 win.Ipswich’s top scorer Macauley Bonne, Sone Aluko and Wes Burns were also on target on a night when Portsmouth conceded four goals for the second game in a row.Ipswich were gifted the lead four minutes before half time when goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu was cau...Full Story »

Ross Stewart struck twice for Sunderland as they won 4-0 at Crewe to move up to second in the table.An own goal by Terell Thomas helped Lee Johnson’s side on their way at Gresty Road and substitute Leon Dajaku completed the rout.Early on, Crewe were indebted to goalkeeper Will Jaaskelainen for two smart saves which thwarted Tom Flanagan’s set-piece header and Alex Pritchard when the ...Full Story »

Teenager Cole Palmer scored a classy goal and Riyad Mahrez struck twice as Manchester City ignited their Champions League campaign with a comfortable 5-1 win over Club Brugge. Full-backs Joao Cancelo and Kyle Walker were also on target in a one-sided win in Belgium that strengthened City’s position in Group A after defeat to Paris St Germain three weeks ago. Hans Vanaken claimed a cons...Full Story »

Scott Parker dedicated a dominant 2-0 Bournemouth victory at Bristol City to David Brooks as the player starts his battle with cancer.The Wales and Cherries midfielder was diagnosed with stage two Hodgkin lymphoma during the week and was honoured by a minute’s applause from both sets of fans in the seventh minute.City supporters even clapped when Jamal Lowe held up Brooks’ number sev...Full Story »

Sheffield United recorded an impressive 2-1 comeback victory over Stoke following two goals in the final stages from substitutes Lys Mousset and David McGoldrick.Jacob Brown gave Stoke the lead early into the second half before the subs turned the game around, with Mousset equalising and McGoldrick finding the winner.Following their 2-1 defeat against Bournemouth, Slavisa Jokanovic made one chan...Full Story »

A last-gasp goal from Craig Halkett gave Hearts a 1-1 draw with cinch Premiership leaders Rangers at Ibrox.John Lundstram’s wonderful first-half strike from 30 yards had given the home side a deserved interval lead but they could not add to it as the game went on.And after Jambos boss Robbie Neilson was sent off by referee Don Robertson with three minutes remaining, a mistake by Gers ...Full Story »

Tom Flanagan scored the winner against his former club as 10-man Sunderland came from behind to beat Gillingham 2-1 at Priestfield.The Gills started brightly, with Jack Tucker forcing Sunderland goalkeeper Ron-Thorben Hoffmann into a save after seven minutes.Steve Evans’ side took the lead in the 25th minute, as Danny Lloyd fired home from the penalty spot after Luke O’Nien tripped S...Full Story »

Lincoln secured a dramatic 2-1 win over Charlton thanks to Regan Poole’s first goal for the club.The right-back headed home in added time to secure only the Imps’ second home win of the season and heap more pressure on Charlton boss Nigel Adkins.After a quiet first half, the game came to life early in the second period, with Lincoln taking the lead in the 58th minute.A driven cross-s...Full Story »

Bernardo Silva and Kevin De Bruyne were on target as champions Manchester City claimed a battling 2-0 Premier League win over Burnley at the Etihad Stadium. City were not at their fluid best and made some uncharacteristic errors but the Clarets, despite a committed effort, were not capable of punishing them. Silva put them on course for victory in the 12th minute and De Bruyne made sure of t...Full Story »

In-form Reading secured their fifth Sky Bet Championship win in six matches when they defeated struggling Barnsley 1-0 at the Select Car Leasing Stadium.Barnsley dominated the first half but Cauley Woodrow wasted a series of chances and centre-back Scott Dann almost gave Reading a half-time lead.Callum Brittain then hit an upright for Barnsley early in the second period, but John Swift’s e...Full Story »