Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko was on target again to help defeat Blackburn at White Hart Lane and maintain his side's hopes of a top-four finish in the Premier League. Pavlyuchenko had been unsettled for most of the season and looked set to leave during the January transfer window but ... more

Had Joan Laporta picked a different flight path, then Barcelona's season itself might have gone down a different route. As the club's president returned from Ukraine after opening discussions about Dmytro Chygrynskiy last July, talk turned to Pep Guardiola's pending replacement of Samuel Eto'o. "The choice ... more

This has been a patchy Premier League season, with genuine quality difficult to find, and that was the story behind most of yesterday's fare at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea, in preparation for Tuesday's game visit of Inter Milan, produced the kind of punctuated performance that won't have Jose ... more

For a side that used to routinely roll over for Manchester United, Fulham are suddenly owed something of a beating by the English champions. Because, having waited almost eight seasons in the Premier League to claim a win over United, Roy Hodgson's side then embarrassed them twice in little ... more

Lifelong fan Craig Gardner scored his first Birmingham goal as Alex McLeish's side recovered to earn a point against Everton and preserve their six-month unbeaten home record. Everton, knocked out of the FA Cup by the Blues at Goodison Park this season, had taken control with two goals in ... more

The anticipation had been building around Sunderland in the days before Tuesday night's game against Bolton. News had leaked out that Ellis Short, the US billionaire and owner of the club, was due in town for a rare visit and the conspiracy theorists amongst the Black Cats' support were ... more

Damien Duff better than Steve Heighway? Richard Dunne ahead of Charlie Hurley? And where's Clinton Morrison?!

Yes, the problem with lists is that, by their very nature, they're never going to be completely definitive and, when selected by the public – as with the Soccer Republic website's poll ... more

As clear cut as the quest to reclaim Manchester United would appear, it's been another week of mixed messages. It started with a Red Knights source telling the Observer that Alex Ferguson was fully behind the bid but that they didn't want to go public and embarrass him ... more

Now are you going to believe them? Arsenal kept up their improbable title charge with another late, gritty victory, this time thanks to Nicklas Bendtner's injury-time strike against a defiant Hull City. Nicklas Bendtner struck in stoppage time as Arsenal kept pace with Chelsea at the top of the ... more

Owen Coyle saw his Bolton side gain their third win in four Premier League games and edge closer to safety with victory over relegation rivals Wigan. The Glasgow-born manager was recruited from Burnley in January to try to secure the club's status and his methods appear to be working ... more

Clarke Carlisle's unfortunate own goal proved the difference as Mick McCarthy's Wolves clung on for three potentially priceless points at Turf Moor.

Carlisle deflected a shot by Adlene Guedioura past helpless home keeper Brian Jensen in the 47th minute to add to an even more error-strewn opener from ... more

UEFA Champions League last 16 Second Leg: Seville v CSKA moscow (1-1), Tuesday, 7.45

Sevilla have hit a road bump or two since drawing 1-1 in Moscow three weeks ago. Manola Jiménez's side have drawn with Atlético Madrid and allowed a 2-0 lead turn in to ... more

Robbie Keane has set his sights on capturing a Scottish Cup medal. The on-loan Celtic striker left Rugby Park with the match ball after his second-half hat-trick saw Tony Mowbray's men beat Kilmarnock 3-0 in their Active Nation Scottish Cup quarter-final clash. "It would be brilliant [to take a ... more

Lifelong fan Craig Gardner scored his first Birmingham goal as Alex McLeish's side recovered to earn a point against Everton and preserve their six-month unbeaten home record. Everton, knocked out of the FA Cup by the Blues at Goodison Park this season, had taken control with two goals in ... more

barclays Premier league

Birmingham (1) 2 Everton (2) 2

Jerome 26 Anichebe 19

Gardner 52 Yakubu 22

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Birmingham Hart, Carr, Johnson, Dann, Ridgewell, Gardner (Larsson 59), Ferguson, Bowyer, Fahey, Jerome, Benitez (McFadden 72). Subs not used Taylor, Phillips, Michel, Queudrue, Tainio. Booked Bowyer.

Everton Howard, Neville, Jagielka, Distin ... more