Category: Championship League

• Former Perth Glory winger blasts debut goal for Queens Park Rangers

• ‘It’s the best feeling in the world,’ 19-year-old says

A stunning first goal in the English Championship by Australian youth international Daniel Bennie has helped Queens Park Rangers to a vital win in their push for a Premier League return.

Bennie, a former Perth Glory winger who helped Australia’s Young Socceroos to U20 Asian Cup glory in February 2025, blasted home a shot from outside the box in the 84th minute to see off fellow promotion hopefuls Hull City 3-1 on Saturday.

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• Coventry win 2-0 at West Brom; Oxford hold Boro

• Millwall lose to Portsmouth, Birmingham beat Norwich

Wrexham boosted their promotion hopes with a 5-3 victory over fellow high-flyers Ipswich in a crazy game at the Stok Cae Ras.

Eight days after Josh Windass’s goal had decided the FA Cup fourth-round tie between the sides in Wrexham’s favour, the goals flowed in north Wales.

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• Welsh side denied a fifth successive away win

• Portsmouth ease worries with victory at Charlton

Bristol City denied Wrexham a fifth successive Sky Bet Championship away win as Max Bird’s spectacular late volley secured a 2-2 draw at Ashton Gate.

Wrexham twice led through Ollie Rathbone and a Joe Williams own goal, but City were rewarded for a spirited second-half performance.

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• Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Millwall; QPR 1-3 Blackburn

• Derby into top six; Blades win late at Portsmouth

Sheffield Wednesday threatened to record only their second victory of the season after taking the lead against Millwall before their promotion-chasing opponents hit back to win 2-1.

Having not scored a goal since Boxing Day, there was a mixture of relief and jubilation among the home supporters when Jamal Lowe scored in the 60th minute to put Wednesday ahead. However, the joy was short-lived as Millwall scored two goals in two minutes after Cole McGhee put into his own goal and Macaulay Langstaff’s winner earned all three points.

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Middlesbrough took over at the top of the Championship as an impressive first-half performance secure a 2-1 victory at Sheffield United.

Goals from Tommy Conway and Riley McGree during the opening 45 minutes proved to be crucial, taking Boro two points clear of Coventry at the top after a sixth successive win.

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• Leaders stumble again in 0-0 draw with 10-man Oxford

• Pitch-invading squirrel holds up Hull’s loss to Bristol City

Frank Lampard called his Coventry side’s 0-0 draw with 10-man Oxford “one of those days” as the Championship leaders failed to beat the relegation-threatened U’s.

Lampard’s side were up against 10 men for the final 13 minutes plus stoppage time after Will Lankshear saw red for Oxford 20 minutes after coming off the bench. Romain Esse saw an effort cleared off the line while Haji Wright lashed an effort into the side netting late on, but City’s winless run reached three games and leaves them vulnerable to being knocked off the top by Middlesbrough on Monday.

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• Leicester breached PSR rules for period ending 2023-24

• Club outside the relegation zone on goal difference

Leicester City have been deducted six points after being found in breach of the Premier League’s financial rules. The punishment, determined by an independent disciplinary commission, leaves them outside the Championship relegation zone on goal difference.

A hearing took place in November after Leicester were alleged to have breached profitability and sustainability regulations for the three-season period ending with 2023-24. There were also two further charges against the club for failing to cooperate and failing to submit their financial accounts on time.

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• Watford hold Hull, Blackburn sink Sheffield Wednesday

• Sheffield United fight back to beat Oxford 3-1

Charlie Daniels praised Watford’s players for the way they secured a point and pushed for more in the goalless draw at the promotion-chasing Hull just days after Javi Gracia’s abrupt exit.

The Spaniard ended his second spell at Vicarage Road on Sunday, having called for talks with the owner, Gino Pozzo, the previous day after overseeing a 2-0 home defeat against Swansea.

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• Middlesbrough edge Norwich, Hull win at Blackburn

• Ipswich grab late draw, Charlton add to Leicester woes

Stuttering Coventry’s grip at the top of the Championship loosened further as QPR came from behind to beat them 2-1 at Loftus Road. Josh Eccles gave the Sky Blues an early lead but the home side responded in the second half with Richard Kone’s equaliser and Nicolas Madsen’s winner.

Frank Lampard admitted his stuttering team’s confidence has taken a hit after the defeat left Coventry clinging on to top spot. Middlesbrough are now level on points with them after four consecutive wins and Coventry now only five points clear of third-placed Hull, who have a game in hand.

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The Leicester City chair plays down talk of another relegation but knows the mood among fans is fraught

Leicester City are hurting but Aiyawatt “Top” Srivaddhanaprabha, looking towards the pitch at the King Power Stadium, insists he shares supporters’ frustrations. He acknowledges the warm glow of their extraordinary Premier League title win almost a decade ago has long faded. He watches every game, which sometimes means tuning in from Thailand in the early hours. An 8pm kick-off in England is a 3am start in Bangkok.

“I want to see the real passion of the players and the performance,” the chair says. “When it is not there, I can’t sleep, so it’s love and pain. Leicester is like my son. So I have to do it right. Of course, a son can be naughty, a son can fail the exam, a pain in your head. The son can be top of the class, graduate, have a bad girlfriend or good wife, you never know. So I feel the same, but the love is there. The responsibility is there. The first thing for me is to identify the problem and fix it.”

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• Departure was ‘difficult decision’, says Foxes’ owner

• Andy King will take interim charge for Charlton match

Leicester City have sacked Martí Cifuentes after dropping to 14th in the Championship. Leicester held crunch boardroom talks on Sunday before deciding to relieve the manager from his position.

Leicester slumped to a humiliating home defeat against struggling Oxford United on Saturday and have won one of their past five matches.

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Portsmouth climbed out of the Championship relegation zone after Ebou Adams marked his home debut with a 77th-minute equaliser to secure a 1-1 draw with their fierce rivals Southampton.

Saints were on course for a first league win at Fratton Park in 50 years following Léo Scienza’s 57th-minute opener. But the visitors were denied south-coast bragging rights when the Pompey midfielder Adams – a January signing from Derby – headed in following an Adrian Segecic corner, to spark wild celebrations.

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• Boro close gap on Coventry with 4-0 win at Riverside

• Leicester 1-2 Oxford, Sheffield United 3-1 Ipswich

Kim Hellberg insisted there is more to come from Middlesbrough after they ruthlessly brushed aside Preston 4-0 to close to within three points of leaders Coventry.

Alan Browne scored against the club where he made more than 400 appearances between 2014 and 2024, before Tommy Conway and Morgan Whittaker capitalised on defensive lapses to put Boro three up at half-time. Preston were down to 10 men just after the break when Jordan Storey saw red for hauling down Conway, who completed the scoring as Middlesbrough claimed a fourth successive league win.

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Cristian Romero’s flying header earned Spurs a point, Antoine Semenyo scored again for City and Bayern Munich were stunned by Augsburg

Kevin and Alex Iwobi come into the Fulham XI. Brighton bring in Olivier Boscagli, Carlos Baleba and Yasin Ayari. It’s not clear who will start at right-back for them, possibly Pascal Gross.

Fulham (4-2-3-1) Leno; Castagne, Andersen, Cuenca, Robinson; Iwobi, Berge; Wilson, Smith Rowe, Kevin; Jimenez.

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• Coventry 2-1 Millwall, Ipswich 2-0 Bristol City

• Osmajic sent off as Preston beaten at home by Hull

Haji Wright scored the winner for the second time in three days as the league leaders Coventry beat Millwall 2-1 at the CBS Arena. Wright scored an 85th-minute goal against Leicester on Saturday and notched his 10th goal of the season as Coventry made it back-to-back victories.

The on-loan Crystal Palace winger Romain Esse opened his account for Coventry against his former club before Mihailo Ivanovic scored a brilliant equaliser just before the half-hour.

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