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Championship roundup: Sheffield United extend run as top four all win

  • Kieffer Moore double gives Blades 2-0 win over Cardiff
  • Plymouth draw six-goal thriller with Middlesbrough

Leaders Sheffield United extended their unbeaten Championship run to 11 games with a comfortable 2-0 win at Cardiff, on a day when all of the division’s top four sides recorded victories.

Former Bluebird Kieffer Moore struck twice in the second half to ensure the Blades maintained a three-point advantage at the top. Moore has made a habit of scoring at the Cardiff City Stadium having previously netted for the hosts, Wales and Ipswich last season, and was on target again.

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Ipswich 0-4 Newcastle, Brentford 0-2 Nottingham Forest, and more: football – as it happened

Alexander Isak scored his first Newcastle hat-trick while in-form Forest ended Brentford’s unbeaten run at home

Ipswich (4-2-3-1) Muric; H Clarke, O’Shea, Burgess, Davis; Morsy,
Cajuste; Burns, Hutchinson, Szmodics; Chaplin.
Subs: Walton, Phillips, Taylor, Al Hamadi, Johnson, Townsend, Greaves, Broadhead, J Clarke.

Newcastle (4-3-3) Dubravka, Livramento, Schar, Burn, Hall; Tonali, Guimaraes, Willock; J Murphy, Isak, Gordon.
Subs: Vlachodimos, Trippier, Barnes, Targett, Osula, Almiron, Kelly, Longstaff, Miley.

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Cousins Benching Calls Attention to QB Succession Plan Pitfalls

For NFL teams, quarterback succession plans can be one of the toughest procedures to pull off smoothly. Just ask the Atlanta Falcons. Atlanta surprised people around the league at the 2024 NFL Draft when it selected former Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. with the No. 8 pick one month after signing veteran QB Kirk Cousins …