Momentum, nerve, maths – relegation roulette
Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 9:44 pm
As the season enters its final month, Newcastle gain a potentially crucial three points and the relegation fight takes another twist.
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As the season enters its final month, Newcastle gain a potentially crucial three points and the relegation fight takes another twist.
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Substitute Antoine Griezmann scores to give Atletico Madrid a 1-0 win over Rayo Vallecano to keep pace at the top of La Liga.
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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says he is “irritated and frustrated” that he cannot make happy every supporter of the club.
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BBC Sport looks at five things you may have missed in the Football League on a day when Wigan returned to the Championship.
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Barcelona beat 10-man Real Betis 2-0 to end the day back on top of La Liga with two games to go in the Spanish title race.
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Russell Slade is unsure if he will be Cardiff City manager beyond the end of their season after missing out on play-offs.
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A group of Everton fans staged a lengthy protest against manager Roberto Martinez following their 2-1 win over Bournemouth.
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Danny Welbeck’s strike earns Arsenal victory over Norwich amid fan protests against Gunners manager Arsene Wenger.
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Wigan are promoted from League One as they plunge struggling Blackpool ever closer to a second consecutive relegation.
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Alan Pardew defends his Crystal Palace players from accusations by Sam Allardyce that they had been “on the pop”.
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Danny Welbeck’s strike earns Arsenal victory against Norwich amid fan protests against Arsene Wenger’s tenure.
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Substitute Antoine Griezmann scores to give Atletico Madrid a 1-0 win over Rayo Vallecano and take them top of La Liga.
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Jermain Defoe’s stoppage-time penalty rescues a dramatic point for Sunderland, but the Black Cats still drop into the bottom three.
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Scott Williams scores on his return from injury as Scarlets win European Cup qualification in bonus-point win over Dragons.
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Leighton Baines grabs the winner to give Everton a rare home win and ease the pressure on manager Roberto Martinez.
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Mark Noble scores twice as West Ham ease past West Brom to reclaim fifth place in the Premier League table.
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Northampton Saints move up to fifth in the Premiership table following a second-half comeback against Bath.
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Salford City – the side co-owned by former Manchester United stars – are promoted to the sixth tier of English football for the first time.
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Newcastle move out of the relegation zone as Andros Townsend’s strike helps them to victory over Crystal Palace.
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Leicester secure their place in the Premiership semi-finals for the 12th successive year with a bonus-point win over Worcester.
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Troy Deeney scores two late goals to deny Aston Villa what would have been only their fourth league win of the season.
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Warrenpoint Town are relegated from the Irish Premiership after sensational finishes to two crucial games.
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Celtic manager Ronny Deila insists he “never lost the dressing room” after his side all but seal another Premiership title.
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Gareth Bale heads a late winner for Real Madrid to keep them in La Liga title contention.
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Defending champions Celtic all but seal a fifth straight Scottish top-flight title by beating Hearts at Tynecastle.
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Ards secure their return to the Irish Premiership by beating Loughgall 3-0 to clinch the Championship One title.
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Gary Hooper scores twice as Sheffield Wednesday seal their Championship play-off place by beating Cardiff at Hillsborough.
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Bayern Munich must wait for a fourth successive Bundesliga title after being held to a 1-1 draw by Borussia Monchengladbach.
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Rhys Webb scores two of Ospreys’ six tries as they boost European Champions Cup qualification hopes while ending those of Cardiff Blues.
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Radio Ulster coverage as the battle to avoid relegation from the Premiership goes down to the final round of games.
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The ashes of ex-Coventry City manager and chairman Jimmy Hill are scattered at the club’s stadium.
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Why the Leicester manager’s steel and focus has earned him the nickname the ‘English Roman’ by the people who know him best.
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As Glasgow Warriors romp to the top of the Pro12, head coach Gregor Townsend hails the players leaving the club.
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Dundee United boss bemoans ‘toxic’ atmosphere at club as Celtic manager prepares for possible title party.
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Match previews for Saturday’s six Premier League fixtures, with relegation rivals Newcastle, Norwich and Sunderland all in action.
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Leicester City are on the brink of pulling off one of sport’s greatest fairytales – but what impact have they had on the people of the city?
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Manchester United goalkeeper Victor Valdes has loan spell with Belgian club Standard Liege terminated.
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A Leeds United director is criticised after using the hashtags ‘ss’ and ‘gestapo’ on social media while posting about a new haircut.
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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says banks demanded he committed to the club to help secure the loans required to fund the Emirates Stadium.
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Boss Russell Slade believes Cardiff can achieve “something special” in their key Championship match at Sheffield Wednesday.
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Middlesbrough edge a point clear at the Championship summit at least temporarily, despite being held by Birmingham City.
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Champions Paris St-Germain equal their own Ligue 1 points record with an easy win over Rennes.
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Derry City’s nine-match unbeaten run is ended as Sligo clinch a deserved 2-0 League of Ireland win at the Brandywell.
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Munster boost their hopes of securing a European Champions Cup spot and dent Edinburgh’s qualification prospects in Cork.
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Greig Laidlaw kicks Gloucester to a 12-11 victory over Sale to deliver a blow to the Sharks’ Premiership top-six hopes.
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Leone Nakarawa grabs a hat-trick as Glasgow Warriors run in 10 tries to demolish Zebre 70-10 and move top of the Pro12.
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Manchester United’s Juan Mata says Leicester’s Premier League title challenge is a “little bit of fresh air”.
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Connacht’s hopes of securing a home semi-final in the Pro12 play-offs suffer a huge blow they lose 22-21 to Treviso in Italy.
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West Brom appoint Nicky Hammond as technical director, ending his 20-year association with Reading.
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The FA Cup final between Manchester United and Crystal Palace on 21 May, which will be shown live on BBC One, will kick-off at 17:30 BST.
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Celtic can wrap up the title this weekend, while Kilmarnock look to make up ground on Hamilton at the bottom end of the table.
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Uefa president Michel Platini will learn by 9 May if his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport is successful.
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Rob Andrew will step down as RFU director of professional rugby at the end of the season, to be replaced by Nigel Melville.
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A former Premier League footballer accused of raping a woman he met in a nightclub tells a court she wanted to have sex with him.
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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says his side have played some home games “in a very difficult climate” this season.
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Portadown have their fine for undisclosed player payments halved to £5,000 on appeal but a signing ban remains in place.
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Aberdeen and Dundee have more players in the PFA Scotland Premiership team of the season than leaders Celtic.
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Team news for Sunday’s Premiership matches.
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Celtic can all but wrap up the title with a win at Hearts and departing boss Ronny Deila expects his team to rise to the occasion.
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Ex-Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp is to join Australian club Central Coast Mariners as a consultant.
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Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino says he plans to sign a new deal that will keep him at the club until 2021.
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Manchester City midfielder David Silva will miss Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final second leg at Real Madrid.
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The story behind Southampton’s FA Cup final match-winner Bobby Stokes, 40 years on from his moment of Wembley magic.
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Former Leicester City and Scotland defender Matt Elliott does not envisage a Foxes-style fairytale north of the border.
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Pat McGibbon is appointed Portadown manager on a two-year deal despite winning just one game from eight as interim boss.
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BBC Sport takes a closer look at the PE teacher who is leading a part-time club on a “miracle” push to the Football League.
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Jurgen Klopp wants Liverpool to “throw the kitchen sink” at Villarreal after a 1-0 defeat in their Europa League semi-final first leg.
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Liverpool’s hopes of reaching their first European final since 2007 suffer a blow as Villarreal score an injury-time winner.
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American takeover plans at Swansea concern legend Mel Nurse who fears club “going out of the hands of local people.”
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The former international footballer George Weah announces he will run for president of Liberia for a second time.
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Europa League holders Sevilla come from behind to earn a draw against Shakhtar Donetsk in the first leg of their semi-final in Lviv.
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Midfielder Jess Fishlock is an injury worry for Wales’ European qualifier against Norway in June after fracturing tibia.
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Championship One leaders Ards will go into their final match against Loughgall still requiring a point for promotion.
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Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone would be labelled “boring” in the Premier League, says Sunderland’s Sam Allardyce.
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Liverpool are told by a tribunal they must pay Burnley up to £8m for striker Danny Ings, who they signed in the summer.
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Preview followed by live coverage of Friday’s Championship game between Birmingham City and Middlesbrough.
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Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli accepts an FA charge of violent conduct and is banned for the rest of the season.
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Paul Lambert cools speculation linking him with Celtic as he aims for a quick return to management after leaving Blackburn.
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Borussia Dortmund captain Mats Hummels wants to leave the club to join Bundesliga rivals Bayern Munich next season.
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Gabriel Agbonlahor steps down as Aston Villa captain and is also given a “substantial fine” by Aston Villa.
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Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew enlists the help of England rugby coach Eddie Jones to give his side a “little bit of a lift”.
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Championship sides Bristol, Yorkshire Carnegie and Doncaster meet the minimum criteria to be accepted into the Premiership.
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Mike Ashley abandons his legal bid to challenge the Scottish FA’s ruling on Rangers chairman Dave King as a “fit and proper person”.
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MK Dons chairman Pete Winkelman is unsure whether Karl Robinson will continue as manager after Championship relegation.
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Families of football fans who died in the Hillsborough disaster are pursuing High Court misconduct action against the South Yorkshire and West Midlands police forces, it emerges.
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Team news and preview ahead of a vital match in a tight Pro12 scramble for a place in next season’s Champions Cup.
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Blackburn Rovers manager Paul Lambert is to leave the Championship club at the end of the season.
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Liverpool’s Mamadou Sakho is given a 30-day suspension as Uefa open disciplinary proceedings following a failed drugs test.
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Neal Hatley will leave Premiership club Bath to become England scrum coach at the end of the season.
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Connacht coach Pat Lam makes 10 personnel changes to his team for the Pro12 trip to Munster as they target a home play-off.
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Wales and Scarlets wing Harry Robinson is forced to retire from rugby after failing to recover from a serious neck injury.
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Gothenburg’s home match with Malmo in Sweden’s top-flight is abandoned when a firework explodes under the feet of a substitute.
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Team news and preview ahead as Glasgow Warriors aim to equal a club record by registering a ninth straight win.
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Pontypool’s Adam Scanlon becomes the 14th Welsh player to be banned for failing a drugs test.
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Hearts will continue to search overseas because Scottish players are often too expensive, says head coach Robbie Neilson.
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Mark Clattenburg will referee the FA Cup final between Manchester United and Crystal Palace at Wembley on 21 May.
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Lawyers for Hillsborough families pursue High Court misconduct action against South Yorkshire and West Midlands police forces
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Sale Sharks will go a whole Premiership season unbeaten at home if they avoid defeat by Gloucester on Friday.
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Defender Shay Logan has signed a new two-year deal with Aberdeen, keeping him at Pittodrie until 2018.
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Saracens flanker Jacques Burger will retire from rugby after Sunday’s Premiership game against Newcastle Falcons.
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