Boulter suffers first-round exit to start clay-court swing

Katie Boulter suffered a first-round exit at the Linz Open in Austria, losing in straight sets to Elena-Gabriela Ruse on Monday.

Championship talking points: Ipswich take control of promotion race; Leicester in trouble

Championship roundup: Norwich deal blow to Millwall’s promotion push

Oscar Schwartau seals 2-1 comeback win for Norwich Bottle thrown after Portsmouth red card in draw with Oxford Oscar Schwartau climbed off the bench to fire Norwich to a 2-1 win against Millwall – and do their fierce rivals Ipswich a big favour. The Lions, who started Easter Monday in second, had taken the lead through substitute Mihailo Ivanovic shortly after half-time. But a long-range rocket from Pelle Mattsson and Schwartau’s winner condemned them to defeat to give the chasing pack – including Norwich’s East Anglian foes Ipswich – a major boost in the race for automatic promotion .

Hearts, Rangers or Celtic? Fans have their say on title race!

Hearts fan Liam Corbett, Rangers supporter David Herd and Celtic fan Paul John Dykes discuss who will come out on top in the Scottish Premiership title race.

Monday Night Club

Mark Chapman and guests debate this week's football.

Seven Eritrean players fail to return home after international match

Several footballers have absconded in the past leaving behind what rights groups call a repressive government.

Soldier In Milan dispatches rivals in Irish Grand National

Soldier In Milan belied his inexperience with a stunning victory in the Boyle Sports Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse

Preston North End Queens Park Rangers

Thierry Small scored an unfortunate own goal to help QPR extend their unbeaten run to four games after a 1-1 draw at Preston.

Derby beat Stoke to keep play-off dream alive

Second-half goals from Jaydon Banel and Carlton Morris earned Derby a comfortable 2-0 win over Stoke and boosted their chances of a Sky Bet Championship play-off place.

Ipswich beat Birmingham to boost promotion aims

Ipswich came from behind and boosted their hopes of an immediate return to the Premier League with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Birmingham at Portman Road.

Blackburn & West Brom both take point to edge closer to safety

Watford hit back to hold Charlton

Charlton were indebted to goalkeeper Will Mannion as his heroics helped them record a 1-1 draw at Watford.