Watford beaten 2-0 thanks to Vardy; Ipswich lose at West Brom Birmingham sink Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 for Rooney’s first win Jamie Vardy came off the bench for Leicester to earn the leaders their first victory in three matches, scoring both goals in a 2-0 home win against Watford. It had looked like being a half of frustration for the former Premier League Golden Boot winner, after he somehow missed an open goal from four yards out in the 74th minute. But he was in the right spot two minutes later to score from close range after Jannik Vestergaard’s header had been parried by Daniel Bachmann ..read more

Former Cardiff and Middlesbrough defender on coping with non-Hodgkin lymphona, his bond with Neil Warnock and being a coach “I don’t think I deserved any credit, but it’s important to talk about it.” Sol Bamba never wanted sympathy but he’s never been particularly shy: whether it’s to lambast a teammate for a mistake, or howl no-holds-barred at his manager on the touchline; so why wouldn’t he talk about having cancer? Bamba’s world was thrown into tumult when he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in January 2021. He had overcome plenty in his career to that point, but this was a challenge ..read more

Pressure on Sheffield Wednesday manager after 1-0 loss Cardiff out of playoff places after 2-0 loss at Middlesbrough Ipswich returned to the top of the Championship with a 3-0 victory against Hull at Portman Road. Wes Burns and Conor Chaplin struck from outside the box in the first half to put Ipswich in command. Hull, who had won their three previous away games and were unbeaten in eight, fell further behind when Marcus Harness claimed the third after 65 minutes. Ipswich have now won eight of their 10 games with only one defeat, and are a point above Leicester who play Preston on Wednesday ..read more

Sunderland 0-1 Cardiff; Stoke 1-3 Hull Mark McGuinness scores late winner for Cardiff The former Sunderland academy player Jak Alnwick kept his old club at bay before Mark McGuinness headed home a late winner for the improving Cardiff at the Stadium of Light. The 30-year-old goalkeeper, who left Sunderland to join Newcastle in 2008, made a string of fine saves to frustrate Tony Mowbray’s men. And with three minutes remaining the centre-back McGuinness headed in the only goal of the game to make it four wins from five for the visitors. That was enough to bring an end to Sunderland’s five-matc ..read more

Lyndon Dykes’s late equaliser for QPR denies Swansea Ipswich move up to second with win at Southampton Milutin Osmajic’s first goal in English football fired the Championship leaders Preston to a 2-1 comeback win against Birmingham. Jay Stansfield’s strike in the opening minute of the second half threatened to end Preston’s unbeaten start to the season but the league leaders were on level terms when Krystian Bielik headed into his own net in the 51st minute ..read more

Midfielder on loan from Chelsea scores late to down Cardiff Ipswich keep pace with third straight win, while Owls lose again The debutant Cesare Casadei came off the bench to score the late goal that secured Leicester a 2-1 win at home to Cardiff in the Championship and allowed the Foxes to celebrate four straight wins at the start of a season for the first time in the club’s history. A fine strike from Aaron Ramsey looked like earning Cardiff a point after Wanya Marcal-Madivadua had fired the hosts ahead. But the on-loan Chelsea midfielder Casadei had the last word to leave Cardiff, who had ..read more

Armstrong saves Saints in wild 4-4 draw with Norwich Minority owner Brady watches Birmingham beat Leeds Adam Armstrong’s 97th-minute penalty saved Russell Martin’s St Mary’s curtain-raiser as Southampton drew a topsy-turvy 4-4 encounter with Norwich. Josh Sargent gave the Canaries an early lead before Saints hit back to claim the lead through Jan Bednarek and Armstrong’s first spot-kick. But Norwich restored their advantage by half-time thanks to Gabriel Sara’s impressive strike and Jon Rowe’s header ..read more

Ryan McLean’s injury time winner earns 2-1 home victory Leeds to face Salford after overcoming Shrewsbury AFC Wimbledon’s reward for a shock 2-1 victory over Coventry is a second round trip to Chelsea in the Carabao Cup. Fulham will host Tottenham in an all-Premier League tie in the week commencing 28 August. Matty Godden put Coventry ahead with a penalty in the 17th minute. But Omar Bugiel equalised four minutes from time for the hosts before fellow substitute Ryan McLean coolly slotted home to seal a superb comeback for the League Two side ..read more

Serbia striker thought to be open to joining Saudi Pro League Cardiff chasing Wales midfielder, Bournemouth eye Scott Fulham have rejected a £25.5m bid from Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal for Aleksandar Mitrovic out of hand, with the Premier League club adamant their talisman is not for sale. Mitrovic is the latest player to attract serious interest from the Gulf state and is thought to be open to the move. Karim Benzema, N’Golo Kanté and Roberto Firmino are among those to have signed up to playing there next season. Al-Hilal, one of four Saudi top-flight clubs owned by the Public Investment ..read more

Sala died in plane crash after Cardiff move sealed in 2019 Welsh club have launched negligence claim against Nantes Cardiff have been ordered to make the last two payments to Nantes for Emiliano Sala’s transfer by Fifa. Sala died when the light aircraft he was travelling in from France crashed into the English Channel in January 2019, two days after Cardiff had announced the signing of the 28-year-old Argentinian forward from Nantes. The French club’s claim for the first €6m (just over £5m) of the £15m transfer fee was upheld by the court of arbitration for sport (Cas) last August, and Cardi ..read more