Cardiff City s promotion hopes were dealt another blow as Preston North End won 1-0 in the Welsh capital to condemn Neil Warnock s side to a third consecutive Championship defeat.
Preston captain Tom Clarke netted decisively from close range in the final minute after Neil Etheridge denied Paul Huntington and Tom Barkhuizen from Josh Harrop s left-wing corner.
It means Cardiff missed out on the chance to replace Bristol City in the top two ahead of the weekend action.
Preston are up to seventh – a point and a place shy of the play-off places.
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Competition: Serie A
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Serie A returns for yet another round of incredibly interesting games as Italy s top league continues to heat up. The new year will surely bring even more enthralling action, with the top and bottom of the table exceptionally tight as every side continues to look to add points to their current totals. With this in mind, AC Milan host Crotone on Saturday.
AC Milan have been hugely disappointing this season and they are in danger of falling into midtable anonymity if they are not careful. After 19 games they have seven wins, four draws and eight defeats, while they have scored 24 times and conceded 27 goals, which has seen them take just 25 points so far this season. Milan are fairly com…
Italian media outlet that Chelsea have made Everton striker Romelu Lukaku their number one target.
The Blues were believed to be keen on Edinson Cavani, but the latest reports suggest that new manager Antonio Conte has turned his attention towards the Belgium hotshot.
Everybody at Chelsea has lived to regret cashing in on Lukaku in the summer of 2014, and they will now have to pay top dollar if they want the 22-year-old back at Stamford Bridge.
New manager Antonio Conte has been impressed with his recent performances and is ready to pull all the stops to win the chase for his signature.
Lukaku is enjoying his most successful campaign since arriving to England, having netted 18 times in 31 Premier League outings.
He also appears to have won the b…
Mauricio Pochettino hopes Harry Kane s ties to Tottenham will keep him at the club for a long time, comparing the England striker to Roma great Francesco Totti.
Kane is aiming to shake off a bout of illness and feature for Spurs at Swansea City on Tuesday following a stellar 2017, when he broke Alan Shearer s record for the most Premier League goals in a calendar year and outscored Barcelona and Argentina superstar Lionel Messi for club and country over the 12-month period.
A Champions League last-16 tie against Juventus is on the agenda next month, with the prospect of the 24-year-old s stock rising even further in the eyes of Europe s heavyweight clubs.
But, in an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport, Pochettino cited one of Italy s most famous one-club men and …
Feyenoord attacking midfielder Lex Immers has signed a new contract to keep him at De Kuip until 2017.
Immers joined the Rotterdam club from ADO Den Haag in July 2012 and has established himself as a regular with the 14-time Eredivisie champions.
The 27-year-old enjoyed an impressive season in 2013-14, scoring 12 goals in 37 appearances as Feyenoord finished second behind fierce rivals Ajax in the Dutch top flight, ensuring a place in the UEFA Champions League.
Immers deal was due to expire in 2016, but Feyenoord have now secured his services for another year.
At the time I switched to Feyenoord, I needed some time to get used to it, Immers told the club s official website. After a difficult start things began to get better.
From the beginning I played pret…