but then this left foot curl, a piece of art from anthony knockaert sealing a huge three points in thest win for brendan rodgers as leicester manager — they beat fulham 3—1. jamie vardy with two goals — managerless fulham surely on tehir way back to teh championship. ——way back to the championship. they've been brilliant since i've arrived here, and like i say, it's nice to start with a win. and of course, they received me very well. at what was important was their support for the team. i think they've seen the intent of what we've tried to do and that connection between them and the players was going to be very important, so a very good win for us. i know it's been a difficult place at home this season. he will be pleased to get that first win under his belt since taking on fulham after the sacking of claude puel. this is the bottom of the table tonight. and huddersfield lost to bournemouth today — they remain bottom — 16 points from safety. relegation all but certain. as it is, you think, for fulham. but look how tight it is. six teams separated by six points. at the top, city have e

and this absolute stunner from anthony knockaert helped brighton to beat crystal palace 2—1 at selhursts clear of the premier league relegation zone. you can follow all the 3 o'clock kick offs on the bbc sport website and app. i'll be back with more on those stories later. a man has appeared in court, after being charged with the murder of 17—year—old jodie chesney. jodie was stabbed in a park in east london last friday. 20—year—old manuel petrovic was arrested in leicester on tuesday. another man, who was also arrested, remains in custody. 0ur correspondent jane—frances kelly gave us an update from outside court. well, manuel petrovic appeared before magistrates. he confirmed his name, his age, which is 20, his address, which is highfield road in romford. and he is charged with the murder ofjodie chesney, who died on the 1st of march. she was stabbed in a park while listening to music with friends. police say that she died about an hour later. a postmortem has revealed the cause of death to be trauma and haemorrhage. mr petrovic, who confirmed that he is a croatian national, is to appe

but then this left foot curl, a piece of art from anthony knockaert sealing a huge three points in thean rodgers as leicester manager — they beat fulham 3—1. jamie vardy with two goals — managerless fulham surely on tehir way back to the championship. and huddersfield lost to bournemouth today — they remain bottom — 16 points from safety. relegation all but certain. as it is, you feel, for fulham. but you can see how compact it is, 16 is within six points of each other at the bottom of the table. —— six teams. at the top, manchester city extending their lead over second place. liverpool of course play tomorrow against burnley. tottenham will be looking nervously over their shoulders because manchester united as i was saying could pull level if they win tomorrow. a huge match to come. and arsenal and chelsea in action as well. it's getting very tight, of the exciting, and if it's tight at the exciting, and if it's tight at the bottom of the premier league it certainly getting very tight at the top of the championship as well. very interesting at the top of the championship! leeds are ba

have a look at this from brighton's anthony knockaert — cracker.. wins too today for cardiff, newcastle, leicester and bournemouth. celtic were held to a goalless draw by aberdeen in the scottish premiership this afternoon. good wins today too for livingston, motherwell and hearts. a surprise sacking from the championship tonight. west brom have got rid of darren moore. they drew 1—1 with bottom side ipswich this afternoon, and have lost a couple of games recently, but they are still fourth in the league. the club's chief executive, markjenkins, thanked moore, but says they have to do everything they can to get promoted back to the premier league. ronnie 0'sullivan is through to the final of the players championship. the five—time world champion had time to showboat as he whitewashed northern ireland's mark allen by 6—0 in preston. he will face neil robertson in the final tomorrow. and there was controversy at sandown today. after this photo finish in the 1:50pm, the wrong winner was announced. 0fficials gave the victory to the 12:1 shot one for ro

but then this left foot curl, a piece of art from anthony knockaert sealing a huge three points in thethat win — five points clear of the drop. things looking desparate now for huddersfield, they lost 2—0 at home to bournmouth. they're 13 points from safety with just eight games left to play this season. manchester city play watford in the late kick off, the score is 0—0. celtic were held to a goal—less draw by aberdeen in the scottish premiership this afternoon. good wins today too for livingston, mortherwell and hearts. ——motherwell and hearts. it's getting very, very exciting at the top of the championship. leaders norwich won last night, then sheffield united went second by beating rotherham in the day's early kick off. but they didn't stay there for very long because leeds are back in second after beating bristol city by a goal to nil. patrick ba mford with the only goal of the game. all the day's results are on the bbc sport website and app. after a four year boycott, lasting more than 200 games, thousands of blackpool fans have flocked back to bloomfield road today to mark the e

a stunning strike from anthony knockaert as brighton won 2—1 at crystal palace.ight points clear of rangers in second. elsewhere, livingston beat stjohnstone 3—1. hearts won 1—0 at dundee, and motherwell scored three in their voctiry over hamilton. west bromwich albion have sacked darren moore after yesterday's 1—1 draw against bottom side ipswich. the baggies are currently fourth in the table, but the board say they have taken the decision after a run of poor results has left them nine points off the automatic promotion places. meanwhile, a crowd of almost 16,000 turned up to watch blackpool‘s game against southend in league one. that's after the end of the oyston family's controversial ownership of the club. the game ended 2—2, with blackpool getting an injury time equaliser to spark mass celebrations at bloomfield road. there was controversy at yesterday's race meeting at sandown when the wrong winner was announced for a race. after this photo finish in the 1.50pm, officials gave the victory to the 12/1 shot one for rosie, seen on the far end, when, in fact, t