Newcastle 2 Chelsea 2: Tyneside remains a no-win zone for Jose Mourinho and refreshingly, it was also a no-whine zone for the Chelsea manager, who for once resisted the urge to blame outside influences for his team’s failings.

A married father-of-three has admitted sexually attacking a horse in England.

West Brom 3 Chelsea 0: This was an extraordinary evening at The Hawthorns in every sense.

Captain John Terry is available to return but David Luiz is out of Chelsea’s Premier League clash with Everton on Saturday.

Jose Mourinho plans to field a strong team when Chelsea play at Derby in the FA Cup third round on Sunday.

Chelsea are without Frank Lampard, Branislav Ivanovic and David Luiz for the New Year’s Day trip to Southampton.

Branislav Ivanovic is suspended as Chelsea travel to Sunderland for the Capital One Cup quarter-final.

Belgium playmaker Eden Hazard will take no part in Chelsea’s Champions League Group E clash with Steaua Bucharest on Tuesday night.

West Ham 4 Reading 2

Jimmy Kebe has been ruled out of Reading’s Barclays Premier League game against Southampton as he continues to recover from a groin problem.

Manchester United 1 Reading 0

Reading 1 Aston Villa 2

Argentina squared off with a group of US hedge funds in a court case that has the potential to unravel its deals over the past decade to emerge from a $100bn (€76bn) pile of bad national debt.

Reading forward Noel Hunt is back in contention for the Royals’ trip to Stoke tomorrow.

Reading 4 Sheffield United 0

Mikael Lustig is set to start for Celtic in Sunday’s clash with Dundee United at Tannadice.

Georgios Samaras, Scott Brown, Kelvin Wilson and Glenn Loovens return to the Celtic squad for Sunday’s clash with Rangers at Parkhead.

Champions Celtic showed six changes for their Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash with Motherwell at Fir Park.

Scott Brown is back in contention for Celtic’s William Hill Scottish Cup quarter-final tie against Dundee United at Tannadice on Sunday.

Blackburn manager Steve Kean has extra defensive options at his disposal for tomorrow’s trip to fellow relegation candidates Wolves, with both Gael Givet and Jason Lowe returning from suspension.

Aberdeen 1 Celtic 1

Blackburn welcome David Dunn back from injury for tomorrow’s crunch Barclays Premier League clash with Aston Villa at Ewood Park but are sweating on the fitness of Martin Olsson.

Blackburn striker Aiyegbeni Yakubu is set to make his return in tomorrow’s Premier League match against QPR at Ewood Park after a three-match suspension.

Blackburn are set to have several key players back available for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash with Fulham at Ewood Park.

Wayne Rooney was not even named on the bench by birthday boy Alex Ferguson for Manchester United’s Premier League encounter with Blackburn at Old Trafford today

Martin Olsson is hoping to make his long-awaited Blackburn comeback for tomorrow’s trip to Manchester United.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard returned from a two-month absence with an ankle infection to take his place on the substitutes’ bench for the visit of Blackburn to Anfield.

Emilio Izaguirre returns to the Celtic squad for tomorrow’s Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash with Kilmarnock at Parkhead.

Blackburn will be without a quartet of experienced defenders for tomorrow night’s relegation clash with Bolton at Ewood Park.

Gael Givet is having further tests today on the heart condition that saw him forced to leave the field last weekend and is expected to miss Blackburn’s match against West Brom tomorrow.

Martin Olsson will have a fitness test tomorrow to see if he can make the Blackburn squad for Sunday’s match at Sunderland.

Blackburn boss Steve Kean hopes to have a trio of defenders available again for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash with Swansea at Ewood Park.

CARDIFF heaped further misery on Blackburn manager Steve Kean last night as goals from Kenny Miller and Anthony Gerrard put the Welsh club into the last four of the Carling Cup for the first time since 1966.

Celtic have yet to decide whether captain Scott Brown will feature in their Europa League game against Atletico Madrid.

Irish international Glenn Whelan comes into midfield for Dean Whitehead as Stoke prepared to face Blackburn at the Britannia Stadium today.

Kris Commons is out of the Celtic squad for tomorrow’s Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash with St Mirren at Parkhead.

John Terry looks set to lead Chelsea out in tomorrow’s London derby against Arsenal.

David Goodwillie, Morten Gamst Pedersen and Michel Salgado are all fit for Blackburn for the Barclays Premier League trip to Newcastle tomorrow.

Blackburn playmaker Junior Hoilett is fit for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash against Arsenal at Ewood Park.

New signings Yakubu, Scott Dann, Simon Vukcevic and Jordan Slew are all in the Blackburn squad for their visit to Fulham on Sunday.

Blackburn boss Steve Kean is expecting to have skipper Christopher Samba available for the first time this season for tomorrow’s Premier League clash with Everton.

Blackburn boss Steve Kean is optimistic key centre-back pairing Ryan Nelsen and Christopher Samba will be available for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash with Aston Villa at Villa Park.

RANGERS closed the gap on Clydesdale Bank Premier League leaders Celtic to two points with a 1-0 victory over Aberdeen thanks to a stunning overhead kick from Nikica Jelavic.

Aberdeen 0 Rangers 1