Sunderland 0, Aston Villa 4:

Premier League

FA Cup Fifth Round: Bradford 2 Sunderland 0: Bradford, a city whose last meaningful flirtation with the FA Cup came some 104 years ago, now stand one victory from a Wembley semi-final after a stunning 2-0 upset of Premier League Sunderland at Valley Parade.

Premier League

Team news for tonight's Premier League games .

Swansea 1 Sunderland 1: Jermain Defoe feels Sunderland have built the momentum to distance themselves from relegation bother.

Fulham 1 Sunderland 3

Sunderland 2 Burnley 0: Sunderland striker Connor Wickham insists another fight for Barclays Premier League survival has never crossed his mind.

Sunderland 0 Fulham 0: FA Cup Fourth Round: It’s not just dour stalemates that have become an all-too regular feature of Sunderland’s Groundhog Day season.

Sunderland 0 Liverpool 1: Where’s Niall Quinn when you need him?

“You saw his quality today – his leadership and his power. He is a fantastic young man."

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers believes the club’s arrivals from last summer are starting to prove their worth after the Reds claimed a 1-0 win at Sunderland.

Sunderland 0 Liverpool 1

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 21 in the Premier League.

Sunderland 1 Leeds United 0

Sunderland 0 Aston Villa 0

Aston Villa held Sunderland to a 0-0 draw despite going down to 10 men for the third time in four games.

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of the full round of matches on St Stephen’s Day in the Premier League.

Newcastle United 0 Sunderland 1

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 16 in the Premier League - more to follow as it comes in.

If Liverpool are still struggling to come to terms with the loss of Luis Suarez then, even as the last week has catapulted them back into Champions League contention, it has also offered Brendan Rodgers the glimpse of an even more unpalatable Anfield future.

Leicester City 0 Sunderland 0

Sunderland 1 Everton 1

Sunderland 1 Everton 1

Premier League

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 8 in the Premier League.

Southampton 8 Sunderland 0

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 7 in the Premier League - more to follow as it comes in.

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 6 in the Premier League - more to follow as it comes in.

Robin van Persie returns to the Manchester United starting line-up as manager Louis van Gaal goes in search of his first Barclays Premier League win at Sunderland.

10 teams are starting their Premier League campaigns this afternoon.

Sunderland 1 Swansea 3

Sunderland 2 West Brom 0

Sunderland 4 Cardiff 0

Barclay’s Premier League

West Ham 2, Sunderland 1

Arsenal 4 Sunderland 1

Club-record signing Mesut Ozil has been left out of the Arsenal squad for today’s Barclays Premier League clash against Sunderland at the Emirates Stadium.

Sunderland 0 Hull 2

Newcastle United 0 Sunderland 3

Sunderland head coach Gus Poyet has hit out at Stoke over their courtship of Lee Cattermole and Steven Fletcher on the eve of the Premier League clash between the clubs.

Brighton 2 Arsenal 3

Brighton 2 Newcastle 0

Brothers Shola and Sammy Ameobi will line up together as Newcastle make five changes for today’s FA Cup third round tie at Brighton.