Sandro is primed for a first Barclays Premier League appearance under Tim Sherwood after calf trouble, taking a seat on Tottenham’s bench for Cardiff’s White Hart Lane visit.

Cardiff City 0 Hull City 4

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.

Newcastle 1 Cardiff 2

Arsenal 2 Cardiff City 0

Cardiff City 2 Sunderland 2

Cardiff manager Malky Mackay made just one change for what could possibly be his last match in charge of the club against Liverpool at Anfield.

Crystal Palace 2 Cardiff City 0

Robin van Persie was again absent from the Manchester United squad but Marouane Fellaini was selected to face former club Everton at Old Trafford.

Cardiff 0 Arsenal 3

Cardiff City 2 Manchester United 2

Cardiff City 1 Swansea 0

Norwich 0 Cardiff 0

Cardiff City 0 Tottenham 1

Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas made just one change from his side’s win over Norwich for their Barclays Premier League clash at Cardiff.

Cardiff City 3 Manchester City 2

Cardiff 3 Wolves 1

Liverpool’s Wales international Craig Bellamy has been left on the bench for the Carling Cup final against hometown club Cardiff at Wembley.

CARDIFF boss Malky Mackay hailed his side’s “nerves of steel” after they reached the Carling Cup final last night after a thrilling penalty shootout win over Championship rivals Crystal Palace last night.

Cardiff 1 Crystal Palace 0 (aggregate 1-1 AET; Cardiff win 3-1 on penalties)

MATCHWINNER Antony Gardner believes Crystal Palace are well placed to reach the Carling Cup final after last night’s 1-0 success at Selhurst 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.

Steven Naismith threw Scotland a Euro 2012 lifeline by firing them to a crucial win over Lithuania in tonight’s qualifier at Hampden.

AN FA Cup fourth round trip to Preston may have been the immediate reward on offer for Chelsea, but for manager Carlo Ancelotti there were other targets he needed his team to meet that went beyond the mere dismissal of Championship side Watford.

Darren Fletcher and Alan Hutton have pulled out of George Burley’s Scotland squad to play Japan in Yokohama on Saturday, taking the total number of withdrawals to 10.

Inverness 1 Celtic 2

Celtic’s top scorer Georgios Samaras was omitted from the squad for today’s trip to Inverness after arriving back late from international duty with Greece.

GORDON STRACHAN admitted he was in a “state of shock” following Celtic’s dramatic 3-2 defeat to Inverness yesterday.

Inverness 3 Celtic 2

TELESCOPES have recorded the most distant cosmic explosion ever seen, probably caused by the collapse of a massive dying star, according to University of Hawaii astronomers.

Telescopes atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii have recorded the most distant cosmic explosion ever seen, probably caused by the collapse of a massive dying star, according to University of Hawaii astronomers.

Tottenham striker Fredi Kanoute is battling to regain fitness in time for Saturday’s clash against Chelsea at White Hart Lane.