Wales 2 Northern Ireland 0

Scotland 3 Wales 1

Scotland 3 Wales 1

STEPHEN DOBBIE scored one and set up another as Swansea survived a late Nottingham Forest fightback to book their place in the npower Championship play-off final at Wembley.

Swansea 3 Nottingham Forest 1 (agg 3-1)

SWANSEA survived the first-minute sending off of Neil Taylor to earn a goalless draw against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground, meaning it is all still to play for in the npower Championship play-off semi-final second leg on Monday night.

Republic of Ireland 3 Wales 0

Nottingham Forest 1 Leeds 1

Wales 5 Luxembourg 1

Croatia 2 Wales 0

AIDAN O’BRIEN was referred to the British Horseracing Authority after reportedly refusing to allow raceday officials to examine Cape Blanco following his win in yesterday’s totesport Dante Stakes at York.

Aidan O’Brien was referred to the British Horseracing Authority after reportedly refusing to allow raceday officials to examine Cape Blanco following his win in the totesport Dante Stakes at York.

BLACKPOOL stand on the brink of a return to the top flight for the first time since 1971 after a DJ Campbell hat-trick helped sink Nottingham Forest in a Championship play-off semi-final that swung one way then the other at the City Ground.

Veteran actor John Hurt will be presented with a lifetime achievement award at an international film festival today.

Nottingham Forest 0 Birmingham 0

Nottingham Forest 2 Coventry 0

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND midfielder Steven Reid made a return to action last night — playing 75 minutes of Blackburn Rovers’ 1-0 away Carling Cup Third victory over Nottingham Forest before being replaced by Irish team-mate Keith Andrews.

Ipswich 1 Nottingham Forest 1

Azerbaijan 0 Wales 1

Wales 1 Estonia 0

GERMANY took another ominous step towards South Africa 2010, Michael Ballack blasting home an early 30-yarder before the unlucky Ashley Williams scored an own goal for the clincher.

Wales 0 Germany 2

Derby 1 Nottingham Forest 1

Man City 0 Nottingham Forest 3

ROBERT EARNSHAW will be given the chance to salvage his international career in Cardiff today.

Sunderland defender Phil Bardsley found the net late on to cancel out Robert Earnshaw’s opener for Nottingham Forest and send their Carling Cup tie into extra time.

GEORGIA scored a last-gasp goal to claim a shock victory over Wales at the Liberty Stadium last night to prompt exuberant celebrations from their ex-patriot fans.

BIRMINGHAM secured their place in the second round of the Carling Cup with a routine 4-0 victory at Wycombe as all four Coca-Cola Championship teams avoided upsets last night.

PAUL SMITH produced a spectacular late save as relegated Reading were denied victory on their Coca-Cola Championship return by Nottingham Forest yesterday.

Robert Earnshaw has been recalled to the Wales squad by John Toshack after a six-month exile.

Robert Earnshaw is in talks over a £2.5m move from Derby to Nottingham Forest.

Derby manager Paul Jewell is boosted by the return of six players for Sunday’s final Barclays Premier League game of the season against Reading.

MARK HUGHES hailed Roque Santa Cruz as one of the best natural finishers he has ever seen after the Paraguay striker ensured Derby entered the record books as the worst team in Premier League history.

Blackburn 3 Derby 1

Derby manager Paul Jewell would be prepared to sell Rob Earnshaw this summer - but only for the right price.

Derby manager Paul Jewell will hand a late fitness test to David Jones ahead of Monday’s Barclays Premier League clash with Arsenal.

Mile Sterjovski and Marc Edworthy could return to Derby’s squad for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League trip to West Ham.

Derby manager Paul Jewell will select from an unchanged squad against West Ham.

HAVE Everton run out of steam as the race for the fourth and final Champions League spot enters the finishing straight?

Everton lost Tony Hibbert (hip) and Steven Pienaar (knee) for the Premier League meeting with relegated Derby, while Phil Jagielka was rested to the bench from the team that lost at Liverpool last weekend.

Derby manager Paul Jewell will be without defender Marc Edworthy for Sunday’s Barclays Premier League game against Everton at Goodison Park.

Derby 2 Fulham 2

Fulham boss Roy Hodgson has made two changes for today’s rock-bottom Premier League clash with Derby at Pride Park with his side surely never standing a better chance of ending their 32-match winless streak away from home.

Derby are waiting on the fitness of defender Jay McEveley ahead of tomorrow’s home Barclays Premier League game against Fulham.