Steve McClaren voiced his desire to achieve semi-final revenge over Arsenal after Middlesbrough’s penalty shoot-out victory against Tottenham secured a place in the last four of the Carling Cup.

Aston Villa manager David O’Leary would love the chance to go head-to-head with his former club Arsenal in the final of the Carling Cup at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium.

FT Ipswich 3 Portsmouth 0

Milan Mandaric today marked Portsmouth’s promotion to the Premiership by pledging he wants to remain as chairman and bankroll both the club’s transfer activity this summer and the building of a new stadium.

Svetoslav Todorov side-footed into the Burnley net to send Portsmouth into the Barclaycard Premiership after a 15-year exile from top flight football.

Portsmouth have agreed a fee with Middlesbrough for defender Gianluca Festa.

Portsmouth have approached Middlesbrough with a view to signing veteran Italian defender Gianluca Festa.

Arsenal's ambitions to achieve the double remain on course after a tense 1-0 FA Cup semi-final victory against Middlesbrough.

Gianluca Festa scored an own-goal to give Arsenal a 1-0 half-time lead in their FA Cup semi-final clash with Middlesbrough.

Middlesbrough 1 Liverpool 2

Middlesbrough skipper Paul Ince has warned that the fight for Premiership survival could last another month yet.

Middlesbrough defender Gareth Southgate is determined not to let lightning strike twice as his club battle for Barclaycard Premiership safety.

Middlesbrough's Paul Ince and Alen Boksic are both major doubts for the FA Cup fifth round clash with Blackburn.

Middlesbrough defender Gianluca Festa has denied spitting at Kevin Phillips during Tuesday night's derby victory at Sunderland.

Middlesbrough defender Colin Cooper has been withdrawn from the squad for tomorrow night’s Premiership trip to derby rivals Sunderland after the tragic death of his two-year-old son.

Middlesbrough 1 Everton 0

Fear of expensive legal suits from banned players is one possible reason why football’s world governing body FIFA have not accepted Olympic standards on drugs testing according to a leading anti-doping official.

Manchester United will be aiming to condemn local rivals Manchester City to relegation from the Premiership tomorrow.

Middlesbrough await fitness tests on central defenders Colin Cooper and Steve Vickers for the trip to Leicester tomorrow.

Chelsea have confirmed that they have finally agreed a deal with Monaco to sell defender Frank Leboeuf.