BT Openreach chief executive Joe Garner is set to become the new chief executive of Nationwide.

Cork native Alan Browne believes his Preston North End side are capable of figuring in the Championship promotion race after penning a new three-year contract with the club yesterday.

Preston 1 Man United 3

Wayne Rooney ended his goal drought as Manchester United set up a mouth-watering FA Cup quarter-final against Arsenal.

Ruthless Graeme Souness: "My ex-father was a Man City supporter."

Referee Andre Marriner has apologised to Arsenal for his error which saw Kieran Gibbs mistakenly sent off in the 6-0 loss to Barclays Premier League leaders Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Conference side Kidderminster will take on Premier League Sunderland in the FA Cup fourth round after they claimed a 3-2 win over Peterborough in their replay at London Road.

One former Chelsea legend met another in the Turner’s Cross boardroom last night as Bobby Tambling exchanged warm greetings with Gianfranco Zola.

Harry Redknapp was made to endure a nervy night on his return to the Tottenham dugout as his team edged into the fifth round of the FA Cup thanks to Rafael van der Vaart’s first-half strike against Watford.

Watford 0 Tottenham 1

Banking giant HSBC is to axe hundreds of jobs, including 20 in the North, in response to a "very challenging" economic environment.

Nottingham Forest moved into the npower Championship’s top two as today’s results saw them leapfrog Norwich.

Banking giant HSBC announced a new UK boss today as part of a management reshuffle by incoming chief executive Stuart Gulliver.

Sheffield Wednesday started their npower League One campaign with a 2-0 victory over Dagenham & Redbridge.

Manchester City manager Mark Hughes wants five more new signings to lift the gloom at Eastlands following their 3-0 FA Cup third-round defeat by Coca-Cola Championship strugglers Nottingham Forest.

IT IS SAFE to assume that Mark Hughes’s love affair with the FA Cup is over.

Man City 0 Nottingham Forest 3

BURNLEY took advantage of Reading’s weekend off — Steve Coppell’s side face Coventry tonight — to move up to fourth place with a 3-0 win over Derby County on Saturday.

Birmingham remain at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship after a 3-1 win over Sheffield Wednesday.

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

HSBC bucked the squeeze in the mortgage market today by offering to match homeowners’ existing fixed-rate deals.

Nine-man Leeds had both their strikers dismissed as they dropped their first points of the Coca-Cola League One season in a 1-1 draw at Gillingham.