CORK City take a step up in class tonight at the Rasunda Stadium when they meet Swedish title contenders Djurgardens IF in a UEFA Cup second qualifying round first leg tie (6pm Irish time).

CORK CITY boss Damien Richardson is very positive about his team’s chances of progressing further in this year’s UEFA Cup, admitting that if his side play to their potential, they could extend their european ambitions into September.

Norwich winger Darren Huckerby is rated as only 50-50 for tomorrow’s crunch Barclays Premiership relegation showdown at Southampton.

Norwich were today looking to climb off the bottom of the Barclays Premiership with a third successive home win as Charlton came to Carrow Road.

Norwich City 2 Newcastle United 1

CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho yesterday vowed not to change his personality after his Carling Cup final dismissal — but promised there would be no repeat of the controversial “silence” gesture.

Norwich defender Gary Doherty will be made to wait to learn whether he is part of Nigel Worthington’s squad to face Chelsea tomorrow.

Nigel Worthington looks set to stick with a winning team as Norwich head to Blackburn tomorrow.

Everton 1 Norwich 0

Norwich 4 Middlesbrough 4

Aston Villa 3 Norwich 0

Injury-hit Norwich are set to hand new £3m (€4.3m) striker Dean Ashton his debut in tomorrow’s Barclays Premiership match at Aston Villa.

Marlon Harewood’s goal nine minutes from time was enough for West Ham to move into the fourth round of the FA Cup – and send Premiership side Norwich crashing out.

Liverpool got their Champions League drive off and running again with a 2-1 win at struggling Norwich.

Portsmouth 1 Norwich 1

Norwich had Mattias Jonson, Damien Francis and Simon Charlton all back from injuries to boost their Premiership survival fight at mid-table Portsmouth, Francis returning after six games out with a fractured cheekbone.

Norwich will give late fitness tests to Mattias Jonson, Thomas Helveg and Simon Charlton ahead of the trip to Portsmouth on New Year’s Day.

Nigel Worthington will include youngsters Rossi Jarvis, Adam Smith and Danny Crow in his injury-ravaged squad for the trip to Middlesbrough.

Norwich 0 Tottenham 2

Norwich 0 Fulham 1

Nigel Worthington is set to recall David Bentley to the Norwich squad for tomorrow’s Barclays Premiership trip to Charlton.

Norwich 1 Blackburn 1

West Bromwich Albion 0 Norwich 0

West Brom 0 Norwich 0

Norwich will make at least two changes for the Barclays Premiership game against Portsmouth.

Tottenham 0 Norwich 0

Tottenham are aiming to continue their unbeaten start to the season with a victory which would lift them into third place in the Premiership behind London rivals Arsenal and Chelsea.

Norwich will be without on-loan Arsenal midfielder David Bentley for tomorrow’s date with the Premiership champions.

Newcastle 2 Norwich 2

If the talk on Tyneside was of Wayne Rooney at 8pm tonight, it was of anything but two hours later.

Newcastle midfielder Kieron Dyer returned from the cold for tonight’s Barclays Premiership clash with promoted Norwich.

Norwich 1 Crystal Palace 1

All today's news from Portugal…

Aston Villa striker Marcus Allback hopes he will face club-mates Thomas Sorensen and Martin Laursen again at Euro 2004 – in the final a week on Sunday.

DENMARK coach Morten Olsen last night insisted claims that his side and Sweden had engineered the 2-2 draw here were "ridiculous".

This was the scoreline every Italian dreaded – but nobody who witnessed this cracker here will believe in any sort of conspiracy between the Scandinavian rivals.

Fredrik Ljungberg has warned Sweden have learned from their previous mistakes and are ready to make an impact on the European stage.

Host nation Portugal received a boost today when star midfielder Luis Figo returned to training with the rest of the squad.

Sweden 1 Argentina 1