Steve Cooper’s men had to do it the tough way, with Paul Cook’s Wigan dominating an entertaining encounter at the DW Stadium that they will feel they should have won.

Matt Ritchie fired a second-half double as Newcastle climbed back to the top of the Sky Bet Championship with a 4-0 home win against Rotherham.

Islamist Mohamed Morsy of the Muslim Brotherhood was declared Egypt’s first democratic president by the state election committee, which said he had defeated former general Ahmed Shafik with 51.7% of last weekend’s run-off vote.

Egypt’s agonised passage from revolution to democracy was in limbo last night as the Muslim Brotherhood claimed victory in a presidential election while the generals who took over from Hosni Mubarak decreed it was they who would keep most power.

Egyptians choosing their president freely for the first time faced a daunting choice between a former general from the old guard and an Islamist who says he is running for God, leaving many voters perplexed and fearful of the future.