Chelsea 1 Southampton 3: John Terry offered his backing to Jose Mourinho after Chelsea’s season took a significant turn for the worse on Saturday.

Southampton 3 Swansea 1: Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk starred at both ends of the pitch against Swansea and boss Ronald Koeman believes he will get even better.

West Brom 0 Southampton 0: West Brom head coach Tony Pulis has criticised Callum McManaman for diving to try to win a penalty against Southampton. Pulis felt the winger went down easily under a challenge from Matt Targett in the area.

Colombia forward Radamel Falcao expects his future to be resolved soon after indicating a potential loan move to Chelsea can soon be done.

Brasil Bam Bam

Jamie Murray followed Colin Fleming and Jonny Marray out of the US Open in the quarter-finals as the Scot and his Australian partner John Peers lost a close three-setter to second seeds Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares.

Striker Craig Beattie will begin the William Hill Scottish Cup final on the bench as Hearts took on fiercest rivals Hibernian, who were seeking to win the trophy for the first time in 110 years.

Hibernian 1 Kilmarnock 0

Rangers 4 Hibernian 0

West Brom and Stoke both named sides unchanged from their last Barclays Premier League outings for the clash at the Hawthorns.

Stoke have influential duo Robert Huth and Matthew Etherington back for Sunday’s Premier League trip to West Brom.

Stoke 4 FC Thun 1 (Stoke win 5-1 on aggregate)

Roberto Mancini has made three changes to his victorious FA Cup final line-up as Manchester City looked to leap into an automatic Champions League spot by confirming their superiority over Wembley opponents Stoke.

Stoke City have no new injury worries ahead of their FA Cup third round match against Cardiff.

Stoke boss Tony Pulis is hopeful that Republic of Ireland midfielder Liam Lawrence will have recovered from his groin injury in time to face Premier League champions Chelsea tomorrow.

Stoke striker Kenwyne Jones will miss tomorrow’s Carling Cup second-round tie at home to Shrewsbury as his ankle injury is still causing him problems.

Stoke striker Kenwyne Jones could make a swift return to action against Tottenham at the Britannia Stadium tomorrow.

Stoke manager Tony Pulis will make a late decision on whether to pitch new striker Kenwyne Jones straight into the starting line-up for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League season opener at Wolves.

NIALL MCGINN’S left-footed strike after 35 minutes gave Celtic a 1-0 victory over Morton in their Active Nation Scottish Cup fourth-round tie at Cappielow last night.

Sheffield Wednesday have extended Stoke midfielder Tom Soares’ loan spell at Hillsborough until January 25.

FREDERIC PIQUIONNE provided the inspiration as Portsmouth stormed into the Carling Cup quarter-finals by demolishing Stoke at Fratton Park.

Stoke manager Tony Pulis has made no secret of the fact he will start with a second string line-up in tomorrow’s Carling Cup tie at Portsmouth.

Stoke manager Tony Pulis fielded a completely different team to the one that drew with Bolton for his side’s Carling Cup third-round match against Blackpool.

Uruguay international Diego Arismendi will make his eagerly awaited Stoke debut when Tony Pulis fields his shadow squad for tomorrow’s Carling Cup tie at home to Blackpool.

Midfielder Matthew Etherington is expected to make his Stoke debut against Liverpool tomorrow after arriving from West Ham this week.

TONY PULIS had called on Stoke to show some fight as they prepare for a nervy new year survival battle, but this was presumably not what had he had in mind.

Stoke defender Andy Wilkinson has been ruled out of the Barclays Premier League match against West Ham at Upton Park tomorrow due to suspension.

LIKE so many modern marriages, my relationship to Crystal Palace is now conducted almost exclusively through text message.

Stoke goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen should be ready to reclaim his place against Manchester United after a scan revealed no serious damage to his injured fingers.

AMID the cheers and whoops of Blackburn’s ecstatic supporters, the contented chatter of Sam Allardyce and the celebratory high-fives of his players, there was another sound just about audible in Lancashire on Saturday night: the noise of Paul Ince gnashing his teeth.

Stoke manager Tony Pulis will decide on the fitness of five of his players before finalising preparations for tomorrow’s Premier League clash at Blackburn.

Stoke are sweating on fitness tests for their long throw specialist Rory Delap and fellow midfielder Salif Diao ahead of tomorrow’s home clash against Fulham.

Stoke will still be without striker Dave Kitson, recovering from a knee injury, for tomorrow’s Carling Cup quarter-final at home to Derby, while midfielder Michael Tonge is cup-tied.

STOKE may not be winning many friends this season, but their happy habit of winning points could yet prolong their stay at this exalted level.

Stoke boss Tony Pulis insists he has yet to decide who will replace suspended five-goal top scorer Ricardo Fuller against West Brom tomorrow.

RICARDO Fuller’s second-half header gave Stoke a deserved victory over Sunderland to lift the Potters out of the Premier League bottom three last night.

AMBITION is the new buzz-word reverberating around the City of Manchester stadium, and nobody encapsulates it more definitively than the club’s highest profile recruit.

JUANDE RAMOS’ English language studies have proved slow going since his arrival in north London.

Stoke 2 Tottenham 1

HARRY REDKNAPP celebrated a dazzling hat-trick of wins after his £18.5 million strikers Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe saw off Stoke.

Stoke manager Tony Pulis will give his long-throw specialist Rory Delap every chance to declare himself fit for Sunday’s clash at Portsmouth.