Tony Pulis steered his Stoke side to a 0-0 draw against Leicester which secured the Potters promotion to the Barclays Premier League and relegated the Foxes to Coca-Cola League One.

PAUL ROBINSON hailed West Bromwich Albion’s fighting qualities as they go in search of the victory which will secure promotion to the Premier League.

ADRIAN BOOTHROYD was fiercely critical of his Watford side, despite seeing them move to within a point of second-placed Stoke with a 2-1 win over Coventry on Saturday.

Bristol Rovers 1 Southampton 0

Darius Henderson scored the only goal of the game to help Watford remain at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship with a 1-0 victory over Leicester at Vicarage Road.

Sunderland 0 Wigan 3

Roy Keane is making no apologies for Sunderland’s late heroics this season.

West Brom missed the opportunity to move to the summit of the Coca-Cola Championship table after being held to a 1-1 draw by Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

Southampton manager George Burley praised his patched-up defence, as Stern John’s third goal in two games led them to a 1-0 victory over Cardiff.

Sunderland manager Roy Keane continues to surround himself with familiar faces at the Stadium of Light, with former team-mates Danny Higginbotham and Ian Harte both joining the club alongside new £6m striker Kenwyne Jones today.

Sunderland have signed Stoke defender Danny Higginbotham for £3m and Southampton striker Kenwyne Jones for £6m.

Kieron Richardson is set to miss Sunderland’s Carling Cup trip to Luton after struggling off in his side’s defeat to Liverpool with a recurrence of a back injury.

Roy Keane has suffered his first setback of the season with the news that Sunderland winger Carlos Edwards has been ruled out for a month with a hamstring injury.

ROY KEANE has backed Roy O’Donovan to do well at the Stadium of Light after watching the former Cork City striker take his first steps in his Sunderland career.

Galway United 0 Sunderland 4

Cork City 1 Sunderland 1

Bohemians 0 Sunderland 1

GOALS in each half from Ross Wallace and Anthony Stokes fired Roy Keane’s Premier League new boys Sunderland to an easy 2-0 win over Darlington at a rain-sodden TFM Arena.

Sunderland manager Roy Keane has told fans stunned by his move for former Newcastle striker Michael Chopra that he will sign the players he wants no matter what their background.

SUNDERLAND boss Roy Keane is still confident of securing automatic promotion to the Premiership despite seeing his side crash to a 3-1 defeat at play-off hopefuls Colchester on Saturday.

Sunderland 2 Wolves 1

Barnsley 0 Sunderland 2

Sunderland boosted their hopes of gaining automatic promotion to the Barclays Premiership with a crucial win at The Hawthorns as they moved level on points with Tony Mowbray's side.

ROY KEANE has taken a leaf out of Alex Ferguson’s book by checking his Sunderland players into a hotel hideaway on the eve of every home game.

Sunderland are in talks with Coventry striker Stern John as manager Roy Keane attempts to add firepower to his promotion-chasing squad.

Michael Chopra scored twice as Cardiff moved back to the top of the Coca-Cola Championship after a 4-1 win at Ninian Park against Luton.

Sunderland demonstrated the fighting spirit their new manager has based his career upon as Roy Keane celebrated a winning start to his career as boss of the Black Cats.

DWIGHT YORKE has revealed he may end his international career in the aftermath of Trinidad and Tobago’s world cup exit in Kaiserslautern.

England 2 Trinidad and Tobago 0

England 0 Trinidad 0

William Gallas struck a spectacular injury-time winner against Tottenham at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea edged closer to retaining their Barclays Premiership title.

Midfielder Papa Bouba Diop is back in the Fulham squad for Sunday’s visit to Bolton Wanderers after returning from African Nations Cup duty with Senegal.

Middlesbrough 1 Coventry 0

Reading demonstrated their superiority in the Coca-Cola Championship by hammering Norwich 4-0 at the Madejski Stadium tonight.

League One Brentford pulled off the shock of the FA Cup fourth round with a 2-1 victory over Premiership struggles Sunderland at Griffin Park.

Sheffield United closed the gap to Coca-Cola Championship leaders Reading to seven points with a 3-1 win at home to Brighton.

Ireland’s bogey team Switzerland booked their place in the World Cup finals by edging out Turkey in a dramatic match in Istanbul tonight.

Brazil crushed Venezuela 3-0 to finish top of the South American World Cup qualifying group.

Sunderland will be playing top-flight football next season after today’s victory against Leicester ensured promotion from the Coca-Cola Championship.

Stand-in Coventry boss Adrian Heath did his chances of landing the job on a permanent basis no harm as his side lifted some of the gloom around Highfield Road with an FA Cup third-round victory over Crewe.

Birmingham have completed the signing of Finland Under-21 striker Njazi Kuqi.

READING gained ground on the Coca-Cola Championship pacesetters yesterday as they took advantage of defeats for the top three teams.

BIRMINGHAM co-owner David Sullivan has revealed Dwight Yorke can leave the club if he wishes to following a row over racism.