Newcastle saw their lead at the top of the Sky Bet Championship cut back to three points after being held to a goalless draw at Reading while Brighton ran out 2-0 winners at bottom club Rotherham.

Chelsea 4 Brentford 0: As impressive as Antonio Conte’s revival of Chelsea has been, Asmir Begovic is ready to sacrifice a role in the club’s bid to complete a league and cup double in favour of regular first-team football.

Michael Murphy was in trouble with the stewards at Fontwell after mistaking the winning post on favourite Lady Malousa in the Morgan Ashurst Novices’ Handicap Chase.

Harrington dropped his first shot of the week but kept the lead in the Deutsche Bank-SAP Open in Hamburg today.