There was still no official word from Tottenham or Real Madrid last night on whether Harry Redknapp had managed to pull off the biggest coup of transfer deadline day by signing Rafael van der Vaart.

Tottenham were tonight sweating on clearance to make the signing of Rafael van der Vaart the biggest coup of transfer deadline day as the window closed in unexpected drama.

Reading boss Brian McDermott will be boosted by the return of striker Shane Long for the FA Cup quarter-final clash with Aston Villa on Sunday.

Aston Villa 3 Blackburn 1

Ipswich 0 Newcastle 4

NEWCASTLE fear a massive compensation pay-out to former boss Kevin Keegan could see the club plunged into administration.

Newcastle owner Mike Ashley could be forced to put the club into administration if former boss Kevin Keegan wins a massive compensation pay-out.

GEORGIA landed in Dublin earlier this week minus four players through injury and with half their squad coming out of cold storage due to the winter football hiatus in parts of eastern Europe.

Three players are missing from the Georgia team to play Ireland in tomorrow’s World Cup qualifier in Croke Park.

Blackburn defender Zurab Khizanishvili is looking forward to playing club colleague Keith Andrews at Croke Park tomorrow, but insists he will be “my enemy on the pitch

Blackburn 2 Sunderland 1 (after extra-time)

Sam Allardyce has admitted having considered German striker Kevin Kuranyi as a possible replacement for Roque Santa Cruz.

Blackburn boss Paul Ince is waiting on the fitness of Brett Emerton and Roque Santa Cruz for tomorrow’s meeting with Liverpool after they both picked up knocks in the Carling Cup defeat by Manchester United.

Blackburn 1 Sunderland 2

Sunderland 1 Blackburn 2

GEORGIA and Bulgaria are still winless in World Cup qualifying after playing out a goalless draw which leaves both teams already struggling in Group Eight.

Georgia 0 Bulgaria 0

GEORGIA’S return to Tbilisi failed to result in the win they required to kick-start their World Cup qualifying hopes.

Georgia 1 Cyprus 1

ITALY coach Marcello Lippi admits the Azzurri need to raise their game after only scraping past Cyprus in their opening World Cup qualifier on Saturday.

Georgia 1 Republic of Ireland 2

HE wasn’t making a big deal about it but Hector Cuper clearly felt that he should not have been sitting in the bowels of a German second division club’s stadium yesterday morning talking to the press.

GEORGIA scored a last-gasp goal to claim a shock victory over Wales at the Liberty Stadium last night to prompt exuberant celebrations from their ex-patriot fans.

THE Georgian Football Federation have described FIFA’s decision to move next month’s World Cup qualifying game against Ireland out of the country as “a shock for all the people of Georgia.”

Reading 0 Blackburn 0

West Ham 2 Blackburn 1

Blackburn 1 Fulham 1

Newcastle 0 Blackburn 1

Arsenal 2 Blackburn 0

MORTEN Gamst Pedersen couldn’t help himself. Why shouldn’t he have a go at Alan Wiley? Everyone else seemed to be rounding on the referee.

Blackburn 0 Everton 0

Blackburn will be without Ryan Nelsen for tomorrow’s trip to Aston Villa after the New Zealand defender was advised to rest a hamstring problem.

THE margin of Coventry’s victory was as convincing as it was alarming for Mark Hughes, the Blackburn Rovers manager.

Manchester City 2 Blackburn 2

High-riding Premier League clubs Portsmouth and Blackburn both fielded strong sides for their Carling Cup clash at Fratton Park.

Blackburn 4 Reading 2

Blackburn Rovers striker Jason Roberts will sit out the Barclays Premiership match against Reading on Sunday through suspension after being sent off in the 1-1 draw with Tottenham last night.

Blackburn midfielder David Dunn remains doubtful with a thigh injury for the Premiership match against Tottenham.

Blackburn boss Mark Hughes will welcome midfielder David Dunn back from suspension as his side seek to continue their impressive recent form against West Ham at Ewood Park.

Stuart Pearce heard the Manchester City supporters turn on their team after they exited the FA Cup with a 2-0 quarter-final defeat by Blackburn at Ewood Park.

Blackburn boss Mark Hughes is convinced he has snapped up one of the best bargains of the Barclays Premiership season after yet another towering performance from 6ft 5ins defender Chris Samba.

Blackburn 1 Arsenal 0

Benni McCarthy heaped more knockout woe upon Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal after clambering off the bench to shoot Blackburn into the FA Cup quarter-finals with a dramatic late winner at Ewood Park.