Rotherham have denied reports that Paul Gascoigne is to take Ronnie Moore’s job as manager.

Wigan remained top of the Coca-Cola Championship today but conceded a late equaliser at Sunderland.

Millwall ended Leicester’s unbeaten start in the Coca-Cola Championship with a 2-0 win at The Den today.

Middlesbrough today confirmed they have made an approach for Arsenal midfielder Ray Parlour after missing out on Geremi.

Nottingham Forest midfielder Andy Reid, rated at £10m (€14.8m) by boss Joe Kinnear, has admitted he faces some big decisions over the summer.

Brian Horton has been appointed as the new manager of Third Division strugglers Macclesfield until the end of the season.

Tonight’s First Division matches between Walsall and Sunderland, and Rotherham and Crystal Palace have been postponed because of frozen pitches.

Sunderland this afternoon completed their swap deal with Rotherham for striker Darren Byfield.

Kenny Miller ousted underdogs Kidderminster from the FA Cup as Wolves moved into the fourth round with a 2-0 replay victory at Molineux.

RIO FERDINAND has two weeks to decide whether to appeal against the eight-month ban imposed on him by an independent three-man disciplinary commission for failing to take a drugs test.

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Rotherham’s return to the Zurich Premiership was today sealed by England Rugby Ltd and welcomed with a “sheer sense of relief” by the club’s chairman Jim Kilfoyle, who has battled for the last two years to bring top-flight rugby back to the town.

Rotherham are unlikely to discover until next week whether or not they have secured Zurich Premiership status.

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Sheffield Wednesday enjoyed the better of the first half at Millmoor but Rotherham held on to stay on level terms at the break.

The English Rugby Football Union will appoint an independent inquiry to investigate claims of a conspiracy among Zurich Premiership clubs to prevent relegation from the top flight.

Dean Ashton left Rotherham’s 10-match unbeaten home run in tatters as his clinical brace fired Crewe into the fifth round of the FA Cup.