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Paulo Sousa: 'I have great belief in my ideas and my ability, and I
want to play attacking football'

Sousa ready to deal with QPR's great expectations

Paulo Sousa, the former Portugal international, yesterday became Queens Park Rangers' sixth manager in a little over a year when he was confirmed as their new first-team coach.

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City's Darren Purse was sent off in the 28th-minute for a foul on Lee Cook

Mahon rises to the occasion for Rangers

Sunday, 9 November 2008

QPR 1 Cardiff City 0:It was a case of after the Lord Mayor's Show at Loftus Road, where QPR needed substitute Gavin Mahon's late winner to defeat nine-man Cardiff in an anti-climactic match between two supposed promotion contenders.

Championship round-up: Twice Kightly as Wolves set the pace but Blues are held

Sunday, 9 November 2008

The importance of Michael Kightly to the promotion challenge of Wolverhampton Wanderers has been vividly illustrated in the past couple of weeks. His absence through injury had coincided with their dip in form but his return has seen them storm to the top of the Championship, and yesterday he scored both goals at Molineux in the 2-0 defeat of an obdurate Burnley that saw Mick McCarthy's side open up a six-point lead at the top.

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Wimbledon to begin new chapter in FA Cup

Saturday, 8 November 2008

The south London club formed by disfranchised fans are preparing to make history, Glenn Moore reports

Sunderland's 24 year old Michael Chopra has returned to Cardiff on loan in a bid to rediscover his touch in front of goal

Chopra goes back to Ninian Park in search of scoring touch

Friday, 7 November 2008

Sunderland's Michael Chopra has returned to Cardiff on loan in a bid to rediscover his touch in front of goal. The 24-year-old has managed only six senior appearances for the Black Cats this season, five of them as a substitute, although he made a memorable impact from the bench with a match-winning double against Middlesbrough in September.

Time runs out at Watford for former manager Adrian Boothroyd

Watford chairman insists Boothroyd will bounce back

Wednesday, 5 November 2008

Simpson claims former manager agreed it was time to leave Vicarage Road

Lee Carsley of Birmingham City scrambles for the ball under pressure from Aron Gunnarsson and Isaac Osbourne of Coventry during the Coca-Cola Championship match between Birmingham City and Coventry City

Morrison's header brings bad tidings for McLeish

Tuesday, 4 November 2008

Birmingham City 0 Coventry City 1: Birmingham City lost ground on Championship leaders Wolverhampton Wanderers thanks to a goal by their former striker Clinton Morrison but were controversially denied an equaliser they probably deserved.

John Ward, who has been by Carlisle United following a spate of bad results

Ward sacked by Carlisle

Monday, 3 November 2008

Carlisle have parted company with boss John Ward by mutual consent following a wretched run of form.

Championship round-up: Iwelumo strikes for Wolves but Reading look as hungry

Sunday, 2 November 2008

Having regained pole position in the Championship on Tuesday night, Wolves extended their lead to four points with a hard-fought 2-1 defeat of Cardiff City at Ninian Park.

'There are discussions about the team with Flavio Briatore,' says caretaker manager Gareth Ainsworth (right), 'but I have the
final input on who goes out there'

Briatore's hands-on approach to running QPR

Saturday, 1 November 2008

When Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea he splashed out £110m on Juan Sebastian Veron, Claude Makelele, Joe Cole et al. When the Abu Dhabi United Group bought Manchester City they signed Robinho for £32m, made an offer for Dimitar Berbatov and inquired after Fernando Torres. When Flavio Briatore, Bernie Ecclestone and Lakshmi Mittal, combined wealth estimated at £50bn plus, acquired Queen's Park Rangers last autumn, their first transfer window resulted in £5m expenditure on seven players. The big signings were Matthew Connolly and Rowan Vine at £1m apiece.

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