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Barnsley 0 Wigan 4 match report: Wigan early leaders as both Grant Holt and Leon Barnett score on their debut for Latics against 10-man Tykes
Saturday 03 August 2013
FA Cup hero Ben Watson opened the scoring for recently relegated Wigan, with Shaun Maloney completed the comfortable victory at Oakwell as Dale Jennings is sent off
Championship opening-day round-up: Wins for Wigan, Reading and QPR on return to Championship while Yeovil stun Millwall
Friday 02 August 2013
A round-up of the day's action in the SkyBet Championship
Championship 2013/14 preview: Can Harry Redknapp drag QPR back up or will FA Cup holders return to the big time?
Friday 02 August 2013
A brief look at this season's SkyBet Championship which gets underway on Saturday
Manchester United: Who needs Wayne Rooney when you've got Jesse Lingard...
Monday 29 July 2013
The Manchester United youngster has taken their pre-season tour of Asia by storm scoring four goals in four games
Transfer news: David Moyes reiterates that Wayne Rooney will not leave Manchester United and sets August 6 as his return date
Tuesday 23 July 2013
Striker has been out of action with a hamstring injury while Jose Mourinho has expressed significant interest in signing the England international
The Sport Matrix: Tuesday 23 July 2013
Tuesday 23 July 2013
Australia dealt another blow with Pattinson injury
Sport In Brief: England suffer whitewash at hands of Black Ferns
Sunday 21 July 2013
England’s women rugby union side crashed to a 3-0 series whitewash in New Zealand after losing their final tour game in Pukekohe yesterday.
Football Association amend ruling to allow retrospective action
Friday 12 July 2013
Under new ruling, FA will be able to punish clashes that match officials are not in a position to witness
Joel Robles relishing competition with Tim Howard after completing move to Everton
Wednesday 10 July 2013
The 23-year-old joins on a five-year contract from Atletico Madrid
Antolin Alcaraz and Joel Robles arrive at Everton as Roberto Martinez raids former club Wigan
Tuesday 09 July 2013
Arouna Koné has also moved to Goodison Park
Antolin Alcaraz joins Everton: Roberto Martinez signs his second player from Wigan
Tuesday 09 July 2013
Striker Arouna Kone joined the Toffees yesterday
Roberto Martinez delighted after bringing Arouna Kone to Everton
Tuesday 09 July 2013
The striker joined from Wigan in a £5m deal
From the bottom to the top, Norwich City striker Grant Holt steps down again to move to Wigan Athletic
Tuesday 09 July 2013
The story of the English striker is one of the more remarkable in modern times
Everton announce £5m transfer of Wigan striker Arouna Kone - but have no plans to allow Leighton Baines and Marouane Fellaini to leave
Monday 08 July 2013
The Ivorian links up with Roberto Martinez once more
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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