Coventry secured promotion to the Premier League on Friday as the Championship leaders' 1-1 draw against Blackburn ended their 25-year exile from the top-flight.

Liverpool are a Manchester City stumble away from once again ruling the roost after seeing off Crystal Palace 4-0 on Wednesday.

Elliott Bennett, the captain of the Blackburn team, along with two unnamed Fulham players tested positive for coronavirus.

Indian owners Venky's, who purchased Blackburn Rovers when they were still in the Premier League in 2010, have presided over a string of disastrous decisions, from the moment they announced their arrival by sacking of manager Sam Allardyce.

"Back the football club, back the manager, with finances to get them out of the current mess," Alan Shearer said in his message to the Blackburn Rovers owners

West Ham United's win over Liverpool earned them a trip to Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup fifth round.

Successive defeats against Manchester United and Arsenal have left Liverpool in fifth place, well adrift of the top four.

Steven Gerrard will turn 35 on the day of the final, but he is not yet guaranteed even a semi-final appearance at the national stadium after second-tier Blackburn belied expectations they would be swept aside by Brendan Rodgers's in-form Liverpool to take the game to a replay.

Second-tier Blackburn Rovers dumped nine-man Swansea City out of the FA Cup with a 3-1 win.

Manchester City were held to a 1-1 draw by Blackburn Rovers at the Ewood Park in the third round of the FA Cup. After Alvaro Negredo gave the visitors a lead, the hosts leveled through a Scott Dann strike.

Phil Jones, 21, was left out of the United squad for the trip to Hull City on Thursday, having started their five previous matches.

Starting as underdogs, Mohun Bagan looked a reformed side with Odafa striking in the 30th and 80th minutes, for the Nigerian's tally to only three this season.

Beaten 1-0 by first Everton and then Newcastle United in their last two home games, United survived several near-misses against the Ukrainian champions before prevailing through a second-half goal from Phil Jones.

Blackburn confirmed D.J. Campbell's arrest on the club website, but the club said it was prevented was commenting further because it is an ongoing legal matter.

After an unproductive first half, Dempo took the lead through Roberto Silva in the 47th minute. But the visitors equalised three minutes later through Mustapha Riga.

Pune FC, who hold the AFC and Indian Club Licence, will be representing India in the play-offs for a berth in the prestigious AFC Champions League.

Frank Lampard's two goals, which included a penalty, came either side of an Oscar strike at West Ham's Upton Park ground, with Jose Mourinho's side now level on points with second-placed Liverpool after this victory.

Salgaocar started well and took an early lead in the 4th minute through Darryl Duffy, capitalising on the error from left back Gurjinder Kumar, who back-headed the ball to his goalkeeper with Duffy lurking in the area.