FRANK LAMPARD is set to complete his first signing as Coventry manager. Lampard, 46, joined the Sky Blues in November and replaced the popular Mark Robins who left after seven years at the helm.

Coventry City are reportedly close to beating Sheffield Wednesday and Sunderland to the signing of Rangers winger Rabbi Matondo.

Leeds will hope to return to the top of the Championship when they host mid-table Norwich, while fourth-placed Burnley can climb back to third if they take victory at bottom-of-the-table Plymouth. Portsmouth will move out of the bottom three - and above their opponents in the table - if they can beat Stoke.

Coventry City are poised to beat off strong second-tier competition for the signing of Rangers winger Rabbi Matondo

The Black Cats have shown that they are prepared to put faith in youth, with Tyler Goodrham said to be on their radar

Follow live coverage as Millwall face Cardiff City in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.

Belfast Giants head to Guildford on Wednesday night to take on the Flames as league leaders. Click here to watch Flames vs. Giants Adam Keefe's men went top of the Elite League on Sunday after a home win over Manchester Storm,

Capped 12 times by Wales, Matondo is an international teammate of Jay Dasilva who started his career at Cardiff City before being snapped up by Manchester City for a compensation fee. He was then sold to Bundesliga side Schalke 04, aged 19, for a reported fee rising to £11million.

During the season of Acun Ilicali's takeover in East Yorkshire, then-head coach Shota Arveladze opted for a superstitious approach to achieve the first of his four victories in HU3, as Hull wore their 'blackout' away kit in victory over Cardiff City in April 2022.

TEAM_LINK|2581|Stoke City have completed the loan signing of PLAYER_LINK|643474|Josh Wilson-Esbrand from TEAM_LINK|86|Manchester City until the end of the season.

Josh Wilson-Esbrand has joined Stoke City on loan until the end of the season.The 22-year-old will spend the remainder of the 2024/25 campaign with the Potters who currently lie in 18th position in

Stoke City have completed the first signing of the Mark Robins era by taking left-back Josh Wilson-Esbrand on loan from Manchester City.