D Tuesday, February 2, 2010 SPORT 23 SOCCER (7.45pm unless stated) The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON fourth-round replays Crystal Palace v Wolves .....(8pm) TV ITV4 Wigan v Notts County ...................... Barclays Premier League Hull v Chelsea................................... Coca-Cola Championship Preston v Barnsley ........................... Watford v Sheff Utd.......................... Coca-Cola League One Colchester v Carlisle......................... Stockport v Oldham ......................... Walsall v Charlton............................. Leyton Orient v Bristol Rovers.......... Coca-Cola League Two Accrington Stanley v Barnet............. Crewe v Torquay............................... Hereford v Lincoln City..................... Rotherham v Bournemouth.............. Co-operative Insurance Cup semi-final Hearts v St Mirren............................. Clydesdale Bank Premier League Aberdeen v Falkirk............................ Kilmarnock v Celtic .......(7.30pm) TV ESPN FIXTURES barclays premier league Sunderland..0 Stoke ...........0 Att 35,078 P W D L F A Pts Chelsea 23 17 3 3 57 19 54 Man Utd 24 17 2 5 56 20 53 Arsenal 24 15 4 5 60 28 49 Tottenham 24 12 6 6 45 25 42 Liverpool 24 12 5 7 42 26 41 Man City 22 11 8 3 44 30 41 Aston Villa 23 11 7 5 31 18 40 Birmingham 23 9 7 7 22 23 34 Everton 23 8 8 7 33 34 32 Blackburn 24 7 7 10 25 40 28 Fulham 23 7 6 10 26 28 27 Stoke 22 6 8 8 19 26 26 Sunderland 23 6 6 11 30 40 24 Wigan 22 6 4 12 24 47 22 West Ham 23 4 9 10 29 38 21 Bolton 22 5 6 11 29 44 21 Wolverhampton23 5 6 12 19 40 21 Burnley 23 5 5 13 23 46 20 Hull 23 4 8 11 22 48 20 Portsmouth 22 4 3 15 19 35 15 coca-cola league Two Bury..............1 Rochdale.....0 RESULTS City tie up Johnson deal as Hammers add strikers Manchester city have signed Middlesbrough winger adam Johnson in a four-year deal. no fee has been disclosed for the former england Under-21 international but it is believed Boro will receive around 7million. We are delighted adam has chosen to come here, said city boss roberto Man- cini. he is a very good player and as a club we are always keen to sign British talent. Johnson said he believed it was time for him to leave his comfort zone on teesside to become a better player. there has been a lot of speculation about me but im just glad to get it done and be signed and ready to go, he said. there are a lot of reasons [for the move]. city are a club going places and they are doing very well. i wanted to come and try to better my- self instead of staying in my comfort zone at Middlesbrough. citys hopes of signing Parmas Mc- Donald Mariga were thwarted, though, after the Kenya midfielder was denied a work permit. Mariga has instead joined italian giants inter Milan. elsewhere, West ham were the Premier Leagues busiest club. after sealing a move for Blackburn forward Benni Mc- carthy early in the day, the south afri- can was joined by fellow strikers Mido, who arrived on loan from egyptian side Zamalek, and Brazilian ilan. ilan, 29, was released by French outfit st etienne last month and has signed a six-month contract at Upton Park, bring- ing the number of strikers in Gianfranco Zolas relegation-battling sqaud to nine. By Paul Murphy Sorry Sunderland struggle again Crunch time: Stokes Salif Diao (left) floors Lorik Cana last night Picture: PA Sunderland: Gordon, Mensah, Turner, Kilgallon, McCartney, Malbranque (Campbell 69), Cattermole (Henderson 89), Cana, Reid (Zenden 69), Bent, Jones. Booked: Cattermole, Mensah. Stoke: Sorensen, Huth, Shawcross, Abdoulaye Faye (Wilkinson 17), Higginbotham, Diao (Delap 74), Whitehead, Whelan, Etherington, Sanli (Fuller 62), Sidibe. Booked: Whitehead, Fuller, Wilkinson. Ref: Howard Webb sunderland ..0 stoke....0 SUNDERLAND are still looking for their first Premier League win of 2010 after a goalless encounter with Stoke at the Stadium of Light. Stoke midfielder Dean Whitehead had the best chance of the opening period as he raced through the Sunderland defence but his weak shot did little to trouble goalkeeper Craig Gordon. The visitors were again closest to breaking the deadlock ten minues from time when substitute Ricardo Fuller broke free only to fire his powerful drive directly at Gordon. There was some brighter news for Sunderland fans, however, as earlier in the day Spurs right-back Alan Hutton agreed a loan deal until the end of the season. But strikers David Healy and Daryl Murphy teamed up with former Black Cats boss Roy Keane by signing for Ipswich on loan while defender Nyron Nosworthy has made a temporary move to Sheffield United. LEAGUE OF IRELAND Fortnight for Cork to survive corK city say they hope the takeover of the club will be completed by the end of the week after being given a fortnights reprieve on a winding-up order issued by the revenue commissioners. in the high court yesterday, the club cited the fact that negotiations relating to a takeover of the club are ongoing. Justice Mary Laffoy has now given them two weeks to repay a tax debt of some 80,000. negotiations are at an advanced stage with a number of interested parties, said owner and current chairman tom coughlan. i hope to have a deal wrapped up by the end of the week with the new owner. the clubs interim chairman will be announced in the next 48 hours and it will be his job to oversee the change- over and transition to the new owners with as little fuss as possible. Whether the club gets its house in order by February 15, when the Fai will announce what clubs have been granted licences to play in the League of ireland this year, remains to be seen. DEADLINE DAY THE KEY DEALS SOCCER PREMIER LEAGUE Talented: Moses Martinez happy with forward thinking Wigan last night made Bolivia striker Marcelo Moreno their second deadline-day signing. The 22-year-old has joined on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk until the end of the season, subject to visa and international clearance. His arrival follows the earlier deal for 19-year-old forward Victor Moses, who joined from Crystal Palace for a fee of around 2.5million. Latics manager Roberto Martinez said: We knew we needed more competition in the forward area and now we have Victor and Marcelo. Moreno, who moved to Shakhtar from Brazilian side Cruzeiro in May 2008, added: Roberto sold the club to me and i am determined to come to England and make an impression. Martinez said of the deal for Moses, which will go some way towards saving troubled Palace: He is one of the most talented young footballers that we have in the British game. 30m Record-low total of spending in this transfer window, according to financial experts Deloitte, compared to the record high of 170million a year ago best of the rest other key transfers MICHAEL TONGE (LOAN) (Stoke-Derby) DAvID NUGENT (LOAN) (Portsmouth-Burnley) KyLE NAUGHTON (LOAN) (Tottenham-Middlesbrough) GEREMI (UNDISCLOSED) (Newcastle-Ankaragucu) DANIEL COUSIN (LOAN) (Hull-Larissa) SCOTT McDONALD (3.5m) (Celtic-Middlesbrough) NyRON NOSWORTHy (LOAN) (Sunderland-Sheffield United) KEITH TREACy (UND) (Blackburn-Preston) WHILE the Premier Leagues big boys were largely quiet, Fulham were one of the busiest clubs yesterday with manager Roy Hodgson bringing in striker Stefano Okaka (pictured) and one-time England full-back Nicky Shorey on loan from Roma and Aston villa respectively. Hodgson also signed German youngster Christopher Buchtmann from Liverpool and allowed Diomansy Kamara, Toni Kallio and Wayne Brown go out on loan to Celtic, Sheffield United and Bristol Rovers respectively. hodgson keeping busy iRELAND striker Leon Best has moved from Coventry to Newcastle for an undisclosed fee. Best, 23, was expected to leave the Ricoh Arena as his contract expired this summer. He has agreed a three- and-a-half year deal. o begovic lands move to Potters STOKE last night finalised a 3.25million deal for Portsmouth goalkeeper Asmir Begovic (pictured). The 22-year-old, a Bosnia-Herzegovina international, signed a four- and-a-half-year contract with the Potters shortly before the transfer window closed. Stoke boss Tony Pulis said: He is the best young keeper in the country. Spurs also made a late bid for the keeper. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html