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Red card: Portsmouth 1-0 Oxford (Ogilvie) Portsmouth are a goal up and a man down: Connor Ogilvie has received a straight red card for a tackle on Stanley Mills.

Women's FA Cup: Chelsea v Tottenham team news

Chelsea (4-3-3) Hampton, Carpenter, Buchanan, Girma, Charles; Nusken, Cuthbert, Walsh; Thomson, Kerr, James.

Subs: Spencer, Peng, Buurman, Baltimore, Kaptein, Bronze, Potter, Sarwie

Tottenham Hotspur (4-4-2) Kop; Wijk, Bartrip, A Nilden, Koga; Vinberg, Summanen, Spence, Gaupset; Tandberg, England.

Subs: Heeps, Grant, Morris, Bartrip, Holdt, Rybrink, M. Nilden, Gunning-Williams, Ahtinen.

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GOAL! Portsmouth 1-0 Oxford (Anderson 9) Keshi Anderson, 31 today and starting his first game for Pompey, has given them an early lead in the big relegation battle at Fratton Park. It was a neatly taken goal: a dummy to lose the defender and an early shot through the hand of the diving Jamie Cumming.

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Rice trains ahead of Sporting quarter-final

A bit of good news for Arsenal: Declan Rice is back in training ahead of their Champions League quarter-final first leg in Lisbon tomorrow night.

Rice trained this morning, as did Leandro Trossard, but Bukayo Saka remained absent. Gabriel Magalhães, who came off injured during Saturday’s shock FA Cup defeat at Southampton, also trained.

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Italy were too afraid to play a World Cup qualifying playoff at San Siro, hosting their semi-final against Northern Ireland in Bergamo instead. Gennaro Gattuso explained it as a choice to protect his players, noting that the nation’s biggest football stadium was home to two rival clubs – Milan and Internazionale – and suggesting this dynamic might lead fans there to turn more quickly on players who struggled.

Instead, on Sunday, it was San Siro that offered comfort to one who has become the scapegoat for yet another collective failure. Italy made it past Northern Ireland only to lose to Bosnia on penalties in Zenica. Alessandro Bastoni’s first-half red card, at a time when his country were winning 1-0, was a pivotal moment in the game and perhaps his entire career.

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Championship: Millwall v Norwich team news

Millwall Patterson; Crama, Cooper, Taylor, Sturge; Cundle, De Norre Bannan; Azeez, Coburn, Neghli.

Subs: Crocombe, McNamara, Ballo, Ivanovic, Langstaff, Leonard, Watson, Bryan, Mazou-Sacko.

Norwich Kovacevic; Stacey, Darling, Cordoba, Fisher; McLean, Mattsson; Field, Ben Slimane, Ahmed; Kvistgaarden.

Subs: Grimshaw, Medic, Gibbs, Chrisene, Wright, Forson, Maghoma, Schwartau, Toure.

Referee Sam Allison (Somerset)

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Thanks John, afternoon everyone. I’ll start with a very modern story from Spain.

La Liga on Monday condemned threats and intimidation by Sevilla fans aimed at their own players and directors after they fell to a third straight league defeat.

Sevilla, 17th in the Spanish top flight, lost 1-0 away at bottom side Real Oviedo on Sunday and some supporters met the team at the airport on their return to insult them, while others wearing masks were at the club training ground.

La Liga said in a statement this behaviour “unacceptably crosses the line of legitimate criticism and sporting expression”.

Earlier this season, some Sevilla fans tried to force their way into the training ground to remonstrate with the players.

La Liga said they would report the incident to Spanish authorities and continue to take action in the future against similar incidents.

“Anyone who crosses the line from criticism into threats, intimidation, or harassment stops acting as a fan and starts acting as a violent individual,” added La Liga. “And against violent individuals, La Liga acts and will act.”

Sevilla, winless in five matches, are two points above the relegation zone with eight games remaining in the season.

Right, here’s Rob Smyth to take up the cudgels for the next stint. Back later.

Portsmouth v Oxford team news

Portsmouth: Schmid, Devlin, Poole, Shaughnessy, Ogilvie, Pack, Dozzell, Anderson, Chaplin, Caballero, Bishop. Subs: Bursik, Williams, Swift, Segecic, Le Roux, Alli, Blair, Brown, Dia.

Oxford Utd: Cumming, Long, Helik, Brown, Spencer, Konak, Brannagan, Mills, Donley, Peart-Harris, Lankshear. Subs: Ingram, Vaulks, Placheta, Harris, Prelec, ter Avest, Jeon, Makosso, McDonnell.

Pos Team P GD Pts
20 West Brom 40 -14 44
21 Portsmouth 39 -17 41
22 Leicester 40 -9 40
23 Oxford Utd 40 -15 40
24 Sheff Wed 40 -57 -6

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Ahead of that huge FA Cup London derby, Suzanne Wrack’s interview with Martin Ho, the Tottenham manager.

Lincoln City’s promotion should be confirmed today. They’ve had a brilliant season.

Narional League Premier

  • Brackley v. Boston Utd

  • Braintree Town v. Woking

  • Eastleigh v. Yeovil

  • FC Halifax v. Tamworth

  • Gateshead v. Scunthorpe

  • Hartlepool v. Rochdale

  • Morecambe v. Carlisle

  • Solihull Moors v. Boreham Wood

  • Sutton Utd v. Southend

  • Truro City v. Forest Green

  • Wealdstone v. Aldershot

  • York v. Altrincham

The shootout at the top of this division is something else: York and Rochdale on 98 points. York have a goal difference of +68.

League Two fixtures

  • Barrow v. Chesterfield

  • Cheltenham v. Cambridge Utd

  • Crawley Town v. Grimsby

  • Crewe v. Salford City

  • Fleetwood Town v. Barnet

  • Gillingham v. Accrington Stanley

  • Harrogate Town v. Bristol Rovers

  • Notts County v. Newport County

  • Oldham v. Milton Keynes Dons

  • Swindon v. Walsall

  • Tranmere v. Colchester

League One fixtures

  • AFC Wimbledon v. Luton

  • Barnsley v. Plymouth

  • Bolton v. Stockport County

  • Exeter v. Doncaster

  • Leyton Orient v. Huddersfield

  • Mansfield v. Burton Albion

  • Northampton v. Wigan

  • Peterborough v. Cardiff

  • Reading v. Lincoln City

  • Stevenage v. Blackpool

  • Wycombe v. Bradford

Championship fixtures (3pm unless stated)

  • Blackburn v. West Brom

  • Bristol City v. Sheff Utd

  • Derby v. Stoke

  • Hull v. Coventry (KO 8.00)

  • Ipswich v. Birmingham

  • Millwall v. Norwich (KO 1.00)

  • Portsmouth v. Oxford Utd (KO 12.30)

  • Preston North End v. QPR

  • Sheff Wed v. Leicester

  • Swansea v. Middlesbrough (KO 5.30)

  • Watford v. Charlton

Preamble

The EFL”s Easter programme continues, and so does the Women’s FA Cup. So much on the line here, starting with a relegation battle between Portsmouth and Oxford at 12.30pm, before Millwall’s march to the Premier League continues at 1pm with their 1pm kick-off agaunst Norwich.

With Arsenal out of the Women’s FA Cup, then a chance for Chelsea and Tottenham to join Liverpool in the semi-finals. Later on, Birmingham host Manchester City.

Join us for a packed programme.