Coventry City secured their promotion to the Premier League after a 25-year absence, drawing 1-1 with Blackburn Rovers in the Championship.
A much-changed Liverpool were dumped out of the FA Cup by struggling second-tier side Plymouth Argyle, who pulled off a stunning 1-0 fourth round win.
Blackburn Rovers fans have called off their truce with the ailing Premier League club's owners and are planning a 24-hour demonstration outside Ewood Park from Friday.
Jitendra Desai, husband of owner Anuradha, was hit in the face as he got out of their limos at the entrance to Ewood Park before last Saturday's defeat in new manager Michael Appleton's first game in charge.
Millwall and Blackburn Rovers fought out a goalless stalemate in a scrappy FA Cup quarter-final on Sunday with both the Championship (second tier) sides going into the semi-final draw.
Two Indian billionaires are attempting to takeover English Premier League club Blackburn Rovers, just as the club marks the 10th anniversary of owner Jack Walker's death today.
Sixth-placed Arsenal slumped to a 3-2 home defeat by West Ham United.\n
The Indian owners of Blackburn Rovers on Wednesday ruled out appointing Argentine Diego Maradona as manager of the Premier League club. Maradona's name has been in the frame since Venky's, the Indian poultry giant which acquired Rovers last month, sacked Sam Allardyce on Monday.
Premier League club Blackburn Rovers are set to have their home ground Ewood Park renamed by their new Indian owners, a newspaper report said on Sunday.
Blackburn Rovers gave their new Indian owners an immediate return on Sunday with a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa that lifted the club five places in the English Premier League table.
The chants of 'Are you watching Merseyside?' began as soon as Wayne Rooney scored a penalty to earn Manchester United a 1-1 draw at Blackburn Rovers on Saturday to seal their record 19th English league title.
Struggling Premier League side Blackburn Rovers sacked manager Paul Ince on Tuesday, the club said.
Chelsea returned to the top of the Premier League on Sunday with a 2-0 victory over Blackburn Rovers at a rain-drenched Ewood Park. Aston Villa could have gone above Manchester United into the top four but lost 2-1 at Middlesbrough for whom Tuncay Sanli scored an 88th-minute winner.
The England captain scored the only goal beat Aston Villa 1-0 in the English premiership.
Favourites Chelsea will play Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup quarter-final tie at Stamford Bridge next month.
Aston Villa took a step towards next month's League Cup final at Wembley when a James Milner goal gave them a 1-0 win over Blackburn Rovers in the first leg of a lively semi-final at Ewood Park on Thursday.
Blackburn Rovers dumped 10-man Chelsea out of the League Cup 4-3 on penalties on Wednesday after a quarter-final thriller ended 3-3 following extra time at Ewood Park. Big-spending Manchester City beat a young Arsenal team 3-0.
Liverpool beat Blackburn Rovers 3-1 at Ewood Park on Saturday to stay top of the Premier League and increase the pressure on Rovers manager Paul Ince whose team have now gone 10 league matches without a win.
Rafa Benitez's much-changed side with a youthful streak had looked set to coast through when Sean Longstaff's deflected shot put them ahead after 56 seconds and Callum Roberts volleyed home a second four years since his only other Newcastle appearance.
Reading snatched a 1-1 draw at Manchester United while Chelsea trounced Norwich City 4-0 to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals.
The Chelsea goalkeeper last conceded a league goal in the 2-2 draw at Arsenal on December 12, since when he has kept seven clean sheets.
Blackburn Rovers registered a 1-1 draw with Manchester United in the League Cup semi-final, first-leg clash.
Charlton's 1-0 victory takes them up three places to seventh in the table, while Blackburn remain 15th
The Chelsea midfielder has broken two bones in his left foot and will be out for up to two months.
The Liverpool striker is set to miss the rest of the season after suffering a horrific leg break in the 2-2 draw against Blackburn Rovers.
The England striker struck twice as League Cup holders Liverpool overcame 10-man Blackburn Rovers 4-3.
West Ham United eased into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup with a 5-1 romp at second-tier Blackburn Rovers on Sunday.
Burnley beat Blackburn Rovers 2-0 at Ewood Park in their East Lancashire derby but Premier League sides Southampton and Newcastle United crashed out of the English League Cup to Championship opposition in Wednesday's second-round games.
Philippe Coutinho thumped home a second-half winner as Liverpool broke the resistance of Championship Blackburn Rovers to reach the FA Cup semi-finals with a gritty 1-0 replay victory on Wednesday.
Manchester United's Zlatan Ibrahimovic came off the bench to score the winner as they recovered from an early deficit to beat Championship strugglers Blackburn Rovers 2-1 away in the FA Cup fifth round on Sunday.
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