Soccer

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Birmingham City 0 Leicester City 1, Blackburn Rovers 0 Arsenal 2, Bolton Wanderers 0 Chelsea 2, Charlton Athletic 1 Middlesbrough 0, Everton 1 Portsmouth 0, Fulham 2 Leeds United 0.

Playing overnight: Manchester City v Manchester United, Southampton v Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United, Wolverhampton Wanderers v Aston Villa.

ENGLISH FIRST DIVISION

Bradford 0 Wigan 0, Cardiff 2 Norwich 1, Coventry 4 Burnley 0, Crewe 1 West Bromwich 2, Derby 1 Rotherham 0, Ipswich 1 Millwall 3, Nottingham Forest 3 Crystal Palace 2, Preston 0 Gillingham 0, Reading 0 Stoke 0, Sunderland 2 West Ham 0, Walsall 1 Wimbledon 0, Watford 0 Sheffield United 2.

ENGLISH SECOND DIVISION

Brentford 0 Stockport 2, Grimsby 1 Bournemouth 1, Hartlepool 1 QPR 4, Luton 3 Blackpool 2, Oldham 0 Colchester 0, Peterborough 6 Wrexham 1, Plymouth 2 Swindon 1, Port Vale 1 Brighton 1, Sheffield Wednesday 2 Barnsley 1, Tranmere 2 Chesterfield 3, Wycombe 1 Notts County 1.

ENGLISH THIRD DIVISION

Carlisle 2 Oxford 0, Darlington 3 Cambridge 4, Doncaster 1 Cheltenham 1, Huddersfield 4 Macclesfield 0, Hull 2 Scunthorpe 1, Leyton Orient 1 Kidderminster 1, Lincoln City 4 Mansfield 1, Northampton 2 Boston 0, Rochdale 0 Bury 0, Southend 1 Swansea 1, Yeovil 4 Bristol Rovers 0, York 0 Torquay 0.

SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Dundee 1 Aberdeen 1, Hearts 1 Rangers 1, Partick Thistle 1 Dundee Utd 1. Celtic v Motherwell postponed.

SCOTTISH FIRST DIVISION

Clyde 0 Brechin 0, Falkirk 0 Queen of the South 2, Raith 2 Ayr 1, Ross County 1 St Mirren 0, St Johnstone 3 Inverness CT 2.

SCOTTISH SECOND DIVISION

Alloa 1 Stenhousemuir 0, Arbroath 0 Forfar 1, East Fife 2 Berwick 2, Hamilton 0 Airdrie Utd 1, Morton 3 Dumbarton 2.

Points: Morton 48, Airdrie 43, Hamilton 41, Forfar 39, Berwick 37, Dumbarton 35, Alloa 32, East Fife 30, Arbroath 25, Stenhousemuir 20.

SCOTTISH THIRD DIVISION

Albion 3 Queens Park 1, Elgin 1 Peterhead 0, Gretna 0 Stranraer 0, Montrose 1 Cowdenbeath 1, Stirling 6 East Stirling 0.

Points: Stirling 61, Stranraer 58, Gretna 49, Peterhead 45, Cowdenbeath 38, Montrose 36, Albion 33, Queen's Park 31, Elgin 17, E Stirling 5.

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL LEAGUE

Major semifinal, first leg: Parramatta Power 4 (A. Ceccoli, S. Petrovski, P. Zorbas, A. Milicic) Perth Glory 2 (B. Despotovski, J. Harnwell 56). Halftime: 3-0.

NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE

Bay Olympic 2 (R. Davani 2) Uni-Mt Wellington 1 (S. Roberts). Halftime: 0-0.

Eastern Suburbs 1 (A. Webber pen) Central United 4 (M. Major 2 pen, S. Callinan, og). Halftime: 0-3.

Melville United 0 Ellerslie 1 (N. Russo). Halftime: 0-1.

Metro 1 (B. Newall) Mangere United 1 (B. Spirovski). Halftime: 0-1.

Tauranga City United 2 (A. Frost, S. Wilkinson) Glenfield Rovers 1 (D. Dodds). Halftime: 0-0.

North Shore United 2 (M. Gwyther, K. Bright) East Coast Bays 0. Halftime: 2-0.

Onehunga Sports 1 (R. Wikohika) Waitakere City 2 (B. Steward, N. Fry pen). Halftime: 1-0.