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Substitute Vivaldo Semedo’s equaliser in the seventh minute of stoppage time denied Sheffield Wednesday a second Championship win of the season.Charlie McNeill’s third goal in two games appeared to have handed rock-bottom Wednesday a rare bit of cheer in a difficult campaign. But just when wasteful Watford, who missed a penalty through skipper Imran Louza, seemed to have run out of ideas, Semedo squeezed a volley from Mamadou Doumbia’s cross under goalkeeper Pierce Charles to salvage a point. Struggling Wednesday were relieved not to fall behind inside five minutes when Giorgi Chakvetadze strike was too close to goalkeeper Charles from…

Tonda Eckert continued his impressive start as Southampton manager with a sixth victory in seven games as the Saints held off a West Brom fightback to win 3-2 at St Mary’s.Championship top scorer Adam Armstrong scored twice before half-time to take his tally to 11 after Leo Scienza set the hosts on their way with an early goal. The Baggies put up a second-half fight through goals from Karlan Grant and Nathaniel Phillips and went close to a late leveller but have now lost their last seven away games. With such a dismal record on the road, Southampton was not…

Sheffield United’s four-match winning run came to an end as they were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Norwich.The hosts – whose starting line-up featured eight changes from the weekend due to “illness and injuries” – took the lead early in the second half with a goal from Danny Ings. Norwich, though, hit back to equalise with Djibril Soumare scoring an own goal. There were chances at either end during a lively first half, with both keepers called into action. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Sheffield United’s Djibril Soumare scores an own goal…

Swansea earned their second win in four days to ease their relegation concerns thanks to substitute Liam Cullen’s strike to seal a 1-0 win over Portsmouth.The Wales international swept home a superb effort from 20 yards in the 78th minute for the only goal of a tight content between two clubs who have been in poor recent form. But following Swansea’s victory over Oxford last weekend, it means new boss Vitor Matos has delivered back-to-back league victories for the first time since April. The win has lifted Swansea six points clear of the relegation zone but Pompey remain in the…

Daniel Jebbison’s late goal reduced Coventry’s Sky Bet Championship lead to five points after a resilient 10-man Preston team frustrated the league leaders in a 1-1 draw.Jebbison seriously dashed Coventry’s advantage with his prodded finish 14 minutes from time. Until the Canadian’s equaliser, Coventry were in complete control, with the help of Liam Lindsay’s red card for dragging back Haji Wright, and took the lead after Andrew Hughes’ deflected a shot into his own net. For large parts of the first half, Wright was the only threat for either side, and almost everything he attempted was managed well by Preston.…

Middlesbrough maintained their 100 per cent record under new head coach Kim Hellberg with an impressive 2-1 victory at Charlton.Riley McGree and Morgan Whittaker scored during a dominant first half for the visitors at the Valley. George Edmundson’s own goal halved the deficit in the closing stages, but second-placed Boro held on to make it three straight wins under the Swede as they closed the gap to leaders Coventry to five points. There was a minute’s applause before kick off in memory of Charlton supporter Norman Barker, who passed away during Saturday’s abandoned home game against Portsmouth.Only some big saves…

Todd Cantwell’s 78th-minute penalty earned Blackburn a point from a 1-1 draw against fellow strugglers Oxford but they failed to win at Ewood Park once again.Ciaron Brown powered Oxford into the lead with a fierce strike in first-half stoppage-time before Cantwell came off the bench to hit his fourth goal of an injury-hit season. But a draw against another side battling just above the relegation zone left Blackburn still with only one home victory all season, having taken just six points from 10 games in front of their own fans. This match was the subject of an afternoon pitch inspection…

Veteran Spanish centre-back Sergio Ramos, 39, on Tuesday announced that he will not renew with Liga MX club Monterrey.In an Instagram post, Ramos, who joined the club in February, bid a fond farewell to the club and the league.”Saying goodbye is never easy. A chapter that began full of hope in February is coming to an end, a chapter that allowed me to discover a country, a city, a style of football… and that leaves me with many new experiences and, above all, many friends,” he wrote.Editor’s Picks”I will forever be proud to have worn the Rayados captain’s armband, to…

Slack CEO Denise Dresser during TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, Oct. 29, 2024.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesOpenAI on Tuesday announced that it’s tapped Slack CEO Denise Dresser as its chief revenue officer. Dresser will oversee the artificial intelligence startup’s global revenue strategy across both customer success and enterprise, OpenAI said in a release. After spending more than a decade as an executive at Salesforce, Dresser was named Slack’s chief executive in 2023. Salesforce acquired the messaging company for more than $27 billion in 2020.”I’ve spent my career helping scale category-defining platforms, and I’m looking forward to bringing that…

President Donald Trump’s decision to let U.S. tech giant Nvidia sell more advanced semiconductors to China is getting pushback from some Republicans wary of giving Beijing an edge in the global race to AI dominance.The agreement, which Trump announced in a Truth Social post Monday evening, would allow Nvidia to sell its H200 artificial intelligence chips to China on the condition that the U.S. government gets 25% of the sales.The H200 chips aren’t Nvidia’s most advanced, but are more powerful than the company’s H20s, which were previously developed specifically for the China market.The White House, over the summer, gave approval…