EFL Championship: Why Midnite are serving 1,000 free chicken parmos to Boro fans this weekend
Midnite will serve 1,000 Teesside Parmos to Boro fans at Riverside Stadium this weekend following an entertaining parmo-cooking challenge that will go live following the fixture.
Fans just need to show their match ticket to claim a free parmo while supplies last.
EFL Championship news: Five takeaways as West Brom, Bolton and Swansea secure midweek wins
After Tuesday night’s Championship fixtures, there is plenty to talk about. Cardiff City beat Watford 5-1, Bolton Wanderers handed Wolves a second defeat of the season, and Middlesbrough extended their unbeaten run in the league to eight.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer Elliot Desage looks at five key takeaways from the midweek results.
Midnite pays out £9k to Southampton, Middlesbrough and Wolves fans thanks to ‘2UP’ initiative
Southampton, Middlesbrough, and Wolves fans have won a combined total of £9,000 thanks to Midnite’s ‘2UP’ initiative.
Midnite is the principal partner of Wolves, Middlesbrough, and Sheffield United, while being the official training-kit partner of Southampton for the 2026/27 season. The UK bookmaker’s ‘2UP’ initiative gives fans the chance to win big if those four clubs take a two-goal lead in a home league game.
EFL weekly round-up: Louie Barry setback, Will Lankshear on fire, free agents available
Hello and welcome to our weekly round-up of the news in the English Football League, along with a few talking points as well.
In this week’s edition, we will be looking at which free agents could improve clubs now that the transfer window has closed, writes Sports News Blitz’s Rob Beezley.
EFL Championship news: Southampton expelled from Championship play-off final after multiple breaches
Following a review by an Independent Disciplinary Commission, the EFL have announced that Southampton have been expelled from the Championship play-offs after admitting to multiple rule breaches regarding observation of opposition training.
Championship news: A shootout for the Premier League - Everything that can happen on the final day
With relegation confirmed for Sheffield Wednesday, Leicester City and Oxford United, all eyes dart towards the top of the Championship table, where Premier League football is up for grabs heading into the final day.
As is usually the case, England’s second tier has treated fans to a rollercoaster season packed with drama as the 2025/26 campaign draws to a close.
With one match remaining, Sports News Blitz writer Gabriel Mills looks at what each team involved will need in the race for automatic promotion and play-off places.
Championship predictions: Coventry champions; Middlesbrough to win play-off final
Coventry City currently sit pretty at the top of the Championship with a nine-point gap over Middlesbrough in second place.
The Midlands side are favourites to go up, with their consistency playing a key part in the division this year.
Sport News Blitz’s Elliot Ward has more on the Championship promotion race.
EFL recap: All the EFL talking points amid yet another international break
The international break is back again, and to be fair to it, it’s been pretty interesting this time. Ireland got the playoffs and Scotland qualified, both in cinematic fashion, with Wales also making it to a playoff spot.
But less about them - here’s everything that happened in the EFL, with some of League One and all of the Championship called off as expected.
There will still be some Championship talk, but here, Sports News Blitz’s Charlie Gardner reflects on some of the matches.
EFL news: Managerial drama in the Championship as Rotherham and Peterborough pick up big wins
Although it was just the single round of action in the EFL this week and most of the news came from changes on the touchline, there was certainly no shortage of drama.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer Charlie Gardner returns with your full weekly EFL analysis.
Championship news: Chaotic Yorkshire Derby win sends Leeds Utd top of the league
Anything other than a win over Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium on Tuesday would have been a catastrophic blow to Leeds United’s automatic promotion push.
However, a scrappy goal from Dan James in the second minute was enough to separate the sides and ensure the three points headed to West Yorkshire.
Sports News Blitz writer Niall Togher reports on a big night in the Championship for the new league leaders.
Championship betting tips: Leeds to bounce back, Blackburn’s struggles to continue
It feels like a lifetime has passed since we had Championship football on our screens, but that wait is finally over as the dreaded international break recedes into memory.
We have well and truly entered clutch time in the league season and focus now shifts to who will rise to the occasion and who will falter at the final hurdle.
Ahead of the weekend’s action, Sports News Blitz Championship tipster Ethan Pitts has selected four tips to help you cash in with the bookies.
The Premier League’s best opening-day games: Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal and more
There have been some classic games on the opening day/weekend of the Premier League season in years gone by - and Sports News Blitz’s Jon Shea looks at some classic games that have raised the roof, entertaining fans from the off.