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80 min: Birmingham 0-1 Manchester City A stinging shot from Yui Hasegawa is fumbled onto the crossbar by Lucy Thomas. Moments later, Khiara Keating comes miles out of her area to clear a loose ball and clatters Lily Crosthwaite in her follow through. The referee was happy that it was a fair challenge.

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76 min: Birmingham 0-1 Manchester City Manchester City are still on top but they haven’t been able to put Birmingham away.

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Updated at 13.35 EDT

Half time: Swansea 2-1 Middlesbrough

That was a highly entertaining first half in south west Wales. Alex Bangura blasted Middlesbrough ahead before conceding the first of two penalties with which Zan Vipotnik put Swansea ahead. Vipotnik, the Championship’s leading scorer, now has 20 league goals this season.

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Another nerveless penalty from Zan Vipotnik. On both occasions he has waited for Brynn to sit down before passing the ball into the other side of the net.

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Another penalty for Swansea on the stroke of half-time. Sol Brynn comes way out of goal and puts hands on Ji-Sung Eom, who accepts the invitation to go down. It was such a silly challenge from Brynn and, though Eom made the most of it, it was a pretty clear penalty.

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Updated at 13.20 EDT

46 min: Birmingham 0-1 Man City They’re back under way in the Women’s FA Cup quarter-final at St Andrew’s, where the Manchester City keeper Khiara Keating will have to deal with a low sun in the second half.

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TheMiddlesbrough goalscorer Bangura wipes out Liam Cullen in the area, a stonewall penalty. The Championship’s leading scorer Zan Vipotnik calmly sends Sol Brynn the wrong way from the spot; that’s his 19th league goal of the season.

Swansea City’s Zan Vipotnik scores their side’s first goal of the game. Photograph: David Davies/PAShare

Updated at 13.18 EDT

EFL round-up

Here’s more on the news that Lincoln City have been promoted to the second tier after a 65-year absence.

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Updated at 12.51 EDT

Half time: Birmingham 0-1 Man City The WSL leaders are on course for a mouth-moistening semi-final against Chelsea.

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A cracking goal from Middlesbrough. Tommy Conway plays in the underlapping Alex Bangura, who blisters a rising drive into the net at the near post.

Middlesbrough’s Alex Bangura scores their side’s first goal. Photograph: David Davies/PAShare

Updated at 12.54 EDT

34 min: Birmingham 0-1 Man City Manchester City remain firmly in control at St Andrew’s. Bunny Shaw’s early goal was a beauty: a killer cross/pass from Iman Beney, a great off-the-ball run from Shaw and a clinical finish.

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Swansea v Middlesbrough has just got under way in the Championship. And in the 5pm Serie A game, Juventus lead Genoa 2-0 in Turin. Bremer and Weston McKennie scored the goals.

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Thanks John, hello everyone. Let’s start with the latest from the final FA Cup quarter-final at St Andrews. Manchester City lead 1-0 after half an hour, and you will never, ever guess who scored.

We’ve also had the draw for the semi-finals of the competition:

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Right. that’s me away, and now Rob Smyth is back in the chair.

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Billy Munday was at Portman Road to see Ipswich take a vital step towards automatic promotion, though not without some luck.

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The Championship table ahead of Swansea v Middlesbrough, with Coventry playing later still at Hull.

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