North East Sport

Anthony Gordon scored a first-half winner as Newcastle United claimed a 1-0 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge

Sunderland injury latest after the defeat to Brighton and ahead of the derby at Newcastle

Darlington got their playoff bid back on track with Cedric Main atoning for a penalty miss by becoming the match-winner.

Kim Hellberg criticises referee Stephen Martin’s decision to play seven minutes of second-half stoppage time in Middlesbrough draw with Bristol City

How Sunderland's players rated in the 1-0 home defeat to Brighton in the Premier League

Sunderland suffered a third successive home loss and saw their injury problems pile up ahead of the trip to Newcastle

Kim Hellberg mounted a staunch defence of his Middlesbrough players in the wake of their 1-1 draw with Bristol City

Player Ratings: Middlesbough 1 Bristol City 1 - David Strelec's miss crucial at the Riverside

Middlesbrough's faltering promotion push suffered another major blow as they conceded a 96th-minute equaliser in a 1-1 draw with Bristol City

Sunderland vs Brighton team news with two new injury blows for the Black Cats explained

Team News: Kim Hellberg has made two changes to his Middlesbrough starting line-up for today's Championship home game with Bristol City

Darlington are hoping that a least one of their injured players will return ahead of their crucial home game against Leamington today.

Regis Le Bris admits Sunderland striker Wilson Isidor has “struggled” to adapt to life in the Premier League

Newcastle United need their full attention on taking on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge - despite Barcelona and Sunderland games coming up.

Sunderland AFC players will wear special one-off warm-up shirts ahead of their home fixture against Brighton & Hove Albion at the Stadium of Light to support their official charity, the Foundation of Light.

Newcastle United are preparing to face Sunderland at St James' Park on Sunday, March 22 in the Premier League.

Alice Warr, 22, started playing table football when she was 13, but started taking it seriously around six years ago.

Kim Hellberg explains why he never wants his Middlesbrough team to become obsessed with long throws and trying to score from set-pieces

Kim Hellberg will make a late call on Dael Fry’s availability for Middlesbrough’s weekend home game with Bristol City

Newcastle United have confirmed the appointment of Robbie Stockdale as their new Under-21s lead coach

Eddie Howe has defended Anthony Gordon’s absence from Newcastle United’s starting line-up against Barcelona and hit back at Alan Shearer

How the Championship promotion battle will finish - who will win promotion to the Premier League?

Regis Le Bris discusses Sunderland's goal record this season and his training ground chat with Granit Xhaka this week

Every athlete from a County Durham taekwondo club who competed at a regional championships has come home with a medal. All five competitors from a County Durham taekwondo club walked away with medals.

Regis Le Bris opens up on the inquest that followed Sunderland's FA Cup defeat at Port Vale

Regis Le Bris updates on Sunderland injury and team news ahead of the games against Brighton and Newcastle

Analysis of Middlesbrough's 1-0 Championship defeat to Charlton at the Riverside

Eddie Howe admits his Newcastle players will inevitably have one eye on next week's second leg at Barcelona when they take on Chelsea in the Premier League this weekend.

Nathan Jones admitted Charlton took confidence from Middlesbrough's struggles against Oxford and Leicester at the Riverside and set out to frustrate Kim Hellberg's side

Regis Le Bris says Sunderland are working on making Dennis Cirkin more durable as the defender looks to put his injury frustrations behind him

Family and friends of a much-loved footballer, who died after being diagnosed with breast cancer while still in her twenties, have been told she will never be forgotten.

UFC fighter Harry Hardwick, from Middlesbrough, has promised to "scran many fat parmos" if he wins his next bout in Las Vegas.

Kim Hellberg's verdict on Middlesbrough's 1-0 defeat to Charlton at the Riverside

Middlesbrough player ratings after the 1-0 Championship defeat at home to Charlton

Middlesbrough slipped up again at the Riverside as they went down 1-0 to Charlton Athletic, with Conor Coady scoring the second half winner for the Addicks

Middlesbrough vs Charlton team news ahead of the Championship clash at the Riverside

Dan Neil opens up on his Sunderland exit and his decision to join Ipswich Town in January

Darlington boss Steve Watson has urged his players to look at the bigger picture and remind themselves of the strong position they're in as Quakers look to recover from an untimely loss of form

Newcastle will head for the Nou Camp desperate to take out their Champions League frustration on Barcelona after learning lessons from their Carabao Cup exit.

Regis Le Bris says Sunderland's players are desperate to finish the campaign on a high as the Black Cats look to put the FA Cup humiliation at Port Vale behind them

Kim Hellberg discusses the Middlesbrough players whose contracts are due to expire at the end of the season

Eddie Howe explains his decision to start Will Osula over Nick Woltemade and Yoane Wissa after Anthony Gordon went down with illness

Jasmine Harrison, a solo sailor from North Yorkshire, has become the first British woman to circumnavigate the globe in the smallest boat known to complete the voyage

The Eagle Inn in Eaglescliffe is set for a major transformation after securing more than £337,400 in investment.

A Barcelona fan missed the Champions League clash against Newcastle after accidentally turning up at the wrong St James Park.

Eddie Howe's verdict on Newcastle's draw with Barcelona in the Champions League

How Newcastle United's players rated in the 1-1 Champions League draw with Barcelona

Darlington have now lost three games in a row following Tuesday’s 2-0 defeat to Buxton at Blackwell Meadows, meaning Quakers drop out of the play-off places.

Newcastle United were denied a Champions League victory against Barcelona after Lamine Yamal's stoppage time penalty equaliser

Newcastle United and Barcelona team news ahead of the Champions League tie at St James' Park