Championship roundup: Coventry pull away as Middlesbrough lose to Charlton

<ul><li><p>Coventry beat Preston 3-0 to go eight points clear</p></li><li><p>Boro lose ground with 1-0 home defeat by Charlton</p></li></ul><p><strong>Coventry</strong> moved eight points clear at the top of the Championship with a 3-0 win over struggling <strong>Preston</strong>. Goals from Tatsuhiro Sakamoto and Brandon Thomas-Asante in the first half were followed by Matt Grimes’s penalty after half-time for their 23rd win of the season.</p><p>Coventry’s sixth consecutive win opened up an eight-point gap to second-placed <strong>Middlesbrough</strong>, who lost 1-0 at home to <strong>Charlton</strong>, and returned them nine points clear of third-placed Millwall.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/11/championship-roundup-coventry-preston-eight-points-middlesbrough">Continue reading...</a>