Football: Middlesbrough 2 - 1 Queens Park Rangers
Another defeat for QPR as they remain 14th in the Championship First-half goals from Tommy Conway and Anfernee Dijksteel had put Boro in control. A late strike from Steve Cook ensured a nervy finish, with QPR pushing hard for an equaliser in stoppage time. Author - Lucy W The few hundred QPR fans that travelled up to Middlesbrough For Marti Cifuentes' QPR, who slip to 15th, this was a seventh defeat in nine, a worrying slump as they head into the season’s final stretch. The win lifts Michael Carrick’s side back to eighth, just three points behind Coventry in the final play-off spot. Boro had endured a dire run earlier in the year, losing five in a row from late January into February, but looked to have turned a corner with back-to-back victories before their defeat at Swansea. That made Conway’s 11th-minute opener all the more significant, the striker turning in Finn Azaz’s low cross from the byline to spark a huge sigh of relief around the Riverside. Boro could have doub...