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Kanu raises Portsmouth from the dead

If Iain Dowie's arrival at Hull City lacked the "wow factor" – and that was according to Adam Pearson, the chairman who appointed him – the same could not be said of Portsmouth's comeback on an absorbing day down among the dead men at Fratton Park.

Phil Brown in £1.6m Tigers cash fight

PHIL Brown is heading for a bitter compensation battle with Hull City.

Kanu scores winner for Portsmouth

Portsmouth 3, Hull City 2

Portsmouth 3-2 Hull City

Perhaps Iain Dowie would have preferred Avram Grant to taunt the Premier League. Portsmouth's manager had threatened to field a dummy side in protest at the decision to dock his club nine points for going into administration, but the Israeli relented and instead deployed a team who gave Hull an...

Grant delight at players

Avram Grant hailed his Portsmouth players as ambassadors for the Premier League after their comeback against Hull.

Dowie vows to fight til end

New Hull City boss Iain Dowie says he will keep the faith after seeing his new side suffer a cruel defeat at Portsmouth.

Pompey strike back for points

Portsmouth proved they are taking the rest of the Barclays Premier League campaign seriously by staging a last-gasp 3-2 comeback against Hull and denying Iain Dowie victory in his first match in charge of Hull.

Portsmouth 3 Hull City 2: match report

Portsmouth struck twice in the last two minutes to wreck Iain Dowie's first match in charge of Hull City.