Round-up: Tragedy as QPR striker Jones, 18, dies in car crash

Four days away from his 19th birthday, Ray Jones, the promising Queens Park Rangers striker, was killed in a car crash early Saturday morning. "Ray had the world at his feet and he will be sorely missed by everyone connected with the club," the chairman Gianni Paladini said on QPR's website.

A regular in Rangers' side last season with an England under-19 call-up to his name, Jones had been with the club since he was 15 and made his debut against Watford in April 2006. Last season he scored six goals in 35 games, but had yet to play this season because of a foot injury. He died when the Volkswagen Golf he was travelling in collided with a double-decker bus in East Ham, East London. QPR's match at Burnley yesterday was postponed.

Elsewhere, Coventry City's unbeaten start to the season withstood a severe test yesterday at Ninian Park where they beat Cardiff City 1-0 to go top of the embryonic Championship. The winner came just past the half-hour mark as Leon McKenzie's teasing cross into the six-yard box was turned in by Jay Tabb. The hosts might have rescued a point in added time, but Darren Purse's penaltyhit the crossbar. "We were living by the seat of our pants in the first half," the Coventry manager,Iain Dowie, admitted.

Wolves moved up to second but were lucky to defeat Blackpool 2-1. Freddie Eastwood followed his first goal for Wales in midweek with two more. "I feel like Dick Turpin after getting away with highway robbery," the Wolves manager, Mick McCarthy, said.

The deposed top two, Stoke City and Watford, both lost away. The Potters led 1-0 at Southampton but goals by Andrew Surman, Grzegorz Rasiak and John Viafara got the Saints on top. Jon Parkin pulled one back, but Saints held on to win 3-2. Their manager George Burley expects the striker Kenwyne Jones to be sold this week. Leicester stormed into a 4-0 lead over Watford, Iain Hume, DJ Campbell, Alan Sheehan and Mark de Vries scoring. Marlon King's late penalty made it 4-1. Two of the promoted sides met at Ashton Gate. Bristol City's £1 million striker Lee Trundle scored both goals as the Robins beat Scunthorpe United 2-1.

Plymouth Argyle lost 3-2 at Barnsley, falling 3-0 behind in an hour, Istvan Ferenczi, Dominic Werling and Brian Howard scoring. Late goals by Barry Hayles and Nick Chadwick goals tested the Tykes nerve. It held.

Charlton also started second best against Sheffield Wednesday who were 2-0 up at half-time through Burton O'Brien and Tommy Spurr. But Alan Pardew's substitutions revived the hosts, Andy Reid and two Chris Iwelumo goals setting up Charlton's 3-2 win. Iwelumo's former club, Colchester United, had a 3-0 win at Preston North End, whose manager Paul Simpson spoke of "players who are trying to cause problems" at the club needing to be cleared out. Hull City beat Norwich, 2-1.

In Scotland, Premier League leaders Rangers kept up their perfect start with a 2-1 win at Kilmarnock. DaMarcus Beasley and the substitute Jean Claude Darcheville scoring.