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Sunday, May 8, 2011

Championship: QPR celebrate as promotion is confirmed

Queens Park Rangers' promotion to the Premier League was confirmed yesterday as the Football Association announced the club would be fined but not deducted points over a player ownership and misconduct case.
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The English Championship (second division) winners were facing seven charges from a regulatory commission relating to the transfer and contract renewal of Argentine midfielder Alejandro Faurlin but were cleared on five of them.

The club was fined £800,000 (S$1.6 million) for breaching a rule E3 on "misconduct" and a further £75,000 for breaching agent regulations.

Although the QPR lost their final game 2-1 at home to Leeds United on Saturday they finished top of the standings on 88 points to secure a return to the Premier League for the first time since 1996.

Norwich City finished second to also secure automatic promotion.

Swansea City beat Sheffield United 4-0 to snatch third place and a playoff semi-final against Nottingham Forest, who secured the final berth with a 3-0 win at Crystal Palace.

Cardiff City will play Reading in the other two-legged playoff with the playoff final on May 30.

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