Norwich Back in Premier League After 6 Years

Norwich was promoted to the Premier League on Monday night after a six-year absence from England's top division.

Simeon Jackson scored in the 50th minute of a 1-0 victory over Portsmouth after third-place Cardiff was beaten 3-0 by Middlesbrough.

Norwich (23-8-14) clinched second place behind Queens Park Rangers (24-5-16), which on Saturday ensured it will win the League Championship title. But QPR could face a points-deduction after being charged by The Football Association with violating a ban on third-party ownership of players by signing Argentine midfielder Alejandro Faurlin in 2009.

Cardiff, Swansea and Reading will be in the playoffs for the final promotion spot, joined by Nottingham Forest or Leeds.

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ROME (AP) — Simone Pepe scored in the 87th minute to give Juventus a 1-0 win over Lazio in the Italian Serie A. Six minutes earlier, Lazio midfielder Cristian Ledesma was ejected after receiving his second yellow card for tripping Felipe Melo to stop a counterattack.

Lazio (18-11-6) is fourth — which earns the final Champions League berth — with 60 points, one ahead of Udinese and Roma. Juventus (15-9-11) has 56 points with three games left.

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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Pablo Osvaldo scored one goal and set up another to give Espanyol a 2-1 win over Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish League.

Osvaldo scored off a post in the 35th minute, but Markel Susaeta tied it in the 43rd with a curling free kick around a defensive wall. Ivan Alonso tapped in a low cross from Osvaldo at the far post in the 76th.

Espanyol (16-16-3) won for the first time in six games to keep up its bid for a Europa League spot. Athletic Bilbao is seventh with 51 points, three ahead of Espanyol, with four games remaining.


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