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Soccer News of Saturday, 5 April 2014

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Schlupp to play in EPL next season, as .....

...As Leicester City promoted to Premier League
Ghana's Striker turned left-back, Jeffrey Schlupp, will play in the English premier league next season.

Leicester City are back in the Premier League for the first time in a decade after third-placed QPR's failure to find a late equalising goal at Bournemouth guaranteed Nigel Pearson's side promotion.

Leicester, who beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 on Friday night to put themselves on 89 points for the season, extending their unbeaten league run to 21 games, needed Harry Redknapp's Rangers to lose on his return to the south coast club, and Derby to fail to beat Middlesbrough, to be sure of promotion.

And, as Steve McClaren's Derby lost 1-0 on his return to the Riverside, QPR also ended up pointless despite nearly coming from behind right at the end at the Goldsands Stadium.

Leicester's last game in the Premier League was a 2-1 defeat at Arsenal in 2004 as Micky Adams' side were relegated. Since then City have been through 17 managers or caretaker managers, two changes of ownership and a season in League One.