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Football: Arsenal take fourth as Koscielny strikes

Arsenal will be in the Champions League for a 16th successive year after Laurent Koscielny's strike secured a priceless 1-0 win at Newcastle on Sunday. Arsene Wenger's team looked likely to miss out on a lucrative top four finish in the Premier League when they were seven points adrift of north London rivals Tottenham with only 10 games to play. But the Gunners' unblemished record of qualifying for Europe's elite club competition under Wenger was extended thanks to Koscielny's goal early in the second half at St James' Park.

Football: Spurs suffer Euro agony despite Bale magic

Gareth Bale scored another stunning late winner for Tottenham, but his side's 1-0 victory over 10-man Sunderland was not enough to win the battle to qualify for the Champions League on Sunday. Andre Villas-Boas's team knew only a victory at White Hart Lane, combined with Arsenal failing to take three points from their visit to Newcastle, would allow them to leapfrog their north London rivals into fourth place in the Premier League on the last day of the season.

Football: Factfile on Alex Ferguson's last game

Factfile on Alex Ferguson's last game as Manchester United manager, a 5-5 draw at West Bromwich Albion on the final day of the Premier League season on Sunday: Last match venue: The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, England Last match referee: Michael Oliver (ENG) Last starting line-up (4-3-1-2): Anders Lindegaard; Antonio Valencia, Phil Jones, Jonny Evans, Alexander Buttner; Tom Cleverley, Michael Carrick (capt), Anderson; Shinji Kagawa; Robin van Persie, Javier Hernandez Last substitution: 83' Rio Ferdinand (ENG) replaces Jonny Evans (NIR)

Football: Ferguson bows out as United share 10-goal epic

English football witnessed the end of an era on Sunday as Alex Ferguson signed off as Manchester United manager with an extraordinary 5-5 draw at West Bromwich Albion in his 1,500th and final game. On a sun-kissed afternoon at The Hawthorns, the ground with the highest altitude in the Football League, the 71-year-old Scot who propelled United to the summit of English football on 13 occasions bowed out with a hectic game full of the attacking football that he loves.

Football: Sunderland's Bardsley axed after casino pic

Sunderland defender Phil Bardsley was left out of Sunday's game at Tottenham after being pictured laying in a pile of £50 notes on a casino floor. A photo of the former Manchester United full-back covered in the wad of notes was published in The People newspaper on Sunday. It was reported the image was taken during a night out to celebrate Wigan's defeat at Arsenal on Tuesday night, a result which secured the Sunderland's Premier League survival.

Football: Clichy signs new deal with City

Manchester City defender Gael Clichy signed a new four-year contract with the Premier League club on Sunday. Clichy has been one of the few solid performers for City during a troubled campaign that will end with the club trophyless and managerless. The France left-back's reward is an improved deal which will keep him at Eastlands until 2017. "I'm really happy to have agreed a new deal with City and I'm already looking forward to next season," Clichy told City's website.

Football: Fergie's last stand highlights final day

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson will bid an emotional farewell to his trophy-laden career on Sunday as the curtain falls on another roller coaster English Premier League season. With the title already wrapped up by United, and with Wigan, Reading and QPR confimed in the relegation places, attention switches to Ferguson's last stand as well as a host of other farewell performances.

Football: Fergie's last stand highlights final day

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson will bid an emotional farewell to his trophy-laden career on Sunday as the curtain falls on another roller coaster English Premier League season. With the title already wrapped up by United, and with Wigan, Reading and QPR confimed in the relegation places, attention switches to Ferguson's last stand as well as a host of other farewell performances.

Football: Hodgson frustrated as stars go west

England manager Roy Hodgson on Sunday admitted his frustration that Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham have all planned exhibition matches thousands of miles away from home as soon as the Premier League season is completed this weekend. Chelsea and Manchester City both head to America to play back-to-back games against each other in St Louis on May 23 and in New York on May 25 while Tottenham Hotspur play an exhibition match against Jamaica in the Bahamas the same week.

Football: Wigan will bounce back - Martinez

Wigan will soon be back in the Premier League despite having suffered relegation this season after eight years in the top flight, manager Roberto Martinez said. The Latics dropped back into the Championship on Tuesday night after a 4-1 thumping at Arsenal, just four days after a historic first ever FA Cup triumph. "It's been a tough lesson of what football is all about - real highs and real lows. In our case it was a real contrast - as high as you can get and as low as you can get," said Martinez.
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