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Norwich promoted to Premier League despite defeat as rivals drop points

Football - Championship - Norwich City v Huddersfield Town - Carrow Road, Norwich, Britain - April 6, 2021. Norwich City's Jordan Hugill celebrates scoring their seventh goal with teammates. [Action Images/Matthew Childs]

Norwich City clinched promotion to the Premier League with five games to spare on Saturday after rivals Brentford and Swansea City failed to win their Championship matches, guaranteeing Daniel Farke's leaders one of the automatic promotion places.

The Canaries sealed an immediate return to the top flight -- which has been worth at least 160 million pounds ($221.3 million) in previous seasons -- having finished bottom of the Premier League in the 2019-20 campaign.

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