Norwich City secure promotion to Premier League

Norwich City will return to the Premier League next season for the first time since 2005 after clinching promotion Monday.

The Canaries made sure of finishing as runners-up to Championship (second division) winners Queens Park Rangers by beating Portsmouth 1-0, striker Simeon Jackson scoring for the visitors in the 50th minute.

Norwich have 83 points from 45 games, four ahead of third-placed Cardiff City with one match left.

Cardiff, who lost 3-0 at home to Middlesbrough Monday, still have a chance of going up through the four-team promotion playoffs.

Norwich's promotion was their second in successive years under manager Paul Lambert after they won the League One title last season.

"It's a miracle, an absolute miracle," former Scotland midfielder Lambert told Sky Sports.

"It's unbelievable what has happened to us in the last two years. I never thought this was going to happen."