Hull City will play Middlesbrough for a place in the Premier League after Southampton failed on Wednesday to overturn its expulsion from the Championship playoff final for spying on opponents.
Southampton was?thrown out of the final on Tuesday, and handed a four-point deduction for next season, after ?it had beaten semifinal opponent Middlesbrough.
¡°The original sanction of expulsion ... remains in place, as does ?the four-point ?deduction to be applied to the 2026/27 Championship table and the reprimand ?in respect of all charges,¡± the English Football League (EFL) said in a statement.
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