Sweating on £100m jackpot

SOCCER Fingernails are being bitten to the quick by fans of Burnley, Middlesbrough and Brighton and Hove Albion as a three-way fight for promotion to the Premier League reaches its climax. With two rounds of Championship fixtures remaining, all three clubs are locked on 87 points, but only two of them will gain automatic promotion to the top flight and a guaranteed £100m windfall, thanks to the Premier League’s new three-year TV right deal. The unlucky one will be plunged into the playoffs with Hull City, Derby County and probably Sheffield Wednesday.