Soccer:QPR have been confirmed as English Championship title-winners after the Football Association revealed they will not face a points deduction. The club were found guilty of two of the seven charges they faced over the registration of Argentinian midfielder Alejandro Faurlin, but will not be docked points.

The Hoops gave themselves an unassailable five-point lead with victory over Watford last week but had been left sweating on their status as champions, and promotion to the Premier League, as they awaited the FA’s verdict in the case.

QPR were charged with breaching strict third-party ownership rules over the transfer of Faurlin from Instituto in 2009. The Loftus Road side denied all seven of the charges facing them at the hearing by four-man independent regulatory tribunal, which started on Tuesday.

While the decision was initially scheduled to be confirmed yesterday, the FA postponed the announcement until today, the final day of the season. The Football League also announced the west London side would be presented with the Championship title after their game with Leeds today if no decision had been forthcoming before the match.

QPR manager Neil Warnock paid tribute to his team for managing to concentrate on playing rather than be distracted by the off-field affairs. He told BBC1’s Football Focus: “How they have managed to focus with all the rubbish some of the tabloids report, people speaking out when they shouldn’t have done, didn’t know their facts...they coped well.

“We haven’t said anything, we just kept our counsel and did it on the pitch. I can’t praise them high enough although it’s not really sunk in at the moment, it’s just a great feeling. It’s just a relief to know we are the champions. We have been the champions. But when you can’t answer back it’s horrible.”