West Brom 2 Swansea 0

Alan Pardew has been confirmed as Crystal Palace's new manager after being released from his contract at Newcastle.

Papiss Cisse will return to action at St Mirren tomorrow night after ending his exile from the Newcastle squad.

France

LYON look set to advance to the group stages of the Champions League after downing Rubin Kazan 3-1 in their play-off first leg tie, although the French side needed to fight back from an early deficit.