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Winners and Losers: Kane finally wins some silverware, the Paris FC project ramps up

Bayern Munich's Harry Kane and Thomas Muller
Bayern Munich's Harry Kane and Thomas MullerČTK / DPA / Jan Woitas
The business end of the season is in full swing and there was plenty to note over the weekend, from long-awaited promotions to unwanted relegation records to a big-name player finally halting a lengthy search to win a trophy.

Here are the weekend's biggest Winners and Losers:

Winners: Paris FC

Paris FC will be back in France's top flight for the first time in 46 years after sealing promotion to Ligue 1 with a 1-1 draw at Martigues.

Joining Lorient, Paris will hope to enjoy life in the top tier while also under the big-money backing of the billionaire Arnault family, who acquired a 52 per cent stake in the club seven months ago.

Their return will see them join Paris Saint-Germain, making it the first time in 35 years that two Parisian clubs will compete in the Ligue 1 in the same season.

Losers: Luton

It has been a serious fall from grace for Luton, who suffered relegation to League One on the final day of the Championship season over the weekend.

A 5-3 defeat to West Brom sealed the Hatters' drop down to England's third tier when just 12 months prior, they were fighting to stay in the Premier League.

It means Luton are the fourth team in history to be consigned to back-to-back relegations from the Premier League down to League One after Swindon, Wolves and Sunderland experienced the same.

Winner: Harry Kane

For all of his goals and individual achievements, Harry Kane has often been blemished by the fact that he has never won a trophy for club or country in his 15-year senior career. But not anymore.

Kane has been waiting for this moment for weeks now with Bayern Munich crafting a big lead atop the Bundesliga, and even though they were forced to wait after drawing 3-3 against RB Leipzig, the deal was done when Bayer Leverkusen could only grab a 2-2 result at Freiburg.

Watching at home with his Bayern teammates, Kane could finally celebrate getting his hands on some silverware and lay to rest any suggestion that he could end his stellar career without tasting success.

Losers: Arsenal

It's a big week ahead for Arsenal as they look to turn around a 1-0 deficit against Paris Saint-Germain in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final, but their preparations have taken a bit of a dent.

In a bid to build momentum, Mikel Arteta deployed a full-strength Gunners side as they took on Bournemouth, while their counterparts PSG made 10 changes to play Strasbourg with the Ligue 1 title sewn up.

Things were going well for Arsenal as they went in front heading into the second half, but that was the best it got as the Cherries mounted a comeback to win the game 2-1, leaving Arteta's gamble to fall flat.

Winner: Josef Jindrisek

Josef Jindrisek could barely have pictured a better end to his long playing career as he stepped out onto the pitch one last time for Czech side Bohemians.

Welcomed onto the field by his Bohemians teammates, staff, the opposing Liberec players and match officials, it would only be the start of a beautiful afternoon for Jindrisek.

He would net a penalty in Bohemians' 4-1 win, which also earns him the mantle for the oldest goalscorer in the Czech Chance Liga aged 44 years and two months.

Loser: Jarrell Quansah

Considering Liverpool have already wrapped up this season's Premier League title, it seems a little harsh picking out a loser from them, but Jarrell Quansah had a game to forget in their 3-1 defeat to Chelsea.

Though not directly his fault, the 22-year-old had an involvement in two of Chelsea's goals, starting with an own goal after Virgil van Dijk's attempted clearance cannoned off him into the net.

Then in second-half stoppage time, Quansah conceded a penalty which Cole Palmer converted to cap off a bad, but obviously not disastrous afternoon for Liverpool.

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