"Despite radical changes implemented at first team level and right across the structure of the business to its very core - and a rigid adherence to a strict league-monitored wage structure and transfer embargo, the club accepts that it has not sufficiently satisfied certain elements of the planned budget," their statement said.

"As a result, the independent club financial review panel has been unable to ratify that the club has met its forecast for compliance."

The club's transfer embargo, which has been in place since the summer of 2021, will "effectively end" this summer, they added.

Reading were also given a six-point deduction in 2021, for losing £57.8m between 2017 and 2021 - the EFL's limit for that period was £39m. A further deduction was suspended until the end of this season, on the basis of targets in the EFL's business plan being hit.

The Championship club said it had made "every reasonable effort" to build a squad without falling to further punishment.

"Every single professional contract proposed has been scrutinised and ratified by the EFL before it has been offered and we have operated under a mutually-agreed capped wage bill," Reading added.

However, they accepted that despite "substantial progress" the situation was not going to be easily fixed.

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Preston North End have announced Ched Evans will be unavailable for an extended period, with the forward facing 'potentially life-changing consequences' after developing a serious medical condition.

The Championship club said Evans' condition is the result of 'repeated high-force contact which he has received on a weekly basis throughout his career.'

Preston did not disclose the condition but said it is 'more common in American football and rugby players'.

'The condition requires surgery to address his current symptoms and to prevent any further damage from occurring in the future,' they added.

'Over the course of the past week, the club have consulted with the country's leading specialists and are currently working together to finalise arrangements for the surgery.

'Pending a successful surgery, the striker – who has scored nine goals this season – will spend an extended period of time doing rehabilitation work.

'Specific time frames for a potential return will not be disclosed until the outcome of the surgery is known, but all parties remain hopeful that Ched will be back playing and scoring goals in a PNE shirt in the future.'

Evans last played for Preston on March 14 against Rotherham, with the forward scoring in a 2-1 win.

The forward was substituted with a neck injury in the match and missed the club's subsequent two games.

Preston manager Ryan Lowe said the club will continue to offer Evans and his family their support.

'We'll be there for him every single day, whatever he needs we'll be there for him and the family,' Lowe said.

'It's been tough for me, the staff and the players because it's a bit sickening when you get that news in the blink of an eye.

'He's got a strong family behind him who will make sure he's right. Once he's had the surgery we'll hopefully see a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel because having the surgery doesn't mean that's him done.

'He'll have to decide what he wants to do with his future and whatever he chooses to do we'll back 100%.'

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Sandy Lyle says there will be "a lump in my throat" when he walks up the 18th for a final time at Augusta this week.

The 65-year-old Scot, who was Britain's first Masters champion in 1988, is retiring after this tournament.

"It'll be emotional. Hopefully I don't burst into tears coming up the 18th in the second round," he told BBC Sport.

"Hopefully it's a good enough score to play the weekend. The last few years it's not worked out that way but you always live in hope."

Lyle, who famously won the Green Jacket by holing a downhill birdie putt on the 18th after a sensational seven-iron from a fairway bunker, has not made the halfway cut at the Masters since finishing joint 44th in 2014.

His victory is the only time he has finished in the top 10.

"I've had some good years, but the time has come," he said. "I'll return if the health stays good to watch and eat with past winners of the tournament," said the Shrewsbury-born Scot, who gets his 42nd appearance at the Masters under way on Thursday at 13:24 BST.

"Winning the Masters is always a great achievement. It's the pinnacle. Like an athlete winning a gold medal at the Olympics. It's something you'll cherish all your life.

"I've had The Open, I've had the Masters and the Players," he added, referring to his victories at Royal St George's in 1985 and at Sawgrass in 1987, where he became the first non-American to win the PGA Tour's flagship event.

"So, golf's been pretty good in that respect."

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David Dickinson is quitting ITV show Dickinson's Real Deal after 16 years, MailOnline can exclusively reveal.

The TV veteran, 81, will be filming the upcoming series this year but has made the decision to step down from his presenting duties following 15 seasons.

MailOnline has learned that antiques dealer David, who fronted BBC One's Bargain Hunt until 2004 and has also appeared in Strictly Come Dancing and I'm A Celeb, is looking to spend more time at home with his wife Lorne Lesley now they're both in their 80s.

A TV source revealed that while David is leaving the long running programme, which first aired in 2006, ITV are yet to make a decision about the future of the series and whether the show will rebrand in David's absence.

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Spain's Jon Rahm recovered from a four-putt double bogey on the first hole to share the early clubhouse lead with Viktor Hovland and Brooks Koepka on a scoreable opening day at the Masters.

Rahm, one of the favourites to win at Augusta, knocked in seven birdies and an eagle for a stunning seven-under 65.

A birdie on the 18th moved the world number three alongside Hovland, who had led for almost all of his round.

Koepka, among 18 LIV players in the field, birdied the last to join them.

"We forget about the opening green and it was about as comfortable as I've felt this year," said Rahm.

Another American, Cameron Young, is two shots behind the leaders after carding 67.

Ireland's 2019 Open champion Shane Lowry, American world number seven Xander Schauffele and Australia's 2013 Masters winner Adam Scott are within three shots on a star-studded leaderboard.

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Rapper Coolio died from a fentanyl overdose aged 59 in September 2022.

The Gangsta's Paradise hitmaker, whose real name was Artis Leon Ivey Jr, also had traces of heroin and methamphetamines in his system when he was found dead on September 28 on the bathroom floor of a friend's LA home.

Other significant conditions listed on Coolio's death certificate include severe asthma, cardiomyopathy (an acquired or hereditary disease of heart muscle which can lead to heart failure) and recent use of hallucinatory drug PCP (Phencyclidine).

His manner of death is listed as an accident. The cause of death confirmation comes after an autopsy and toxicology testing.

It takes just a small dose of fentanyl to cause an overdose. Just two milligrams - the equivalent of five grains of salt - is enough to cause death.

The new Super Mario Bros. Movie is a bona fide hit after earning a jaw-dropping $31.7 million domestic in just its first day.

That means that the new computer-animated film has earned more money than the 1993 live-action Super Mario Bros. film made in its entire run (without adjust for inflation), according to Deadline on Thursday.

The earlier Mario Bros. film only earned $20.9 million during its run at the domestic box office.

Based on early performance, the family-friendly movie is set to be a massive hit, with estimates of a $141 million global gross over just the first five days in theaters.

The movie opened for preview screenings on Tuesday.

Scientists have set a new record for the deepest fish ever observed at more than 27,000ft below sea level.

A juvenile type of snailfish was filmed swimming at 27,349ft - nearly the same height as Mount Everest - in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench, south of Japan.

Lead scientist Professor Alan Jamieson said the snailfish could be at the maximum depth any fish can survive and probably did so because of trench's warm waters.

Although the snailfish was not caught to fully identify its species type, similar snailfish were captured higher up at a depth of 26,319ft which set the record for the deepest fish ever caught.

Professor Jamieson told BBC News: 'If this record is broken, it would only be by minute increments, potentially by just a few meters.'

Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. It is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum. It is also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Great and Holy Friday (also Holy and Great Friday), and Black Friday.

Members of many Christian denominations, including the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, Anglican, Methodist, Oriental Orthodox, United Protestant and some Reformed traditions (including certain Continental Reformed, Presbyterian and Congregationalist churches), observe Good Friday with fasting and church services. In many Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and Methodist churches, the Service of the Great Three Hours' Agony is held from noon until 3 pm, the time duration that the Bible records as darkness covering the land to Jesus' sacrificial death on the cross. Communicants of the Moravian Church have a Good Friday tradition of cleaning gravestones in Moravian cemeteries

The date of Good Friday varies from one year to the next in both the Gregorian and Julian calendars. Eastern and Western Christianity disagree over the computation of the date of Easter and therefore of Good Friday. Good Friday is a widely instituted legal holiday around the world, including in most Western countries and 12 U.S. states. Some predominantly Christian countries, such as Germany, have laws prohibiting certain acts such as dancing and horse racing, in remembrance of the somber nature of Good Friday.

S Club 7 star Paul Cattermole has died at the age of 46, weeks after the band announced a comeback tour.

"It is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of our beloved son and brother Paul Cattermole," a statement from his family and the pop group said.

He died on Thursday and the cause of his death is unknown but there are no suspicious circumstances, it said.

S Club 7 were one of the biggest pop acts of the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Their hits included Reach, Don't Stop Movin' and S Club Party. In total, they had 11 UK top 10 singles, including four number ones, and sold more than 10 million albums worldwide. They also won two Brit Awards.

The statement said: "While the cause of death is currently unknown,Dorset Police has confirmed that there were no suspicious circumstances. Paul's family, friends and fellow members of S Club request privacy at this time".

On social media, his bandmates said they were "truly devastated".

"There are no words to describe the deep sadness and loss we all feel," they wrote.

"We were so lucky to have had him in our lives and are thankful for the amazing memories we have.

"He will be so deeply missed by each and every one of us. We ask that you respect the privacy of his family and of the band at this time."

Tributes have flooded in from fans and friends. TV and radio host Vernon Kay said the news of Cattermole's death was "so very sad".

Jeremy Edwards, former boyfriend of S Club 7's Rachel Stevens, wrote: "My thoughts and love go to all your friends and family."

S Club 7 were formed by Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller and first found fame in 1999 on BBC children's TV show Miami 7.

After their huge chart success, Cattermole left the group in 2002 to rejoin his previous metal band Skua, after which his bandmates dropped the number from their name.

They eventually split the following year, with partial reunions following in the late 2000s and early 2010s.