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Inter wins 3rd straight title
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 19 - 05 - 2008

Inter Milan won its third straight Italian league title Sunday.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic returned from a six-week injury layoff and scored twice in a 2-0 win over Parma in the final round of the season.
Inter finished with 85 points, three more than AS Roma, which drew 1-1 at Catania.
Also, Fiorentina beat Torino 1-0 to secure fourth place and Italy's final Champions League berth. AC Milan finished fifth despite a 4-1 win over Udinese, and will miss out on the top European competition next season. Empoli, Parma and Livorno were relegated.
Ibrahimovic was out injured when Inter wasted chances to clinch the past two weekends, first with a loss against Milan in the city derby and then last week with a home draw against Siena.
The Sweden striker came on in the 51st minute under driving rain at Parma's Ennio Tardini stadium and scored one goal with each foot. In the 62nd, he used his right foot to connect on a low shot from beyond the area. He then volleyed in a cross from Maicon with his left foot in the 79th. Roma needed to win and hope for help from Parma. It looked good for the Giallorossi when Mirko Vucinic scored in the eighth minute, but Roma let up after news of Ibrahimovic's goals reached Catania and Jorge Andres Martinez equalized for the Sicilians in the 85th.
Argentine forward Pablo Osvaldo scored with a bicycle kick in the 76th minute for Fiorentina at Torino, which had a goal by Aimo Diana disallowed for offside in the 60th.
Udinese led Milan when Giandomenico Mesto scored in the 32nd, but the Rossoneri responded with goals from Alexandre Pato, Filippo Inzaghi, Cafu and Clarence Seedorf.
Juventus finished third with 72 points and was followed by Fiorentina with 66 and Milan 64.
Alessandro Del Piero finished as the league scoring leader, notching two goals in Juventus' 3-3 draw with Sampdoria on Saturday. Del Piero finished with 21 goals, teammate David Trezeguet had 20 and Genoa's Marco Borriello ended with 19 after his club was shut out 2-0 by Atalanta.
Hertha Berlin in UEFA
Hertha Berlin has qualified for the UEFA Cup in the Bundesliga's fair play rankings.
Germany was given one of three extra places by UEFA, and the German soccer league announced Sunday that Hertha had topped its rankings.
The fair play rankings are determined by assessments made by UEFA delegates at all European matches for club and national teams. It includes positive play, respect for the opposition, respect for the referee and behavior of the crowd and team officials, along with yellow and red cards.
England and Denmark also earned extra places.
Real caps season
Spanish league champion Real Madrid capped a record-setting season Sunday with a 5-2 win over Levante.
Madrid captain Raul Gonzalez received the Spanish champion's record 31st league trophy at the close of the game at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium.
Madrid won the league with 85 points - the highest winning point total in 11 years. Villarreal finished second with a club-high 77 points after beating Deportivo La Coruna 2-0.
Earlier, Ivan Bolado's late goal gave Racing Santander a 1-0 win over Osasuna and spot in the UEFA Cup - the team's first European place in its 95-year history. Racing finished in sixth place. It joins Sevilla and Copa del Rey champion Valencia in Europe's second-tier club competition.
Zaragoza was relegated to the second division following a 3-2 loss at Mallorca. Zaragoza joined Murcia and Levante in the second division next season.
Heavy rain at Mallorca had delayed the Spanish league's final round of matches.
Javi Guerrero scored three minutes into injury time as Recreativo Huelva drew 1-1 with Valladolid.
Earlier, David Villa scored two goals to help Valencia end a turbulent season with a 3-1 win over Champions League-bound Atletico Madrid.
Also Sunday, Almeria beat Espanyol 3-1 and Real Betis rallied for a 1-1 draw at Getafe.
Sevilla beat Athletic Bilbao 4-1. Athletic's defeat means Deportivo clinched a place in the Intertoto Cup next season.
Numancia clinched its place in the first division on Sunday. - Agencies
Denisov turns down invite
Zenit St. Petersburg midfielder Igor Denisov has turned down an invitation to join Russia's provisional squad for Euro 2008, coach Guus Hiddink said on Sunday.
Hiddink was so impressed with Denisov's performance in helping Zenit beat Rangers 2-0 in Wednesday's UEFA Cup final that he wanted to add the young winger to his 25


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