Manchester United wins Premier League title
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Manchester United tied visiting Arsenal, 0-0, yesterday to capture its third consecutive Premier League title and match Liverpool's mark of 18 league championships.
In a poorly played game between two of England's glamour clubs, United won its 11th league title in 17 seasons. All came under manager Alex Ferguson, who has 25 major trophies in his 23 years at Old Trafford.
"It makes you want to go on forever," said the 67-year-old Ferguson, who already has put off retirement once.
Amid the celebrations, Argentina striker Carlos Tevez appeared to wave farewell to the fans in his last home game, with his loan deal two weeks from ending. More than a thousand United fans converged on the directors' exit and players' tunnel, demanding that the team keep him.
"It's emotional. I like Manchester, and I like the fans," Tevez said.
Asked if he wanted to stay at the club, he said: "It's very difficult."
La Liga - Barcelona clinched the title when Real Madrid lost, 3-2, at Villarreal. Barcelona has 86 points with three games left. Madrid has 78 with two to play.
This is the 19th Spanish league title for Barcelona, which completed its first domestic double in 11 years. The team won the Copa del Rey last Wednesday.
Next up for Barcelona is Manchester United in the Champions League final May 27 in Rome.
Serie A - Inter Milan clinched its 17th title when AC Milan lost, 2-1, to Udinese. Going into the match, AC Milan needed to win, but knew Inter could still take the title if it won its match with Siena tonight.
The title is Inter's 17th, and it became only the third club in the 111-year history of the competition to win four straight after Juventus won five in a row (1931-35) and Torino won five consecutive in 1943 and 1946-49.
Bundesliga - Wolfsburg outplayed Hannover, 5-0, behind three goals from Edin Dzeko and two from Grafite to move within a point of winning its first title.
MLS - Second-half goals from Chris Rolfe and Brian McBride kept the Chicago Fire the only unbeaten team in the league with a 2-0 win over host Toronto FC. The victory ended the Fire's run of five straight ties . . . Houston conceded its first goal in more than a month when John Wolyniec scored in the 88th minute to give the 10-man New York Red Bulls a 1-1 tie with the visiting Dynamo . . . Andre Rocha scored in the third minute of first-half stoppage time as FC Dallas earned a 1-1 tie with Seattle in Frisco, Texas . . . Josh Wolff scored twice to help Kansas City hand Real Salt Lake its first home loss, 2-0 . . . Luciano Emilio (77th minute) and Santino Quaranta (85th) found the net to rally DC United into a 2-2 with Chivas USA at Carson, Calif.![]()



