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United make it three in a row

Author: Rose Young
Date: 17/05/2009

Manchester United clinched their 11th Premier League crown and equalled Liverpool's record of 18 titles following a tense goalless draw with Arsenal at Old Trafford.

Sir Alex Ferguson's side are now able to concentrate on the Champions League final, with Barcelona slight favourites to win the game according to the latest betting.

Meanwhile, at the foot of the table Diomansy Kamara's controversial first-half strike hammered another nail into the Newcastle United relegation coffin and at the same time steered Fulham towards a European place.

Hull's 1-1 draw at Bolton means Newcastle are back in the relegation places that they climbed out of last Monday and now means they must better the Tigers' result next Sunday to avoid the drop.

Ailing Middlesbrough's survival battle will be decided on the final day of the Premier League season after they drew 1-1 with Aston Villa.

Turkey international Sanli Tuncay raised their hopes with a brilliant goal early in the game, but Villa hit back to level through John Carew in the second half.

Everton's final home game of the season ended on a high with a convincing 3-1 victory over West Ham United while Robbie Keane fired a dramatic late winner from the penalty spot as Tottenham beat Manchester City 2-1.

Ricardo Fuller and James Beattie fired Stoke City to a tenth home victory of the season as Wigan's winless streak was extended to seven games while in Scotland, Rangers moved three points clear at the top of the table following an enthralling 2-1 victory over Aberdeen at Ibrox.

In cricket, West Indies finished day three of the second Test against England 475 runs behind, with the tourists 94-3 in their first innings.

England had piled on the runs earlier in the day on their way to reaching 569-6 before declaring their own first innings at tea.

Leicester Tigers took the first step towards a domestic and European double this season after edging out London Irish 10-9 in the Guinness Premiership Final.

The Heineken Cup finalists overcame a Twickenham hoodoo to secure their first piece of silverware of the season.

The Tigers have lost EDF, Heineken Cup and Premiership finals at the same venue in recent seasons, but came out on top against the Exiles in a scrappy encounter.

Julien Dupuy's penalty cancelled out Peter Hewat's early drop-goal to leave the scores level at 3-3 at half-time.

Irish edged ahead through a Delon Armitage penalty after the interval, but the game's decisive moment was Jordan Crane's converted try in the 62nd minute.

Another Armitage penalty made it a one-point game with eight minutes remaining, but the Tigers held on to triumph.

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