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Soccer-Slavia and Shakhtar crowned; riots in Bosnia, Bulgaria

By Zoran Milosavljevic

BELGRADE, May 19 - Round-up of the weekend soccer
action in eastern Europe:

CZECH REPUBLIC

Slavia Prague won their first league title since 1996 after
a 2-2 home draw with Jablonec on the final day saw them finish
three points ahead of last season's champions Sparta, who lost
4-3 at Slovan Liberec.

UKRAINE

Shakhtar Donetsk beat city rivals Metalurg 4-1 on the final
day to seal their third league title in four years and complete
the domestic double after lifting the Cup earlier this month.

Shakhtar finished three points ahead of last season's
champions Dynamo Kiev, who drew 2-2 at third-placed Metalist
Kharkiv.

RUSSIA

CSKA Moscow came back from 2-0 down against Amkar Perm to
win the Cup on penalties after their Brazilian strike partners
Jo Alves and Wagner Love cancelled out goals by Nikola Drincic
and Tomo Duimovic.

Both Drincic and Duimovic missed their spot kicks while
CSKA converted all four penalties to win the shootout 4-1.

League leaders Rubin Kazan continued a recent patchy run
with a 1-1 home draw against lowly Shinnik Yaroslavl that saw
their advantage trimmed to five points.

BULGARIA

One person was seriously injured and 40 were arrested as
rival fans clashed during and after CSKA Sofia's 2-1 win at
Vihren Sandanski on the final day of the season.

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BOSNIA

A ballboy was seriously injured when he tried to remove a
flare thrown onto the field by Zrinjski Mostar fans during
their city derby with Velez, whose supporters invaded the pitch
and fought with riot police.

Velez won the match 1-0 while front-runners Modrica stayed
on course for their first league title after a 3-2 home defeat
of Sloboda Tuzla kept them a point ahead of Siroki Brijeg with
two matches remaining.

SERBIsA

Partizan Belgrade closed in on their 20th league title
after a 1-0 home win against Hajduk Kula left them three points
ahead of city rivals Red Star.

Titleholders Red Star, who beat neighbours OFK Belgrade 1-0
at home, need to win at Hajduk on Sunday and Partizan to lose
at Napredak Krusevac if they are to retain the title with a
better head-to-head record against Partizan.

HUNGARY

Leaders MTK Budapest and champions Debrecen continued their
neck-to-neck title race as they both won at home to stay level
on points with two games left.

A Joszef Kanta Brace helped MTK to a 5-1 rout of Tatabanya
and kept them ahead on goal difference while Debrecen cruised
to a 3-0 win over relegated Tatabanya.
(Writing by Zoran Milosavljevic, additional reporting by
Zoltan Fazekas in Budapest; Editing by Peter Rutherford)

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