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Man Utd take Premier League title Tenth triumph delights Ferguson Chelsea 1-1 Bolton Terry & Drogba injured Grant gracious after title blow Fulham pull off great escape Hodgson relieved by result	La Liga: Atletico secure Champions League spot Groningen 1-3 Nijmegen: NEC nearing UEFA spot Grant sweats over fitness of Drogba and Terry Jubilant Hodgson looking forward to a nice sit down Fingers crossed for Moscow says injured Terry Utd have momentum ahead of Moscow says Fergie


Man Utd wins 10th Premier League title in 16 years Manchester United won its 10th Premier League title in 16 years, beating Wigan 2-0 on the final day of the season. Terry not giving up on Champions League final Chelsea captain John Terry's injury may rule him out of the Champions League final but not without a fight. Serie A Roundup, May 11 Serie A Roundup: AS Roma beat Atalanta 2-1 to move within one point of leader Inter Milan with one round left. Scottish Premier League Roundup, May 11 SPL Roundup: Celtic beat Hibernian 2-0 Sunday to restore the team's four-point lead at the top of the standings. Charlton happy to surrender appearance record Ryan Giggs equaled Bobby Charlton's appearance record for Manchester United on Sunday, and earned his 10th Premier League winner's medal by scoring in the 2-0 victory over Wigan. Charlton, who has held the record of 758 appearances for 35 years, was the first to praise the Wales winger after the game. "He's fantastic," Charlton said. "He's a great athlete, a great person, a great footballer and nobody deserves to break records like he does.	Welfare officer for soccer hopefuls who fail to realise their dreams (Irish Examiner) THE Government is to part-fund a welfare officer to help young Irish soccer players who fail in their dreams of becoming professional stars in Britain. Soccer: Chelsea with injury worries (The New Zealand Herald) Chelsea manager Avram Grant said Didier Drogba as well as John Terry had picked up injuries today, 10 days before they play Manchester United in the Champions League soccer final. MHS girls soccer advances in districts (Maryville Daily Forum) Contributed to the Daily Forum The Maryville girls soccer team advanced to the second round of district competition after defeating Cameron 10-0. Bristol City Beats Crystal Palace in English Soccer Playoffs (Bloomberg.com) May 10 (Bloomberg) -- David Noble scored in second-half injury time to give Bristol City a 2-1 win over Crystal Palace in the first game of their playoff semifinal in English soccer's Championship. Signal Mountain 97 Girls Win U11 State Soccer Championship (The Chattanoogan) The Signal Mountain 97 Girls won the U11 Division Three Tennessee State Soccer Championship which was held at Camp Jordan on May 10 and 11.	Birmingham in turmoil as directors plan to quit after relegation Birmingham face a close-season of uncertainty after chairman David Gold hinted he may resign and director David Sullivan insisted he wants to quit following abuse from supporters as the club was relegated despite a 4-1 win over Blackburn at St Andrew´s. Eriksson poised to leave Manchester City after humiliating defeat Sven Goran Eriksson is poised to leave Manchester City in the next few days after a humiliating 8-1 defeat to Middlesbrough on the final day of the Premier League season. Coppell´s future in the balance after Reading´s relegation Reading manager Steve Coppell will spend the next few days considering his future and talking with Royals chairman John Madjeski following the club´s relegation to the Championship. Benitez admits to disappointing Liverpool soccer season Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez hit out at critics of his team´s defensive style but accepted that a trophy-free season represented failure as the English Premier League campaign came to an end. Football title triumph has Fergie bouncing to Moscow Sir Alex Ferguson claims Manchester United will be ´bouncing´ all the way to Moscow for next week´s Champions League final after a 2-0 win at Wigan secured the club´s 10th Premier League title.