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Chelsea thumped Wigan Athletic 8-0 to clinch the English Premier League on Sunday and deny Manchester United a fourth successive title.Benfica won their first Portuguese league title for five years.ENGLANDChelsea won the Premier League title by one point from Manchester United after both finished their campaigns with one-sided wins.Chelsea flattened Wigan Athletic 8-0, helped by a hat-trick from Ivorian forward Didier Drogba, to bring the Premier League trophy back to Stamford Bridge after three seasons of Manchester United domination.Nicolas Anelka, with a brace, Frank Lampard, Salomon Kalou and Ashley Cole were also on target. United's 4-0 win over Stoke City was in vain and saw Wayne Rooney aggravate a groin injury.ITALYLeaders Inter Milan and second-placed AS Roma had contrasting victories to send the Serie A title race to the final round of matches next Sunday.Inter, two points clear, overpowered Chievo 4-3 at home with the scoreline slightly flattering the visitors while Roma came from behind to beat Cagliari 2-1 with two second-half Francesco Totti goals.Atalanta joined Siena and Livorno in being relegated after a 2-0 defeat at Napoli.PORTUGALBenfica won their first Portuguese Premier League title for five years by beating Rio Ave 2-1 thanks to two goals from Paraguay striker Oscar Cardozo.Cardozo also finished as the league's topscorer with 26 goals, one ahead of Porto's Colombian striker Radamel Falcao.Braga drew 1-1 at Nacional to finish second, their best-ever league performance.SPAINBarcelona closed in on a second straight La Liga crown when Lionel Messi, Bojan Krkic and Pedro gave them a 3-2 win at 10-man Sevilla, who replied through Mali striker Frederic Kanoute and World Cup-bound Brazil forward Luis Fabiano.Real Madrid kept the gap to one point with one match left after a late flurry of goals gave them a 5-1 victory at home to Athletic Bilbao, who also had a player sent off.FRANCEA last-gasp goal by Mathieu Debuchy gave Lille a 3-2 home victory over new Ligue 1 champions Olympique Marseille on Saturday to boost their hopes of playing in next season's Champions League.Debuchy struck four minutes into stoppage time to put second-placed Lille on 70 points with one match remaining. They lead third-placed AJ Auxerre, who were held 0-0 by RC Lens, by two points.SLOVAKIAMSK Zilina won their fifth Slovakian league title, equalling Slovan Bratislava's record, with a match to spare thanks to a 4-0 home rout of second-bottom DAC Dunajska Streda.Tomas Oravec struck twice before Ivan Lietava and defender Mario Pecalka added further goals to hand Zilina their first league title since 2007.CZECH REPUBLICSparta Prague and Banik Ostrava stayed level on points at the top after both drawing 2-2 while third-placed Jablonec's 3-0 win at Slavia Prague took them within a point with one match to play.Leaders Sparta Prague stayed top on goal difference after their draw with Slovan Liberec while Banik Ostrava were held at home by Mlada Boleslav.POLANDChampions Wisla Krakow won 3-0 at traditional rivals Legia Warsaw to stay a point clear at the top with two games left, Lech Poznan keeping up the pressure by beating Polonia Bytom at home by the same score.Striker Pawel Brozek scored a hat-trick for Wisla.SERBIAChampions Partizan Belgrade moved closer to a record third successive league title after a 1-0 derby win over Red Star left them four points clear of their arch rivals with two games left.Serbia midfielder Radosav Petrovic curled in a spectacular shot from 25 metres in the second half after Partizan missed several good chances, putting them on the verge of their 22nd league title.(Reporting by Brian Homewood in Berne; Editing by Miles Evans)
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