SPANISH PRIMERA LIGA: A late equaliser from Julio Baptista moved Real Madrid up to second place in the table after they came from behind to draw 3-3 with Villarreal in the Bernabeu yesterday.
Two goals from Baptista either side of a header from Zinedine Zidane on his last home appearance in a Real shirt secured a point after Diego Forlan had threatened to upstage the Frenchman with two goals to put Villarreal in front.
Real have 70 points with one game left to play, 12 short of champions Barcelona, who beat city rivals Espanyol 2-0 in the Nou Camp on Saturday.
Valencia are third with 69 after being held to a 1-1 draw at home by Atletico Madrid.
Fourth-placed Osasuna failed to make sure of playing in the Champions League for the first time next season when they let slip a one-goal lead to lose 2-1 at Racing Santander.
At the other end of the table Cadiz were relegated back to the second division after only one season in the Primera Liga when they lost 3-1 away to Getafe.
ITALIAN SERIE A: Juventus ended a hugely embarrassing week on a winning note and will be crowned Italian champions if they get a point out of their last match at Reggina next weekend.
A 2-1 win over visitors Palermo in Turin means Juve kept AC Milan at arm's length.
Were Juve to slip-up next weekend and Milan - 3-2 winners at Parma - to beat Roma at the San Siro then it would be the Rossoneri that would pip Juve to the title because of a better head-to-head record.
Goals from Pavel Nedved and Zlatan Ibrahimovic were enough for Juve despite a reply from Denis Godeas and helped restore some pride to a club which has been engulfed by adverse publicity in recent days.
A Kaka penalty, a rare goal from Cafu and a strike from Clarence Seedorf were sufficient to seal victory for the Milan club, with Bernardo Corradi scoring both goals for Parma.
A late goal from Daniele Gastaldello earned a 1-1 draw for Siena at Inter Milan just a minute after Inter player Nicolas Burdisso had been dismissed. Julio Cruz had earlier given Inter the lead. Fiorentina look likely to secure the fourth Champions League spot after thrashing Reggina 5-2.
Damiano Tommasi's goal earned Roma a 1-0 win over relegated Treviso and they could still pip Fiorentina to fourth place if the Viola slip up in their last match.
GERMAN BUNDESLIGA: Bayern Munich have been crowned champions of Germany with a game to spare. Bayern's 1-1 draw at Kaiserslautern proved enough for the Bavarian giants to defend their title as their closest pursuers slipped up.
Hamburg's 4-2 defeat at Hertha Berlin ensured the championship race did not go to the final week of the season.
Bayern's title success means they are the first club in German history to win back-to-back league and cup doubles.
