World Soccer Week-End Wrap and League Standings

Apart from some unfinished business in Spain's Primera Division the major European Leagues have all concluded the 2005-2006 season.

Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Lyon, PSV Eindhoven and Juventus all retained their respective Championship titles although Juve's 29th triumph may be the subject to the outcome of court proceedings - following allegations of match fixing.
Liverpool won a brilliantly exciting FA Cup Final by defeating West Ham on penalties after a 3:3 draw, while in Scotland Hearts eventually defeated little Gretna - also after a penalty shoot-out - to lift the SFA Cup.
In Portugal, FC Porto edged past Vitoria Setubal 1:0 to complete a Cup and League double.

Galatasaray defeated Kayserispor 3-0 to take the Turkish League Championship while FC Zurich's 2-1 road victory at Basel gave them their first Switzerland title for 25 years.
On Sunday, Shakhtar Donetsk overcame Dynamo Kiev 2-1 to clinch their second successive Ukrainian league title.

In the race to clinch money-spinning places in next season's european tournaments, Werder Bremen finished second in the German Bundesliga and clinch automatic qualification to the Champions League after defeating rivals Hamburg 1:2 while at the other end of the table FC Kaiserslautern, Cologne and MSV Duisburg were all relegated.

In Spain, the final european berths will be decided on Tuesday when Osasuna (5) host Valencia (3) and Real Madrid (2) travel to Sevilla (4).
Valencia are one point behind Real Madrid while Sevilla and Osasuna both have 65 points.
CD Alaves, Cadsiz and Malaga drop out of the Primera Division.

Lille clinched a Champions League third qualifying-round berth after a 2-2 draw at Rennes in France Ligue 1 while Lens defeated Nantes 3:1 to qualify for the UEFA Cup.
Olympique Marseille could only tie 1:1 with L1 runners-up Bordeaux and miss out on the major european competitions - although they will play in the Intertoto Cup.

Next up for soccer fans is the mouth-watering Europan Champions League Final match between Barcelona and Arsenal at the Stade de France in Paris, on Wednesday 17th May.
Not to be missed.