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clinch Serie A title with goalless draw at Roma” plus 2 more- AC Milan clinch Serie A title with goalless draw at Roma - Everton 2 Man City 1: Osman’s flying header seals victory - Madrid Masters: Djokovic, Federer and Nadal target final AC Milan clinch Serie A title with goalless draw at Roma Posted: 07 May 2011 02:13 PM PDT A goalless draw at Roma was enough for AC Milan to win the Serie A title on Saturday as the club were crowned champions for the first time since 2004. Milan’s triumph ends derby rivals Internazionale’s five-year Scudetto winning run and draws the two clubs level with 18 league titles apiece. Massimiliano Allegri’s side knew a draw would be enough to clinch this season’s crown as Inter, who still have three games left to play, can only match their 78-point haul and have an inferior head-to-head record. “To be honest, I still can’t believe it,” said the Milan boss after Saturday’s draw. “I’m incredibly happy and lucky. I had a great squad at my disposal and there was always respect between players. “The best moment was the derby, as that was the right time to break away from Inter. It’s just a shame we’re not in Milan right now.” “It was important to finish this off against Roma, who still have ambitions of fourth place. We played with great concentration to bring the Scudetto to Milan without waiting for next Sunday. “I have to thank the lads, the president who gave me this chance and this squad with newcomers who behaved impeccably in the locker room.” He added: “These men have won so many trophies, but they were professionals working for the group. This is why we won the Scudetto.” Roma were searching for a win to boost their Champions League qualifying hopes, and the draw hoists Vincenzo Montella’s men into fifth, level with fourth-placed city rivals Lazio on 60 points. Milan, meanwhile, will remain in Rome to train ahead of their Coppa Italia semi-final second leg at Palermo on Tuesday before celebrating their Scudetto triumph in front of their fans when they host Cagliari next Saturday. Serie A table snapshot Everton 2 Man City 1: Osman’s flying header seals victory Posted: 07 May 2011 09:47 AM PDT Second-half headers from Sylvain Distin and Leon Osman helped Everton come from behind to beat Manchester City at Goodison Park. Yaya Touré had given Roberto Mancini’s men the lead mid-way through the first half, but Distin nodded home Mikel Arteta’s free-kick to level the scores before Osman’s angled header from Phil Neville’s cross won it for the Toffees. Mancini's side looked determined to take another crucial step towards securing Champions League football for next season and were dominant in the first half, with Spain international Silva looking dangerous floating behind Edin Dzeko. Patrick Vieira wasted City's first opportunity as the former France international blasted an attempt over the crossbar following excellent work by Silva on the right wing. Vieira's midfield colleague, Yaya Touré, was more clinical and the Ivory Coast international opened the scoring after 27 minutes. Silva collected the ball on the edge of Everton's area and artfully avoided Distin's lunging challenge. The 25-year-old then threaded a pass to Touré, who calmly slotted his finish past Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard. David Moyes’ men started the second half showing a hunger absent in the first. Jack Rodwell's reckless lunge on Nigel de Jong warranted a caution but it eptimoised the fighting spirit which the Everton boss had evoked in his team during the interval. The home side drew level on 66 minutes after taking advantage of sloppy City defending. Arteta's free-kick found Distin, who guided his header past Joe Hart. Osman then grabbed the winner in the 72nd minute when he out-jumped Vincent Kompany and met Neville's chipped cross to send his flying header past a despairing Hart. Everton captain Neville and Mancini exchanged heated words at the full-time whistle but the home supporters’ eyes were on Moyes, who was visibly thrilled by the result. Barclays Premier League table snapshot Madrid Masters: Djokovic, Federer and Nadal target final Posted: 07 May 2011 04:43 AM PDT The top three men in tennis have barely given the rest a look-in this year. The unbeaten Novak Djokovic has five titles to his name. He has played Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal in the semis or the finals of four of those tournaments, but Madrid is one of the few Masters where he has failed to reach the final. In winning the Monte Carlo Masters and Barcelona back-to-back, Nadal remains unbeaten on clay for almost two years. Federer, for his part, won in Doha and lost out to Djokovic or Nadal in four of the five remaining events he has contested. On top of this extraordinary 2011 record is the fact that two of the triumvirate have contested the last two Madrid finals: Federer and Nadal took one title apiece. So the chances for their hapless opponents in the quarter-finals here were never high. Nadal faced the 30-year-old Michael Llodra, whose elegant serve-and-volley game has made the most of the fast Madrid clay, but he had played a two-hour, 20-minute three-setter the night before while Nadal sat back and watched: hardly the most encouraging scenario for the Frenchman. They took to court beneath a cooling, cloudy sky that took a little edge from the clay—an inauspicious start for Llodra—and Nadal surged to a 4-0 lead in the blink of an eye. Llodra battled to his first service hold through several deuces, but it delayed matters only briefly as a sternly focused Nadal served out, 6-2. The second set was much the same: creative, attractive and full of variety but the outcome was never in doubt. There was little to fault in the Frenchman's shot-making. His glorious left-handed single-hander backhand skimmed and sliced to the corners, he leapt and bounded around the net and he served well. But the defence of Nadal, his speed of reaction and his destructive passing shots were just too complete a package. This most attractive of matches finished, after an hour and a quarter, 6-2. It also showcased just how many shots Nadal has at his disposal. He, too, volleyed, smashed and sliced—and he also happens to look in near-perfect physical condition. All of which makes the job of Federer in the semis—in what will be their 24th meeting—as daunting as ever. The Swiss came through his quarter against Robin Soderling in difficult evening conditions: The wind was a destructive force for both men. It was, therefore, a patchy game decorated with numerous errors, and Federer failed to convert three break-point chances to win the first set. In the tie-break, however, he lifted the pace and ran out the 7-2 winner. He then asserted himself over an increasingly frustrated Soderling who saw two break chances of his own disappear in line-skimming precision from Federer. The Swiss struck, as he had almost done in the first set, in the ninth game to take the only break of the match, and served out, 6-4. Federer will be pleased to get this one in the bag. Soderling scored his only win from their previous 16 meetings in the quarter-finals of Roland Garros last year and ended Federer's unbroken semi-final Major streak of 23. This time, in less damp and heavy conditions, the superior Federer game and movement reasserted his dominance. The third to reach the semi-final party was Djokovic who had perhaps the toughest opponent of the day in David Ferrer. The No6 seed has looked as good in Madrid as at any time this year, finding remarkable power, speed and—his most valuable asset—desire to win in his bullish third-round match against Sergiy Stakhovsky. He also had the upper hand over Djokovic when it came to clay: a 3-0 record. For him to make it four wins, though, Ferrer needed to find the tennis of his life against the man who no one has managed to beat in his preceding five and a half months or 31 matches. And Ferrer came close to doing so, taking the only set off the No2 seed thus far in the tournament. Tactically, he has become more adventurous, and he attacked the net and took chances. It paid off, and he broke the Serb in all three sets, but Djokovic broke back twice in the first and did the same in the third. Ferrer, though, held his advantage in the second. However, the accuracy of the Djokovic ground strokes, his unparalleled defensive skills and his newest attribute, an unwavering confidence, took their toll and he overcame Ferrer 6-4 4-6 6-3 for his 30th consecutive win of the year. The surprise member of the semi-final Madrid quartet is the unseeded Tomaz Bellucci, who beat No7 seed Tomas Berdych in straight sets and impressive style. Bellucci came into Madrid with some good clay results—a semi-final in Acapulco and quarter-finals in Santiago, Costa do Sauipe and, last week, Estoril. These have clearly built great confidence in the tall Brazilian, and he brought the same powerful attack to Berdych that had pounded Andy Murray out the tournament. He did not face a single break point in his 7-6 6-3 win. He remains positive about his chances: "I think I can beat any player…they are not invincible." At the moment, it has to be said, his next opponent, Djokovic, looks just that. Federer was more pragmatic about his chances of repeating his win over Nadal on the Manolo Santana court in 2009, a feat he achieved against a Nadal bouncing back from a four-hour spectacular against Djokovic the night before. "I think this is a match that many fans and media want to see, especially here in [Nadal's] home country…On clay, it's obviously his territory a bit more." He's not wrong. Nadal has improved with every clay match in every tournament since Monte Carlo and looked nothing short of superb in his quarter-final. There is little—even from the magic rackets of Federer and Djokovic—that looks capable of preventing him from lifting his 20th Masters trophy this weekend. You are subscribed to email updates from The Sport Review To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. 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