Inter Milan won its third straight Italian league title on Sunday by beating Parma 2-0 on the final day of the season.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, returning from a six-week injury layoff, scored both goals to help Inter finish the season with 85 points, three more than AS Roma, which tied 1-1 at Catania.

Inter MilanÕs team celebrate the ÒScudettoÓ, the major league Italian Championship at San Siro Stadium in Milan, on May18.

“All of Italy was rooting against us, which gives us even more pride,“ Inter president Massimo Moratti told AP.
Ibrahimovic was out injured when Inter wasted chances to clinch the past two weekends, first with a loss against city rival AC Milan and then last week with a tie against Siena.
“After we lost the derby a lot of (negative) things were written about us,“ Inter captain Javier Zanetti said. “Everyone was rooting for Siena and everyone wanted Roma to win, but unfortunately the party is still going to be in Milan. This was a group response.“
The Sweden striker came on in the 51st minute in driving rain at Parma and scored one goal with each foot. In the 62nd, he used his right foot to connect on a low shot from beyond the penalty area. He then volleyed in a cross from Maicon with his left foot in the 79th.
Inter fans were barred from attending the game in Parma, but thousands of supporters celebrated outside the stadium, and fans back in Milan chanted in front of the city’s Duomo cathedral.
Roma needed to win and hope for help from Parma. It looked good for the Giallorossi when Mirko Vucinic scored in the eighth minute, but Roma let up after news of Ibrahimovic’s goals reached Catania and Jorge Andres Martinez tied the score for the Sicilians in the 85th.
Fiorentina beat Torino 1-0 to secure fourth place and Italy’s final Champions League berth. AC Milan finished fifth despite a 4-1 win over Udinese, and will miss out on the top European competition next season.
Juventus finished third with 72 points and was followed by Fiorentina with 66 and Milan with 64.
Alessandro Del Piero finished as the league scoring leader, getting two goals in Juventus’ 3-3 tie with Sampdoria on Saturday. Del Piero finished with 21 goals, teammate David Trezeguet had 20 and Genoa’s Marco Borriello ended with 19.
Empoli, Parma and Livorno were relegated.

Carlos Tevez

Wayne Rooney wants Manchester United strike partner Carlos Tevez to stay on at Old Trafford when his loan period expires next year.
The Argentina international has already indicated he would be keen to stay on at the club and Rooney believes there is no reason why that should not be the case.
“I don’t see why that shouldn’t happen,“ Rooney told AFP. “Carlos enjoys playing his football here.
“He’s got his wife and child with him, who don’t live too far away from me.
“He’s a nice, quiet lad who gets on with his job and he’s enjoying his life.“
Tevez joined United last year after playing a major role in saving West Ham from relegation and he has been a huge hit in the northwest as the club successfully defended their title and reached Wednesday’s Champions League final.
He has formed a good understanding with Rooney and the respect is mutual ahead of the Champions League final against Chelsea in Moscow on Wednesday.
“Carlos is a great player and works really hard for the team. I had no doubts at all we could play together,“ said the England striker.
“From his first day in training with us, you could see the qualities he had.

Rafael Nadal clinched his first Hamburg Masters title with a hard-fought 7-5 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 win over the defending champion and top seed Roger Federer.
The world number two needed two hours and 52 minutes to beat the world number one in a gruelling and tense match, BBC reported.
He came back from 5-1 down to clinch the first set, while Federer also let an advantage slip in the second before taking the set in the tie-break.
Nadal broke twice in the third as he claimed the 26th title of his career.
“It was important to win because it was the last big clay-court tournament I never won,“ said Nadal.
The Spaniard has now beaten Federer on eight of the pair’s previous nine meetings on clay.
The Swiss star’s solitary victory over the Spaniard came in last year’s Hamburg final, when Federer ended Nadal’s 81-match winning streak on clay.
This time, however, Nadal got his revenge and brought an end to four-time champion Federer’s 41-match unbeaten run on German soil.
In the first set Federer seemed in total control at 5-1 but, as in last month’s Monte Carlo final, the Swiss could not convert a lead.
Nadal fought back in typically aggressive fashion, aided by some unforced errors from Federer who twice served for the set.

Steve McClaren

Steve McClaren is on the brink of a surprise return to football in the Netherlands with FC Twente. The former England head coach was in Amsterdam yesterday to see Twente qualify for the Champions League at the expense of Ajax.
According to the ’Times’, McClaren will decide this week whether to rebuild his career overseas and is giving serious consideration to the offer from Twente. He has been out of work since he was dismissed by the Football Association in November after England’s failure to qualify for Euro 2008 and is keen to return this summer. The usual post-season cull of managers is likely to provide openings in the Coca-Cola Championship, but McClaren has often expressed a desire to work abroad.
Twente finished fourth in the Dutch league, ten points behind PSV Eindhoven, the champions, but secured the second Champions League place through the play-offs with a 0-0 draw in the Amsterdam Arena yesterday. They will join in the third qualifying round and the promise of European football is one of the lures for the Yorkshireman.
There is also the chance to rebuild his reputation without some of the baggage that would inevitably follow him around England because of his failure with the national side.