Ronaldo and Giggs win title for Man Utd

By Mitch Phillips

LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester United retained the Premier League title on Sunday when they won 2-0 at Wigan Athletic and Chelsea were held 1-1 at home by Bolton Wanderers.

It was the old and new faces of United who combined to secure the victory as Cristiano Ronaldo put them on their way with a 33rd-minute penalty and Ryan Giggs, on the day he equalled Bobby Charlton's club record 758th appearance, completed the win 10 minutes from time.

United ended the season on 87 points, two clear of Chelsea, who were leading through Andriy Shevchenko until Bolton grabbed an injury-time equaliser through Matt Taylor.

It was United's 10th Premier League title and 17th championship in all - one short of Liverpool's record - and they will now go for a domestic and European double when they face Chelsea in the Champions League final on May 21.

"It was a tough one alright," manager Alex Ferguson told Sky Sports.

"We had some nervous moments and when it started to rain anything can happen on the greasy surface. Then our oldest player, Ryan Giggs, 10 (championship) medals, comes on and scores, fantastic."

Everton qualified for the UEFA Cup after their 3-1 home victory over Newcastle United secured fifth place.

Birmingham City and Reading both had four-goal wins but still joined Derby County in being relegated after Fulham won 1-0 at Portsmouth to complete their unlikely escape.