Soccer-FC Zurich deny Basel again to clinch Swiss championship

BERNE, May 24 (Reuters) - FC Zurich clinched the Swiss
league title on Thursday with a 2-0 win at home to Grasshoppers.
The victory took them to 75 points, one ahead of Basel who also
won 2-0 at home in their final game against Young Boys.

Zurich benefited from a rule infringement by mid-table St
Gallen who held them to a 0-0 draw on April 1 but fielded an
ineligible player.

The league's disciplinary commission turned the draw into a
3-0 win for Zurich and the extra two points were to prove
decisive.

It was the second year in a row that Basel have lost the
title to Zurich on the final day of the season.