Soccer-Slavia leapfrog Sparta, Cluj complete Romanian double

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BELGRADE, May 12 (Reuters) - Round-up of the weekend soccer action in eastern Europe:

CZECH REPUBLIC

Slavia Prague are on the verge of winning their first league title since 1996 after a 3-1 win at Sigma Olomouc lifted them above bitter city foes Sparta with one match left.

Slavia top the standings with 59 points while defending champions Sparta have 57 after slipping to a 2-1 home defeat by third-placed Banik Ostrava.

Macedonian striker Goce Toleski and Marek Jarolim fired Slavia into a 2-0 first-half lead and Martin Abraham sealed their win after Jakub Heidenreich had pulled one back.

UKRAINE

A 3-0 win at FC Kharkhiv left leaders Shakhtar Donetsk a point ahead of champions Dynamo Kiev with one game remaining and on the verge of completing their second domestic double.

Shakhtar, who beat Dynamo 2-0 in last week's cup final, will clinch their fourth league title in six years if they beat city rivals Metalurh at home on Sunday.

Dynamo kept alive their challenge with a 2-1 home win over Vorskla Poltava after 18-year old striker Andriy Yermolenko scored a superb 89th-minute winner on his first team debut.  Continued...

 

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