Manchester United and Arsenal are separated by three points in the English Premier League after winning this weekend, while Real Madrid's lead in Spain is smaller after a tie.
In Italy, Juventus moved closer to a second straight title by beating AS Roma 2-1. Juventus leads Internazionale by six points with five games to play.
And in Germany, Bayern Munich lost to defending champion Borussia Dortmund 1-0 but held its 11-point lead because second-place VfB Stuttgart fell to Bochum 3-1.
England
Manchester United beat Blackburn 3-1, and Arsenal topped Middlesbrough 2-0. United has 74 points, while Arsenal has 71 and a game in hand. The teams tied 2-2 at Arsenal on Wednesday.
Third-place Newcastle lost its third straight, 2-1 at Fulham.
Spain
World Cup star Ronaldo's goal helped Real Madrid tie visiting FC Barcelona 1-1. That gave Real Madrid a one-point lead over Real Sociedad (which beat Ray Vallecano 5-0) and Deportivo de La Coruna (which beat Sevilla 3-0).
Italy
Alessandro Del Piero scored twice for Juventus, which has 64 points after beating 2000 league champion AS Roma.
Hernan Crespo scored for Internazionale (58 points) in its 1-0 win over Roberto Baggio's Brescia. Third-place AC Milan (55 points) lost to Empoli 1-0. Netherlands
PSV Eindhoven leads by eight points after beating FC Twente 2-0. Second-place Ajax topped Roda JC Kerkrade 4-2.
Scotland
Rangers and Dundee will meet in the May 31 Scottish Cup final. Rangers edged Motherwell 4-3; Dundee beat Inverness 1-0.
Greece
Panathinaikos held its three-point lead by defeating Kallithea 3-1. Six-time defending champion Olympiakos beat Aegaleo 4-0, and AEK Athens downed Ionikos 3-0.
France
Monaco tied defending champion Lyon for first place by beating Strasbourg 2-0. Lyon tied Lille 0-0. There are four games left.
Portugal
First-place FC Porto beat Moreirense 2-1 to hold a 16-point lead over Benfica.
Serbia and Montenegro
Lothar Matthaeus had his first loss as coach of Partizan Belgrade, falling to Red Star Belgrade 2-0. The match was marred by scattered brawls among 35,000 fans.
It was Matthaeus' first defeat in eight matches since he took over in December.
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