Celtic knew a win would wrap the title and began the match at a furious rate of knots.

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Brawn, whose car is powered by a Mercedes engine, needed half a point to wrap up the title in Brazil, ahead of closest rivals Red Bull, and they picked up five.

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United will play Arsenal on Saturday when a point will be enough to wrap up the title before the Reds play at West Brom on Sunday in the penultimate round of Premier League games.

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The defeat means that the earliest United, whose lead at the top was reduced to 12 points by second-placed City, can wrap up the title is Monday 22 April, when Alex Ferguson's men host Aston Villa.

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The visitors' winning goal came in the 50th minute from Argentine Javier Pastore and allows PSG to wrap up the title on Sunday if they record a better result against Valenciennes than second-placed Marseille manage in Saturday's match with Bastia.

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Ironically, the Hoops could wrap up their 43rd league title at Ibrox in the Old Firm clash on March 25.

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The Kiwis can all but wrap up their eighth world title in nine years in Hong Kong before the party heads to Australia for the Adelaide Sevens, where Wales face Samoa, Tonga and Japan.

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Ferdinand missed Sunday's 2-0 Manchester derby victory which left United needing just four points from their remaining three games to wrap up a third Premier League title in a row.

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