Uruguayan Lopez headed both goals in the final 16 minutes as Estudiantes retained a two-point lead over Velez Sarsfield, who also won 2-0 away to Racing Club in their final match.

It was a nervous finish for Estudiantes with Velez taking a 23rd minute lead at Racing Club through striker Juan Manuel Martinez and increasing it to two goals when midfielder Maxi Moralez converted a free kick in the 57th.

A win for Velez and a draw for Estudiantes would have taken the teams into a title playoff since goal difference is not taken into account.

Arsenal goalkeeper Cristian Campestrini had an excellent game before finally succumbing when Lopez, who had come on in the second half for injured captain Juan Sebastian Veron, headed home from a corner in the 74th minute.

Former Velez striker Lopez, who has seen little action this season due to injury, added another header two minutes from time then earned himself a yellow card for taking off his shirt in wild celebration.

"You have to give these players a standing ovation. We had lots of problems with injured and exhausted players but they managed to overcome them and the merit (of this title) is entirely theirs," coach Alex Sabella told reporters.

It is Sabella's second crown as Estudiantes coach after steering them to the Libertadores Cup, the South American title, last year.

It is the second time, including 2006, that Estudiantes have won the league title with Veron as captain. The club won their first title in 1967 with his father Juan Ramon Veron and Carlos Bilardo in the team.

Bilardo, who went on to become Argentina coach, steered them to two more titles in 1982 and 1983 with Sabella in midfield.

Velez, widely regarded as the best team of the championship, have Uruguayan striker Santiago Silva as the top scorer with 11 goals, one more than team mate Martinez.

Silva could be overtaken, however, with seven matches still to be played, two later on Sunday and five on Monday. Tigre's Denis Stracqualursi has nine goals.

In Accra, Ghana sought to avoid FIFA action on Monday, saying it would immediately lift a temporary halt of league soccer imposed last week after police raided the football association in a tax and fraud probe.

World governing body FIFA, which takes a dim view of outside interference in soccer affairs, warned after last week's seizure of computers and files of a possible suspension for the World Cup quarter-finalists.

"FIFA's intervention has made some mark and we are going to lift the ban... it is in the national interest," said Emmanuel Addotey, head of the GHALCA league clubs association, adding the move would be agreed at a meeting later on Monday.

Separately, the Ghana Football Association said it was also resuming its activities on Monday after the seizure of equipment brought its administrative activities to a standstill.

"We're reopening our offices today with the hope to move forward," Ghana FA spokesman Randy Abbey told Reuters by telephone, noting that some office equipment including computers taken away by Ghana's anti-graft agency had yet to be returned.

Plain-clothed officers from the country's Economic and Organized Crime Unit (EOCU) raided the GFA headquarters last Tuesday and removed nine computers and took the mobile phones of some staff in an inquiry into suspected tax breaches and fraud.

In a letter to FIFA, the government last week denied meddling.

In Milan, Serie A leaders AC Milan cannot afford Manchester City's unsettled striker Carlos Tevez, chief executive Adriano Galliani said on Monday.

Argentina's Tevez has had a transfer request turned down by the Premier League club while Milan are on the lookout for a new forward in January after the injured Filippo Inzaghi was ruled out for the season.

"Tevez is great but Milan can't make an investment like that," Galliani told reporters. The Italian club has reined in spending in recent years and Tevez could cost in excess of $40 million.

"If we find a forward who looks like a Milan player we will take him, otherwise we'll stay like this." Galliani added that City's Mario Balotelli, a confessed Milan fan who came through at Inter Milan's youth team, was not for sale given that he only arrived in England in August and Cagliari's Alessandro Matri was also unlikely to arrive.

Milan were similarly downbeat about the chances of Zlatan Ibrahimovic signing from Barcelona in the close season but the Swede did just that and has been in superb form since.

Ronaldinho has been forced to watch much of the action from the bench in the past two months after falling down Massimiliano Allegri's pecking order but both player and coach have said the Brazilian is staying until June at least.

Faltering Italian and European champions Inter have said they will look to sign at least one top player in January and the treble winners have been linked with Tevez in the media in the past.

Meanwhile in Milan, AS Roma striker Adriano won Italy's infamous Golden Bin award for a third time on Monday after again being voted Serie A's worst player by fans.

The burly Brazilian, given the Rai Radio 2 prize by listeners in 2006 and 2007 while playing for Inter Milan, returned to Italy with Roma at the start of the season after a stint at Brazil's Flamengo but has made only three appearances.

Injury and coach Claudio Ranieri's preference for Francesco Totti, Marco Borriello and Mirko Vucinic mean opportunities have been limited for the 28-year-old, with media reports already linking him with a January move away.

Adriano has battled alcohol and personal problems in the past but excitedly joined cash-strapped Roma in June only for the up-for-sale club to loan Borriello from AC Milan two months later.

Rai said in a statement that Adriano received almost double the votes of inconsistent Juventus and Italy forward Amauri in second while Milan's Brazilian Ronaldinho was third having mainly warmed the bench of late.

Last year Juve's Brazil midfielder Felipe Melo won the Golden Bin, a parody on the Golden Ball (Ballon D'Or) award given to the world's best soccer player.

Meanwhile, Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has accused La Liga officials of being more inclined to caution his players than their rivals and hit out at opposing fans for whistling forward Cristiano Ronaldo.

Real have several players, including defender Sergio Ramos and striker Gonzalo Higuain, out injured and midfielder Xabi Alonso and left back Marcelo will be suspended for next weekend's home game against Sevilla after picking up fifth yellow cards in Sunday's 3-1 win at Real Zaragoza.

"That's football and it happens to us a lot," Portuguese Mourinho, who has clashed with soccer authorities in his previous jobs in England and Italy, told a news conference.

"It's very easy to show yellow cards to Real Madrid players and not as many to others," he added.

"It annoys me that there are players from other clubs who can protest and we can't.

"In the same way that you have coaches who can leave their technical area and others not." Mourinho said compatriot and La Liga top scorer Ronaldo, who scored a trademark free kick on Sunday to take his tally for the campaign to 17, deserved better treatment from rival fans.

"Cristiano is a phenomenon and it's hard to understand the way he is treated," Mourinho said.

"Treating a phenomenon so badly makes me think that the championship is not being protected.

"He belongs to the league and to the fans, who can watch him every (weekend).

"He puts on a show and he doesn't get protection from the stadiums, from fans, opponents and referees.

"Even so, he scored another goal today that was one of the best in his collection."

In yenagoa, Nigeria, a soccer player in Nigeria has died after collapsing during a game in the country's top league.

The Nigerian Premier League club Ocean Boys says defender Emmanuel Ogoli was stricken in the 39th minute of Sunday's home game against Niger Tornadoes in Yenagoa, in southern Nigeria. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Team spokesman Eddy Ohis said that the club thinks the cause was heart failure but is not sure.

Ogoli was rushed from the stadium in an ambulance as the game continued. Ohis said his team's players went to the hospital after the game "to find the body." He said the team has requested an autopsy.

Ocean Boys is coached by former Barcelona and Nigeria midfielder Emmanuel Amunike.