European Football

By Zoran Milosavljevic

BELGRADE, March 3 (Reuters) - Round-up of the weekend soccer action in eastern Europe:

BULGARIA

Two Beroe Stara Zagora fans were handed two-year stadium bans for hooliganism following their team's 2-2 home draw with Slavia Sofia.

Leaders CSKA Sofia were held to a 0-0 draw at Litex Lovech, allowing champions Levski Sofia to narrow the gap to eight points with a 1-0 home defeat of Vihren.

SERBIA

Champions Red Star came from behind to beat leaders Partizan 4-1 in the 132nd Belgrade derby, the first to be played behind closed doors. They lead by three points at the restart after a two-month winter break.

Ecuador midfielder Segundo Castillo scored two goals and Dejan Milovanovic and Nenad Milijas added one each for Red Star, who completed a three-match crowd ban over a fan riot during a home game in December.

CROATIA

Dinamo Zagreb stayed firmly on course for their third successive league title with a 4-2 win at Rijeka in an entertaining top of the table clash.

Late goals from midfielders Mihael Mikic and Ognjen Vukojevic put Dinamo 11 points clear of Rijeka after the home side had fought back from a 2-0 deficit.

POLAND

Leaders Wisla Krakow extended their unbeaten run to 16 wins in 19 matches after a Pawel Brozek goal gave them a 1-0 home victory over struggling Widzew Lodz.

The result left Wisla 11 points ahead of closest rivals Legia Warsaw, who kept alive their slim title hopes with a 2-1 home defeat of LKS Lodz thanks to a Takesure Chinyama brace.

UKRAINE

Shakhtar Donetsk went top with a 5-0 home rout of basement team Zakarpattya Uzhgorod after second-placed Dnipro suffered a 4-0 home defeat to third-placed champions Dynamo Kiev.

Shakhtar, who are bidding for their third league title in four years, have 44 points from 18 matches, followed by Dnipro on 43 and Dynamo on 42 from 19 games.

ROMANIA

Champions Steaua Bucharest revived their title hopes after a 3-1 home win over leaders CFR Cluj lifted them into third position and cut their deficit against the season's surprise package to eight points.

Second-placed Rapid Bucharest also closed in, a 1-0 win at Otelul Galati leaving them five points off the pace.

SLOVAKIA

Champions and front-runners MSK Zilina were held to a 0-0 draw at second bottom Senec but stayed a point ahead of Artmedia Bratislava, who salvaged a 2-2 draw at Banska Bystrica through a Tomas Oravec brace.

HUNGARY

Leaders MTK Budapest needed a late Joszef Kanta goal to earn a 1-1 home draw with lowly PAKS that sent them five points clear of champions Debrecen, who lost 3-1 at fifth placed Gyor.