By Emre Asikci
ISTANBUL (AA) - Zenit St. Petersburg won the Russian Premier League title Sunday for the third time in a row.
"Zenit is the champion of Russia!" the league said on its official Twitter account.
The team toppled second-place Lokomotiv Moscow with a 6-1 score at Krestovsky Stadium to clinch their eighth league title.
Zenit collected 61 points, nine points ahead of Lokomotiv Moscow, with two games to spare on matchday 28.