SOCCER

Three more clubs go on in Champions play, Italy’s Juventus remains in contention

Nine-time winner Real Madrid, Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain qualified Wednesday for the Round of 16 in the Champions League. Juventus kept alive its chances of reaching the knockout stage.

Madrid needed only a draw at home with Galatasaray to clinch the top spot in Group B. The Spanish power won 4-1 behind goals from Gareth Bale, Alvaro Arbeloa, Angel Di Maria and Isco.

Juventus won for the first time in the Champions League season and took second place in the same group with a 3-1 victory over Copenhagen. A draw at Galatasaray on Dec. 10 will be enough for the Italian champions to advance.

United qualified from Group A with a 5-0 romp at Bayer Leverkusen. PSG advanced from Group C by beating Olympiakos, 2-1.

SANTOS DIES: Nilton Santos, 88, twice a World Cup winner for Brazil, died from a lung ailment in a Rio de Janeiro hospital.

SKIING

WORLD CUP: Canadian Erik Guay was the fastest in training for the season-opening men’s World Cup downhill at Lake Louise, Alberta, followed by American Steven Nyman.

Guay finished in 1 minute, 50 seconds in the first of three training runs for the downhill Saturday at Lake Louise.

• Stacey Cook of the United States cruised through the new Beaver Creek, Colo., course, turning in the fastest downhill training time, finishing in 1:42.03 seconds, 0.07 seconds ahead of Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein.

GOLF

PGA: Adam Scott begins his attempt to complete the Triple Crown of Australian majors on Thursday at the Australian Open at Royal Sydney.

BOXING

WBA: Shane Mosley was stopped in the sixth round by former rugby league player Anthony Mundine in an international super welterweight title fight in Sydney, Australia. It was first time the 42-year-old American failed to go the distance.

OLYMPICS

IOC: The International Olympic Committee said the sports law in force in Egypt since 1975 “needs to be updated and revised to make it fully compatible” with modern Olympic standards.

HIGH SCHOOLS

HOCKEY: Emily Potter had two goals and two assists, Emily Johnson added a goal and three assists and Yarmouth/Freeport routed Mt. Ararat 7-1 at Travis Roy Arena.

Michelle Robichaud had a goal and an assist, and Meredith McLoon and Breanna Morrill each had two helpers for the Clippers (2-0).

Kayla Richardson scored a first-period goal for the Eagles (0-2).

– From staff and news services