Newcastle recorded its first Premier League win in six matches by beating 10-man Wigan 3-0 on Monday after two goals by Demba Ba and another from Gael Bigirimana.

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew had been under pressure with his injury-hit team winning only one league match since he signed an eight-year contract extension in late September to sit just two points above the relegation zone.

Utah officials announced plans Monday for a long-shot bid for another Winter Olympics, saying they already have the venues in place and have left behind the taint of scandal from the 2002 games.

The bid for 2026 is contingent on the U.S. Olympic Committee deciding it will endorse a city for those games. Utah announced a bid far in advance to scare off any competitors, Reno-Tahoe among them. Nevada officials said Monday they were waiting for a USOC decision before making a possible bid of their own.

Juventus has been fined €10,000 ($13,000) after its fans unveiled an offensive banner during the 3-0 derby win over Torino that referred to the 1949 plane crash that wiped out nearly the entire "Grande Torino" squad.

The huge banner read — in translation — "We of Turin pride and glory, you just a crash."

Arron Afflalo scored 30 points, and Glen Davis added 23 points and 12 rebounds as the Orlando Magic beat Dwight Howard in their first game against their longtime center, stunning the Los Angeles Lakers 113-103 on Sunday.

Howard had 21 points and 15 rebounds against his former team, but the rebuilding Magic rallied impressively for a 40-point fourth quarter for just their fourth win in 14 games, snapping a three-game skid.

Lindsey Vonn completed a hat trick of World Cup victories at Lake Louise for the second straight year on Sunday.

Vonn won the day's super-G in a time of 1 minute, 22.82 seconds, having also triumphed in the two downhill races on Friday and Saturday.

Although Rafa Benitez can't be blamed for Chelsea's current plight in the Champions League, elimination this week would give his many critics further ammunition at the end of a tortuous first two weeks in charge of the club.

Roberto Di Matteo's final act as Chelsea manager was to oversee a 3-0 loss at Juventus that leaves the team on the cusp of becoming the first reigning champion to fail to qualify for the knockout stage of the competition.

Chasing its first title since Diego Maradona played for the club, Napoli thrashed 10-man Pescara 5-1 Sunday to move back within two points of Serie A leader Juventus.

Gokhan Inler and Edinson Cavani each scored twice and Marek Hamsik also found the target for Napoli. Iceland midfielder Birkir Bjarnason scored for last-place Pescara in the 18th minute to briefly make it 2-1, and the match turned back in Napoli's favor when Pescara defender Antonio Bocchetti was sent off for tripping Cavani in the 57th.

Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder is available for selection for Inter Milan, coach Andrea Stramaccioni said three days after the Italian club were accused of blackmailing the player.

"Wes has trained well like all the others and just like all the others he could be included in the squad for tomorrow," Stramaccioni told reporters Saturday.

The Brooklyn Nets won their fifth-straight game by beating the Orlando Magic 98-86 Friday night behind the hot hand of Joe Johnson who scored a game-high 22 points.

Johnson shot 10-of-16 from the field while Gerald Wallace nailed five three pointers for the streaking Nets at Amway Center arena.

NBA commissioner David Stern slapped the San Antonio Spurs with a $250,000 fine after the club rested a number of their top players in a game against the Miami Heat on Thursday.

Stern ruled that coach Gregg Popovich's decision not to have Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Danny Green make the trip to Florida was in violation of league policy against resting players "in a manner contrary to the best interests of the NBA."