Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri slammed the selfish players whose misses heaped unwelcome pressure on the Italian champions following a scoreless draw with Champions League rivals Borussia Monchengladbach on Wednesday.

After beating Manchester City (2-1) away and dominating Sevilla in a 2-0 win last time out, Juve, last season's beaten finalists, were fully expected to claim their third consecutive win to keep City at arm's length.

Tristan Thompson agreed to a new contract Wednesday with the Cleveland Cavaliers, ending the most significant player holdout just days before last season's NBA runners-up open the 2015-16 campaign.

The Cavaliers, sparked by superstar LeBron James, agreed to a five-year deal worth $82 million for the 24-year-old Canadian power forward, according to multiple newspaper and television reports.

Lewis Hamilton will emulate his childhood hero Ayrton Senna and join a select group of multiple Formula One drivers’ world champions if he can outscore nearest rival Sebastian Vettel by nine points in Sunday’s United States Grand Prix.

A third victory in four years at the Circuit of the Americas, with four-time champion German Vettel outside the top two finishers, would be enough for him to add a third title to those of 2008 and 2014.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga shook off jet lag to defeat 37-year-old Tommy Haas 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 6-4 Wednesday to reach the Austria Open second round and keep his World Tour Finals hopes alive.

French star Tsonga only arrived in Vienna on Tuesday night after losing the Shanghai Masters final against Novak Djokovic on Sunday.

French international Anthony Martial guided home a second-half header as Manchester United snatched an important 1-1 draw at CSKA Moscow in their Champions League Group B clash on Wednesday.

Bundesliga side Wolfsburg top the pool on six points, after defeating PSV Eindhoven 2-0, with United and CSKA on four and the Dutch champions bringing up the rear on three.

A Spanish assistant referee has made a formal complaint to anti-corruption authorities, claiming he was pressured into favoring Real Madrid in next month's El Clasico against Barcelona by the league's refereeing committee.

In a court filing published by Spanish radio station COPE on Wednesday, the official, who didn't want to reveal his identity, claims pressure was put on a senior referee who is expected to take charge of the match on November 21 to handle the game in a manner that would "prejudice the interests of one of the clubs involved, Barcelona."

Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal's memorable 2-0 win against Bayern Munich will give his players the belief to complete their Champions League escape act.

Wenger's side had put themselves in a perilous position after losing their opening two Group F fixtures against Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiakos, but they clawed their way back into the battle to reach the last 16 in dramatic fashion at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday.

A senior FIFA official called into question Michel Platini's bid for football's top job on Tuesday, saying the failure to disclose a multi-million dollar payment could be seen as a "falsification of accounts".

FIFA reconfirmed they will vote for a new president on February 26, 2016 to replace president Sepp Blatter and the executive committee confirmed Platini's bid will not be considered as long as he is suspended.

Conrad Smith has seen most things Test rugby has to offer during a 92-cap career but for the New Zealand center the thrill of facing South Africa never fades.

The two countries, for much of the last hundred years the game's leading countries, will meet again in a World Cup semi-final at Twickenham on Saturday.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho resumed his hostility towards referees and his Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger after his team's 0-0 draw at Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Mourinho was fined £50,000 ($77,000, 68,000 euros) by England's Football Association and given a suspended one-game stadium ban for saying a referee had been "afraid" to give his side a penalty during their recent 3-1 loss at home to Southampton.