BARCELONA- - Barcelona earned a far from convincing 2-1 win at home to a depleted Dynamo Kyiv on Wednesday as Lionel Messi scored a penalty for the third Champions League game in a row with the Spaniards maintaining their winning start to the group stage.

AMSTERDAM--Ajax will have only 17 players available for Tuesday’s Champions League clash against Midtjylland in Denmark after several players had to be left behind because of positive COVID-19 tests, coach Erik ten Hag confirmed on Monday. But he said he could not speak about individual cases because of privacy laws.

HERNING, Denmark- - Ajax Amsterdam scored after 47 seconds as they shrugged off disrupted preparations to beat Denmark’s Midtjylland 2-1 away on Tuesday for their first win in Champions League Group D.

ITALY-- Mercedes became the first team to win seven successive Formula One constructors' titles on Sunday as Lewis Hamilton celebrated a record-extending 93rd career win at Imola to stand on the brink of a seventh drivers' crown.