ISTANBUL- - Champions League winners Liverpool won the Super Cup 5-4 on penalties against Chelsea on Wednesday after the game ended 2-2 following extra-time.

FC Copenhagen's Jonas Wind and Red Star's Dusan Jovancic in action during their Third Qualifying Round Second Leg match at Telia Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark .



BELGRAD- Former European Cup winners had mixed fortunes in Champions League qualifying as Ajax Amsterdam and Red Star Belgrade squeezed into the playoff round while Celtic and Porto were eliminated after a dramatic evening on Tuesday.

Cleveland --Xander Bogaerts homered twice to lead the visiting Boston Red Sox to a 5-1 win against the Cleveland Indians in the rubber match of their three-game series on Wednesday afternoon.

CINCINNATI - Former world number one Venus Williams, playing what she called smart tennis, beat defending champion Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands in three sets in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters on Tuesday. "I just tried not to go too big, because I can go so big and I have a lot of power and it's not always easy to control it," Williams said after the 6-3 3-6 7-6(4) victory. "So I'm trying to play smart instead of going hog wild, which is extremely easy to do."