*BOXING: Oscar De La Hoya said Wednesday that he wants to fight at least a couple more times after taking on Manny Pacquiao on Dec. 6 in Las Vegas.
*HOCKEY: The Blackhawks have assigned forwards Evan Brophey, Petri Kontiola and Pascal Pelletier to the American Hockey League’s Rockford IceHogs. … Ryan Callahan scored with 20 seconds left to give the Rangers a 4-3 victory over European champion Metallurg Magnitogorsk on Wednesday night in the first game between NHL and Russian teams in 17 years.
*OLYMPICS: Documents confirm all six members of China’s gold medal team at the Beijing Games were old enough to compete, the International Gymnastics Federation said Wednesday.
*SOCCER: Lionel Messi scored two late goals to give Barcelona a 2-1 victory at Shakhtar Donestsk in the Champions League.
*TENNIS: Spain’s Carlos Moya beat top-seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 6-3, 7-6 (4) on Wednesday in the second round of the Open de Moseille in France.
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EDITED BY LEE C. GORDON FROM TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICES
