Wednesday's sports briefs

Manchester United advances Defending champion Manchester United advanced to the European Champions League quarterfinals for the third consecutive year, ousting Internazionale of Milan 2-0 Wednesday night in a matchup of English and Italian leaders.

Following a 0-0 tie in the first leg at Milan two weeks ago, Nemanja Vidic put Manchester United ahead when he headed Ryan Giggs' corner kick past goalkeeper Julio Cesar in the fourth minute. Vidic spun around Patrick Vieira and found space behind Ivan Cordoba.

In other second-round matches, Barcelona beat visiting Lyon 5-2 to win the home-and-home series 6-3, and Porto played a 0-0 tie against visiting Atletico Madrid, leaving aggregate tied 2-2 and advancing the Portuguese club on away goals. AS Roma and Arsenal were in overtime tied 1-1 on aggregate.

• Heather Mitts hit a post with her seventh-round shot, and Sweden defeated the United States 4-3 on penalty kicks following a 1-1 tie in the final of the Algarve Cup women's soccer tournament in Faro, Portugal.

• The expansion Seattle Sounders were chosen by Major League Soccer to be the hosts of this year's MLS Cup. The league announced that the championship game of the top professional soccer league in North America would be played Nov. 22 at Seattle's Qwest Field.

• The City Council of Portland, Ore., has approved financing $60 million to lure a Major League Soccer franchise, but hasn't resolved how to raise a quarter of the money. The $60 million would go to renovating PGE Park to meet MLS specifications, and building a new ballpark for the Portland Beavers, the city's Class AAA baseball team.

• FIFA president Sepp Blatter wants Major League Soccer to switch to a traditional soccer schedule that starts in late summer and ends in the late spring.

City attorney spokesman Frank Mateljan says Bosworth was charged Wednesday with two misdemeanor counts in Los Angeles Superior Court. He said the former Seattle Seahawks linebacker was riding his motorcycle when police stopped him for not having a front license plate. If convicted, Bosworth faces six months in jail.

College football: The Sugar Bowl and Bowl Championship Series have extended their agreement through the 2014 bowl season. New Orleans will be the host of both the Sugar Bowl and the BCS Championship game in January 2012.

Horse racing: Big Drama is out of the running for the Kentucky Derby after kicking himself and bruising a bone in January. The colt won five of his six starts as a 2-year-old.

Television: Big Ten Network President Mark Silverman says 2009 should be the two-year-old cable network's first full year of profitability. Silverman says he hasn't yet put together a detailed forecast, but he says the network should be profitable based on growing advertising revenue and money from new international distribution deals.

Tennis: Jelena Dokic lost to Jill Craybas of the United States, 6-4, 6-2, in the opening round of the BNP Paribas Open. The Australian Open quarterfinalist said she needs a break after six months away from home as she attempts to return to the highest levels of the sport.