HOCKEY

United States wins bronze in world junior tourney

Chris Kreider had two goals and Jack Campbell made 34 saves to help the United States win the bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in Buffalo, N.Y., with a 4-2 win over Sweden on Wednesday.

Drew Shore and Nick Bjugstad added third-period goals for the Americans, who’ve won medals in back-to-back years for the first time since this tournament began in 1977.

They defeated Canada 6-5 in overtime in the gold-medal game last year.

Oscar Lindberg and Jesper Fasth scored and Fredrik Petersson Wentzel finished with 40 saves for Sweden, which failed to win a medal for the first time in four years.

• Artemi Panarin scored twice and Russia overcame a three-goal deficit in the third period to stun Canada 5-3 in the gold-medal game.

PREP SCHOOLS

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL: Elena Cochrane scored 14 points and the Bancroft School (3-2) used a late push to beat Berwick Academy (1-6) at Worcester, Mass.

Gloria Plange added 12 points for Bancroft, which outscored the Bulldogs 12-1 in the final five minutes.

Juliana Blais had game highs in points with 18 and rebounds with 16 for Berwick.

SOCCER

PREMIER LEAGUE: Chelsea kept up its dismal run of results with a 1-0 defeat at last-place Wolverhampton, one of the Blues’ most embarrassing defeats in the Premier League.

A fifth-minute own goal by Jose Bosingwa left defending champion Chelsea outside the Champions League qualifying places after two wins in its past nine matches. Bosingwa put Wolves ahead when he bundled a corner kick over his goal line.

Manchester City fell two points behind league leader Manchester United with a 0-0 tie at third-place Arsenal. Chelsea (10-6-5), the early-season leader, has just 10 points from its last 11 games.

Manchester United (12-0-8) leads with 44 points, followed by Manchester City (12-4-6) with 42, Arsenal (12-5-4) with 40, Tottenham (10-5-6) with 36 and Chelsea with 35.

LILLY RETIRING: Kristine Lilly, the last player from the U.S. teams that transformed women’s soccer from a fringe college sport into an international phenomenon, is retiring.

Lilly, a 39-year-old midfielder, is the only player to play in all five Women’s World Cups, helping the Americans win in 1991 and ’99. Her 352 international appearances is a world record. She also played on three Olympic teams, winning the gold medal in 1996 and 2004. She is second only to Mia Hamm in goals (130) and assists (105).

TENNIS

CHENNAI OPEN: Top-seeded Tomas Berdych eased into the quarterfinals in Chennai, India, with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Ivan Dodig. Also, fourth-seeded Richard Gasquet lost his second-round match 1-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) to Bjorn Phau.

QATAR OPEN: Roger Federer reached the quarterfinals in Doha, Qatar, by beating Marco Chiudinelli 7-6 (5), 7-5.

HONG KONG CLASSIC: Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki beat Li Na 6-4, 6-3 in Hong Kong.

BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL: Andy Roddick had 15 aces in a 6-4, 6-1 win over Alexandr Dolgopolov to advance to the quarterfinals in Brisbane, Australia.

HOPMAN CUP: Bethanie Mattek-Sands topped Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 6-4 to give the U.S. a 1-0 lead over Italy at Perth, Australia.

ASB CLASSIC: Top-seeded Maria Sharapova lost in the quarterfinals, losing 6-2, 7-5 to Greta Arn in Auckland, New Zealand.

BIATHLON

WORLD CUP: Germany’s men won a relay for the first time since the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics.

The German foursome won the 4×7.5-kilometer World Cup race before a home crowd, finishing in 1 hour, 23.53 seconds to leave teams from the Czech Republic and Norway far behind.

The Czechs were 2 minutes, 22.8 seconds back, Norway 2:24.