violence which caused last night's UEFA Champions League match against Dynamo Kyiv to be abandoned at half time. When there was violence at Roma's ground two years ago at a Champions League match against Galatasaray, also refereed by Anders Frisk, Roma were fined about €350 thousand, leading to speculation that there will be a more severe punishment this time. (BBC) Football (soccer): Premier League club Blackburn Rovers confirm that they have signed Mark Hughes as their new manager. Hughes, who takes over from Graeme Souness, had been managing the Wales national football team. (Sky Sports) UEFA Cup 2004–05 First Round, First Leg Ventspils 1 – 1 Amica Wronki Wisła Kraków 4 – 3 Dinamo Tbilisi Shelbourne 2 – 2 Lille Maccabi Haifa 1 – 0 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Terek Grozny 1 – 1 FC Basel Schalke 5 – 1 Liepājas Metalurgs NK Gorica 1 – 1 AEK Athens Odd Grenland 0 – 1 Feyenoord Aalborg 1 – 1 Auxerre Grazer AK 5 – 0 Litex Lovech FC Utrecht 4 – 0 Djurgårdens IF Levski Sofia 1 – 1 Beveren Millwall 1 – 1 Ferencváros Newcastle United 2 – 0 Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin Hearts 3 – 1 Braga Metalurh Donetsk 0 – 3 Lazio Partizan Belgrade 3 – 1 Dinamo Bucharest Steaua Bucharest 2 – 1 CSKA Sofia Middlesbrough 3 – 0 Baník Ostrava Marítimo 1 – 0 Rangers Zenit St. Petersburg 4 – 0 Red Star Belgrade Trabzonspor 3 – 2 Athletic Bilbao Hammarby 1 – 2 Villarreal Dinamo Zagreb 2 – 0 Elfsborg Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar 1 – 5 Alemannia Club Brugge 4 – 0 Châteauroux Sochaux 4 – 0 Stabæk Egaleo 1 – 0 Gençlerbirligi Újpest 1 – 3 VfB Stuttgart Standard Liège 0 – 0 VfL Bochum Dukla Banská Bystrica 0 – 3 Benfica Parma 3 – 2 NK Maribor Austria Vienna 1 – 0 Legia Warszawa Bodø/Glimt 1 – 1 Beşiktaş Real Zaragoza 1 – 0 Sigma Olomouc Sevilla 2 – 0 CD Nacional Panionios 3 – 1 Udinese Sporting Lisbon 2 – 0 Rapid Vienna PAOK Thessaloniki 2 – 3 AZ Alkmaar (UEFA.com) Cricket, ICC Champions Trophy: In pool A, Australia beat New Zealand by seven wickets at The Oval, and qualify for the semi-finals. (BBC) September 15, 2004 (Wednesday) National Hockey League: In the United States, the NHL board of governors agrees to a lockout of players upon the collapse of labor negotiations with the NHL