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Atletico Madrid got a 3-1 home victory against Union Saint-Gilloise in their Champions League clash on Tuesday, with goals from Julian Alvarez, Conor Gallagher and Marcos Llorente keeping Diego Simeone's side in the hunt for qualification, Reuters reported.

The result leaves Atletico 14th in the league phase standings on six points from four matches, level with five other teams, while Belgium champions Union Saint-Gilloise sit 26th with three points and outside the qualification spots.

Union Saint-Gilloise started aggressively, exploiting counter-attacks with speed, but Atletico struck first in the 40th minute when Giuliano Simeone burst up the right channel and put it on a plate for his Argentina team mate Alvarez to unleash an unstoppable half-volley from inside the box, according to Reuters.

Juventus are still without a win in the Champions League after they were held to a 1-1 draw in Turin by Sporting on Tuesday, when Maximiliano Araujo put the visitors ahead and Dusan Vlahovic equalized for the hosts, Reuters reported.

An eight-game winless streak in all competitions led to the recent sacking of Juventus coach Igor Tudor and, after two victories on the bounce since then, another draw in Europe, this time under Luciano Spalletti, put the Italians on three points from four matches.

"We are not happy with the result, we could have done more," Vlahovic told Sky, according to Reuters. 

Novak Djokovic has confirmed his participation at the ATP Finals in Turin, Italy's tennis federation chief Angelo Binaghi said, easing concerns that the 24-time Grand Slam champion may pull out of the season finale, Reuters reported.

World No 5 Djokovic, who withdrew from the season ender last year due to injury, skipped the Paris Masters and has not played since losing to qualifier Valentin Vacherot in the Shanghai Masters semifinals last month.

"We have confirmation that Djokovic will be in Turin," Binaghi told Italian radio channel Rai Gr Parlamento on Monday, according to Reuters.

Arsenal will be without Viktor Gyokeres for Tuesday's Champions League game at Slavia Prague after the Swedish striker picked up a muscle injury at the weekend, manager Mikel Arteta said on Monday, Reuters reported.

Gyokeres scored the opener in Arsenal's 2-0 win at Burnley on Saturday, his fourth Premier League goal of the season, but did not emerge for the second half, and Arteta confirmed he would not feature in the match in Prague.

"He's definitely not available," Arteta told reporters, according to Reuters.

"He hasn't trained today, and we need to do some more tests and scans in the next few days to understand the extent of the injury, but for this game he is not available."