Ajax hold Nice as Celtic falter against Rosenborg


Soccer Football - Champions League - OGC Nice vs Ajax Amsterdam - Third Qualifying Round First Leg - Nice, France - July 26, 2017 Nice's Vincent Marcel in action REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

(Reuters) - Ajax stayed on course to reach a Champions League playoff after earning a 1-1 draw at Nice in the first leg of their third qualifying round tie while Celtic were held to a goalless stalemate at home by Rosenborg on Wednesday.

Dynamo Kiev were 3-1 home winners against Young Boys Berne and Kazakh champions Astana beat visiting Legia Warsaw by the same score to keep alive their own hopes of reaching the lucrative group stage for the second time in three seasons.

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