Nice maintained their challenge for a top-three finish in Ligue 1 as Hatem Ben Arfa scored another wonder goal in a 4-1 thrashing of Rennes on Sunday to lift the visitors to fifth.

Former Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon midfielder Mathieu Bodmer opened the scoring in Brittany on 14 minutes for Nice who are now four points behind second-placed Angers with a game in hand.

The battle for the world MotoGP championship switches to Malaysia this weekend with the gap between leader Valentino Rossi and Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo whittled down to 11 points.

Lorenzo was set for victory in Sunday's Australian race at Phillip Island only to be trumped by Marc Marquez inside the final lap of a spine-tingling finish.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal said his side's clinical 3-0 victory at Everton had boosted confidence ahead of the midweek trip to CSKA Moscow in the Champions League.

First-half goals from Morgan Schneiderlin and Ander Herrera and a strike by Everton old boy Wayne Rooney gave United the spoils in a one-sided Premier League contest at a Goodison Park mourning the loss of former manager Howard Kendall on Saturday.

Novak Djokovic handed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga a 6-2, 6-4 beating on Sunday as the world number one claimed his third Shanghai Masters title to brutally strengthen his rule over men's tennis.

The one-sided victory in one hour and 18 minutes at the Qi Zhong Stadium gave Serbia's Djokovic his ninth trophy of a season in which he also won three out of four Grand Slam finals.

The task force set up by FIFA to draw up a program of reforms for the embattled organization will present its first proposals at Tuesday's executive committee meeting in Zurich.

Speaking after the FIFA Reform Committee completed its second three-day session in Bern, chairman Francois Carrard said that it had been "a very positive session characterized by rich and in-depth discussions on all aspects of the proposal for the reforms package which is being prepared.

Former world number one Jelena Jankovic sealed the Hong Kong Open on Sunday after beating Germany's Angelique Kerber 3-6, 7-6, 6-1 in a thrilling comeback from the brink of defeat. 

After ousting American legend Venus Williams in the semi-final, the Serb battled hard to gain victory against Kerber and take revenge for a three-set defeat in Wuhan just a few weeks ago. 

Seriously injured MotoGP rider Alex De Angelis will be transferred to San Marino within the next 10 days after his horror crash in last weekend's Japanese Grand Prix, officials said Saturday.

After eight days in the intensive care unit at the Dokkyo University Hospital in Mibu, doctors have deemed him fit to travel.

Lamar Odom, the two-time NBA champion and reality TV star fighting for his life after a brothel binge, regained consciousness in a Las Vegas hospital and was speaking Friday, his aunt's spokeswoman said.

Odom gave a "thumbs-up" to doctors and said a few words to them, Alvina Alston, publicist for Odom's aunt JaNean Mercer, told AFP.

Borussia Dortmund got back to winning ways on Friday with a 2-0 victory at Mainz 05, as coach Thomas Tuchel returned to his former club.

It was the first time Tuchel had been back to the Coface Arena since quitting as Mainz boss at the end of the 2013-14 season.

Former Manchester United defender Rafael salvaged a 1-1 draw with an 85th minute equalizer for Lyon at ten-man Monaco in Ligue 1 action on Friday.

The 25-year-old right-back, who spent seven years at Old Trafford and won three Premier League titles, came to the rescue as Monaco failed to hang on to their 39th-minute lead.