Organizers of this weekend's troubled Indian Grand Prix breathed a sigh of relief Friday after the Supreme Court pushed back a petition calling for the race's cancellation.

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel is expected to be confirmed as Formula One champion in Sunday's race on the outskirts of Delhi, needing only to finish in the top five to clinch the title for a fourth year in a row.

Barcelona mayor Xavier Trias says the city won't present a bid for the 2022 Winter Games, waiting instead until 2026.

Trias says in a statement that the winning "conditions didn't exist for 2022" and that his city "must concentrate its efforts and commitment to work to reach the Olympic target in 2026."

India's top court has agreed to hear a petition seeking the cancellation of this weekend's Indian Grand Prix over a tax issue.

The Supreme Court said it will hear the case Friday after a public interest litigation pleaded the race should not be held since the organizers had not paid entertainment tax for last year's event.

French football clubs have unanimously agreed not to play any matches over one weekend at the end of November to protest against government plans for a super-tax on players' salaries.

France's professional clubs held an extraordinary general meeting Thursday to decide the next steps in their campaign against the government's plan to implement a 75-percent tax law for those who earn more than 1 million euros ($1.38 million) per year.

After attempts by Jamaica's anti-doping commission to delay an inquiry, a team from the World Anti-Doping Agency is scheduled to visit the island next week to begin a special audit of the sprinting powerhouse's drug testing regime.

Herb Elliott, the chairman of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission, said Wednesday that three WADA officials will be on the Caribbean island Monday and Tuesday to inspect the agency in the wake of revelations of a near-complete breakdown of the commission's out-of-competition testing from January 2012 to the July opening of the London Olympics.

Top-ranked Serena Williams overcame Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2, 6-4 for her second win in two matches at the WTA Championships on Wednesday and all but sealed a spot in the semifinals.

Jelena Jankovic topped second-ranked Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 6-3 in her first match at the tournament and fourth-seeded Li Na opened her campaign with a 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory over Sara Errani.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic warmed up for their World Cup playoffs meeting with high-scoring displays for Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Ronaldo's two goals lifted Madrid to a 2-1 home victory over Juventus in the marquee matchup of the day, although the Portugal star was topped by Sweden's talismanic forward.

Japan is scaling down the planned main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, following an uproar from some prominent architects who think it's too big and expensive.

Hakubun Shimomura, the minister in charge of education, sports and science, told Parliament Wednesday the stadium designed by award-winning British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid would cost 300 billion yen ($3 billion) to build, and that was "too massive a budget." He says Hadid's design will be used but the project will be scaled back.

Top-ranked Serena Williams breezed past Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-1 to open her bid for a fourth ATP Championships title on Tuesday.

Williams, the defending champion, had no trouble against Kerber, who also lost to the American 6-4, 6-1 in the round-robin at this event last year. Kerber was the only player to beat Williams last year - in Cincinnati - after the American's first-round ouster at the French Open.

Athletes who fail to clinch gold at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics can take home something else: a $900 smartphone from Samsung.

Samsung Electronics Co. is giving the Galaxy Note 3 smartphone to all athletes competing at the Sochi Games in February.