Louis van Gaal says Manchester United only have themselves to blame ahead of Tuesday's winner-takes-all clash at Wolfsburg as they bid to avoid an early Champions League exit.

Van Gaal's Red Devils must beat Group B leaders Wolfsburg to ensure their place in the knockout stages having allowed the Germans to usurp them at the top of the table by being held to a goalless draw at home to PSV Eindhoven a fortnight ago.

Gareth Bale has urged Real Madrid to maintain their recovery from the shock of the club's problems on and off the field when they host Malmo in their final Champions League group game on Tuesday.

Madrid were thrashed 4-0 at home by eternal rivals Barcelona last month and thrown out of the Spanish Cup last week for fielding an ineligible player.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp voiced hope that his team's 2-0 defeat at Newcastle United would puncture some of the giddiness engendered by their recent resurgence.

Liverpool were elevated to potential Premier League champions by some observers following a run of seven wins in eight games in all competitions, which saw them move to within sight of the Champions League places.

Lindsey Vonn completed her third treble sweep at Lake Louise in five seasons by winning Sunday's World Cup Super-G race at the Canadian piste to seize the overall points lead.

The 31-year-old American swept downhills Friday and Saturday and completed her weekend hat-trick with a run of 1:19.79 for her 70th career World Cup victory, 18 of them coming at Lake Louise.

The head of the World Chess Federation (FIDE), Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, has temporarily transferred most of his powers to his deputy after being added to a U.S. sanctions list for alleged ties to the Syrian regime, the organization said Sunday.

At a FIDE meeting in Athens, Ilyumzhinov "informed the presidential board that he will withdraw from any legal, financial and business operations of FIDE until such time as (he) is removed from the (U.S.) Office of Foreign Assets Control sanction list," FIDE executive director Nigel Freeman said in a statement.

The former president of the Peruvian Football Federation, indicted in the FIFA corruption scandal, was arrested late Friday on an international arrest warrant, and protested his innocence as he was taken away.

Manuel Burga was taken into custody in the capital Lima as he left his house, insisting he would clarify the allegations against him.

James Harden hit a step back jump shot with 7.4 seconds to go as the Houston Rockets continued their winning streak with 100-96 over the Dallas Mavericks on Friday.

Harden also had nine assists and eight rebounds for the Rockets against their NBA Southwest Division rivals.

American Lindsey Vonn won Friday's Alpine Skiing World Cup women's downhill race at Lake Louise, the Canadian layout among her favorites since her first World Cup win there in 2004.

Vonn won in 1min 50.50 secs with Austrian Cornelia Huetter the runner-up, .58 of a second adrift, and Austria's Ramona Siebenhofer third in 1:51.57, edging France's Margot Bailet by .09 of a second.

Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy has an added incentive to make history for the second weekend running when the Premier League record-setter faces Swansea on Saturday.

Vardy's goal in the 1-1 draw against Manchester United saw him set a new Premier League record of scoring in 11 consecutive matches, eclipsing the mark set by United old boy Ruud van Nistelrooy in 2003.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach insisted Friday that he was not worried by other cities holding referendums which voted against hosting future Olympic Games.

Last weekend, the people of Hamburg voted against the German city entering the race for the 2024 Games.