Brazilian striker-turned-politician Romario was elected Sunday to the senate with 63.4 percent of the vote for the Rio de Janeiro seat.

The 48-year-old former football star -- a 1994 World Champion and Socialist Party candidate -- finished well ahead of Democratic Party rival Cesar Maia, who had received 20.5 percent with 90 percent of votes counted.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho advised his players not to get carried away after they established a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League by beating Arsenal 2-0.

Eden Hazard, from the penalty spot, and Diego Costa, with a late lob, gave Chelsea victory on a sunny afternoon at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, leaving Mourinho's side with 19 points from a possible 21.

Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos will have tests on a calf injury on Monday to see if he will be fit for Spain's Euro 2016 qualifiers against Slovakia and Luxembourg next week.

The 28-year-old was substituted at half-time during Madrid's 5-0 thrashing of Athletic Bilbao on Sunday.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his third hat-trick in five games as Real Madrid moved into the top four for the first time this season with a 5-0 win over Athletic Bilbao on Sunday.

It took Ronaldo just two minutes to extend his scoring streak to eight games as he headed home Gareth Bale's cross and Karim Benzema made the game safe when he doubled Madrid's lead just before half-time.

Championship leader Lewis Hamilton won a wet Japanese Grand Prix from Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg on Sunday in a chaotic finish after the race was red-flagged.

The Briton's dashing victory was overshadowed, however, after Frenchman Jules Bianchi was rushed to hospital unconscious after a crash which brought the rain-hit race to premature halt.

Countries may challenge new boxing judging rules after a storm of controversy that nearly brought the Asian Games boxing to blows outside the ring, sports officials told Agence France Presse.

Ed Picson and Ricky Vargas, executive director and president of the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines, told AFP they had already written to governing bodies demanding change.

Asia's athletes put on world-class performances and China stepped towards the 2016 Olympics but controversy was never far away at an engrossing Asian Games.

Between the "Gangnam Style" opening ceremony and Saturday's spectacular close, 17 world records fell and dozens of potential Olympic champions were unearthed.

Asia's Olympic chief on Saturday urged all sports to let women wear the Islamic hijab headscarf, after an Asian Games row which saw Qatar's basketball team quit in fury.

Qatar's women forfeited their matches and left after being told the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) would not allow hijabs.

Leonardo Bonucci has blamed Italy's Brazil 2014 disaster on over-confidence and a "holiday-like" atmosphere at their training base which left the players feeling detached from the whole World Cup experience.

For the second successive edition, four-time champions Italy crashed out of the first round of the World Cup following a final group defeat to Uruguay.

World number one Novak Djokovic continued his brilliant 100 percent record at the China Open on Saturday, overpowering Andy Murray in straight sets to make his way into the final.

It was another ruthless serving display from the top seed in Beijing, who overcame a brief fightback from the 27-year-old Scot midway through the second set to claim a 6-3, 6-4 win.