Mercedes on Monday pledged it will do all it can to prevent poor reliability deciding the destiny of this year’s drivers’ world championship.

The pledge came after a broken wiring loom forced Nico Rosberg to retire from Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix won by his team-mate Lewis Hamilton.

Qatar will not host the World Cup in 2022, according to Theo Zwanziger, the German member on the executive committee of world football's governing body FIFA.

"I think that at the end of the day the 2022 World Cup will not take place in Qatar," Zwanziger said in an interview with Sport Bild Plus.

Manchester United surrendered a two-goal lead to lose 5-3 to Leicester in a wild Premier League game on Sunday, with the promoted side scoring four times in 20 minutes to cap its thrilling comeback.

Angel Di Maria's exquisite chip put United 2-0 ahead in the 16th minute but it proved in vain as Leicester exposed the visitors' defensive frailties to come from 3-1 down with 28 minutes left.

Frank Lampard made Chelsea pay for releasing him this summer after 13 years, scoring a trademark equalizer against his former club for Manchester City in a 1-1 draw between the two biggest contenders for the Premier League title on Sunday.

Chelsea's four-match winning run to open the season was ended by its all-time record scorer, with Lampard arriving late in the box — as he did so often at Stamford Bridge — to sidefoot home in the 85th minute.

Japan's Shotaro Shirai has set his sights on robbing Chinese gymnastics superstar Zou Kai of gold in the Asian Games individual floor routine after sensationally outdoing the five-time Olympic gold medalist in the team event.

Zou, China's most decorated Olympian, thought he had done enough to secure top spot in the floor round but Shirai, in his first major international event at Incheon in South Korea, pipped him with a simpler but better executed routine.

Lebanese Judo champion, Nacif Elias was able to reserve a place for Lebanon at the Asian Games sporting event, winning the silver medal in the Judo competition.

Silver medalist Elias, won at the men’s 81-kilogram Judo at the 17th Asian Games that was held in Incheon South Korea on Sunday.

Olympic chief Thomas Bach said Saturday he wants to see an even split of female to male athletes at international sporting events after Saudi Arabia brought no women to the Asian Games.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) president told reporters that the world body was hopeful they could increase the number of women athletes competing in the Olympics.

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini believes ending Chelsea’s 100 percent Premier League record would mean his side had made a decent start to their defense of the English title.

City haven't won since overwhelming Liverpool, last season's runners-up, 3-1 on August Bank Holiday Monday with what looked at the time a benchmark performance.

Alejandro Valverde will have his work cut out if he is to end years of near misses and finally land the world title on home soil next week.

The 34-year-old Spaniard will be one of the favorites at the World Championships in Ponferrada but time is running out for the 2009 Vuelta a Espana winner to finally claim the road race title following five previous podium finishes.

Arsene Wenger insists Mesut Ozil doesn't deserve to be made the scapegoat for Arsenal's spluttering performances despite the German star's lackluster efforts this season.

Wenger splashed out a club record £42 million ($76 million) to sign Ozil from Real Madrid last term but, although he won the World Cup with Germany this year, the playmaker is yet to make a significant impact on the Premier League.