Inter Milan handed club veteran Javier Zanetti a memorable send-off with a 4-1 win over Lazio which secured their place in next season's Europa League.

Zanetti, who has spent 19 seasons with Inter, was playing in his final official game before taking up a director's post with the Serie A giants.

World number one Rafael Nadal will face Japan's Kei Nishikori in Sunday's Madrid Masters final after he romped past fellow Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday.

Tenth seed Nishikori had a much sterner test as he needed 10 match points to finally overcome David Ferrer 7-6, (7/5), 5-7, 6-3 in nearly three hours to record his 14th straight win.

The San Antonio Spurs moved one win away from reaching the NBA Western Conference finals on Saturday with a dominant 118-103 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Spurs, who had won the first two games of the best-of-seven second-round series at home, showed no let up at the shift to Portland and can complete a four-game sweep on Monday in Oregon.

Miami ground down Brooklyn and San Antonio was in control throughout to beat Portland as the two experienced outfits won on Thursday to take 2-0 leads in their NBA second-round playoff series.

Miami's LeBron James scored 22 points and Chris Bosh added 18 as the Heat beat Brooklyn 94-82, while San Antonio's players shared the scoring load in a 114-97 win over Portland.

The English Football Association has fined Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho 13,000 pounds ($16,900) for bringing the game into disrepute with sarcastic comments about match officials after a shock defeat in the Premier League to Sunderland.

The FA announced the fine Thursday evening and also said the Portuguese had lost an appeal against a separate fine incurred at another league match against Aston Villa.

Andy Murray hit error after error Thursday and was eliminated from the Madrid Masters in the third round.

The Wimbledon champion was overwhelmed by the 46th-ranked Santiago Giraldo 6-3, 6-2. Murray's play was erratic throughout the match against the Colombian qualifier, who earned his first career victory against a top-10 player in 20 attempts.

Red Bull has changed the chassis on Sebastian Vettel's car in a move the struggling four-time Formula One champion calls a "sanity check."

With Vettel's dominance of F1 in jeopardy, Red Bull replaced the chassis with an old one he used during preseason testing, before starting practice at the Spanish Grand Prix this week.

The International Basketball Federation has reinstated Lebanon's membership, inviting the country to resume international competition after a 10-month ban.

In a letter addressed to Walid Nasser, the president of the Lebanese Basketball Federation, FIBA says the LBF is "reinstated with full rights" and "teams may take part in all FIBA competitions and activities."

Investigators were continuing to process the scene of a fire at a million dollar Florida home owned by former tennis star James Blake where the bodies of two adults and two teenagers were found.

Officials say the early Wednesday fire inside the home in Tampa's exclusive Avila neighborhood was intentionally set.

The English Football Association said Thursday it wants to limit the number of non-European Union players in Premier League teams in a bid to bolster home grown talent.

Football Association chairman Greg Dyke also announced an overhaul of the work permit system and the creation of a new division for Premier League “B teams” in a bid to improve the health of the English game.