Spanish football club Real Sociedad will honor its fans by bearing the names of individual club members on the shirts of its players instead of paid advertising.

Sociedad calls the fan-appreciation initiative "We carry you on our shirts."

Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo plans to remain in charge of the Italian Formula One team even if he decides to run for a seat in the Italian Parliament.

Di Montezemolo has not yet made his plans clear but is gathering support for Prime Minister Mario Monti for another term in office.

Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova Thursday vowed a swift return from cancer surgery that may sideline him for six weeks in a shock for the Spanish league leaders.

"I will be away for a while but I will be back soon," Barcelona sports newspaper Mundo Deportivo quoted Vilanova as telling his players the night before he went in for surgery to his salivary gland.

Bayern Munich's French winger Franck Ribery was banned for two German Cup matches on Thursday after being sent off against Augsburg and will miss the quarterfinal at home to holders Borussia Dortmund.

Ribery was shown a straight red card on Tuesday for an altercation with Augsburg's South Korea midfielder Koo Ja-Cheol early in the second-half of Bayern's 2-0 win.

Real Madrid will face Manchester United in a mouthwatering Champions League last-16 clash that sends Cristiano Ronaldo back to where he made his reputation, and Jose Mourinho to the club many believe he wants to coach one day.

"It is going to be thrilling for everybody," Real Madrid director Emilio Butragueno said.

Dirk Nowitzki has gone through his first full practice with the Dallas Mavericks since undergoing knee surgery that forced the 11-time NBA All-Star to miss every game so far this season.

Following the practice on Wednesday, Nowitzki gave no real timetable on when he might make his season debut, except to say "maybe any time after Christmas."

Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard, Oscar De La Hoya, Larry Holmes and Julio Cesar Chavez head the inaugural class of the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame.

Promoters Bob Arum and Don King and referee Mills Lane were among the other total of 18 inductees announced at a news conference Wednesday in North Las Vegas.

Australian Open organizers say early-round losers at January's Australian Open will receive a significant pay rise as part of what they say is the biggest purse in tennis history.

Responding to player demands for a bigger slice of prize money, Tennis Australia has moved to avert a potential boycott of the opening Grand Slam of the year.

Oklahoma City Thunder made it a dozen successive NBA wins with a 100-92 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday, led by Kevin's Durant's season-high 41 points and 13 rebounds.

The Los Angeles Clippers are just behind the Thunder in their own winning streak, notching an 11th straight victory, while New York and Memphis were the other leading teams to win. However Golden State's surprising form surge ended in an unlikely locale, putting in a lax defensive performance and suffering a defeat at the hands of the lowly Sacramento Kings.

Mario Gotze scored a hat trick on Wednesday as defending champion Borussia Dortmund routed Hannover 5-1 in the German Cup to set up a quarterfinal at Bayern Munich.

"It was outstanding," said Dortmund coach Jupp Klopp on the club's 103rd birthday. "The whole team played a fantastic game, with brilliant football. We're really keen on this competition."