Reigning champion Sebastian Vettel heads into the last four races of the season knowing the momentum is with him, and his fate in his own hands, after a commanding win in South Korea.

The Red Bull driver secured a third win on the trot on Sunday and in doing so leapfrogged Ferrari's Fernando Alonso at the top of the drivers' standings, in what looks like a two-horse race now for the title.

Having sunk France with both goals in Spain's 2-0 quarterfinal victory at Euro 2012, Xabi Alonso will have Les Bleus in his sights once again when the teams renew acquaintances in Tuesday's World Cup qualifier.

The 30-year-old midfielder scored with a header from a Jordi Alba cross and a penalty to send France packing in Donetsk, and although he has not found the net since, his reputation does not rest on his talents as a goalscorer.

Fresh from hammering Ireland in Dublin, Germany host Sweden at Berlin's Olympic Stadium on Tuesday looking for another convincing win to keep them top of their World Cup qualifying group.

The Germans ran Giovanni Trapattoni's Ireland ragged on Friday in a 6-1 victory with Borussia Dortmund's Marco Reus and Bayern Munich's Toni Kroos both scoring twice.

Real Madrid's Brazil defender Marcelo will be out of action for up to three months after fracturing his right foot in training, the South American giants announced on their website on Sunday.

Marcelo suffered the injury in the Polish city of Wroclaw while training ahead of Tuesday's friendly international against Asian champions Japan.

Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner became the first man to break the sound barrier in a record-shattering freefall jump from the edge of space Sunday, organizers said.

The 43-year-old leapt from a capsule more than 24 miles (39 kilometers) above the Earth, reaching a speed of 706 miles per hour before opening his red and white parachute and floating down to the New Mexico desert.

Former Egypt coach Hassan Shehata has signed a one-year deal with Al Arabi of the Qatar Stars League.

Shehata replaces outgoing coach Pierre Lechantre and is expected to be on the touchline Thursday for the team's match against Umm Salal. Al Arabi is languishing in eighth place in the 12-team league with only two points after three matches.

Red-hot Novak Djokovic accelerated his push for the year-end number one ranking on Saturday, dismissing the challenge of Tomas Berdych in a one-sided semi-final at the Shanghai Masters.

The Serbian second seed came into the clash with an impressive 9-1 lead against the Czech player in head-to-head match-ups and immediately took charge, dominating the contest to win 6-3, 6-4.

Eddie Johnson scored two goals, including the game-winner in the 90th minute, to lift the United States to a 2-1 victory over Antigua and Barbuda in CONCACAF World Cup semi-final qualifying Friday.

Positioned on the far post, Johnson took a pass from substitute Alan Gordon and headed the ball past goalkeeper Molvin James for the winner.

Lionel Messi transferred his club form for Spanish giants Barcelona to World Cup qualifying action for Argentina, with a brilliant brace of goals helping his country to a 3-0 win over Uruguay.

Messi opened the scoring in the 66th minute when he slid in from a cross by Angel Di Maria with his second goal -- and his team's third -- coming eight minutes from time.

Silvio Berlusconi is ready to sell 30 percent of AC Milan to Qatar's ruling Al-Thani family, the Gazzetta dello sport newspaper reported Friday.

"Milan of Arabia" read the headline of the sports daily with a photo of Berlusconi wearing a red and white chequered headdress.