Roger Federer climbed back to No. 2 in the rankings after rallying to beat Tomas Berdych 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 and win the Madrid Open for a third time on Sunday.

Earlier, Serena Williams overpowered the top-ranked Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-3 to win the women's final.

Pastor Maldonado held off Fernando Alonso to win the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday, though Williams' first Formula One victory for eight years was marred by a fire that broke out in the team's garage, injuring 31 people.

Maldonado, starting from pole position, held his nerve as he withstood the challenge of Ferrari's Spanish driver to take the 66-lap race at the Catalunya Circuit by 3.1 seconds and give F1 its fifth different race winner of a so far unpredictable season.

After 44 years of gloom playing in Manchester United's shadow, Manchester City left it as late as possible in the season to deny its fierce rival the English title and end its own drought.

The Premier League has never witnessed a finale like it and could struggle to match the breathtaking twists for years.

Spanish striker Raul will play for Qatar side Al Sadd next season after switching to the Middle East from German league side Schalke 04, the Qatari club confirmed on their website.

The 34-year-old former Real Madrid star announced last month he would be leaving Schalke at the end of the season after two seasons in Gelsenkirchen.

Administrators for crisis-hit Scottish giants Rangers have accepted an offer from a consortium headed by former Sheffield United chief executive Charles Green, it was announced Sunday.

Duff and Phelps, who were given the task of getting the 140-year-old club back on the rails after it entered administration in February, said: "We are very pleased to announce that we have accepted an offer from a consortium headed by Mr Charles Green for the purchase of Rangers Football Club.

Dutch winger Arjen Robben has said Bayern Munich must beat Chelsea in Saturday's Champions League final to erase the painful memory of their German Cup final humiliation.

German champions Borussia Dortmund sealed the domestic double with a 5-2 rout of Bayern at Berlin's Olympic Stadium on Saturday as Poland striker Robert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick past the hapless Bavarians.

Spanish center Marc Gasol scored 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the Memphis Grizzlies over the Los Angeles Clippers 90-88 on Friday and sustain their NBA playoff title hopes.

The Grizzlies and Clippers are deadlocked 3-3 in the best-of-seven Western Conference first-round playoff series with game seven at Memphis on Sunday to decide which club will advance to face the San Antonio Spurs in round two.

Australia's reigning Olympic pole vault champion Steve Hooker is set for the London Games after clearing the qualifying height in Perth.

Hooker, 29, making his first competitive outing in three months, cleared 5.72 meters on his second attempt to secure his berth at a third Olympics.

Justin Gatlin, dead and buried after a four-year doping ban that saw him, in desperation, mull a potential career in American football?

Not likely, the American insisted after scorching to a blistering 9.87 seconds to win the 100m at the opening leg of the 14-meet Diamond League here.

Sir Alex Ferguson has brushed off talk of a new order in English football as bitter rivals Manchester City prepare to snatch his team's Premier League crown.

Manchester United travel to Sunderland on Sunday knowing that a City victory over Queens Park Rangers at Eastlands will effectively clinch the title for Roberto Mancini's side.