France battled back from two goals down at half-time to beat Iceland 3-2 and avoid a humiliating defeat in the first of three warm-ups for Euro 2012 here on Sunday.

Iceland, ranked a lowly 131 in FIFA's world table, stunned their hosts when Birkir Bjarnason put them into a 28th minute lead, with Ajax striker Kolbeinn Sigthorsson doubling up five minutes later.

Formula One veteran Rubens Barrichello pronounced himself satisfied with his Indianapolis 500 debut after finishing 11th in the 96th running of the U.S. racing spectacle.

The Brazilian even led for two laps as the drivers cycled through their pit-stops and was the highest-placed rookie in the race won by Scotland's Dario Franchitti for the third time.

Australian Mark Webber made Formula One history on Sunday when he steered his Red Bull to victory and claimed his first win this year and his team Red Bull's third successive Monaco Grand Prix victory.

It was Webber's second win in the race and the eighth of his career - it also meant six different drivers have won the opening six races of this season - the first time this has happened in the history of the Formula One world championship.

Lebanon’s national football team scored a respectable 1-1 draw against Oman Sunday in the final preparation game for the fourth and final stage of the World Cup Asian Qualifiers for World Cup Brazil 2014.

Mohammad Ghaddar scored the first goal in the first half, before Oman’s player Walid Saadi equalized 10 minutes after the restart.

Former coach Raymond Domenech has said that he rated France among the favorites for Euro 2012 and that they should at the very least reach the semi-finals.

Domenech, who quit as France coach after the World Cup debacle in South Africa in 2010 and was replaced by Laurent Blanc, said that he believed the current squad could go deep into the tournament which is being jointly held by Poland and Ukraine from June 8 to July 1.

Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova, two players better known for their hardcourt and grasscourt abilities, are the form players going into the climax of the claycourt season at the French Open.

Between them they won the four main leadup events on the surface at Charleston and Madrid for the American and at Stuttgart and Rome for the Russian.

Barcelona gave coach Pep Guardiola the perfect send off, beating Athletic Bilbao 3-0 on Friday to win the Spanish Cup on the coach's last match in charge after a memorable four seasons in the Catalan hot seat,

Lionel Messi, with his 73rd of the season, and a Pedro Rodriguez double got the goals inside the first half an hour to finish off the Basque side and deliver Guardiola his 14th and final trophy at the club.

Mike Woodson, who guided the New York Knicks to the NBA playoffs after taking over as interim coach in March, signed a multi-year contract extension, the team said Friday.

"Mike took over the team under challenging circumstances and made it clear, starting on day one, that he was going to hold every player on our roster accountable," said James Dolan, executive chairman of the Madison Square Garden Company that owns the Knicks.

Japan's Aya Terakawa clocked the world's second fastest time of the season to win the women's 100 meters backstroke at the Japan Open swimming championships, laying down a marker ahead of the Olympics.

The world 50m silver medalist, who set a new Japanese record at the national championships in April to qualify for the Olympics, improved on it with a time of 59.08 seconds on Friday, beating Shiho Sakai into second place.

When Qatari sprinter Noor al-Malki makes her debut at the London Olympics, she will not be among those contending for a medal. Breaking her own national record in the 100 meters will be enough of a prize.

But even this modest goal presents a challenge.