Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp is expecting the battle for Champions League places to go right to the end of the English Premier League season.

Tottenham's 3-1 win at home to Swansea left them level on points with third-placed local rivals Arsenal and occupying the fourth and final spot on offer to English clubs.

Undefeated Juventus closed the gap to AC Milan at the top of the Serie A table to just two points with a 3-0 win over Napoli in Turin on Sunday.

Leonardo Bonucci, Arturo Vidal and Fabio Quagliarella scored the goals as Juve capitalized on Milan's 1-1 draw at Catania the day before.

Coming for the Olympics with money to spend? Then there's still time to ensure you can take tea at The Ritz, drink at the Savoy's American bar, or sleep in an Art Deco room at Claridge's.

Most of London's most exclusive hotels have been booked for the Olympics, snapped up by Olympic officials or companies block-booking rooms for favored customers, but there are still amazing places to stay.

Kobe Bryant made just three baskets on Saturday, but his nightmarish night included one dream shot: a go-ahead three-pointer with 20 seconds left in the Lakers' NBA victory over New Orleans.

Bryant, the league's scoring leader, finished the night three-for-21 from the floor with a total of 11 points, but the Lakers still managed to beat the Hornets 88-85

Jeremy Lin's astonishing break-out campaign with the New York Knicks has been cut short by a left knee injury that needs surgery, the National Basketball Association team said Saturday.

The Knicks said that Lin would be sidelined some six weeks "after an MRI revealed a small chronic meniscus tear" for which he will undergo an arthroscopic procedure.

Cristiano Ronaldo took his La Liga season goal tally to 37 on Saturday as Real Madrid smashed through the 100-goal barrier to move closer to the Spanish title.

Ronaldo, who scored twice in the 5-1 demolition of Osasuna, is now just three shy of his own record of 40 league goals set last season and there are still eight matches left.

Maria Sharapova says she hopes to put the disappointment of losing her second-straight final on hard courts behind her with a strong showing this year in the upcoming clay court season.

"I feel like I've improved with every year that I have been playing on it (clay) and I enjoy it," said Sharapova, after losing 7-5, 6-4 in the Miami final on Saturday to fifth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland.

Arsene Wenger accused his Arsenal players of a lack of commitment during their lackluster 2-1 defeat at struggling Queens Park Rangers.

Wenger's side came into the game on the back of a run of seven successive Premier League victories and had a chance to consolidate their position in third place.

Bayern Munich's director of sport Christian Nerlinger insisted the German league title race is back in their hands.

Bayern's 1-0 win at Nuremberg on Saturday was enough to trim Borussia Dortmund's lead down to just three points after the defending champions drew 4-4 at home to VfB Stuttgart on Friday night.

Roberto Mancini was again forced to answer questions about the erratic behavior of his forward Mario Balotelli as Manchester City surrendered the initiative in the title race with a dramatic 3-3 draw with Sunderland.

The result -- the first time a team has taken a league point at Eastlands in 14 months -- leaves Mancini's team two points behind leaders Manchester United who play their game in hand at Blackburn on Monday.