Cristiano Ronaldo hit form with a hat-trick as Real Madrid tore apart Malaga 4-0 at the weekend and now he has his sights set on breaking the 100-goal mark for the Spanish giants against Villarreal.

While his fellow strikers were scoring freely with Gonzalo Higuain having hit three consecutive hat-tricks -- including one for Argentina -- going into the Malaga game, Ronaldo had been going through a dry patch.

Frenchman Gael Monfils hopes to ride the momentum of his Stockholm Open title into a long-sought trophy at his home Paris Masters next month.

The world number 10 claimed his first title in a year on Sunday when he defeated Jarkko Nieminen 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 to earn the crown in the Swedish capital in his debut.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insisted he will continue to be cautious over Robin van Persie's fitness after the forward almost missed the victory over Stoke on Sunday.

Van Persie has been suffering with tightness in his muscles and after undergoing tests could only be named on the bench for the Premier League clash at the Emirates Stadium.

Maria Sharapova will crown one of tennis's most unlikely comebacks if she regains the title at the $5,000,000 WTA Championships which start on Tuesday.

Sharapova has gradually worked her way back to world number two after an operation in 2008 on a rotator cuff, the kind of shoulder injury from which most players never fully recover.

Andre Villas-Boas risks an FA charge after he delivered a fiercely critical assessment of referee Chris Foy's performance during Chelsea's 1-0 defeat at QPR.

The match official dismissed Jose Bosingwa and Didier Drogba for first half fouls after awarding the home side a ninth-minute penalty that was converted by Heidar Helguson.

Sir Alex Ferguson insists Manchester United will recover from the worst result of his career after the Premier League champions were thrashed 6-1 by Manchester City at Old Trafford.

The extraordinary defeat represented City's biggest win at Old Trafford since January 1926 as Mario Balotelli and Edin Dzeko claimed two goals each, with further strikes from David Silva and Sergio Aguero.

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini tipped Mario Balotelli to join Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as one of the world's top three players after his two-goal starring role in the 6-1 demolition of Manchester United.

Balotelli had made headline news on the morning of the game after the fire brigade were called to his Cheshire home to put out a blaze caused by fireworks being let off in his bathroom.

Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas is fit to return to Spanish league action on Saturday after being sidelined for three weeks by a hamstring injury, the club said.

"Cesc Fabregas is fit again. On Friday he was given the medical all-clear," the Spanish and European champions said in an online statement.

Germany's Schalke 04 said Friday they had signed up former international goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand to compensate for the injury absence of Ralf Faerhmann, sporting director Horst Held said.

"We have reached agreement and it remains only to sign the contract," said Held of the move to net Hildebrand, Bundesliga champion with Stuttgart in 2007 before heading off to Valencia in Spain.

India's Supreme Court Friday ordered the organizers of the country's first Formula One race to freeze 25 percent of revenues from ticket sales in a bank account until a tax dispute is resolved.

Justice D.K Jain and A.R Dave directed the organizers to open a separate bank account and deposit the money until a ruling has been given on the case, which comes just over a week before the event.