Mercedes may have pummeled the competition last year, but star driver Lewis Hamilton said Sunday the German constructors face a heavyweight brawl with a beefed-up Ferrari team this season.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his 28th goal of the season as Manchester United closed on the Premier League top four with a routine 3-0 win at relegation-threatened Sunderland on Sunday.

US pair Steve Johnson and Jack Sock kept the Davis Cup quarter-final against Australia alive with a gritty five-set win over John Peers and Sam Groth in Brisbane on Saturday.

After losing both singles rubbers on Friday, the US needed to win the doubles to give themselves some hope heading into Sunday's reverse singles.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola shrugged off suggestions his "so polite" side were involved in a heated row with Chelsea's stars following their 2-1 loss at Stamford Bridge.

FIFA Announces $369 Million Loss with Worse to Come

FIFA on Friday announced a $369 million loss for 2016, a second straight annual deficit, as it recovers from scandals that have rocked world football and acknowledged it had to use hundreds of millions of dollars of its reserves.

Brazil surged to the top of the FIFA world rankings for the first time in seven years on Thursday, made all the sweeter as they usurped great rivals Argentina.

Alvaro Morata scored twice as Real Madrid maintained a two-point lead over Barcelona at the top of La Liga by making light of Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale's absence in a 4-2 win at Leganes.

Eden Hazard scored twice as leaders Chelsea beat Pep Guardiola's Manchester City 2-1 on Wednesday to reassert their control of the Premier League title race.

Migrant World Cup stadium laborers in Qatar can work 18-hour days -- more than twice the maximum amount permitted by law -- an external report into working conditions has found.

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has backed Lewis Hamilton to exact swift revenge at Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix after a chastening defeat in Formula One's season opener in Australia.