Venus Williams saved three match points as she roared back for a 1-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-1 victory over old foe Jelena Jankovic on Saturday and a place in the third round at Indian Wells.

The seven-time Grand Slam champion, her right arm bandaged and her serve speed down, surrendered the first set in just 20 minutes and was quickly down a break at 3-1 in the second.

Finnish driver Kimi Raikkonen smashed teammate Sebastian Vettel's best time in pre-season testing by nearly half a second to dominate the morning session of the final day of testing on Friday.

Raikkonen edged to within three tenths of the track record in 1min 18.634sec to register the fastest time of the day by nearly a second.

Argentina remain top of the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday ahead of Brazil and Germany with the top ten remaining unchanged.

Barcelona's extraordinary fightback to beat Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League demonstrated football's unique capacity for surprise, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Thursday.

Lionel Messi's car couldn't move for adoring fans bowing to the Argentine maestro, whilst two-goal hero Neymar partied with three-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton as Barcelona celebrated a historic 6-1 thrashing of Paris Saint-Germain.

Neymar scored twice and then set up a 95th minute winner for Sergi Roberto in the final seven minutes as Barca became the first side in Champions League history to overcome a 4-0 first leg deficit.

Barcelona were hailed as living legends Thursday after Neymar helped the Spanish giants pull off a Nou Camp miracle with a dying minutes Champions League win over stunned Paris Saint-Germain.

Zinedine Zidane refused to criticize Gareth Bale as 11-time winners Real Madrid eclipsed a dismal first half to end Napoli's Champions Lague quarter-final hopes with a clinical 3-1 win at the San Paolo on Tuesday.

Behnaz Shafiei, Iran's path-breaking female motorbike champion, lands a spectacular 15-meter jump on a track near Tehran -- all the more astonishing given that this would have been illegal a year ago. 

Arsene Wenger is under unprecedented pressure to end his storied 21-year tenure as Arsenal manager following their humiliating 10-2 aggregate defeat by Bayern Munich in the Champions League.

Coach Jose Mourinho slammed the state of the Rostov pitch on Wednesday ahead of Manchester United's Europa league tie, questioning whether the game should go ahead.