Former World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi is being tipped to take over as coach of China after being offered the job following the resignation of Gao Hongbo, reports said Wednesday.

A plane carrying Turkish football club Fenerbahce to play a Europa League game against Manchester United was forced to make an emergency stop in Budapest Wednesday due to a ruptured windscreen.

Croatian midfielder Luka Modric tied his long-term future to Real Madrid by extending his contract with the European champions to 2020 on Tuesday.

Andy Murray, winner of Sunday's Shanghai Masters, has closed the gap in the ATP rankings with world number one Novak Djokovic and could topple him before the end of the year.

Chinese group Trillion Trophy Asia (TTA) completed their lengthy takeover of English club Birmingham City on Monday making it the third club based in the city to fall under Chinese control.

Israel has arrested the coach of a Palestinian football club after his team posed with a banner celebrating a gunman who killed two Israelis, his lawyer said on Monday.

Germany's Angelique Kerber tops Monday's WTA rankings for the fifth week in a row while former world number one Caroline Wozniacki returns to the top 20.

Novak Djokovic's problems came to an explosive head at the Shanghai Masters and the Serb now faces being knocked off world number one if he can't find a quick solution.

Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki beat unseeded French challenger Kristina Mladenovic to take the Hong Kong Open on Sunday after a battle of wills that lasted almost three hours.

Andy Murray demolished Roberto Bautista to win the Shanghai Masters without dropping a set as he edged closer to Novak Djokovic's world number one ranking on Sunday.