Nick Kyrgios would prefer to remain an international man of mystery, but word is leaking out -- the 20-year-old Australian is the fastest rising young star in tennis.

Known as much for emotional outbursts as great shot-making in his teen years, Kyrgios has found his place on the ATP Tour without losing his sense of self along the journey.

The 40th edition of the Paris marathon will take place on high alert Sunday following terrorist attacks on the French capital and Brussels, organizers said.

Paris suffered several attacks in 2015, with 17 people killed in the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper and a Jewish supermarket in January. 

AC Milan have praised the model professionalism of Keisuke Honda although doubts remain over whether the Japan midfielder will extend his contract at the club beyond 2017.

A string of solid performances for Milan in recent months has underlined Honda's value to the struggling Serie A giants as they battle to qualify for a place in Europe next year. 

Uruguayan star Luis Suarez believes his success in turning around Barcelona's fortunes in the past two seasons has been thanks to adapting his game to strike partners Lionel Messi and Neymar.

Heading into Saturday's Classico game against Real Madrid, Suarez is Barca's top scorer with 43 goals in as many games this season. The Catalan giants remain on course to repeat the La Liga, Champions League and Copa del Rey triumph they won in Suarez's debut campaign last season.

Women athletes who sacrifice having children and raising families during the peak years of their playing careers should earn what men do, says two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova.

The 30-year-old Russian weighed in Wednesday on the gender pay equity issue raised last week when the former Indian Wells tournament director and top-ranked Novak Djokovic made comments knocking level prize money for men and women at tennis events.

FIFA on Thursday ordered Sunderland defender Emmanuel Eboue to serve a one year ban over fees owed to a former agent.

The Ivory Coast international can automatically end the ban if he pays the money to his ex-agent Sebastien Boisseau, the world body said. 

A charitable gesture by Argentinian football star Lionel Messi has provoked outrage in Egypt, where a lawmaker and football official took umbrage at the donation: his sneakers.

Messi, in an interview with the private satellite channel MBC Misr, had donated his shoes to the channel to auction them off for charity.

DeAndre Jordan tallied 16 points and 16 rebounds as the Los Angeles Clippers clinched a Western Conference playoff spot with a 105-90 win over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday.

The Clippers became the fourth West club to book a playoff berth as they used a strong second half to get the job done in front of a crowd of 19,000 at the Staples Center arena.

Shell-shocked Germany hunt a rare win over bogey side Italy in a friendly international in Munich on Tuesday as the world champions seek to bounce back from their defeat to England.

Joachim Loew's Germany threw away a two-goal lead in Berlin on Saturday to slump to a 3-2 loss against Roy Hodgson's England.

Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas equaled the record of most international caps for a European player on Sunday as two-time defending European champions Spain drew 0-0 against Romania in Cluj.

Casillas, who made his national team debut in June 2000, returned after sitting out Thursday's 1-1 draw in Italy to move level with former Latvia midfielder Vitalijs Astafjevs on 166 appearances.