Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel took advantage of a new ultrasoft tire to propel himself back to the top of the timesheets on a morning of fast times on the second day of pre-season testing in Barcelona.

Vettel was also fastest in Monday's first day of testing as Ferrari look set to live up to expectations they can challenge Mercedes' dominance of the sport for the past two years.

Sepp Blatter's long-awaited book about his life at FIFA is expected to be published within days.

The website of Swiss publisher Werd & Weber has said "Sepp Blatter: Mission Football" will cost 49 Swiss francs (U.S.$49) and will be available in February.

Stephen Curry scored 36 points and the Golden State Warriors became the fastest team in NBA history to 50 wins, beating the Atlanta Hawks 102-92 on Monday after squandering a 23-point lead.

The Warriors (50-5) eclipsed the mark set by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls, who needed one more game to win their 50th. Of course, that's the team Golden State is chasing, moving another step closer to the record 72-10 mark put up by Michael Jordan and his teammates at the height of their six-titles-in-eight-years dynasty.

Manchester United beat Shrewsbury by an unexpectedly easy 3-0 in the fifth round of the FA Cup on Monday and gave under-fire manager Louis van Gaal at least three days' breathing space.

On Thursday, United has a must-win Europa League match against unheralded Danish side FC Midtjylland.

Lleyton Hewitt has selected doubles specialist John Peers as a reinforcement for Nick Kyrgios, Bernard Tomic and Sam Groth on Australia's team for the Davis Cup match against the United States on grass at Kooyong next month.

Peers, who is ranked No. 9 in doubles, was the only surprise in Hewitt's first selection as captain. He and Jamie Murray lost the men's doubles finals at the U.S. Open and Wimbledon last year.

Roma legend Francesco Totti was on Monday left at a career crossroads after a highly-publicized spat with coach Luciano Spalletti that divided Italian football and cast a shadow over his remarkable career.

Now in his 23rd season with the Serie A side, the 39-year-old Totti is expected to wind his career down at the end of this season or next.

Police arrested a man for throwing a lighter onto the pitch during Chelsea's FA Cup win over Manchester City at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, while investigations continue into coin-throwing at visiting players.

Objects were thrown when David Faupala celebrated with City teammates in the corner of the pitch, near Chelsea fans, after scoring on his debut in the first half of a match that the hosts went on to win 5-1.

Barcelona's main title rivals both faltered in Spain and a referee grabbed the headlines in Germany on Sunday when he stopped a game because a coach refused to leave the pitch.

Fiorentina consolidated third place in Serie A and Roma bounced back from its Champions League defeat to Real Madrid with its fifth successive league win.

World boxing star Manny Pacquiao's April 9 bout with Timothy Bradley came under a cloud Monday when the Philippine elections commission was asked to stop the Las Vegas match because it would give the Filipino slugger and senatorial candidate massive publicity.

Former Rep. Walden Bello, also a senatorial candidate in the May 9 elections, said in his petition to the Commission on Elections that allowing the welterweight fight to proceed during the campaign period would violate a law giving candidates equal access to media publicity and a ban on TV and radio programs favoring a candidate.

Defending champion Lewis Hamilton was the first car out on the track Monday as Formula One returned to action with preseason testing in Barcelona.

Hamilton didn't waste time getting in the driver's seat to try out the new Mercedes that he will attempt to drive to a third consecutive championship this year.