UEFA on Wednesday banned Turkish champions Galatasaray from European competitions for one year for breaching spending rules.

The UEFA club financial control adjudicatory chamber ordered the ban after Galatasaray "failed to comply with the terms of the settlement agreement" made with the European body in May 2014, said a statement.

Novak Djokovic, Usain Bolt and Lionel Messi are among the six nominations for the Laureus Awards in the category of Best Male Athlete of 2015, the foundation announced on Wednesday.

The 17th edition of the Laureus World Sports Awards, which honor the prowess of the planet's best sportsmen and women, will be held on April 16 in Berlin.

World Cup leader Lindsey Vonn announced on Wednesday that her season is over due to a knee injury sustained in a fall last weekend.

"Today I am making the difficult decision to end my season and leave the World Cup circuit due to an injury I suffered last Saturday," she wrote on her Facebook page.

Germany team manager Oliver Bierhoff has backed both captain Bastian Schweinsteiger and defender Jerome Boateng to recover from injury to play for the world champions in June's European championships.

"I am 100 percent convinced that Jerome will manage it. He's very professional," Bierhoff said at a panel discussion in Mainz on Tuesday.

Leicester's unlikely Premier League title challenge faltered with a 2-2 home draw with West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday, offering Tottenham the chance to go top in another twist to the most unpredictable race for the championship in years.

Moving three points clear of the world's richest league was nothing to celebrate for Leicester's despondent players, who wasted a slew of late chances to put a provisional five-point gap over Spurs.

Draymond Green hit an off-balance 3-pointer as the shot clock expired with 40.2 seconds remaining in overtime, and the Golden State Warriors escaped with a 109-105 win against the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday while Stephen Curry watched in street clothes with an injured ankle.

Andrew Bogut saved the ball from going out of bounds, and then Green got the shot off just in time while avoiding Kent Bazemore's diving steal attempt.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport says Michel Platini has appealed against his six-year ban by FIFA.

CAS says Platini is seeking to annul the sanction confirmed by the FIFA appeal committee last week.

French prosecutors have confirmed that they have widened their investigation into corruption in track and field to include the bidding for the 2016 and 2020 Olympics.

Franck Charon, the spokesman for the national financial prosecutions office in Paris, tells The Associated Press that a preliminary investigation has been opened "but at this stage we are just making verifications, we cannot prejudge the outcome of the investigation."

Alvaro Morata came off the bench to earn then score a late penalty as champions Juventus went four points clear at the top of Serie A on Sunday with a 2-0 win over hapless Inter Milan.

Days after rescuing their Champions League hopes with a 2-2 home draw with Bayern Munich, Juventus welcomed Roberto Mancini's visitors looking to steal a march on title challengers Napoli.

Arsene Wenger challenged Arsenal to respond in this week's crucial fixtures after watching his team waste a glorious opportunity to close the gap at the top of the Premier League in Sunday's 3-2 loss at Manchester United.

Arsenal, seeking their first league title in 12 years, were bidding to stay within two points of surprise leaders Leicester City ahead of a home fixture against Swansea on Wednesday and a crucial visit to Tottenham looming on Saturday.