England manager Roy Hodgson has said it would take an "awful lot" for Wayne Rooney to be left out of his squad for this year's European Championships.

But Hodgson insisted England's record goalscorer, who has been sidelined since mid-February with knee ligament damage, would not receive special treatment and instead had to first regain fitness and form.

There will be jollity among the jangling nerves at the King Power Stadium on Sunday as Premier League leaders Leicester City resume their improbable pursuit of the title against Southampton.

Leicester chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who celebrates his birthday on Monday, is offering a free doughnut and bottle of beer to every home fan in attendance.

Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani has admitted his time at Paris Saint-Germain has been the hardest of his career in an interview with French television station TF1 due to be broadcast on Sunday.

"I have had the three hardest years of my career," Cavani, who joined PSG from Italian side Napoli in 2013, told TF1 show Telefoot.

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.