Novak Djokovic made a flying start to his bid for a record fourth successive ATP Tour Finals title with a 6-1, 6-1 rout of Japan's Kei Nishikori, while Roger Federer cruised to a 6-4, 6-2 win against Tomas Berdych on Sunday.

Defending champion Djokovic and six-time winner Federer have dominated the prestigious season-ending event for the last decade, lifting the trophy eight times between them in the last nine years.

Paris Saint-Germain's Brazilian defender David Luiz was on his way back to the traumatized French capital on Sunday, but admitted he was doing so with a sense of dread.

The international star was lampooned by fellow professionals after saying he wanted to stay in his native Brazil rather than return to Paris after Friday's gun and bomb attacks that killed at least 129 people.

Hungary reached their first major finals since the 1986 World Cup when they defeated Norway 2-1 on Sunday for a 3-1 aggregate victory in their Euro 2016 play-off.

Tamas Priskin scored the opening goal of the game with a spectacular 14th-minute strike before an own-goal from Markus Henriksen seven minutes from time gave Hungary a place in the finals in France next summer.

Germany's football team spent the night at the Stade de France in north Paris after a friendly match against France rather than take the risk of driving through the French capital to their hotel following the attacks that left more than 120 people dead.

"The players were very worried, the information was not very clear and we didn't want to take any risk on the road, so we decided not to drive through Paris .... (which was) not 100 percent secured and so we stayed in the dressing room," said Germany manager Oliver Bierhoff.

Met by cheers and a standing ovation from supporters, a professional Serbian basketball player has made an extraordinary comeback to the court -- two years after losing her leg in a bus crash.

Wearing a prosthetic limb under black leggings, 21-year-old Natasa Kovacevic scored five points towards Wednesday night's victory by Red Star Belgrade, the club with which she began her career, in a return to the game that she described as "sublime".

The Cleveland Cavaliers are off to their best NBA start in 39 years after coming from behind Friday night to beat the New York Knicks for the second time in just nine days.

LeBron James and Mo Williams ignited the fourth quarter rally, combining for 21 of Cleveland's 24 fourth quarter points in a 90-84 victory at Madison Square Garden.

Turkish star Hedo Turkoglu, who played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association and eight with the Orlando Magic, announced his retirement on Friday.

Turkoglu, of Gaziosmanpasa, will be honored by the Magic during a special ceremony on December 18, when Orlando hosts Portland.

The United States shook off a nightmare start to launch their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign with a 6-1 rout of St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Friday.

Jozy Altidore scored twice as Jurgen Klinsmann's men made a quick recovery after Oalex Anderson put the Caribbean visitors ahead in the fifth minute at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri.

Ten-man Brazil came from behind to snatch a 1-1 draw against arch-rivals Argentina on Friday in a tense World Cup qualifying battle between the two South American superpowers.

A second half strike from Santos player Lucas Lima salvaged a vital point for Brazil after Argentina had taken the lead midway through the half thanks to an Ezequiel Lavezzi strike.

Netherlands coach Danny Blind hopes that glamour friendlies will keep his team's motivation intact after they bounced back from their Euro 2016 qualification failure by beating Wales.

Third at last year's World Cup, the Netherlands will not be among the 24 teams competing in France next year after missing out on a place at the European Championship finals for the first time since 1984.