USA Track and Field President Stephanie Hightower, one of the IAAF council members who voted to provisionally suspend Russia over doping charges, said the move was the "only proper course of action."

"Council examined this matter very thoughtfully, fully aware of the extraordinary action we ultimately decided to take," Hightower said in a statement after the world governing body's council voted 22-1 on Friday to suspend the Russian Athletics Federation.

It started as a celebration of football, a glamor friendly between France and world champions Germany in front of 80,000 fans at Paris's showpiece Stade de France.

Then they heard the explosions.

The English Football Association (FA) will liaise with their French counterparts this weekend over whether a friendly between the two nations planned for Tuesday goes ahead after Friday's deadly attacks in Paris.

Tuesday's match is due to be played at Wembley in London.

Spain struck twice in the final 20 minutes as goals from Mario Gaspar and Santi Cazorla ended England's 15-match unbeaten run in Alicante on Friday.

Villarreal right-back Gaspar scored a sensational volley to open the scoring when he swiveled in mid-air to turn home Cesc Fabregas's pass.

The Golden State's perfect start to the season is now the best in franchise history as Stephen Curry scored 46 points and the Warriors beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 129-116 Thursday.

Curry scored 21 of his game high total in the first quarter as Golden State improved to a franchise-best 10-0, surpassing the 1960-61 Warriors who opened at 9-0. That Warrior side was led by the legendary Wilt Chamberlain when the club was based in Philadelphia.

Judo-loving President Vladimir Putin has used glitzy sporting events to showcase the successes of his rule, but the scandal now engulfing Russian athletics risks tarnishing that image.

Moscow splashed out an estimated $51 billion (47 billion euros) on hosting the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi and is currently busy preparing for the 2018 World Cup in the country.

Real Madrid star James Rodriguez returned to snatch a draw for Colombia against Chile on Thursday as Argentina and Brazil's long-awaited World Cup qualifying clash was postponed by torrential rain.

Rodriguez, who missed Colombia's opening two 2018 World Cup qualifiers last month through injury, pounced in the 68th minute to help give his team a precious point in a 1-1 draw with the Copa America champions in Santiago.

England captain Wayne Rooney admitted he is under more pressure for his place in the national team than at any point in his international career by an emerging group of promising strikers.

Rooney, 30, is England's all-time leading scorer with 50 goals in his 107 caps, but he will be left on the bench by coach Roy Hodgson for a glamor friendly against Spain in Alicante on Friday.

Lewis Hamilton admits that his high-speed life as Formula One world champion has left him exhausted.

But, he added, he was shaking off a fever that had delayed his flight from Europe and was looking forward to fighting for his first Brazilian Grand Prix victory this weekend.

Ecuador defeated Uruguay 2-1 to maintain their 100 percent start to South American World Cup qualifiers on Thursday with a third consecutive victory.

Ecuador, who opened their qualifying campaign with a stunning upset of Argentina in Buenos Aires last month, took another three points after Fidel Martinez's second-half winner.