French Formula One driver Jules Bianchi died Friday night from head injuries he suffered in a crash at last season's Japanese Grand Prix, after spending nine months in a coma.

Bianchi, 25, had been fighting for his life under controlled medical conditions in the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire hospital in his home city of Nice, southern France.

Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba set a new world record in the women's 1500m at the Monaco Diamond League meet on Friday.

Dibaba, 24, clocked 3min 50.07sec to shatter one of the most controversial records held in recent times -- 3:50.46 run by China's Yunxia Qu in Beijing in 1993.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday called for a complete review of plans for Tokyo's 2020 Olympic stadium amid growing public anger over its eye-watering $2 billion price tag.

"I have decided we must go back to the drawing board," Abe told reporters after meeting Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori, sports minister Hakubun Shimomura and Olympics minister Toshiaki Endo.

Troubled Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic has admitted he made a mistake after being arrested in Miami for refusing to turn down the music at a hotel penthouse party.

The fiery 22-year-old, already at odds with Tennis Australia, was taken into custody early Wednesday morning after police were called to the chic W Hotel after multiple reports of a raucous party in his rooms.

One of the seven FIFA officials held in Switzerland over corruption allegations has been extradited to the United States, the Swiss justice ministry said in a statement Thursday.

"The first of the seven FIFA officials being held in custody in Switzerland was extradited to the USA on 15 July," the statement said.

Bastian Schweinsteiger revealed Wednesday the prospect of playing before Manchester United's supporters at Old Trafford's iconic "Theater of Dreams" helped lure him away from Bayern Munich.

The 30-year-old 2014 World Cup-winning midfield general completed a £14m (19.47m euros, $21.72m) move to United on Monday after agreeing a three-year deal with the Premier League side.

Louis van Gaal on Wednesday warned his raft of new signings they would have to fight for their Manchester United places as the Premier League giants prepared to kick-off their pre-season tour of the United States.

United arrived in Seattle in buoyant mood after bolstering their squad with a slew of high-caliber new arrivals led by Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger and France international Morgan Schneiderlin.

Battling summer heat and dust, child jockey Purevsurengiin Togtokhsuren rides his stallion across the vast Mongolian steppe.

Despite being only 13 years old, Togtokhsuren is riding for the fifth time in the national races for Mongolia's summer festival, known as Naadam, lining up against some 170 other child jockeys.

An award-winning Japanese architect on Thursday called on officials to rein in spiraling costs for Tokyo's 2020 Olympic stadium which put it on track to become the world's most expensive sporting showpiece.

Construction costs have ballooned by nearly twice the original budget to 252 billion yen ($2.03 billion), sparking an uproar over the price tag for a project that was already lambasted by some critics for its futuristic look.

While the battle for the yellow jersey should be dominating thoughts ahead of Thursday's final Pyrenean stage, it has been doping, the heat and even Lance Armstrong hogging attention at the Tour de France

After two baking hot days in the mountains in which several riders -- including Alberto Contador and Vincenzo Nibali -- complained of being unable to breath, Thursday's 195km stage 12 from Lannemezan to Plateau de Beille promises to be even hotter, and harder.