More than 2,000 Jewish athletes are gathering in Berlin for the European Maccabi Games, being held for the first time in Germany, and in the stadium built by the Nazis for the 1936 Olympics.

In a nod to the past, organizers of the 14th games are holding a Holocaust memorial service ahead of the opening ceremony late Tuesday, and many youth athletes were to visit the former Sachsenhausen concentration camp just outside the city.

The International Olympic Committee on Monday awarded the Middle East and North Africa broadcast rights for Olympic games between 2018 and 2024 to beIN Sports.

Broadcasting sources said the Qatar-owned beIN, which is moving into a growing number of sports markets, had paid more than $150 million (£96.7m, 135.6m euros) for its first direct deal with the IOC which will cover four Games.

Many both in the peloton and watching from afar may have groaned when Chris Froome said he intended to ride on for another six to eight years, but not everyone is disappointed.

There are some who feel the domination Froome has shown at times in winning his two Tour de France titles -- in 2013 and again this month -- has taken the gloss off the greatest cycle race in the world.

Manchester United says it has signed Argentina goalkeeper Sergio Romero to a three-year deal on a free transfer.

The 28-year-old previously played for United manager Louis van Gaal at Dutch club AZ Alkmaar and will provide competition for Spanish 'keeper David de Gea, while Victor Valdes is set to be sold after refusing to play in the reserves last season.

There was no celebratory burnout — Kyle Busch has done plenty of those the last few weeks — just another big, fat kiss at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Busch's triumphant return following a horrible crash the day before the season-opening Daytona 500 continued Sunday with one of the biggest wins of his career. He grabbed an elusive victory at Indy, where Busch won the Brickyard 400 for a weekend sweep at the historic track.

The head of the Canadian Olympic Committee said Sunday he would push Toronto to bid for the 2024 Olympics.

Marcel Aubut, head of the COC, told a press conference he wants to see Canada's largest city be an official candidate by September 15, the deadline set by the International Olympic Committee.

German driver Sebastian Vettel delivered an emotional high-speed tribute to his late colleague Jules Bianchi on Sunday when he stormed to victory for Ferrari in a dramatic and incident-filled Hungarian Grand Prix.

The four-time world champion claimed his second victory of the season and 41st of his career -- drawing him level with the late Brazilian legend Ayrton Senna in equal third on the all-time list -- after leading from the start to dominate a thrilling and unpredictable contest.

Five Roma players have been denied entry to Indonesia during the club's preseason tour and have been forced to fly back to Italy.

The squad traveled from Australia, where it had played friendlies against Real Madrid and Manchester City, and was in Indonesia on Saturday for its final stop on a preseason tour.

Vincenzo Nibali's defense of the Tour de France title he won in 2014 may have failed but the Italian proved he was a proud warrior with victory on the 19th stage.

The 30-year-old Sicilian came into the Tour hoping to become the first rider to defend the title since the last of Spaniard Miguel Indurain's five wins in 1995.

Usain Bolt insists he is still king of the sprinters after returning from injury with back-to-back 100m times of 9.87sec at the London Diamond League meeting.

Asked if his winning performances -- in the heats and final on a rain-soaked Olympic Stadium track -- proved that he was still the world’s number one, the 28-year-old Jamaican replied defiantly: “I was never number two.”