Pep Guardiola admitted he was impressed as Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich inflicted a record 8-0 rout on Hamburg to warm-up for facing Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League.

This was Hamburg's heaviest ever Bundesliga defeat while Bayern enjoyed their biggest league win since romping to a 9-0 win over Kickers Offenbach back in 1984.

France's pole-vault star Renaud Lavillenie again narrowly failed in his bid to improve his own world record on Saturday, but insists he is getting closer.

The 28-year-old Olympic champion failed three times to clear 6.17m at an indoor meeting in Berlin, but won the competition with a leap of 6.02m -- a week after a similar experience at a meet in Nevers, central France.

Real Madrid bounced back from their 4-0 derby humiliation by Atletico Madrid last weekend with a 2-0 victory over Deportivo la Coruna to move four points clear at the top of La Liga on Saturday.

The hosts started nervously but could have been well in front at the break as Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale both struck the bar before Isco's curling effort opened the scoring.

FIFA doesn't like the choice of Manaus as a football host city for the 2016 Olympics, saying it prefers games be played at cities closer to games center Rio de Janeiro.

Football's governing body said Friday it does "not consider Manaus as a suitable first option for a hosting venue."

Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu was questioned by a National Court judge for more than three hours on Friday, as a suspect in a tax fraud probe linked to the signing of striker Neymar.

Bartomeu emerged from the court in Madrid accompanied by a legal representative, and declined to comment.

West Ham striker Andy Carroll is likely to miss the rest of the season after the Premier League club announced Friday the England international will undergo knee surgery.

The 26-year-old was forced off in West Ham's midweek 0-0 draw at Southampton as Sam Allardyce's side finished the game with only nine men following a red card for goalkeeper Adrian.

Manchester United, once a byword for slick attacking football, are playing some "miserable" stuff under manager Louis van Gaal, former United midfielder Paul Scholes believes.

Despite Van Gaal taking United to third in the table in his first season in charge, some critics have attacked the style of play employed by the Dutchman.

Anna Fenninger's ski tips nearly crossed going from one turn to the next late in her run, lurching her violently forward.

Somehow, the Austrian recovered. Improbably, she stayed on course. Even more implausibly, she hardly lost any speed.

As LeBron James dressed following a dominating win over the Miami Heat, the team he fled to return home, he pushed play on the stereo in his corner cubicle and cranked up the volume.

Suddenly, the Cleveland Cavaliers' locker room, still filled with reporters, was alive with thumping music, turning the space into a postgame dance club.

Shunted back in midfield for Manchester United, Wayne Rooney was reassured by England coach Roy Hodgson on Thursday that his status as the national team's leading striker was secure.

At the same time, Hodgson is also embracing younger talent, with Tottenham striker Harry Kane, the breakthrough sensation of the season, set to earn his first England call-up for next month's games.