Bangladesh police fired live rounds on Sunday in clashes with Islamists demanding the execution of bloggers they accuse of blasphemy, killing at least three protesters and injuring dozens.

Dozens of fans were injured when a frightening crash sent Kyle Larson's car airborne at the NASCAR stock car Nationwide Series season-opener, the debris flying into the stands.

Twenty-eight race fans were injured when a crash sent Kyle Larson's car airborne and debris flew into the stands at the end of the NASCAR stock car Nationwide Series season-opener.

A fiery car crash sent Kyle Larson's car airborne and flying debris injured a number of fans Saturday in the waning moments of the NASCAR Nationwide Series season-opener.

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin will miss Sunday's NHL game against Tampa Bay after suffering an apparent head injury on Friday in a game against Florida.

French freelance photographer Olivier Voisin, who was seriously wounded in Syria last month, was in critical condition Friday after an operation in Turkey, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said.

Injuries to four key players and the return of star centre Sonny Bill Williams to rugby league have put the Waikato Chiefs on the back foot as they prepare to open their Super 15 title defence on Friday.

Spain's King Juan Carlos will have surgery for a slipped disc on March 3, the royal palace said Thursday, in what will be the 75-year-old monarch's seventh operation in three years.

Unidentified gunmen shot dead eight soldiers and seriously wounded another in two separate incidents in Indonesia's restive Papua region on Thursday, a military spokesman said.

Scotland interim head coach Scott Johnson has promised his side will not be taken unawares by a much-changed Ireland team in the Six Nations at Murrayfield on Sunday.

Formula One driver Robert Kubica, seriously injured in a crash in February 2011, will not as suggested be competing in Germany's touring car championship (DTM) this season.

A Syrian footballer was killed and four others wounded on Wednesday when two mortars smashed into a stadium in central Damascus, a sports official told AFP.

The Chicago Blackhawks matched an NHL record start to a season, beating the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 to post their 16th consecutive game where they earned at least one point.

Ireland were hit by a new injury blow on Monday as it was announced that backrow forward Chris Henry is out of the rest of the Six Nations with a knee injury.

Rafael Nadal showed he is back in business by clinching his first title since ending a seven-month knee injury layoff, winning the Brazil Open on Sunday.

Rafael Nadal showed he is back in business by clinching his first tournament title since ending a seven-month knee injury layoff, winning the Brazil Open here Sunday.

Rafael Nadal clinched his first tournament title since ending a seven-month knee injury layoff in winning the Brazil Open here Sunday.

John Terry rubbished reports of a rift in his relationship with Rafael Benitez after the Chelsea captain marked his return to the side with a goal in Sunday's 4-0 win over Brentford.

Bayern Munich midfielder Javi Martinez is set to face Arsenal in Tuesday's Champions League clash, coach Jupp Heynckes said on Sunday, after the Spain star recovered from a foot injury.

Russian authorities halted their search Sunday for the meteorite that spectacularly struck the Urals last week, leaving about 1,200 people injured and damaging several thousand buildings.