The New England Patriots ground out a bruising 20-13 victory over the Buffalo Bills to keep their unbeaten start to the season intact on Monday.

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady survived a sustained buffeting from the Buffalo defense to steer the reigning Super Bowl champions to their 10th win of the current campaign.

Depleted Juventus host Manchester City on Wednesday looking for the win that would secure their passage to the last 16 of the Champions League.

City's 3-1 win away to Sevilla last time out left Manuel Pellegrini's men top of Group D on nine points and, with Juventus one point behind in second, they will clinch top spot with a win in Turin.

As Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic returns to his home town on Wednesday, some Malmo fans are torn over whether to support the city's prodigal son or the team that launched his career.

On a football pitch in the immigrant-heavy neighborhood of Rosengard, where the 34-year-old Swede grew up, one of his childhood teammates sighed as he pondered where his sympathies would lie during the Champions League match between Malmo and PSG.

Jermain Defoe boosted Sunderland's bid to escape the Premier League relegation zone as he pounced on a defensive howler to snatch a 1-0 win at Crystal Palace on Monday.

Center-back Scott Dann and goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey made a hash of clearing a hopeful ball forward, allowing Defoe to slot into an empty net 10 minutes from time in south London.

Chelsea head to Israel amid new security worries in the region as they try to seal a spot in the last 16 of the Champions League against Maccabi Tel Aviv on Tuesday.

Jose Mourinho's team currently sit in second place in Group G and could advance with a victory against the already eliminated Israeli champions provided Dynamo Kiev do not win their game against Porto.

Roger Federer has warned Novak Djokovic he will find it hard to repeat his incredible 2015 campaign.

Federer was Djokovic's last victim of the year as the Serb romped to a 6-3, 6-4 victory in the final of the ATP Tour Finals on Sunday.

Novak Djokovic has set his sights on surpassing his almost perfect year by winning the only two major titles to have eluded him -- the French Open and Olympics.

Djokovic enjoyed a fitting finale to the best season of his life as the Serb crushed Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4 to win the ATP Tour Finals for a record fourth successive year on Sunday.

Rugby great Jonah Lomu probably died from a blood clot that formed during a long-haul flight to New Zealand, one of his medics said Monday, as plans were unveiled to honor the legendary winger with a public memorial.

Former All Blacks doctor John Mayhew, who helped treat Lomu's chronic kidney disease, said a flight-related clot was the most likely explanation for his shock death in Auckland last week aged just 40.

The Golden State Warriors defeated the host Denver Nuggets 118-105 on Sunday to equal the best start to a season in NBA history with their 15th win of 2015.

The reigning NBA champion Warriors matched the record 15-0 opening achieved by Washington in 1948-49 and by the Houston Rockets in 1993-94.

Chinese football authorities have apologized for the national team's poor showing in 2018 World Cup qualifying, but fans denounced their remorse Monday as missing the goal.

Last week, a 0-0 draw with Hong Kong -- when the semi-autonomous territory's fans jeered the national anthem they share with the mainland -- left China hopes of reached Russia 2018 hanging by a thread.