LeBron James has signed a lifetime deal with U.S. sporting goods giant Nike it was confirmed on Monday in what was described as the largest single athlete deal in the company's history.

Nike confirmed the agreement -- believed to be the first lifetime deal in the company's 44-year history -- in a brief statement.

U.S. authorities are investigating evidence indicating FIFA's suspended president Sepp Blatter knew about $100 million (92 million euros) in bribes paid to former members of the football body, a BBC report said Sunday.

The BBC investigation alleges that sports marketing company ISL paid a total of $100 million to officials including ex-FIFA president Joao Havelange and former FIFA executive Ricardo Teixeira.

Stephen Curry scored 11 of his 28 points in the final 2:10 of the third quarter, and the Golden State Warriors remained perfect on the season with a 114-98 win over Brooklyn Sunday.

Klay Thompson tallied 21 points and combined with Curry to shoot 19-for-35 overall and eight-for-19 from beyond the arc for the Warriors, who ran their NBA record start to 22-0.

Beaten and bruised, Manchester City entertain a revitalized Borussia Moenchengladbach on Tuesday looking for a restorative victory that could yet yield a first-place finish in Champions League Group D.

City conceded top spot in the Premier League following a 2-0 defeat at Stoke City on Saturday and must now contend with a Gladbach team reveling in the feat of becoming the first team to defeat Bayern Munich in this season's Bundesliga.

Louis van Gaal says Manchester United only have themselves to blame ahead of Tuesday's winner-takes-all clash at Wolfsburg as they bid to avoid an early Champions League exit.

Van Gaal's Red Devils must beat Group B leaders Wolfsburg to ensure their place in the knockout stages having allowed the Germans to usurp them at the top of the table by being held to a goalless draw at home to PSV Eindhoven a fortnight ago.

Gareth Bale has urged Real Madrid to maintain their recovery from the shock of the club's problems on and off the field when they host Malmo in their final Champions League group game on Tuesday.

Madrid were thrashed 4-0 at home by eternal rivals Barcelona last month and thrown out of the Spanish Cup last week for fielding an ineligible player.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp voiced hope that his team's 2-0 defeat at Newcastle United would puncture some of the giddiness engendered by their recent resurgence.

Liverpool were elevated to potential Premier League champions by some observers following a run of seven wins in eight games in all competitions, which saw them move to within sight of the Champions League places.

Lindsey Vonn completed her third treble sweep at Lake Louise in five seasons by winning Sunday's World Cup Super-G race at the Canadian piste to seize the overall points lead.

The 31-year-old American swept downhills Friday and Saturday and completed her weekend hat-trick with a run of 1:19.79 for her 70th career World Cup victory, 18 of them coming at Lake Louise.

The head of the World Chess Federation (FIDE), Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, has temporarily transferred most of his powers to his deputy after being added to a U.S. sanctions list for alleged ties to the Syrian regime, the organization said Sunday.

At a FIDE meeting in Athens, Ilyumzhinov "informed the presidential board that he will withdraw from any legal, financial and business operations of FIDE until such time as (he) is removed from the (U.S.) Office of Foreign Assets Control sanction list," FIDE executive director Nigel Freeman said in a statement.

The former president of the Peruvian Football Federation, indicted in the FIFA corruption scandal, was arrested late Friday on an international arrest warrant, and protested his innocence as he was taken away.

Manuel Burga was taken into custody in the capital Lima as he left his house, insisting he would clarify the allegations against him.