Mauricio Pochettino urged his Tottenham stars to keep their feet on the ground as they head into 2016 firmly in the Premier League title race.

Pochettino's side move into the new year primed to not just battle for a Champions League place but also vie for the domestic crown.

Phoenix Suns guard Eric Bledsoe, the NBA team's top scorer, will have surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee, the team said Sunday.

Bledsoe was hurt on Saturday in a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, an embarrassing defeat to a team that had won just one other game this season.

Russell Westbrook poured in 30 points with 12 assists and nine rebounds on Sunday as the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied for a 122-112 NBA victory over the visiting Denver Nuggets.

Thunder forward Kevin Durant added 26 points and 10 assists for his eighth double-double of the season as Oklahoma City bounced back from a Christmas Day loss to the Chicago Bulls.

Manchester United's besieged manager Louis van Gaal could see his troubled Old Trafford reign put out of its misery on Monday with fellow Dutchman Guus Hiddink cast in the role of executioner.

United's 2-0 defeat at Stoke City on Saturday was their fourth loss in succession -- the club's worst run within a season since 1961 -- and reduced Van Gaal to a dead man walking in the eyes of the British media.

Barcelona and star player Lionel Messi triumphed at the seventh edition of the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai on Sunday, taking home the prizes for best team and best player.

Messi had traveled from Argentina to attend the ceremony.

Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin will be sidelined at least two weeks with a partially torn left quadriceps tendon, the NBA team said Saturday.

Griffin was hurt during the Clippers' 94-84 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas Day.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was full of praise for his side as they returned to winning ways with a 1-0 victory over Premier League leaders Leicester City at Anfield.

Before Saturday's encounter, Liverpool had picked up just one point from their previous three league matches, culminating in last weekend's miserable 3-0 defeat by Watford at Vicarage Road.

Arsene Wenger believes referee Jon Moss incorrectly allowed three goals in his side's 4-0 rout at the hands of Southampton, but insisted his Arsenal team's performance was more of a concern.

Arsenal began Saturday's match well but simply fell apart after Southampton's opening goal, scored with a 30-yard shot by Cuco Martina on his first Premier League start.

Louis van Gaal said that he could jump before he is pushed after his position as Manchester United manager became even more precarious following a fourth successive defeat.

The under-fire Dutchman, 64, looked like a condemned man throughout United's sorry 2-0 loss to Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium on Saturday and then in the inquest that took place afterwards.

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany faces another spell out of action after aggravating a calf injury just eight minutes into his comeback, manager Manuel Pellegrini revealed after his side's 4-1 thrashing of Sunderland.

Belgium center-back Kompany had missed eight successive matches with the problem before returning as a substitute after 62 minutes of City's stroll at Eastlands on Saturday.