Former freestyle world record holder and three-time Olympic medalist Eamon Sullivan says he has retired competitive swimming just weeks after pulling out of the Australian team for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games with a shoulder injury.

Sullivan, a three-time Olympian who once held the 50m and 100m freestyle world records, says his retirement was prompted by ongoing shoulder problems.

Former Chelsea left back Ashley Cole is looking to forward to a new life with Serie A runner-up Roma, and hopes to help the Giallorossi win their first Italian league title in more than decade.

Cole signed a two-year deal with Roma last week, and was presented with the team's No. 3 shirt on Tuesday.

Brazil back Dani Alves is meeting new Barcelona coach Luis Enrique in hopes of locking down his future at the Spanish league club.

The 31-year-old right back is in the last year of his deal, and has been linked with French club Paris Saint-Germain.

France winger Franck Ribery, who missed the World Cup through injury, returned to training with Bayern Munich on Tuesday and paid tribute to his German teammates crowned world champions in Brazil.

"I feel good and I'm pleased to be here again," Ribery said in a statement on the Bundesliga champions' website.

Hundreds of thousands of jubilant fans massed at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate Tuesday to cheer the World Cup winners and new national heroes bringing home football's top prize for the first time to a reunified Germany.

The flag-waving crowd, which began gathering before dawn, erupted in applause under warm summer sunshine when the triumphant players arrived from Rio de Janeiro.

The first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, Alice Coachman Davis, died early Monday in south Georgia. She was 90.

Davis' death was confirmed by her daughter, Evelyn Jones.

A top figure in an alleged illegal World Cup ticket-scalping scheme surrendered to Brazilian officials Monday, four days after police labeled him a fugitive, his lawyer said.

Ray Whelan, a British executive with the MATCH group, which owned the rights to sell World Cup hospitality packages, is accused by police of providing World Cup tickets to an Algerian businessman, Lamine Fofana, whom authorities have called the top ticket scalper at this year's Cup, which ended Sunday.

Justin Gatlin stretched his season's unbeaten streak in the 100 meters to 10 races by trashing the 20-year-old best mark of the Gugl Games on Monday.

The 2012 Olympic bronze medalist finished in 9.82 seconds, scraping 0.12 off the meeting record set by Davidson Ezinwa of Nigeria in 1994.

Vincenzo Nibali reclaimed the leader's yellow jersey he lost on Sunday by winning Monday's 161km 10th stage of the Tour de France from Mulhouse to La Planche des Belles Filles.

Italian Nibali overhauled Spaniard Joaquim Rodriguez inside the final kilometre of a tortuous mountain stage to claim his second victory on this year's race.

The World Cup title for Joachim Loew and his "golden generation" crowned a process that was 10 years in the making. With a talented crop of new players coming through, the future looks bright for Germany.

The 1-0 victory over Argentina at the Maracana that gave Germany its fourth title and made it the first European team to win the championship on South American soil completed a circle for Loew that began in 2004, when he became Juergen Klinsmann's assistant.