Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was left feeling his age after Aaron Ramsey scored twice against former club Cardiff City to stretch his side's lead in the Premier League.

Ramsey, a Cardiff academy graduate, scored with a 29th-minute header and an injury-time drive, either side of an 86th-minute Mathieu Flamini strike, in a 3-0 win at the Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday.

AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi insisted Saturday that chief executive Adriano Galliani will stay at the club despite the latter's claim on Friday that he would resign.

Galliani, who is also a vice-president, responded to recent criticism by saying he would resign in a few days.

Sixteen young Pakistani women will make history this weekend as they compete in the kabaddi world cup -- the first time the conservative Muslim country has ever fielded an international women's team in the sport.

The traditional tag-wrestling sport involves players trying to tag an opponent before making it back to their half of the field.

Albirex Niigata stunned J-League leaders Yokohama Marinos 2-0 on Saturday to send the title race down to the final day of the season.

A win would have been enough for Marinos -- holding a four-point lead with two games remaining -- to clinch their first championship since 2004 in front of 62,632 home fans.

The chairman of FIFA's medical committee said the World Cup match schedule is unlikely to change despite the international players' union voicing concerns about 1 p.m. kickoffs in Brazil's heat and humidity.

Michel D'Hooghe told The Associated Press that "I will be surprised if we can change it. Everything is arranged."

Lotus has hired Pastor Maldonado to replace Kimi Raikkonen at the Formula One team for the 2014 championship.

The Venezuelan driver leaves Williams after three years and will partner Romain Grosjean, who stays on at the English-based team for a third season.

Ryan Giggs' path to becoming the most durable and decorated player of the Premier League era can be traced back almost 32 years, to the moment his precocious talents were spotted by a milkman on a muddy school pitch in north-west Manchester.

"He was just like a gazelle, flying up the wing," recalled Dennis Schofield, who happened to also be a scout at Manchester City. "I thought, 'Flipping heck, he's good this kid.'"

Jason Kidd dropped more than a soda in an attempt to delay a game. He ended up dropping $50,000 for the stunt.

The NBA fined the Brooklyn Nets coach on Thursday, saying he intentionally spilled his drink on the court as an unusual stall tactic.

Spanish sides Valencia, Sevilla and Real Betis booked their spots in the Europa League's round of 32 on Thursday, while Tottenham locked up first place in its group with a fifth victory in as many matches.

Tottenham claimed top spot in Group K by winning 2-0 at Tromso after defender Adnan Causevic scored an own goal before Mousa Dembele put the result beyond doubt.

Criminal investigators interrogated 20 current and former footballers in Austria on Thursday for their alleged involvement in fixing at least 17 league matches, including nine in the country's top-flight division, since 2004.

Investigators said they had their sights on about 10 more suspects and five people were held in custody, while house searches were conducted in Vienna, Lower-Austria, Carinthia and Salzburg.