A spokesman for Libya's biggest football club says the team's Egyptian coach has escaped unhurt after being targeted in a shooting in the capital, Tripoli.

The spokesman, Mohammed Balta, told The Associated Press on Sunday that Al-Ahly club's coach Hossam el-Badry was driving home Saturday when three men in another car opened fire on him.

Germany's stars partied until dawn after securing their World Cup berth with even coach Joachim Loew admitting to a cheeky pre-press conference beer following their win over Ireland.

Germany face Sweden away in their final World Cup qualifier on Tuesday, but his stars seized the opportunity by partying until 0430 on Saturday morning after Loew gave them the weekend off.

Novak Djokovic overcame a fierce challenge from Juan Martin del Potro Sunday to defend his Shanghai Masters title with a 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (7/3) victory, bringing the Argentine down to earth after his heroics against Rafael Nadal.

Del Potro came into the final against the top seed brimming with confidence after his semifinal demolition of the Spanish world number one but was immediately on the back foot in breezy conditions at the Qizhong Tennis Center.

Sebastian Vettel won the Japanese Grand Prix Sunday but missed out on sealing his fourth successive world title as his nearest rival, Fernando Alonso, stayed just in touch by placing fourth.

Vettel, third from the first lap, drove a superb race to reel in his Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber and Lotus's Romain Grosjean, who were second and third, for his fifth straight victory.

Former U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur fought back from a first set loss to claim victory Sunday against Canadian Eugenie Bouchard 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 in the Japan Women's Open final.

The 29-year-old Australian fired two aces in the first set and another in the second at the Utsubo Tennis Center in western Osaka.

The hero of Poland's most famous match against England doesn't expect them to equal his Wembley feats even though Roy Hodgson's side are "weak" compared to the one he stopped from going to a World Cup.

Tuesday's World Cup qualifier will take place almost 40 years to the day since Jan Tomaszewski's brilliant display.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga wasted little time in catching a flight out of Shanghai after losing a weekend semifinal to Novak Djokovic, insuring that he will make his start as top seed at this week's Austrian Open beginning Monday.

The Frenchman will test the fragile knee which kept him off the courts for nearly three months from Wimbledon until September as he competes in a demanding fourth event in the last five weeks.

Red Bull driver Mark Webber claimed pole position on Saturday for the Japanese Grand Prix, out qualifying his teammate and runaway championship leader Sebastian Vettel for the first time this season.

Webber clocked a time of 1 minute, 30.975 seconds at the Suzuka circuit, with Vettel just under two-tenths of a second behind in second place after struggling with his KERS power-boost system.

Hungarian national team coach Sandor Egervari resigned late Friday after his side's record 8-1 defeat away to the Netherlands in Amsterdam.

The Netherlands, who had already qualified for the 2014 World Cup, thrashed Hungary 8-1, the heaviest defeat in the country's history.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic swept aside Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2, 7-5 on Saturday as a mouthwatering Shanghai Masters title showdown loomed against world number one Rafael Nadal.

Tsonga had not dropped a set all week but made the worst possible start in windy conditions at the Qizhong Tennis Center as Djokovic threatened to run away with the semi-final.