Hungary reached their first major finals since the 1986 World Cup when they defeated Norway 2-1 on Sunday for a 3-1 aggregate victory in their Euro 2016 play-off.

Tamas Priskin scored the opening goal of the game with a spectacular 14th-minute strike before an own-goal from Markus Henriksen seven minutes from time gave Hungary a place in the finals in France next summer.

Germany's football team spent the night at the Stade de France in north Paris after a friendly match against France rather than take the risk of driving through the French capital to their hotel following the attacks that left more than 120 people dead.

"The players were very worried, the information was not very clear and we didn't want to take any risk on the road, so we decided not to drive through Paris .... (which was) not 100 percent secured and so we stayed in the dressing room," said Germany manager Oliver Bierhoff.

Met by cheers and a standing ovation from supporters, a professional Serbian basketball player has made an extraordinary comeback to the court -- two years after losing her leg in a bus crash.

Wearing a prosthetic limb under black leggings, 21-year-old Natasa Kovacevic scored five points towards Wednesday night's victory by Red Star Belgrade, the club with which she began her career, in a return to the game that she described as "sublime".

The Cleveland Cavaliers are off to their best NBA start in 39 years after coming from behind Friday night to beat the New York Knicks for the second time in just nine days.

LeBron James and Mo Williams ignited the fourth quarter rally, combining for 21 of Cleveland's 24 fourth quarter points in a 90-84 victory at Madison Square Garden.

Turkish star Hedo Turkoglu, who played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association and eight with the Orlando Magic, announced his retirement on Friday.

Turkoglu, of Gaziosmanpasa, will be honored by the Magic during a special ceremony on December 18, when Orlando hosts Portland.

The United States shook off a nightmare start to launch their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign with a 6-1 rout of St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Friday.

Jozy Altidore scored twice as Jurgen Klinsmann's men made a quick recovery after Oalex Anderson put the Caribbean visitors ahead in the fifth minute at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri.

Ten-man Brazil came from behind to snatch a 1-1 draw against arch-rivals Argentina on Friday in a tense World Cup qualifying battle between the two South American superpowers.

A second half strike from Santos player Lucas Lima salvaged a vital point for Brazil after Argentina had taken the lead midway through the half thanks to an Ezequiel Lavezzi strike.

Netherlands coach Danny Blind hopes that glamour friendlies will keep his team's motivation intact after they bounced back from their Euro 2016 qualification failure by beating Wales.

Third at last year's World Cup, the Netherlands will not be among the 24 teams competing in France next year after missing out on a place at the European Championship finals for the first time since 1984.

USA Track and Field President Stephanie Hightower, one of the IAAF council members who voted to provisionally suspend Russia over doping charges, said the move was the "only proper course of action."

"Council examined this matter very thoughtfully, fully aware of the extraordinary action we ultimately decided to take," Hightower said in a statement after the world governing body's council voted 22-1 on Friday to suspend the Russian Athletics Federation.

It started as a celebration of football, a glamor friendly between France and world champions Germany in front of 80,000 fans at Paris's showpiece Stade de France.

Then they heard the explosions.