Wayne Rooney's double helped Manchester United down Liverpool 2-1 Saturday as the ill-feeling remaining from the Luis Suarez racism controversy escalated.

Suarez scored an 80th minute consolation for Liverpool to ensure an anxious finale for United but the game will be remembered for other reasons involving the Uruguay international.

League leaders Juventus's match at Bologna on Sunday has been called off due to heavy snow while Fiorentina's trip to Parma has also fallen victim to the weather.

The decision in Bologna was taken by the local police after talks with security officials and both clubs.

Roberto Mancini has denied suggestions his Manchester City players are buckling under the strain of leading the Premier League.

City have topped the table for most of the season but they could find themselves deposed by Manchester United this weekend.

Jeremy Lin passed his biggest test since bursting onto the NBA scene last weekend, scoring a career-high 38 points to lead the Knicks to victory over Kobe Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers.

Lin, the first American of Taiwanese and Chinese heritage to play in the NBA, rewarded the faith of his fans, making 13-of-23 shots from the floor and passing out seven assists in the Knicks' 92-85 victory over the Lakers.

Double world champion Sebastian Vettel returned to the track for the first time in two months on Thursday, but was overshadowed by German compatriot Nico Rosberg.

Vettel, behind the wheel of the new Red Bull RB8, clocked 1min 19.297sec in his first stint of winter testing with Rosberg flying to a day's best of 1min 17.613sec in his Mercedes.

Home favourite Marion Bartoli shook off some first-set rustiness to defeat Croatian Petra Martic 7-5, 6-1 here on Thursday and take her place in the WTA Paris Open quarter-finals.

After breaks of serve were exchanged three times in the first eight games, Bartoli broke for a 6-5 lead when Martic put a forehand long and took the first set when the stretching Croatian could only find the net with a forehand.

An under-strength Siena stunned Napoli 2-1 on Thursday to take a decisive step towards a first ever Italian Cup final.

Brazilian Reginaldo and Gaetano D'Agostino scored the goals to give Siena a semi-final, first leg victory although they may live to rue Emanuele Pesoli's late own goal.

Manchester United star Ryan Giggs has signed a one-year contract extension, the English Premier League champions announced Friday.

The deal means 38-year-old former Wales midfielder Giggs, who has only ever played professionally for United, is set to take part in a 22nd season for the Old Trafford club, having made his debut as a teenager in 1991.

Bayern Munich's Germany international Bastian Schweinsteiger's season took another bad turn with news he will likely be out for several weeks with right ankle ligament damage.

Having only just returned to league action following surgery on a broken collarbone, the 27-year-old turned his ankle after 17 minutes of Wednesday's German Cup 2-0 victory over Stuttgart.

Fabio Capello resigned as manager of England on Wednesday following the Football Association's decision to strip John Terry of the captaincy, the FA confirmed.

In a remarkable twist to one of the most dramatic days in English football history, Capello's resignation was confirmed just hours after his likely successor -- Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp -- was cleared of tax evasion charges.