Brussels  - Belgian professional cyclist Frederiek Nolf was laid to rest on Saturday in the west Flemish town of Kuurne.

So many people wanted to pay their last respects to the 21-year- old Topsport Vlaanderen rider, who died in his sleep during the Tour of Qatar on February 5, that several hundred people did not fit into the church, the Belgian news agency Belga said.

Belgian sport minister Bert Anciaux and former Head of State Yves Leterme were amongst the mourners for the cyclist, who was given a guard of honour by his former team-mates.

Stockholm - Hundreds of mourners Friday paid tribute to the late Swedish heavyweight champion Ingemar "Ingo" Johansson who died at the end of January at age 76.

Johansson's funeral was held in the west coast city of Gothenburg where he hailed from, and was open to the public. The church which seats some 1,000 people was packed, local media reported.

The mourners left the funeral held in the Vasa Church to the famous tune Frank Sinatra song My Way.

Klingenthal, Germany  - Gregor Schlierenzauer of Austria claimed his sixth straight ski jumping victory on Wednesday to increase his overall World Cup lead.

Schlierenzauer jumped 131.5 metres and 135 metres for 261.2 points to edge Anders Jacobsen of Norway (135m and 131m) on 260.3 points

Austrian Wolfgang Loitzl, the Four Hills winner, was third with 257.1 points (134m/130.5m).

It was the 10th win of the season for Schlierenzauer who moves to 1,620 points after 20 of 27 events, with Simon Ammann of Switzerland on 1,368 and Loitzl on 1,242.

Hamburg  - A late goal from Roger Guerreiro gave Poland a 1-0 victory over Wales in a friendly international in Portugal on Wednesday.

The Brazilian-born player lobbed goalkeeper Boaz Myhill from outside the area 10 minutes from time in Vila Real St Antonio.

The result was a boost for coach Leo Beenhakker's side ahead of a World Cup qualifying Group 3 match against Northern Ireland in Belfast on March 28.

Poland are two points behind Slovakia in the group, level on points with the Czech Republic and Slovenia.

Rotterdam, Netherlands  - Rafael Nadal got back to work on court eight days after his historic Australian Open title, adjusting to indoor conditions during a doubles loss on Monday at the ABN-AMRO World Tennis.

The Spanish world number one teamed with fellow Mallorcan Ignacio Coll-Ruidavets but the wild card pair lost to experienced Frenchman Michael Llodra - last year's singles champion - and compatriot Arnaud Clement 6-3, 6-4.

Hamburg - With just days to go until the start of the biathlon world championships in South Korea, it remains unclear how many skiers have failed dope tests.

"We have positive A-samples," Anders Besseberg, president of the International Biathlon Union (IBU), told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa Monday.

Besseberg dismissed earlier media reports that up to eight biathletes have failed dope tests, saying that the IBU had "never made public" the number of A-samples that had returned positive.

"We don't have eight positive A-samples," he added.