Lennox Lewis has told Tyson Fury to tone down his antics after he won the world heavyweight title.

The 27-year-old beat Wladimir Klitschko in Germany in one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight history with a unanimous points decision on Saturday to claim the WBA, WBO and IBF titles.

Fury dressed as Batman in the run-up to the fight and was involved in verbal spats with Klitschko, labelling him boring and robotic as well as saying he was only interested in breaking his face.

He also sang Aerosmith's 'I Don't Want To Miss A Thing' in the ring after victory in Dusseldorf and made homophobic remarks in a newspaper interview in the build-up to the fight.

But former heavyweight champion Lewis has warned Fury he is now a role model.

"Now he's champion he has to behave himself a little bit more because there are a lot of kids and people looking up to him," said Lewis.

"There are a lot of different boxers and people who will have a lot of things to say about him.

"If you allow Fury to say what he wants without coming back then you are soft to him. He won't respect you unless you directly come back at him.

"But he's a different character in the heavyweight scene. His character captures the imagination of people."

MOTOR RACING

Nico Rosberg wants to begin his quest to for a maiden Formula One championship immediately after bringing down the curtain on his 2015 campaign with victory in Abu Dhabi.

Rosberg, returning to the Yas Marina Circuit for the first time since he lost out to Lewis Hamilton in last year's title decider, won in emphatic fashion to seal a hat-trick of consecutive Grands Prix victories for the first time in his career.

The German, also on a streak of six straight pole positions, has now won every round since he gift-wrapped the title to Hamilton at last month's United States Grand Prix - stark contrast to much of the season in which Hamilton has dominated.

Here, at the final race of the year, Hamilton attempted a different strategy to his Mercedes team-mate in a bid to stop his losing streak, but it failed to have the desired effect as he crossed the line 8.2 seconds behind his rival.

"Austin was the low point of the season," Rosberg said. "It was a tough weekend and since then I've just come back a lot stronger and I'm very happy about that.

"I'm excited about how the end of the season went and next year could come at any moment. It could start tomorrow for me. I don't need any holidays."

GOLF

Home favourite Charl Schwartzel claimed a fourth career success at the Leopard Creek course in Malelane to win the Alfred Dunhill Championship yesterday.

The South African took a three-shot lead into the final round and never looked like losing despite dropping two shots in his first nine holes as he finished 15 under par.

Schwartzel finished four shots ahead of Gregory Bourdy in second and five clear of third-placed Benjamin Hebert after a two-under-par fourth round.