Brazil's Neymar: It was a dream to score 4 goals

SAO PAULO (AP) — Neymar was celebrating another milestone with Brazil on Tuesday after becoming one of the few players to score four times in a match for the Selecao and moving into fifth place in the all-time scoring list ahead of Bebeto.

Neymar scored all four goals in Brazil's 4-0 win over Japan in a friendly in Singapore, taking his tally to 40 goals in 58 matches with the national team.

Arsenal Transfer News: Sami Khedira, Pedro And Van Dijk In? Mesut Özil On His Way Out?

Arsenal midfielder Mesut Özil has insisted he is eager to return from injury to help the Gunners as soon as possible, following reports linking the German World Cup winner with a transfer to Bayern Munich. Özil is expected to miss up to 12 weeks with a knee injury to bring further disappointment to what has been a tough start to the season.

Prisons can accommodate disabled - dept

Johannesburg - The correctional services department on Tuesday lashed out at claims made during Oscar Pistorius court proceedings that prisons were unable to accommodate disabled prisoners.

"Our centres can cater for disabled inmates as [they] have some currently serving sentences," said departmental spokesperson Mthunzi Mhaga.

Earlier, a social worker and probation officer testified during Pistorius's sentencing proceedings in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria that she did not believe the Paralympian was safe in prison.

Sleeping on sofas increases infant deaths

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A large portion of sleep-related deaths occur when infants are placed on sofas, according to a new study that also found certain behaviors are linked to those deaths.

About one in eight sudden and sleep-related deaths among infants are occurring on sofas, according to researchers. They also say that deaths were more common among infants sleeping on a sofa with someone else, found on their side or exposed to tobacco while in the womb.

Nurse infected with Ebola says she's 'doing well'

The Texas nurse who became the first person to contract Ebola on American soil said Tuesday that she is doing well as her hospital expressed optimism about her recovery.

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas released a statement on Nina Pham's behalf Tuesday. The comments were her first since she became infected with Ebola while caring for a man from Liberia who later died of the disease.

"I'm doing well and want to thank everyone for their kind wishes and prayers," Pham said.