The teams, which meet in a quarter-final from Friday, have a strong tradition in Davis Cup.
Mark Philippoussis will lead Australia in the Davis Cup final against Spain to be held in Melbourne.
The former world No.1's break from tennis will help rather than hinder Australia in the Davis Cup final, says captain John Fitzgerald.
Tennis: Felix Auger-Aliassime toppled in Morocco
Bernard Tomic has swatted aside offers of help from Australian tennis officials following his arrest in Miami after a noisy hotel room party.
Over 2,500 international delegates from more than 150 countries are expected for the Vibrant Gujarat Summit, as against 2,100 delegates from 121 countries in 2013.
Over 2,500 international delegates from more than 150 countries are expected for the Vibrant Gujarat Summit, as against 2,100 delegates from 121 countries in 2013.
Holders Spain clinched reached their fourth Davis Cup final in five years when David Ferrer overcame the big-serving John Isner to help beat the United States 3-1 in the last-four tie on Sunday.
Southampton took the lead at St Mary's in the 18th minute after Dusan Tadic finished off a fine team move but, just before the break, Everton levelled with a bolt from the blue as Iceland's Gylfi Sigurdsson thundered a strike from distance in off the crossbar, his first league goal for the club.
A round-up of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
Former Australia coach John Buchanan has stepped down as New Zealand's director of cricket with immediate effect, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) said on Friday.
Leander Paes, named a reserve in India's Davis Cup team for the Uzbekistan tie, is in line to win his first title of the season, albeit on the Challenger Tour, with Canadian partner Adil Shamasdin.
Badosa beats Fernandez; Swiatek, Halep storm into quarter-finals
Mattis applauded India's efforts to promote stability in the South Asia region, said Pentagon Spokesperson
The hosts had blanked Germany in their opening tie and became the first to seal a quarter-final spot with their second 3-0 win in the inaugural team event.
Bernard Tomic's rift with Tennis Australia looks unlikely to end any time soon after the player said he had no interest in clear-the-air talks until the governing body resumed funding of his sister, Sara.
Sam Querrey came back from a set down to overhaul fellow American John Isner 6-7, 7-6, 6-3 and win the Memphis Championships on Sunday.
The 71st Emmy Awards have been announced, and there have been quite a few surprises and some expected nods.
'... But India lacks solid backup to Bumrah, Shami, and Yadav. Bumrah is a fine paceman. He has very good durability. I think India needs to use him in such a way that he is as fresh as possible for each Test match.'
The Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike, talk about life and times, and, of course, tennis.
The 78th Annual Golden Globe awards have been announced. A quick look at the winners.
The English Premier League resumed on Wednesday, after the forced break due to COVID-19. Here are IMAGES from the EPL matches played on Wednesday.
Prakash Amritraj upset fourth seed and world number 109 Vincent Spadea in straight sets to advance to the singles quarter-finals in the US $50,000 ATP Challenger in Tallahassee, United States. The Indian, who achieved a career-best ranking of 185 last week, stunned his American opponent 6-4, 6-1 in the second round clash.
A look at the winners and the celebs at the awards.
Former players are divided in their opinion on the use of double-sided bat with the likes of Doug Walters and Ian Davis calling for a complete ban on the innovation. Former player John Benaud, however, has voted in favour of the bat after hard-hitter David Warner of New South Wales tested it against South Australia in a domestic Twenty20 match last week.
Rohan Bopanna teamed up with Canada's Denis Shapovalov to enter the quarter-finals of the Rotterdam Open
Bjorn Borg and Roger Federer will team up for the showdown of champions at the exhibition event on the BlackRock Tour of Champions.
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi went down 6-4, 7-6(1) to unseeded American duo of Mardy Fish and John Isner in the doubles final.
Visual effects supervisor John Knoll talks about creating Dead Man's Chest.
The Chelsea captain said he should be fit for the Champions League final after he suffered an arm injury in the final league game.
Tomic slams 'disrespectful' Tennis Australia.
The award function was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Rohan Bopanna and his Romanian partner Florin Mergea advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the rain-hit Wimbledon Championships after a straight set win over Andrej Martin and Hans Podlipnik-Castillo in London on Saturday. The sixth seeded Indo-Romanian pair faced early resistance from the Slovakian-Chile combination before prevailing 7-5 6-2 in the second round contest that lasted one hour and 17 minutes.
Somdev Devvarman, India's No 1 singles player, was knocked out of the ATP Atlanta Open by American qualifier Jared Donaldson on Tuesday. The 30-year-old Davis Cupper, who also entered the main draw of the event through the qualifiers, lost 1-6, 6-3, 4-6.
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They gave Australia an unassailable 3-0 lead over Belarus in their Davis Cup quarter-final on Saturday.
Organisers played a wrong national anthem for Moldova ahead of their tie against Belgium in Sydney. Denis Shapovalov won the battle of the next generation against Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas to help Canada to an emphatic 3-0 victory in the inaugural ATP Cup men's team event in Brisbane on Friday.
Though Ivan Ljubicic was beaten in five sets by Dominic Hrbaty, Mario Ancic steered Croatia to their first Davis Cup title
In winning the Davis Cup Andy Murry has fulfilled the hopes Britain had in him. Now, says Bikash Mohapatra/Rediff.com, he needs to live up to his initial promise and consistently deliver results a player of his potential deserves.
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