Fabio Fognini rallied to beat Guido Pella 2-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2, giving Italy a 3-2 win over host and defending champion Argentina in a first-round Davis Cup tie here. ....

Russia has increased spending on the 2018 World Cup preparations by 19.1 billion rubles ($324 million), according to information posted on the official information website on Monday. ....

American tennis player Serena Williams led the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) world rankings on Monday for the second consecutive week. ....

England's Alastair Cook on Monday stepped down as the Test captain after being in the role for more than four years. ....

The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators' (COA) move to relieve the staff of former BCCI President and Secretary has led BCCI media manager Nishant Arora to quit. ....

India's Velavan Senthilkumar and Abhay Singh defeated their Malaysian opponents to clinch the gold medal in the boy's team event at the 18th Asian Junior Squash championship here on Sunday. ....

Tennis player Ramkumar Ramanathan defeated Finn Tearney of New Zealand in the first match of the reverse singles to hand India a comfortable 3-1 victory in Asian Oceania Group 1 Davis Cup tie here on Sunday. ....

Wishing all the participating countries in the upcoming women's World Cup qualifiers, starting February 7, cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar on Saturday urged fans to wholeheartedly root for their teams. ....

Local boy Rajeshwar Rao N. claimed the sole National final spot available in the Chennai leg of the 17th annual Mercedes golf Trophy here on Friday. ....

The decision on Russia's participation in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games will be made on February 1 next year, Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) Secretary General Andrei Strokin said on Friday. ....

All-rounder Glenn Maxwell on Friday said Australia's forthcoming four-Test tour of India later this month, will be a real test for each player. ....