Rafael Nadal News

Madrid a The Spanish tennis federation said it plans to sue a French TV channel for using its logo in a video that poked fun at Rafael Nadal.

After Saturday's full plate of dazzling doubles, it all comes down to Sunday for those Davis Cup first round World Group ties that are still live.

Rafael Nadal's drug tests, Novak Djokovic "waxing" and winning, and Davis Cup outtakes are some of the happenings this week on the ATP Tour.

Defending champion Spain secured its place in the Davis Cup quarterfinals by winning the doubles against Kazakhstan for a 3-0 lead Saturday.

The No. 14-ranked Mount Union wrestling team lost a 20-19 heartbreaker to No. 24-ranked Ohio Northern in an Ohio Athletic Conference dual at the McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex.

Spain showed it can win without Rafael Nadal, with the defending Davis Cup champions taking a 2-0 lead over Kazakhstan on Friday behind victories by Juan Carlos Ferrero and Nicolas Almagro.

Beyonce and Jay-Z at the men's final match between Spain's Rafael Nadal and Sweden's Robin Soderling in the French Open tennis championship.

Isner is just 26 but has a career's worth of dramatic matches on his CV, some ending well , others otherwise .

Dan Evans gave Great Britain a brilliant and hugely unexpected start to their Davis Cup tie against Slovakia in Glasgow by beating world No 65 Lukas Lacko 6-3 7-5 7-5. It was by far the biggest win of his career for the 21-year-old, who is ranked more than 200 places lower than his opponent and has never won a match at ATP World Tour level.

Electronic Arts today announced that Grand Slam Tennis 2 has shipped to Europe, for PS3 and Xbox 360 - the game will arrive in North America on February 14, and will be released in Japan later this year.

Today in sports: England's national soccer team coach quit in messy and public fashion, Brandon Jacobs sort-of apologizes to Gisele Bndchen, and a drug-using Rafael Nadal puppet causes outrage in Spain.

If Novak Djokovic , Lareus World 2011 Sportsman of the Year keeps playing tennis at the level he currently exhibits, nothing can curtail his tenure atop tennis' mantel.

Tennis officianados and fans may differ on the quality of Raonic's performance last month in a loss to veteran Lleyton Hewitt at the Australian Open - some suggest Raonic tired and under-performed while others believe he played well in defeat.

Swiss Davis Cup tennis player Roger Federer serves a ball during a training session in the Forum Arena in Fribourg, Switzerland, Thursday, Feb.

The Spanish government is considering legal action against a French TV station that poked fun at alleged ties to doping by athletes.

The Grammys in recent years have targeted young audiences even as older acts won key awards to the surprise of some music fans, but this Sunday's honors will shine its spotlight on Adele, whose popularity crosses all age boundaries.

Oviedo, Spain - Reigning champion Spain will begin defense of its Davis Cup title with a 2012 opening-round tie against Kazakhstan this week, as the festivities will get underway Friday with a singles rubber between former world No.

And the passion shows no sign of dimming, because no-one is looking forward more to the Asia-Oceania qualifying tie against China starting on Friday more than Lleyton Hewitt.

The No.1 player, as we all saw it, ripped his shirt off after the slug-fest with the No.2 Rafael Nadal.

So let's start with some inter-sport comparisons, a favorite activity here. A few minutes after the Super Bowl, I asked via Twitter if New York Giants QB Eli Manning is the NFL's Rafael Nadal, and Patriots QB Tom Brady is Roger Federer.