TENNIS

Davis Cup (Group I, Round I)

In Uncasville: U.S. 5 Austria 0 (U.S. names first) — Robby Ginepri bt Stefan Koubek 7-5, 6-2 l Andy Roddick bt Jurgen Melzer 6-4, 6-2 l In Agadir: Morocco 0 Argentina 5 (Moroccan names first) — Mehdi Tahiri lost to Guillermo Coria 2-6, 6-7 (4-7) l Mounir El Aarej lost to Agustin Calleri 6-7 (1-7), 6-3, 1-6 l In Minsk: Belarus bt Russia 3-2 (Belarussian names first) — Max Mirnyi bt Igor Andreev 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 l Vladimir Voltchkov bt Mikhail Youzhny 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 l In Maastricht: Netherlands bt Canada 4-1 (Dutch names first) — Martin Verkerk bt Frank Dancevic 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 7-5, 6-3 l Sjeng Schalken bt Simon Larose 6-2, 7-5 l In Metz: France bt Croatia 4-1 (French names first) — Arnaud Clement bt Ivan Ljubicic 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 l Nicolas Escude bt Ivo Karlovic 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 l In Brno: Czech Republic lost to Spain 2-3 (Czech names first) — Radek Stepanek lost to Rafael Nadal 6-7 (2-7), 6-7 (4-7), 3-6 l Tomas Berdych lost to Feliciano Lopez 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 3-6, 2-6 l In Bucharest: Romania lost to Switzerland 2-3 (Romanian names first) — Andrei Pavel lost to Roger Federer 3-6, 2-6, 5-7 l Victor Hanescu bt Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3 l In Adelaide: Australia lost to Sweden 1-4 (Australian names first) — Mark Philippoussis lost to Jonas Bjorkman 5-7, 2-6, 2-6 l Wayne Arthurs lost to Thomas Enqvist 6-7 (8-10), 6-3, 4-6.

FOOTBALL

Primera Liga

Albacete 0 Deportivo Coruna 2 (Lionel Scaloni 58, Albert Luque 60) l Athletic Bilbao 2 (Ismael Urzaiz 12, Francisco Yeste 44-penalty) Murcia 1 (Luis Garcia 14) l Celta Vigo 2 (Savo Milosevic 19, 48) Villarreal 1 (Sonny Anderson 83) l Espanyol 2 (Raul Tamudo 56, Fredson 58) Valladolid 0 l Osasuna 1 (Patxi Punal 67-penalty) Barcelona 2 (Javier Saviola 43, Ronaldinho 77) l Racing Santander 1 (Benjamin 5-own goal) Real Betis 2 (Benjamin 32, Joaquin 90) l Real Zaragoza 2 (David Villa 6, 90-penalty) Real Sociedad 1 (Xabi Alonso 37) l Sevilla 3 (Julio Baptista 51, Francisco Gallardo 55, Marti 85) Real Mallorca 0.

Serie A

Empoli 1 (Tommaso Rocchi 69) Siena 0 l AC Milan 2 (Rui Costa 74, Andrea Pirlo 77-penalty) Perugia 1 (Salvatore Fresi 84-penalty) l Modena 2 (Massimo Marazzina 36, Omar Milanetto 61) Ancona 1 (Christian Bucchi 6) l Parma 0 Lazio 3 (Claudio Lopez 39-penalty, 57, Bernardo Corradi 65) l Reggina 0 Brescia 0 l AS Roma 4 (Olivier Dacourt 13, Francesco Totti 53-penalty, Antonio Cassano 71, 85) Juventus 0 l Sampdoria 2 (Giacomo Cipriani 60, Cristiano Doni 85-penalty) Inter Milan 2 (Christian Vieri 30, 78).

Bundesliga

Bayern Munich 3 (Michael Ballack 10, Ze Roberto 66, Roy Makaay 78) Hanover 96 1 (Stanko Svitlica 82) l Hertha Berlin 1 (Fredi Bobic 87) VfB Stuttgart 0.

Premier League

Chelsea 1 (Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 28-penalty) Charlton Athletic 0 l Manchester City 0 Birmingham City 0.

African Nations Cup

Tunisia, Quarter Finals: Morocco 3 (Marouane Chammakh 90, Youssef Hadji 113, Jawad Zairi 120) Algeria 1 (Abdelmalek Cherrad 84).

GOLF

California Meet

Round IV: 272 Vijai Singh (Fij) 67 68 68 69 l 275 Jeff Maggert (US) 71 68 67 69 l 276 Phil Mickelson (US) 68 68 71 69 l 279 Mike Weir (Can) 73 70 66 70, K.J. Choi (Kor) 67 70 71 71, Arron Oberholser (US) 69 67 67 76 l 280 Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 70 67 73 70, Mark Hensby (Aus) 70 67 73 70, Tom Pernice Jr. (US) 67 68 73 72 l 284 Arjun Atwal (Ind) 72 70 72 70.

For the book

Nottingham Forest have approached former Wimbledon boos Joe Kinnear over their managerial position, the English first division club announced on Monday.