Australian Open finalist Rafael Nadal left out of Spain's Davis Cup squad

Rafael Nadal has been left out of Spain's Davis Cup squad for their World Group first-round match against Croatia this weekend due to fatigue. The world number six lost in five sets to old rival Roger Federer in the Australian Open final on Sunday.

U.S. team plan to compete in Iran despite travel ban U.S. wrestlers plan to be at next month's World Cup in Iran despite that country's claim that it would ban American visitors in retaliation to President Donald Trump's controversial immigration order, USA Wrestling said on Monday. The U.S.

freestyle team's participation in one of the most prestigious wrestling events has been in doubt given the fallout from Trump's executive order last week to ban travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries, including Iran.

AFC stands firm to hold off NFC in low-scoring Pro Bowl In the lowest-scoring Pro Bowl since 1998, the AFC made two first-half goal-line stands and then held off the NFC's final drive to secure a 20-13 win at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida on Sunday. All the second-half scoring consisted of field goals.

Raptors' Lowry joins condemnation of Trump travel ban Toronto Raptors All-Star guard Kyle Lowry is the latest member of the National Basketball Association community to blast U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration, describing it as "absolute bullshit." Lowry, Raptors president Masai Ujiri and head coach Dwane Casey pulled no punches on Monday when asked about the executive order by Trump to halt the U.S. refugee program and temporarily bar citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.

USOC say foreign athletes not affected by Trump travel ban The U.S. Olympic Committee said on Monday they were told by the U.S. government that President Donald Trump's ban on visitors from some Muslim-majority countries should not impact athletes traveling to the United States for international events. USOC leaders have received a number of inquiries about the impact of Trump's travel ban and said the U.S. government told them it would work to ensure foreign athletes get expedited
access to the United States for international competitions.

Hacking costs Cardinals $2 million, top two draft picks The St. Louis Cardinals were ordered to pay $2 million in damages by Major League Baseball on Monday and will forfeit their first two picks in the 2017 draft as a result of illegal computer hacking of the Houston Astros' database. MLB completed its investigation regarding the breach of the Astros' baseball operations database by a former Cardinals' employee, scouting director Chris Correa.

Brady pumped up to dispel asterisk over Deflategate Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is the man who has everything -- leading man good looks, super model Gisele Bundchen as his wife, lovely children and hundreds of millions of dollars in earnings. Everything, that is, except the fifth Super Bowl ring he is fiercely determined to win on Feb. 5 against the Atlanta Falcons.

Motorcycling: Lorenzo makes slow start with Ducati in testing Triple world champion Jorge Lorenzo recognized he had work to do after lapping only 17th fastest for Ducati at MotoGP's first official pre-season test in Malaysia on Monday. The surprised Spaniard, switching teams after nine years with Yamaha, said there was a big difference on the Sepang circuit between the bike he rode last year and the Italian machine.

James reaches milestone for Cavs in win over Thunder LeBron James scored 25 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and became the first player to score 20,000 points in a Ca valiers uniform in Cleveland's 107-91 victory on Sunday against the Oklahoma City Thunder. And yet the storm clouds of a turbulent week that James helped induce for the Cavs may not be completely over.

Federer says his game-style made him believe he could win 18th slam In his darkest moments last year when he doubted if he would ever get back to full fitness following his knee injury, Roger Federer clung on to one thought -- he still had the game to maybe sneak another grand slam title. He was right.