AFP - Britain's Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) are to hold an inquiry after the team suffered fresh Davis Cup embarrassment by losing to Lithuania and risking relegation to the lowest tier of world tennis.

AFP - France centre Mathieu Bastareaud looks set to be given the all clear to play in next Sunday's Six Nations match against Italy at the Stade de France after a scan on a painful calf revealed nothing abnormal on Monday.

AFP - Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez heads into Monday's crucial clash at Wigan confident Javier Mascherano will follow Jose Reina's lead and commit his future to the club before the end of the season.

AP - Geno Auriemma and the Connecticut Huskies are more focused on winning a 16th Big East tournament title than breaking their own NCAA record for consecutive victories.

AP - Carl Edwards was 156 laps off the lead when he apparently decided it was time to settle a score with Brad Keselowski.

AP - Vince Carter had 25 points, Dwight Howard finished with 15 points and 16 rebounds and the Orlando Magic beat the Lakers 96-94 on Sunday to hand Los Angeles its first three-game losing streak of the Pau Gasol-Kobe Bryant Era.

AP - Shekinna Stricklen scored 20 points and No. 4 Tennessee beat No. 19 Kentucky 70-62 on Sunday to win the SEC tournament and possibly wrap up a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.

AP - Carl Edwards was 156 laps off the lead when he apparently decided it was time to settle a score with Brad Keselowski.

AP - Camilo Villegas was the star attraction at a youth golf clinic in his native Colombia two days before the start of the Honda Classic.

AFP - Defending champions Spain proved there is life without Rafael Nadal when they swept aside Switzerland 4-1 to set-up a mouthwatering Davis Cup quarter-final clash with France on Sunday.