João Sousa

Romania's men's tennis team defeated Portugal's team, 3-1, in the first round of the World Group I of the Davis Cup, after Marius Copil won, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, against Joao Sousa, at the Horia Demian Sports Hall in Cluj-Napoca, on Sunday.

SOCCER: Panathinaikos is close to changing hands after the meeting that the representative of the Pan Asia Investments fund, Pairoj Piempongsant, had on Saturday with club owner Yiannis Alafouzos.

MELBOURNE - Serbia's top-ranked male tennis player Novak Djokovic beat Frenchman Gael Monfils 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 on Thursday to advance to the Australian Open third round.

He will next face Spaniard Albert Ramos Vinolas, who beat American Tim Smicek 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2).

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Bulgaria's top tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has defeated Cyprus' Marcos Baghdatis, reaching the 1/8-finals of Australian Open.

Dimitrov took 3 hours and 30 minutes to win a five-set match 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 on day five of the Australian Open tournament.

10th seed Grigor Dimitrov will next plat Britain's Andy Murray or Portugal's Joao Sousa.