BOISE: Novak Djokovic got Serbia off to a hot start, but American Sam Querrey's gritty victory over Viktor Troicki saw the United States pull level on the opening day of their Davis Cup World Group quarterfinal tie.

CHENNAI: Although India's annual T20 extravaganza is a relatively young tournament, the clash between two-time champions Chennai and the cash-rich Mumbai is already showing signs of developing into the competition's El Clasico. Such is the intensity when the two meet.

PYONGYANG: North Korea has moved a second mid-range missile to its east coast and loaded both on mobile launchers, a report said on Friday, fuelling fears of an imminent firing that will further ramp up tensions. Yonhap news agency, citing a top South Korean official, said two intermediate Musudan missiles had been transported by train earlier in the week and "loaded on vehicles equipped with launch pads".

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has apologized to California's top lawyer for causing a stir when he called her "the best-looking attorney general" at a fundraiser they attended together this week.

BANGALORE: Team Bangalore finally broke the jinx when they beat Team Mumbai at home, on their sixth attempt, in the IPL. In what was a heart-stopping finish, Bangalore squeezed out a two-run win after Kieron Pollard could manage only one off the final ball of the innings, bowled by Vinay Kumar. Mumbai needed 157 for a win and finished at 156/5 after Dinesh Karthik gave them hope with a 37-ball 60.

BANGALORE: Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli said his team does not mind being seen as too reliant on Chris Gayle after the West Indian swashbuckler made the decisive difference in the narrow two-run win over Mumbai Indians in their IPL match on Thursday.

BANGALORE: Indian tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi and Brit Simon Fuller -- one of the biggest music producers in business with over 500 No. 1 songs -- announced the launch of XIX Globosport, a new international sport and entertainment platform, which expressly signed on tennis superstar, world No.2 Andy Murray, as its first client.

HYDERABAD: It is time to walk the talk and deliver on promises. Sunrisers Hyderabad may be the newest team on the IPL horizon, but they comprise players who have been there and done that before and the sixth edition offers them new hope as they begin their campaign against Pune Warriors.

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee will on Friday felicitate the Padma Award winners at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The 108 personalities, who were selected from different fields, include DRDO chief Dr Vijay Saraswat, cricketer Rahul Dravid, Olympic medallist boxer Mary Kom, actress Sharmila Tagore amongst others.