Venus Williams has won her opening match in the Italian Open, beating Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 4-6, 6-2.

Venus and Serena Williams are interested in playing the Fed Cup final against Italy in November despite skipping the United States’ victory over the Czech Republic last weekend.

Latvia and the Czech Republic took big strides toward reaching the quarterfinals with dominating wins at the ice hockey world championship on Saturday.

Top-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues advanced to the quarterfinals of the Grand Prix SAR after rallying to beat Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic 1-6, 7-6 (1), 6-3.

A European official says some Guantanamo Bay detainees will be released in Europe _ but not to his country.

U.S. and European investigators will move more quickly to catch and prosecute international terrorists, drug dealers and child pornographers under new agreements to be sealed Tuesday.

The United States reached the Fed Cup final for the first time since 2003, beating the Czech Republic 3-2 on Sunday with Liezel Huber and Bethanie Mattek-Sands winning the decisive doubles match.

David Nalbandian may need surgery on his right hip and could miss Argentina’s Davis Cup quarterfinal against the Czech Republic in July.

Teenager Alexa Glatch has kept the United States in the Fed Cup semifinals against the Czech Republic, winning her second singles match of the weekend to bring the Americans to 2-2 in the best-of-five series.

Lucie Safarova beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-3, 6-1 Sunday to give the Czech Republic a 2-1 lead over the United States in the Fed Cup semifinals.