Britain's Olympic champion Andy Murray thrashed Australia's Bernard Tomic in straight sets to book his country a place in the Davis Cup final for the first time since 1978.

winners over The Netherlands.Italy beat Russia 4-1, the United States saw off Uzbekistan 3-1, while Poland

Great Britain moved a step closer to their first Davis Cup final since 1978 as brothers Andy and Jamie Murray won a thrilling doubles clash against Australia to put their country 2-1 up in the tie.

 Poland also have a 2-1 lead, against Slovakia, while Croatia lead Brazil by the same margin and

The United States and Poland moved a step closer to Rio 2016 qualification at the International Volleyball

on at the top by beating Egypt ©Getty ImagesThey came through 25-14, 25-19, 29-27 while in Toyama, Poland

took the contest 22-25, 23-25, 25-18, 25-21, 15-12.Related storiesSeptember 2015: United States and Poland

in seventh heaven at FIVB Men's World Cup September 2015: US and Poland remain unbeaten as Canada win

Beijing 2008 Olympic gold medallists the United States and reigning world champions Poland continued

seven wins out of seven thanks to taking the third by the same scoreline.Both the United States and Poland

31, 26-24, 25-19, while Australia beat Argentina 25-21, 25-23, 25-16.Related storiesSeptember 2015: Poland

the United States make it six of the best at FIVB Volleyball Men's World CupSeptember 2015: US and Poland

World champions Poland and the United States each made it six victories out of six as the International

25-16, 25-20.The US sit on top of the round robin group having only dropped a single set so far with Poland

pairing the US and Iran, Italy and Tunisia and Japan and Venezuela in Osaka.In Toyama, Egypt will play Poland

, Canada play Russia and Argentina meet Australia.Related stories Septemner 2015: US and Poland remain

Spain produced one of the biggest shocks of the 2015 World Mixed Curling Championships so far after recording a victory over Canada as the round robin stage of the tournament reached the halfway mark in the Swiss capital Bern.

crowd, Switzerland are one of the nations yet to taste defeat after they recorded a 6-4 win over Poland

United States and world champions Poland continued their unbeaten form as the International Volleyball

from the world champions.They then rose their level again as the South Americans' level dropped, with Poland

Germany posted two victories on the second day of the World Mixed Curling Championships to maintain their unbeaten start to the competition in the Swiss city of Bern and move to the top of Group B.

for top spot in the group after they claimed a dominant 10-3 win over Kazakhstan, before edging out Poland

The United States continued their perfect start to the men’s International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) World Cup as they recorded a comfortable straight-sets victory over Italy in Hiroshima today.

event as they beat Egypt in five sets ©FIVBThe only other side to still hold an unbeaten record is Poland

Hosts Switzerland got off to the perfect start at the World Mixed Curling Championship in front their home crowd in Bern after winning their opening two matches.

victories saw the team move to the top of Group C of the 36-team competition but they could be joined by Poland

Spain into the quarter-finals of EuroBasket 2015 as they claimed a hard-fought 80-66 victory over Poland

Defending champion Cheah Liek Hou booked her place in the 2015 Para-badminton World Championships quarter-finals at Stoke Mandeville Stadium in England with the Malaysian having made it through the round-robin phase of the competition without difficulty.

the latter stages of the tournament in his bid to retain his title with rivals Bartlomiej Mroz of Poland

Christian Taylor tonight won another significant triple jump battle against his arch-rival, Cuba’s Pedro Pablo Pichardo, as he earned the overall Diamond Race victory, along with the winner’s prize of $40,000, in the final International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League meeting of the season in Brussels.

Botswana secured his Diamond Trophy win with second place in 1:45.25 behind winner Adam Kszczot of Poland

Italy recovered from a disappointing start to defeat African champions Egypt and make it three wins out of three at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Men's World Cup in Japan today.

Americans were too strong for their near neighbours, coming through 25-21, 25-20, 25-17.Third-placed Poland

start to the tournament with a win inside four sets in Hamamatsu.The first two sets were shared, with Poland

before Argentina levelled with a 25-19 success in the second.It was a tight remainder to the contest but Poland

Hiroshima.Also on the schedule are games between Australia and Egypt and Japan and Canada, while in Hamamatsu, Poland

Tom Dumoulin has regained the leader's red jersey at the Vuelta a España after powering to individual time trial victory on stage 17 of the race in Burgos today.

course in 46min 01sec.This was more than a minute faster than second placed rider Maciej Bodnar of Poland