PARIS -- Rising star Lucas Pouille and Gael Monfils have been selected to play for France in the Davis Cup semifinal against Croatia next week.Pouille knocked out 14-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal in the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Sunday, and faced Monfils in the quarterfinals later Tuesday, guaranteeing a French semifinalist.Pouille has played only one match for France, beating Jiri Vesely in the 3-1 quarterfinal win against the Czech Republic.Davis Cup veteran Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, also through to the quarters at Flushing Meadows, has again been selected by captain Yannick Noah, but Gilles Simon has been dropped. Richard Gasquet, ranked 15th, was also overlooked. He lost in the first round of the U.S. Open.It was an easy choice, there are no surprises, Noah said. They have all had good summers.The 11th-ranked Tsonga, a mainstay of the side since 2008, is expected to lead France in singles, leaving Noah with a tough choice between Pouille and Monfils.I cant see myself picking between Lucas and Gael before their match, said Noah, who cheered Pouille on from the stands during his win over Nadal.Noah, the last Frenchman to win a Grand Slam, 33 years ago, will wait until the end of the U.S. Open to decide.A lot of things will come into the equation, he said. The shape the players are in, how they will recover.Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert, the worlds top-ranked doubles pair, complete the lineup for the match in Zadar.They were still in doubles contention at the U.S. Open.Tsonga has a 24-8 record, including 18-7 in singles. The 12th-ranked Monfils missed the Czech win and has a 12-2 record, all in singles.France, meanwhile, has won nine Davis Cup titles and lost eight finals.It is also trying to curb a losing streak. 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NYON, Switzerland -- Fenerbahce was expelled from the Champions League for the second time in three seasons and Besiktas was banned from the Europa League after the Turkish clubs were punished by UEFA on Tuesday over separate charges of match-fixing. Fenerbahce was banned from the next three UEFA club competitions for which it would have qualified, starting with next seasons Champions League, in relation to a long-running fixing case that dates back to the Istanbul clubs league-winning run in 2011. UEFA said the sanction for the third competition is deferred "for a probationary period of five years." Fenerbahce finished second in the Turkish league last season and was set to enter the Champions League at the third qualifying-round stage, needing to beat two opponents to enter the lucrative 32-team group stage. The club was banished from the 2011-12 Champions League after the initial fixing allegations were made. Besiktas punishment stemmed from charges of fixing relating to the 2011 Turkish Cup final, wwhich it won on penalties over city rival Istanbul BB.dddddddddddd Besiktas had qualified for the Europa League by finishing third in the league last season. "In relation to the individuals of the clubs involved in the cases of Fenerbahce and Besiktas, the CDB (UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body) decided that certain additional information will be collected in order to consider in further detail the different position of each of the individuals concerned," UEFA said. Fenerbahce has identified five officials as being involved in its case -- club president Aziz Yildirim, plus Alaeddin Yildirim, Sekip Mosturoglu, Ilhan Yuksel Eskioglu and Cemil Turhan. In a third case, Steaua Bucharest -- the 1986 European Cup winner -- was banned from the next UEFA competition it qualified for, with the sanction deferred for a probationary period of five years. 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