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MONACO: Nico Rosberg maintained his and the Mercedes team's utter domination of one-lap Formula One speeding by topping the times again in Thursday afternoon's second free practice session for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix.The 27-year-old German, who was fastest in the morning's opening session and who is seeking a third successive pole position, clocked a best time of minute and 14.759 seconds to top the times three-tenths of a second ahead of his Mercedes team-mate Briton Lewis Hamilton."Some of the others are looking pretty quick, but we have good pace ourselves," said a satisfied Hamilton. "Nico is looking really quick this weekend, so it is looking good."Hamilton, the 2008 world champion, has clearly given Rosberg greater motivation since moving to the Mercedes team this season - between them they have been on pole for the last three races in China, Bahrain and Spain.Hamilton is currently fourth in the drivers' championship and ...
NEW YORK: LeBron James, who won his fourth NBA Most Valuable Player Award in five seasons this year, was the only unanimous choice on the All-NBA First Team all-star squad announced by the league on Thursday.The Miami Heat superstar was joined on the lineup chosen by a media panel by NBA scoring leader Kevin Durant of Oklahoma City, Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers, Tim Duncan of Aan Antonio and Kobe Bryant of the ...
POLSA: Giro d'Italia organisers have made plans to start the race's 19th stage on an alternative route as wintry weather conditions continue to play havoc with the course.On the first of two consecutive days in the Dolomite mountains Friday, the peloton was due to tackle two major mountain passes - the Gavia and the Stelvio, the latter, at 2,758 metres, being the highest point of the 96th edition.However as road workers battled to clear snow ...
WENTWORTH: South Africa's James Kingston posted a six-under par 66 to lead the first round of the European PGA Championship on Thursday on a day of frustration for Rory McIlroy.McIlroy shot a two-over par 74, the same score as Graeme McDowell, whilst fellow Ryder Cup player Luke Donald, who has won the Wentworth event for the last two years, ended six-over and is in danger of missing the cut. Paul Lawrie was a shot worse ...
MONACO: Nico Rosberg maintained his and the Mercedes team's utter domination of one-lap Formula One speeding by topping the times again in Thursday's second free practice session for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix.The 27-year-old German, who was fastest in the morning's opening session and who is seeking a third successive pole position, clocked a best time of minute and 14.759 seconds to top the times three-tenths of a second ahead of his Mercedes team-mate Briton Lewis ...
ENTWORTH: Finland's Miko Ilonen was the early pacemaker as the European PGA Championship started at Wentworth on Thursday.Ilonen shot a five-under par 67, finishing with three birdies in his last five holes, to go into a two-shot lead over Italy's Matteo Manassero who was round in 69, Scotland's Scott Henry and Keith Horne from South Africa who went to the turn in 32.Illonen, a two-time winner on the European Tour, was second in the China ...
KUALA LUMPUR: Defending champions China had to dig deep to avoid a surprise defeat to Indonesia, winning 3-2 on Thursday in the quarter-finals of the Sudirman Cup.Two days after whipping their arch rivals 5-0 in a group match, China, who have not lost a tie since falling 2-3 to South Korea in the 2003 final, were stunned by a determined and gallant Indonesian outfit.But Chinese supremo Li Yongbo was unperturbed. China are eyeing their fifth ...
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