June 20, 2013

Formula 1: Ferrari prefer Vettel to Hamilton

Red Bull Formula One driver Vettel of Germany drives his car in Graz

(Reuters) – Triple Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel would be Ferrari’s first choice should they ever need to replace Fernando Alonso, president Luca di Montezemolo has said. The Red Bull driver has been repeatedly linked to Ferrari this season, with talk of a pre-contract for 2014, although the 25-year-old German and his team have [...]

Formula 1: Michael Schumacher sees a future in Race of Champions

Mercedes Formula One driver Schumacher waves to fans before an autograph signing session at the Korea International Circuit ahead of the South Korean F1 Grand Prix in Yeongam

(Reuters) – Michael Schumacher could keep on competing in the annual Race of Champions, to be held in Bangkok in December, for at least a year after he retires from Formula One this month. The seven-times world champion has won the Nations Cup event in partnership with Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel, currently chasing his third [...]

Formula 1: Austin circuit to host MotoGP next year

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(Reuters) – The new Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, will host a round of the MotoGP championship in 2013 as well as a Formula One grand prix. The International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) published a new, provisional, 19-race calendar on Tuesday with the circuit penciled in for April 21 as the third round. Austin’s [...]

Forumla 1: Alonso spins out of Japanese Grand Prix

Ferrari Formula One driver Alonso loses control of his car in the first corner of the Japanese F1 Grand Prix at the Suzuka circuit

(Reuters) – Ferrari’s Formula One championship leader Fernando Alonso crashed out of the Japanese Grand Prix seconds after the start on Sunday. The Spaniard, who led Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel by 29 points with five races remaining after Suzuka, had started in sixth place and was sent spinning into the gravel at the first corner [...]

Olympics: Tennis – Games final could see repeat of Wimbledon

Roger Federer of Switzerland holds his winners trophy and Andy Murray of Britain holds his runners-up trophy after Federer defeated Murray in their men's singles final tennis match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London

(Reuters) – Top seeded Roger Federer could meet Britain’s Andy Murray in the Olympic tennis final in a repeat of Wimbledon earlier this month, after the pair were drawn on opposite sides of the competition on Thursday. Third seed Murray will take on Federer’s fellow-Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka in his opening match. Federer, the top seed [...]

Olympics: WADA propose Olympic ban in revised draft code

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(Reuters) – The World Anti-Doping Agency WADA has issued a revised draft code inserting a proposed Olympic ban for serious doping offenders from January 2015. The revision, if left in the final draft to be approved at a world conference on doping in sport in Johannesburg in November 2013, would mean athletes whose suspension ends [...]

Formula 1: Prost pessimistic on French GP future

Head of Muscat municipality listens to former F1 world champion Prost after the the individual time-trial 5th stage of the 2nd Tour of Oman cycling race in Muscat

(Reuters) – France’s sole Formula One champion Alain Prost fears the chances of the country hosting a grand prix again in the near future have receded. “I am not optimistic,” he told reporters at the Monaco Grand Prix, where Lotus driver Romain Grosjean has a real shot at becoming the first French winner since Olivier [...]

Formula 1: Hamilton, Perez handed grid penalties

McLaren Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain plugs his ears in the pits during a practice session at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida

(Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton fell foul of the Formula One stewards once again Friday when he was handed a three-place penalty on the starting grid for the inaugural Indian Grand Prix after ignoring yellow warning flags in first practice. The McLaren driver had set the fastest lap, in the final seconds, in the first ever [...]

Argument erupts over Radcliffe’s marathon record

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(Reuters) – Marathon bodies opposed on Tuesday a move by the governing IAAF to reclassify Paula Radcliffe’s 2003 women’s world record and replace it with a slower time. The International Association of Athletics Federations agreed in Daegu, South Korea, last month to acknowledge as women’s world records only those times set in all-women competitions. Performances [...]