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Nico Rosberg led from start to finish to win the Brazilian F1 Grand Prix 2015 on Sunday, beating Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton for the top spot on the podium. The result means Rosberg is now guaranteed to finish the 2015 season in second place in the standings, ahead of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. Rosberg rode the perfect race, holding Hamilton back at the start and quickly building...
Published: November 15, 2015
First it was the gloves, almost seamlessly slipped off and dropped delicately into the depths of the cockpit. Then came the fiddly bits—the chin straps and the HANS-device tethers—the excitement palpable as his fingers flicked and rotated this way and that. Off came the crash helmet, the veil, the mask; the flameproof balaclava doubling up as a makeshift flannel. With the earplugs out and...
Published: November 14, 2015
After the unfamiliar surroundings of Mexico a fortnight ago, the Formula One roadshow heads to the iconic Brazilian Grand Prix for the penultimate race of the season. It’s a venue that has been rife with drama down the years, and while there’ll be no world-title tussle, with Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton already wrapping up that honour, it’s a track that’s produced some thrilling...
Published: November 14, 2015
The European Rugby Champions Cup gets under way this weekend with Toulon aiming to win it for the fourth time in a row. The great and the good of Europe’s top clubs will be attempting to stop Bernard Laporte’s galaxy of stars’ domination of the competition. But there are some lesser-known names who will be looking to announce themselves on the big stage and make their own bids for...
Published: November 14, 2015
The United States men’s national team breezed to their first win of World Cup qualifying on Friday night just like we all expected. But now that three points are in the bag in the form of a 6-1 win over St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the real challenge begins for the Yanks as they embark on a trip to Port of Spain to take on Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday. Unlike Friday’s romp...
Published: November 14, 2015
The United States began their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign by hitting St. Vincent and the Grenadines for six in St. Louis. Jozy Altidore scored twice as Jurgen Klinsmann’s squad kicked off their bid to make it to Russia with a 6-1 triumph over their CONCACAF Group C rivals. Bobby Wood, Fabian Johnson, Geoff Cameron and Gyasi Zardes also found the net for the United States, though they...
Published: November 13, 2015
Sir Frank Williams couldn’t speak highly enough of his team’s rising star, but he had a backhanded compliment specially prepared for his senior driver. As Williams announced their 2015 driver lineup on the morning of last year’s Italian Grand Prix, confirming the partnership between Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa would extend into a second season, Sir Frank addressed a team of two...
Published: November 13, 2015
The Brazilian Grand Prix never fails to deliver an exciting spectacle, and 2015’s race in Interlagos is likely to be no different, despite Lewis Hamilton having already wrapped up the world title. The Mercedes driver will be eager to bounce back after he finished second to team-mate Nico Rosberg last time out in Mexico. His preparations have not been ideal. Hamilton recently revealed that a car...
Published: November 13, 2015
An anonymous bomb threat forced Germany’s national team to evacuate their Paris hotel on Friday hours before their scheduled friendly against France, according to Sky Sport News (tweet in German). Sky Sports reporter Alex Chaffer quoted Germany general manager Oliver Bierhoff, who confirmed the bomb threat and added the Hotel Molitor had been “completely evacuated and widely cordoned off.”...
Published: November 13, 2015
Chairman Greg Dyke and a number of Football Association staff have been asked to not stay at the England team hotel ahead of their friendly with Spain on Friday. The request was made by the FA’s head of performance services, Dave Reddin, as part of the practice of keeping the players isolated and undistracted. Reddin, who worked with Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics, was brought in after England’s...