Motor racing: Ricciardo handed three-place penalty for home race
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Daniel Ricciardo’s Australian Grand Prix jinx struck again on Friday with the Red Bull driver handed a three-place grid penalty for his home race for going too fast during red flag conditions.
Hamilton fastest but Red Bull, Ferrari in hunt
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets for Mercedes in both practice sessions at the Australian Grand Prix on Friday but Red Bull’s Max Verstappen showed enough pace to give the Silver Arrows pause for thought.
Hamilton tops timesheets in opening practice
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Champion Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets for Mercedes in both practice sessions at the Formula One season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Friday but Red Bull’s Max Verstappen showed enough pace to give the Silver Arrows paus…
Ecclestone urges F1 to take breakaway threat seriously
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Formula One’s former commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone has warned owners Liberty Media to take the threat of a breakaway series seriously and said Mercedes could follow Ferrari out of the championship.
Powell left out of Jamaica’s Gold Coast team because of injury: JAAA
KINGSTON (Reuters) – Former 100 meters world record holder Asafa Powell was left out of the Jamaica team for next month’s Commonwealth Games because he was injured, the head of the country’s athletics association said on Friday.
Tennis: Kuhn gets early taste of tour victory in Miami
(Reuters) – Nicola Kuhn became the youngest Spaniard to win an ATP World Tour match since Rafa Nadal after the 18-year-old’s 7-6(4) 6-4 victory over Darian King at the Miami Open on Thursday.
Motor racing: Hamilton leads Mercedes 1-2 in first practice
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton led a Mercedes 1-2 at the top of the timesheets for the first free practice session at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Friday, while McLaren’s hopes of a clean start were tempered by reliability issues.
NBA leaps on esports bandwagon with new league
LONDON (Reuters) – The inexorable advance of esports will break new ground next month when the NBA becomes the first American professional sports organization to operate an esports league.
Ibrahimovic says farewell to Manchester United ahead of U.S. move
LONDON (Reuters) – Zlatan Ibrahimovic said farewell to Manchester United on Thursday after the Premier League club agreed to terminate the Swedish striker’s contract ahead of an expected move to Los Angeles Galaxy.
Former NFL quarterback Romo shoots 77 in PGA Tour debut
(Reuters) – Tony Romo acknowledged the unforgiving nature of professional golf after carding five-over-par 77 in the opening round at the Corales Puntacana Championship in the Dominican Republic on Thursday.
