Renault hoping for third time lucky in China
LONDON (Reuters) – Renault are hoping to be third time lucky and score their first points of the Formula One season in China on Sunday after narrowly missing out in the season’s opening two races.
Brassard quits as Canada’s Chef de Mission for Rio
TORONTO (Reuters) – Former Olympic moguls champion Jean-Luc Brassard has abruptly stepped down as Canada’s chef de mission less than four months before the Rio Games, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) said on Monday.
Williams joins calls for fairer share of F1 pot
LONDON (Reuters) – Williams said it will seek a more even distribution of revenues under Formula One’s next commercial agreement, joining calls by other teams ahead of negotiations to replace deals that expire in 2020.
F1 learned a lesson from qualifying fiasco: Williams
LONDON (Reuters) – Formula One learned a lesson from the qualifying fiasco that overshadowed the opening races of the season in Australia and Bahrain, Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams said on Monday.
Phillip Island secures 10-year MotoGP extension
(Reuters) – Australia’s Phillip Island circuit has agreed a 10-year contract extension to host the country’s MotoGP round until 2026, series promoters Dorna said on Monday.
McEvoy magnificent but ‘Missile’ misses Rio target
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Cameron McEvoy will head to the Rio Games brimful of confidence after storming to the Australian 100 metres freestyle title at the Olympic trials on Monday but former world champion James Magnussen failed to book his ticket for th…
Retired NFL star Will Smith shot dead in New Orleans
(Reuters) – Will Smith, a prominent member of the New Orleans Saints team that won the NFL’s Super Bowl in 2010, was killed by a gunman who shot the retired football player after ramming his car near the city’s famed French Quarter, police said on Sund…
Ex-tennis ace Nieminen not Finn-ished as floorball calls
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Retired Finnish tennis player Jarkko Nieminen is rekindling his competitive flames by turning pro for a second time in a different sport.
Kenya will beat Wada deadline, says president
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya will beat a May deadline to comply with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code and avoid sanctions that could include a ban from the Rio Olympics, President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Monday.
Japan’s Hagino plots Rio downfall of Phelps, Lochte
(Reuters) – Confident Japanese swimmer Kosuke Hagino said he was targeting a hat-trick of gold medals at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and was looking forward to a showdown with American idols Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte.
