FIFA candidate Champagne protests over election observers
ZURICH (Reuters) – FIFA presidential candidate Jerome Champagne has protested to soccer’s world governing body about the number of observers allowed into the hall for Friday’s election, saying he believed they were working for his rivals.
NASCAR looking to build international presence
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – NASCAR are eyeing a strategy to help build their international presence but the preeminent stock car racing organization have no immediate plans to schedule races outside the United States.
Hamilton enjoys best ever start to testing
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Triple Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton completed the equivalent of nearly 2-1/2 race distances on what he said ranked as his best ever start to pre-season testing on Monday.
Infantino confident of taking more than half of Africa’s votes
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – FIFA presidential candidate Gianni Infantino is confident of taking more than half the votes from Africa in Friday’s election, despite the continent’s governing body endorsing his major rival Sheik Salman of Bahrain.
Sexwale ‘open to negotiations and alliances’ in FIFA presidential vote
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South African FIFA presidential candidate Tokyo Sexwale said on Monday he is a realist who is “open to negotiations and alliances” ahead of Friday’s vote in Zurich.
F1 facing last chance for 2017 change, says Horner
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Formula One teams have a last chance to agree major changes for 2017 at meetings on Tuesday and must seize the opportunity to make the sport more exciting, Red Bull boss Christian Horner said on Monday.
Pacquiao election rival calls for Bradley fight to be halted
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine election commission will decide on Tuesday whether a boxing match between Manny Pacquiao, who is standing in May’s vote, and American welterweight champion Timothy Bradley violates polling rules.
In tropical Singapore, short track slides into focus
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Among the weekend bargain hunters on the third floor of a sleepy shopping mall, international short track speed skating returned to Singapore with the hope of finding the tropical Asian nation a first Winter Olympian.
FIFA says Thailand’s Makudi banned for three months
ZURICH (Reuters) – FIFA’s disciplinary committee has banned Worawi Makudi, former president of the Football Association of Thailand and a former member of the FIFA Executive Committee, for three months for failing to comply with an earlier suspension, …
Motor racing: ‘Brexit’ would not affect F1, says Ecclestone
LONDON (Reuters) – Formula One would be unaffected by any British exit from the European Union, the sport’s commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone said on Monday in an interview in which he supported those seeking to leave.
