Kimi reigns in Malaysian rain
Sepang (Malaysia): Formula One championship leader Kimi Raikkonen put his stamp on the Malaysian Grand Prix on Friday when he outstripped the field on a rain-hit first day of free practice. The lotus driver, world champion in 2007 and a surprise but emphatic winner at last weeks season-opening Australian Grand Prix, dodged a heavy shower to clock the days fastest time of 1min 36.569sec in the second session. Red Bulls Sebastian Vettel, on the hunt for his fourth straight world title, was just two-hundredths of a second slower at the tropical Sepang circuit while Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso were third and fourth for Ferrari.
Cant take ONGC lightly
New Delhi: Churchill Brothers technical director Subhash Bhowmick today made it clear that hosts ONGC will be no pushovers when the two sides meet in the 21st round of I-league at the Ambedkar Stadium on Saturday. “There is many a slip between the cup and lip. I have always maintained that in the top-tier competition no team can be taken lightly. Moreover, ONGC have been very good at home and they have the players who have the potential to turn it around against big teams,” Bhowmick said. “We cannot take it easy as we are top of the table. We have to put our best foot forward,” he said.
Marussia — Caterham to merge
Sepang: Marussia confirmed its held merger talks with Formula One rival Caterham in the latest sign of the financial struggles faced by the smaller teams on the grid. “Talks took place” but were not ongoing, Graeme lowdon, Marussia president and sporting director, said on Friday. Caterham also confirmed the Christmas 2012 discussion, but spokesman Tom Webb said no deal was reached because “it was soon clear that a mutually beneficial solution could not be achieved,” adding it had less to gain from the move, since it has several blue chip sponsors.
Jeev tied 26th
Kuala lumpur: Jeev Milkha Singh was a relieved man despite having to play 27 holes today as he finished the day tied 26th before rains drew a premature curtain to the second days play at the Maybank Malaysian Open golf tournament here. Jeev finished with rounds of 70 and 71 to be three-under 141 and tied 26th as most of the other Indians were still battling to stay inside the cut line, expectedly at to even par or one-over.
IOC to discuss WADA, betting
london: Olympic leaders will meet on May 21 to discuss the World Anti-Doping Agencys role in fighting performance-enhancing drugs and ways to combat illegal betting and match-fixing. The meeting at International Olympic Committee headquarters in lausanne, Switzerland, was arranged after international sports federations complained of deteriorating relations with WADA.
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