Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas’ move to European champion Barcelona neared completion Friday, bringing to an end one of soccer’s longest-running transfer sagas. The Spanish midfielder was heading to Barcelona for a medical Friday before being unveiled Saturday as a player back at his boyhood club. Sky Sports soccer expert Guillem Balague first reported that [...]
World champion Sebastien Vettel won the Malaysian Grand Prix 2011 with a dominant drive on Sunday to take an early grip on the Formula 1 season. The 23-year-old German steered his Red Bull car from pole position to the chequered flag to win ahead of McLaren’s Jenson Button, the 2009 champion, and Nick Heidfeld who [...]
MotoGP results of the second practice session at the circuit in Jerez – Despite the injury he is carrying to his shoulder, in the Friday afternoon session of the Gran Premio bwin de Espana Dani Pedrosa set the fastest time of 1’40.101, 0.188 of a second ahead of his Australian Repsol Honda team-mate, Casey Stoner [...]
The 23-year-old Red Bull driver was third in the standings but led from pole and saw other results go his way to become the youngest ever champion. Ferrari’s championship leader Fernando Alonso came seventh, with Red Bull’s other title hope Mark Webber eighth. Lewis Hamilton, who had a slim title chance, finished second and his [...]
Posted by uspostTennisWednesday, September 1st, 2010
Novak Djokovic, dogged by nagging questions about his stamina and guts when pressed in big matches and high temperatures, showed fortitude against an old friend at the U.S. Open on Tuesday. The 23-year-old Serb dug deep to come back after trailing two sets to one and down a break in the fourth set to overtake [...]