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| Craig Bellamy insists he will stay at Manchester City Craig Bellamy has ruled out a move away from Manchester City, insisting that the club's new manager Roberto Mancini has his full support. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
Benjani goal enough against toothless Middlesbrough Roberto Mancini continued his 100 per cent start as manager of Manchester City with a comfortable victory over Middlesbrough. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
Magic recognized for ticket sales The Orlando Magic was honored for being one of the top National Basketball Association teams to sell tickets for the current season. feeds.bizjournals.com |
Sainz holds off Al-Attiyah in Dakar Rally • Volkswagen team claim one-two-three finish• Nasser al-Attiyah is second, Mark Miller thirdCarlos Sainz claimed his first Dakar Rally victory after finishing second in the 14th and final stage.The former world rally champion finished the race 2min 12sec ahead of Volkswagen team-mate Nasser al-Attiyah, who won today's leg from San Rafael to Buenos Aires.American Mark Miller finished third overall, 32min 51sec back, to complete a one-two-three for the German manufacturers, who repeated their 2009 success.Qatari driver Al-Attiyah finished the final stage 36 seconds ahead of Sainz, but it was not enough to prevent the Spaniard, who has led since stage five, from taking the race victory."It has been a very important day for me," Sainz said. "Spain has finally won the Dakar with cars and I'm delighted. I want to thank [co-driver] Lucas [Cruz] for his great work and to all the team, and everybody who put their trust in me. We haven't had any problems, and the car doesn't have a scratch."I think we have done a fast but intelligent Dakar. It has been a very hard fight with my team-mate. We knew it would be that way. As I said before, I want to thank everyone who trusted in me."BMW pair Stephane Peterhansel, who was fourth in the final stage, and Guerlain Chicherit, who was third, finished fourth and fifth overall respectively.France's Cyril Despres took victory in the bike class even though he could finish only sixth in the final stage, Ruben Faria of Portugal winning the stage.Vladimir Chagin of Russia completed a convincing win in the truck category by finishing fourth in the final stage, while Argentina's Marcos Patronelli won the quad class ahead of elder brother Alejandro.RallyingMotor sportguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Rio Ferdinand denies violent conduct charge Rio Ferdinand is free to face Manchester City in this evening's Carling Cup semi-final, second leg after he denied an FA charge of violent conduct. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |