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| Alfa Romeo ends Wild Oats's reign • Alfa Romeo cruises home 16 miles ahead of long-standing rival• Neville Crichton celebrates second race victory as skipperThe New Zealand super-maxi Alfa Romeo put an end to Wild Oats XI's four-year reign on the Sydney to Hobart yacht race by taking line honours in spectacular fashion.Neville Crichton's Alfa Romeo cruised home in the final stretch of the 628 nautical mile course after opening up a 20-mile lead on the Australian maxi Wild Oats XI and the British supermaxi ICAP Leopard on Sunday.When the 100-foot yacht crossed the finish line opposite Castray Esplanade on the Derwent River, Wild Oats XI still had 16 miles to go with ICAP Leopard a further 24 miles astern, according to the race's official website (rolexsydneyhobart.com).One of the biggest spectator fleets accompanied Alfa Romeo up the final few miles as Crichton recorded a second line honours victory with a seasoned crew of 22 Australian, New Zealand and British round-the-world and America's Cup sailors.Crichton won the 2002 ocean race with a previous Alfa Romeo and lost in a dramatic duel to Wild Oats XI in the 2005 race.A huge crowd gathered along the shore to welcome the victorious crew, the success capping a tally of 143 line-honours wins worldwide for the supermaxi.Sailingguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Texas Tech asst. coach now offers support to Adam James A Texas Tech assistant who criticized Adam James in hopes of saving Mike Leach's job said Thursday the son of the ESPN analyst has his support ... rssfeeds.usatoday.com |
Tom Hicks dismisses controversy and promises Liverpool will spend Tom Hicks has shrugged aside the controversial resignation of his son from the Liverpool board by claiming that the club’s debt problems are not as severe as those of Manchester United. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
Hardworking Wayne Rooney keeps United in title hunt THE score tells one story but the game offered a more subtle take on an interesting contest. For more than an hour United’s performance was laborious and the match remained delicately balanced. Most pertinently, the high-tempo and wonderfully fluent Manchester United were nowhere to be seen and a spy from United’s next Champions League opponents, AC Milan, would have enjoyed his day. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
Zhang, Cal's 7-3 Chinese center, finds room to grow in Berkeley Max Zhang, the tallest player ever for the University of California's basketball team, has spent the last four years since coming from China ... rssfeeds.usatoday.com |