| Heisman Trust expected to meet Tuesday By 2010-09-13T16:59:18ZNEW YORK (AP) -- The Heisman Trophy Trust is expected to hold its monthly meeting Tuesday, but there has been no indication from the group about whether a decision on Reggie Bush and the 2005 award is coming soon.... hosted.ap.org |
CC Sabathia gets 20th win as Yankees rout Orioles CC Sabathia became a 20-game winner for the first time in his stellar career, pitching the New York Yankees past the Baltimore Orioles 11-3 Saturday ... rssfeeds.usatoday.com |
Pedrosa breaks bone ahead of Japan GP • Spaniard crashed his Honda in practice at Motegi circuit• Injury effectively hands Jorge Lorenzo the MotoGP titleSpain's Dani Pedrosa broke his collarbone when crashing his Honda in today's practice for the weekend's Japanese grand prix.His injury looks like effectively handing countryman Jorge Lorenzo the MotoGP title with Pedrosa the only man in a position to overtake the Yamaha rider in the standings.Pedrosa, who trails Lorenzo by 56 points with five races remaining this season, suffered a multiple fracture of his left collarbone after just six minutes on the track at Motegi.He is likely to miss the next three races which take place over the next three weekends. The Italian Valentino Rossi set the quickest lap in the first free practice for Sunday's race.MotoGPMotor sportMotorcyclingguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Swimmers fall ill at Commonwealth Games in India By DENNIS PASSA 2010-10-07T15:50:46ZNEW DELHI (AP) -- More than a dozen swimmers from Australia and England have fallen ill at the Commonwealth Games in the latest setback for trouble-plagued organizers in New Delhi.... hosted.ap.org |
Webber fastest in Korean practice • Championship leader fastest in practice on new track• Alonso is on his eighth and last engine of seasonThe controversial new circuit in Yeongam, which was only passed fit to stage Sunday's inaugural Korean grand prix less than two weeks ago, has won the approval of Mark Webber, the championship leader.Webber was the fastest man going into tomorrow morning's qualifying session, after coming out on top of this afternoon's practice session. He described the track as "pretty enjoyable"."The track changed a lot today," he said. "It was obviously a brand new venue for everyone as we all know, and very, very slippery in P1 [first practice]. Then, it started to get a little bit more sensible as the day went on. There is a lot of information to gather on a new venue and we have done that pretty successfully so, yeah, we are pretty optimistic. It has got a couple of unique sections which are always good. It's nice to have a bit of a challenge at a new venue we go to."Just the pit lane entry and exit are a little bit 'Mickey Mouse', getting on and off the track, but apart from that they have done a remarkable job. We are really clutching at straws to be able to try and criticise anyone here."The track was also praised by the Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg, who said: "The circuit is good. It is a nice track to drive and it should be good for racing because there are long straights and hairpins where you can try and overtake, but on the other hand there is a lot of graining and whenever we have graining that is normally when the most exciting races happen."The circuit has improved as the weekend has gone on and rubber has gone down on it, although if it rains the surface will have the consistency of "oiled snot", in the memorable words of one former driver.Fernando Alonso, who has revived his title hopes in the past three races, also approved of the track and although he believes that Red Bull will again dominate, he says they should not be as superior as they were in the last round, in Japan, when Sebastian Vettel won from his team-mate, Webber."We feel that maybe it's not as easy as it was for Red Bull in Suzuka, even if they are still the favourites," the Spaniard said. "I think there are possibilities to overtake on turn three and turn four as well."Alonso is using his eighth engine of the season and, under Formula One regulations, that has to be his last. "If we have any reliability issues it will be really traumatic as it would be almost impossible then to recover the points we would need if we want to continue to fight with Red Bull and McLaren," said Ferrari's team principal, Stefano Domenicali. "We cannot really have any problems otherwise it is finished."All the leading teams found themselves going into qualifying encouraged by their performances in today's second practice session. Webber finished ahead of Alonso, with Lewis Hamilton, who had dominated the morning practice, in third. But there were problems for Hamilton's team-mate, Jenson Button. McLaren had to use fire extinguishers after the rear of his car became overheated, but he finished fifth, as he had earlier in the day."The car is working well around here," Button said. "It's nice to drive and the circuit is quite flowing, although there's a lot of dust. If you put a wheel only slightly off line there's a huge amount of dust, which might be an issue in the race, but apart from that the circuit is fun to drive."Little can be read into Friday runarounds but it was marginally surprising that Vettel, second and first in the last two races, finished only seventh in today's afternoon session.Mark WebberFernando AlonsoRed BullFerrariFormula OneMotor sportPaul Weaverguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |