Motor racing Franchitti makes mark on the grid Dario Franchitti of Scotland managed to match
Posted in General on 25. Jul, 2010
Motor racing
Franchitti makes mark on the grid
Dario Franchitti, of Scotland, managed to match the pace of his German team-mate Bernd Schneider in yesterday’s free practice at Donington Park for the International Touring Car series. New Zealand will start offering contracts to its players next week and Australia is keen to follow suit as quickly as possible.. Cycling
McGregor crashes out
Yvonne McGregor, the women’s world hour record holder, suffered head and shoulder injuries when she crashed in yesterday’s national 10-mile time trial championship near Loughborough Scotland’s Sarah Phillips won the race.. The players have since agreed to suspend the campaign until the international board meets in August to discuss amateurism and will resume training tomorrow. The Australian Rugby Union hopes to offer contracts to players next month, following last month’s multi-million-dollar deal with Rupert Murdoch. The A$760m (pounds 292m) deal gives Murdoch’s News Corporation broadcast rights to international and domestic rugby in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa until 2005. However, last week the players refused to train and were excluded from the Transvaal side which successfully opened their defence of the Currie Cup with a 33-3 victory against Free State yesterday.
I don’t think Francois Pienaar will captain South Africa again.” Pienaar played a leading role in a campaign to provide players with greater financial security. Schmidt said none of the Springbok players earned less than pounds 1,900 a month. Schmidt said the dispute involving 14 players, 13 of them Springboks, “may have been resolved but scars will remain. Rugby union
Pienaar captaincy under threat
Francois Pienaar will never captain South Africa again after his part in a campaign for improved pay and benefits for Transvaal players according to the former Springbok hooker Uli Schmidt.
The two-times defending champion Nick Price (71) was tied for 48th, nine strokes behind, while the US Open champion, Corey Pavin (73), trailed by 10 strokes and only just made the cut. The cut was made at 147, and among the casualties were the former US Open champions Ernie Els, Lee Janzen and Curtis Strange, last week’s St Jude Classic winner Jim Gallagher, and the reigning Masters champion Ben Crenshaw.. Tom Watson (71) and Steve Lowery (70) were tied for second on 139. Golf
Haas hastens to the front
Jay Haas birdied his final two holes to secure a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Western Open in Lemont, Illinois Haas jumped to the front with a four-under-par 68. Transfers
Stan Collymore Nottingham Forest to Liverpool (pounds 8.5m)
Mark Draper Leicester to Aston Villa (pounds 3.25m)David Ginola Paris St-Germain to Newcastle (pounds 2.5m)Mark Hughes Manchester Utd to Chelsea (pounds 1.5m)Zeljko Kalac Sydney Utd to Leicester (pounds 760,000)Isaias Benfica to Coventry (pounds 500,000)Chris Fairclough Leeds to Bolton (pounds 500,000)Andy Edwards Southend to Birmingham (pounds 450,000)Gareth Ward, Nicky Mohan and Ian Ormondroyd Leicester to Bradford City (pounds 400,000 combined fee)Chris Malkin Tranmere to Millwall (pounds 400,000)Ken Charlery Peterborough to Birmingham (pounds 350,000)Graham Alexander Scunthorpe to Luton (pounds 100,000)Darren Ward Mansfield to Notts County (pounds 100,000)Chris Lightfoot Chester to Wigan (pounds 87,500)Billy Woods Cork City to Tranmere (pounds 50,000)Richard Forsyth Kidderminster to Birmingham (pounds 50,000)Tony Norman Sunderland to Huddersfield (free)Jimmy Carter Arsenal to Portsmouth (free)David Gregory Ipswich to Peterborough (free)Phil Morgan Ipswich to Stoke (free)Gary Strodder West Bromwich to Notts County (tribunal)Stephen Wright Aberdeen to Rangers (tribunal)Rab Shannon Motherwell to Dundee United (tribunal)Joe Allon Port Vale to Lincoln (tribunal)Robert Codner Brighton to Birmingham (trial). Why do England cricketers wear two different badges simultaneously? On their shirts they wear the TCCB logo (single lion over a set of stumps), while on their sweaters, caps and helmets they retain the traditional three lions and crown.
- D T Balcombe, NorthwoodIf you know the answers to any of these questions, or have a sporting question of your own you would like answered, write to:Q & ASports DeskIndependent on Sunday1 Canada SquareLondon E14 5DLFax: 0171-293 2894. Witnessing the unedifying spectacle of players at Wimbledon chomping their way through pounds of bananas between games prompts the question: who began this sporting food fad and are there sound nutritional reasons for the players’ preference for bananas to other fruit or food? Or is it all a subtle form of product placement? In what other sports (leaving aside lunch and tea in cricket) do the participants eat during the course of play? – Adrian Brodkin, LondonQ. I am led to believe he was one of a small handful of players who played for England while playing for a minor county (Staffordshire?). Is this true or is it just rubbish? – Keith Stacey, WolverhamptonQ. 1, 8, 5, 4, 3, 6, 7, 2? At Wimbledon the men’s No 1 is seeded to meet the No 3 in the semi-final, while the women’s No 1 is seeded to meet No 4 – D R Bell, London SW18Q. Can anybody provide further information about S F Barnes, an England bowler from before the Great War who, according to his Test record, seemed to take wickets when he pleased. Is there any sports person in important domestic knock-out competitions who can equal Shaun Edwards, of Wigan RLFC? Edwards has played in 42 consecutive cup ties culminating in eight Cup winners medals in the Challenge Cup at Wembley – Kevin Maguire, BatleyQ.