F1 champion Button feels the heat on NASCAR debut
Former Formula One world champion Jenson Button said that he suffered heat exhaustion and nearly retired from the race before finishing 18th at his NASCAR debut in Texas on Sunday.
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World champion Francesco Bagnaia avoids Marquez mayhem to win MotoGP opener
PORTIMAO, Portugal: World champion Francesco Bagnaia won Sunday’s season-opening Portuguese MotoGP after a costly mistake by pole-sitter Marc Marquez.
Robin van Persie tipping 'champion team' Arsenal to end 19-year wait and win Premier League
Robin van Persie is tipping his former club Arsenal to end their 19-year wait for a Premier League title. The Gunners last won the league under Arsene Wenger in 2003/04, and have had lean years in the top flight in recent times. Ad Unai Emery and Freddie Ljungberg did not have the impact that was hoped, but Mikel Arteta has transformed The Gunners’ fortunes.
Former F1 champion Piquet fined $950K US for racist, homophobic comments about Hamilton
Retired Formula One champion Nelson Piquet has been ordered to pay $950,000 US in "moral damages" for making racist and homophobic comments about Lewis Hamilton.
Three-time world champion Nelson Piquet fined for racist and homophobic slurs against Lewis Hamilton
Thee-time Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet has been ordered pay 5 million Brazilian Reals (€885,500) in moral damages for racist and homophobic comments against Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, a Brazilian court ruled on Friday. In an interview in November 2021, Piquet used a racial slur referring to the seven-time world champion, when commenting on Hamilton's British Grand Prix crash with Max Verstappen. Hamilton called for action to change "archaic mindsets" after footage of the interview surfaced on social media last June.
Defending Champion Carlos Alcaraz Cruises Into Miami Open Third Round
World number one Carlos Alcaraz made an emphatic start to his Miami Open title defence, defeating Argentina's Facundo Bagnis 6-0, 6-2 on Friday. The 19-year-old Spaniard, the youngest ever player to top the rankings, is looking to complete the "Sunshine Double" after beating Daniil Medvedev in last week's Indian Wells final. Alcaraz made a blistering start winning the first 11 points of the match, with the 33-year-old Bagnis having no answer at all to the teenager's powerful serve.
Christian Horner ‘can’t see’ how Red Bull would fit Lewis Hamilton in should seven-time world champion leave Mercedes
Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner has said that he can’t see a way in which his team would be able to accommodate seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton should a shock move become a possibility. Hamilton, 38, has been vocal in his frustration with the poor performance of the Mercedes car two races into the 2023 season.
US cyclocross champion reveals she retired from sport over emergence of transgender athletes in women's sports
University of Kentucky NCAA swimmer Riley Thomas shares the realities of competing against biological men during the national championship in a preview of 'Tucker Carlson Today' on Fox Nation.