Lawson says he almost hit marshals crossing the track
MEXICO CITY :Formula One driver Liam Lawson said he narrowly avoided a fatal accident after two marshals ran across the track in front of him during Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix.
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Formula One cost cap delay raises speculation about possible breach
MEXICO CITY :At least one team looks likely to be in breach of cost caps in the yet-to-be published Formula One accounts, Sauber team boss Jonathan Wheatley said on Friday.
FIA defends return of sanctioned Russian to governing body
MEXICO CITY :Formula One's governing body has defended the quiet reinstatement to its World Motor Sport Council of a Russian member subject to international sanctions as a result of the war in Ukraine.
La Liga chief laments Miami match collapse as others celebrate
La Liga said their promoter for the match decided to cancel the organization of the event because of “uncertainty generated in Spain in recent weeks“Tebas took to X to express regret at not being able to seize “this historic opportunity” MADRID: The cancelation of La Liga’s plan to hold a Barcelona match in Miami in December is a “missed opportunity” for Spanish football, the league’s president said Wednesday, while elsewhere its collapse was celebrated.Champions Barca were set to face Villarreal in the United States on December 20, which would have been the first European league fixture to be played abroad.The match will now be held at Villarreal’s Estadio de la Ceramica home as normal.La Liga said their promoter for the match decided to cancel the organization of the event because of “uncertainty generated in Spain in recent weeks.”The league’s president Javier Tebas took to X to express regret at not being able to seize “this historic opportunity,” adding that Spanish football had missed a chance to “develop, to project itself in the world and reinforce its future.”Villarreal were furious about the timing of the announcement to cancel the plans — the news breaking during their Champions League defeat by Manchester City on Tuesday — and also blasted La Liga’s management of the whole event.“(We) wish to express our deep displeasure with La Liga over the poor handling of the match scheduled to be played in Miami,” said the club in a statement.Villarreal said there had been “no progress” in terms of organization and the club would have “withdrawn from the project” themselves later in the week if various issues were not resolved to their satisfaction at a planned meeting with La Liga.The plan to hold the match in the
American Mayer recognises bid for FIA presidency is over
AUSTIN, Texas :American Tim Mayer ended his bid to stand for president of motorsport's world governing body on Friday, saying FIA statutes prevented anyone from challenging incumbent Mohammed Ben Sulayem.
Ratcliffe gives Amorim three years to prove himself at Man Utd
LONDON: Ruben Amorim has been given three years to prove himself at Manchester United after co-owner Jim Ratcliffe insisted he will not make a knee-jerk decision about the under-fire manager’s future. Amorim has endured constant speculation that he faces the sack throughout this season as United lurched from one crisis to another. The former Sporting Lisbon boss, who was hired by Ratcliffe in November 2024, admitted earlier this term that he had considered quitting during United’s darkest moments. Amorim’s side finished 15th in the Premier League last season — their lowest final top-flight position since 1973-74 — and squandered a chance to qualify for the Champions League when they lost the Europa League final to fellow strugglers Tottenham. Tenth-placed United have fared little better this season, losing three of their first seven league games and crashing to a shock League Cup defeat at fourth-tier Grimsby. Amorim has yet to record successive Premier League wins since replacing the sacked Erik ten Hag, with a trip to champions Liverpool next up for United after the international break. Despite the talk that Amorim, whose side beat promoted Sunderland in their last game, remains in danger of being axed Ratcliffe said the 40-year-old would be given time to turn things around. “He has not had the best of seasons. Ruben needs to demonstrate he is a great coach over three years.
Zidane’s son Luca ‘proud’ to play for Algeria
“It makes me proud and I will give everything at 100 percent to make the Algerian people proud,” the goalkeeper saidHe received his first call up for Algeria in a 26-man squad for the next two qualifiersORAN, Algeria: French football legend Zinedine Zidane’s son Luca said on Wednesday he is “proud” to represent Algeria ahead of the north African country’s World Cup qualifier against Somalia.Luca Zidane, 27, turned out for France’s youth team but has chosen to play for Algeria where his grandparents were born.“I’m very happy to be here. It makes me proud and I will give everything at 100 percent to make the Algerian people proud,” the goalkeeper told a press conference in Oran.Zidane junior, who plays for Spanish second tier side Granada, changed sporting nationality last month having never represented France at senior level.He received his first call up for Algeria in a 26-man squad for the next two qualifiers.“All my family are proud of me and back my choice, my grandfather is happy that I’m in Algeria and that I’ve made this decision,” he added.His father, who was a World Cup winner for France in 1998, “had his journey, his career.
FIA list raises prospect of Ben Sulayem being re-elected unopposed
LONDON :FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem, the head of Formula One's governing body, could be re-elected unopposed in December after a list published on Wednesday left rivals seemingly unable to secure the necessary support to stand.