Motor racing-Verstappen on pole for Japanese Grand Prix
SUZUKA, Japan : Formula One world championship leader Max Verstappen put Red Bull on pole position for the potentially title-deciding Japanese Grand Prix.
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Max Verstappen on pole for Japanese Grand Prix
Formula One world championship leader Max Verstappen put Red Bull on pole position for the potentially title-deciding Japanese Grand Prix. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, the 25-year-old Dutch driver's closest rival, joined him on the front row after Saturday's qualifying at Suzuka.
Pole-vaulter Siva Subramaniam, weightlifter Sambo Lapung break records on way to gold medals in National Games
While Siva from Services soared over 5.31m to break his own national record set four years ago, Sambo, representing Arunachal Pradesh, lifted 198kg to break the Clean and Jerk national mark in 96kg men's weightlifting. Egged on by a seizable crowd at the IIT Gandhinagar, Siva Subramaniam first broke the National Games record, set at 5.10m by Vijay Pal Singh back in 1987, by clearing 5.11m. He then soared over 5.21m and asked for the bar to be raised at 5.31m, with an eye on the national record.
MotoGP Buriram: Commanding pole to flag Moto3 win for Foggia
Leopard’s Dennis Foggia completed a dominating day at Buriram as he led from lights to flag in the Moto3 Thai Grand Prix.
Christopher Bell wins Cup Series pole at Talladega Superspeedway
Playoff driver Christopher Bell won the pole position Saturday for Sunday’s 500-mile NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama.
National Games: Pole vaulter Rosy breaks national record; Aldrin beats Sreeshankar for long jump gold
The 24-year-old Rosy cleared 4.20m to go past VS Surekha's earlier national mark of 4.15m set in 2014. Her two Tamil Nadu team-mates, Pavitha Vengatesh and Baranica Elangovan were distance second and third with efforts of 4m and 3.90m respectively. In men's long jump, Jeswin Aldrin of Tamil Nadu beat Commonwealth Games silver medallist Murali Sreeshankar of Kerala for the gold in a high-quality competition to qualify for the 2023 World Athletics Championships.
Leclerc takes Singapore GP pole as Verstappen aborts lap
SINGAPORE (AP) — Max Verstappen looked on course for pole position at the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday when his Red Bull team aborted his lap with just seconds left in qualifying and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc took pole instead.
Charles Leclerc grabs Singapore Grand Prix pole with Max Verstappen forced to settle for eighth
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc took pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix with runaway championship leader Max Verstappen only eighth.