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Two-time F1 champion Fernando Alonso to compete in Rolex 24 – Nascar
Two-time Formula One World Champion Fernando Alonso will be competing alongside the world’s best sports car drivers in the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway’s road course on Jan. 27-28, 2018, the United Autosports team announced Thursday. Alonso will be part of the team’s two-car prototype effort in the WeatherTech Championship’s lead class, co-driving a Ligier LM P2 with Lando Norris, a McLaren development driver, and Phil Hanson, the reigning…
NASCAR at Martinsville: Playoff standings, schedule, qualifying drivers for Round of 8 race – Sporting News
Just three races remain until the NASCAR Championship 4 race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Currently there are eight drivers vying for the four spots in the title race as the Round of 8 begins Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. Martin Truex Jr., who is coming off a win at Kansas, owns a comfortable 27-point lead over Kyle Busch and a 43-point lead over Brad Keselowski, who won at Martinsville earlier this season. At…
Amazing NASCAR #TBT photo shows its newest stars as teenagers – For The Win
It’s Throwback Thursday, NASCAR style. And this week’s item is equally amazing and timely. Wednesday, Richard Petty Motorsports announced that Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. will drive the No. 43 car full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series next season. He’s been friends with and raced against the same group of guys for years, and now they’re the sport’s biggest rising stars and all together again at the highest level. When all…
Soccer dad arrested for attacking coach after daughter’s match – New York Post
The father of a female soccer player allegedly assaulted a coach after three teens were ejected for fighting during a game, prompting the man to confront an opposing coach in a parking lot, police said. Sherman Eagen, 47, of Wilton, Conn., was charged with third-degree assault, third-degree strangulation, second-degree unlawful restraint and second-degree breach of peace following Wednesday’s game between Wilton High School and Ludlowe High School in Wilton, the…
Bridge is not a sport and can’t have tax break, says European Court of Justice – Telegraph.co.uk
Bridge is not a sport, European Union judges ruled today, in a decision that dealt a blow to British clubs’ hopes of a VAT tax break. To be classified as a sport under EU tax law, the European Court of Justice said this morning, an activity must have a significant physical element. Duplicate bridge, while played competitively at national and international level, is a card game. The EU’s VAT Directive,…
NASCAR Champion’s Week schedule announced – Nascar
RELATED: Get a good look at the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Soon after the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series™ champion is crowned at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 19, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup will head to Las Vegas as NASCAR hosts its annual Champion’s Week festivities. Fans will gather in Las Vegas for events honoring the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Champion, Playoff Drivers,…
North Korea tensions prompt GB to prepare Winter Olympics ‘evacuation’ – The Guardian
Plans are being drawn up to evacuate British athletes from the Winter Olympics in South Korea if there is an escalation in tensions between North Korea and the west. The British Olympic Association is “working on all possible contingency plans” because of the deteriorating situation in the region. Its assessment came hours before a North Korean official warned the world should take Kim Jong-un’s threat to detonate a nuclear device…
North Korea tensions prompt GB to prepare Winter Olympics ‘evacuation’ – The Guardian
Plans are being drawn up to evacuate British athletes from the Winter Olympics in South Korea if there is an escalation in tensions between North Korea and the west. The British Olympic Association is “working on all possible contingency plans” because of the deteriorating situation in the region. Its assessment came hours before a North Korean official warned the world should take Kim Jong-un’s threat to detonate a nuclear device…
NASCAR Champion’s Week schedule announced – Nascar
RELATED: Get a good look at the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Soon after the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series™ champion is crowned at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 19, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup will head to Las Vegas as NASCAR hosts its annual Champion’s Week festivities. Fans will gather in Las Vegas for events honoring the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Champion, Playoff Drivers,…
North Korea tensions prompt GB to prepare Winter Olympics … – The Guardian
Plans are being drawn up to evacuate British athletes from the Winter Olympics in South Korea if there is an escalation in tensions between North Korea and the west. The British Olympic Association is “working on all possible contingency plans” because of the deteriorating situation in the region. Its assessment came hours before a North Korean official warned the world should take Kim Jong-un’s threat to detonate a nuclear device…
Guatemalan Soccer Executive Gets 8 Months in FIFA Corruption Case – New York Times
Judge Chen expressed little regard for the fact that Mr. Trujillo’s crimes were not considered crimes in his own country, noting that he had used the United States banking system and routed bribe money through a construction company in Seattle while also creating a sham construction contract, seeking to evade prosecutors even after the American case was announced in 2015. Still, in imposing a sentence that was less than a…
Darrell Wallace Jr. to drive iconic No. 43 for RPM | NASCAR.com – Nascar
RELATED: Key players in NASCAR’s Silly Season | Drivers of the No. 43 Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr., who made four starts this year for Richard Petty Motorsports as a relief driver, will compete full-time for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series organization in 2018. RPM officials announced the move Wednesday. Wallace will replace Aric Almirola, who is leaving at the end of the 2017 season after a six-year stint driving…
Ineligible player forces Waukegan soccer team to forfeit national title – Chicago Tribune
Girls on a Lake County youth soccer club are forfeiting a national championship trophy won earlier this year after an investigation found one of the players was too old to play. The board of the directors for the Waukegan-based Heart of the City announced Wednesday that the organization is forfeiting the U.S. Club Soccer National Cup championship win in July by its U13 Girls North Central United team, as well…
NASCAR Champion’s Week schedule announced – Nascar
RELATED: Get a good look at the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Soon after the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series™ champion is crowned at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 19, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup will head to Las Vegas as NASCAR hosts its annual Champion’s Week festivities. Fans will gather in Las Vegas for events honoring the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Champion, Playoff Drivers,…
North Korea tensions prompt Team GB to prepare Winter Olympics ‘evacuation plan’ – The Guardian
Plans are being drawn up to evacuate British athletes from next year’s Winter Olympics in South Korea if there is an escalation in tensions between North Korea and the west. The British Olympic Association (BOA) admits it is “working on all possible contingency plans” because of the deteriorating geopolitical situation in the region after the recent North Korean missile tests and war of words between its leader, Kim Jong-un, and…
Acclaimed director shuts down NASCAR fans’ dreams of an Earnhardt documentary – For The Win
NASCAR fans get excited over just about anything related to the Earnhardt family, and with a quick Wikipedia edit, someone on the internet toyed with their emotions. Fans recently flew into a frenzy on Reddit’s NASCAR page when they noticed British filmmaker Asif Kapadia’s Wikipedia page included a film simply titled Earnhardt with a release date to be announced. Kapadia is the award-winning director behind the Amy Winehouse documentary, Amy,…
Darrell Wallace Jr. to drive iconic Richard Petty Motorsports No. 43 – Nascar
RELATED: Key players in NASCAR’s Silly Season | Drivers of the No. 43 Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr., who made four starts this year for Richard Petty Motorsports as a relief driver, will compete full-time for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series organization in 2018. RPM officials announced the move Wednesday. Wallace will replace Aric Almirola, who is leaving at the end of the 2017 season after a six-year stint driving…
Richard Childress Racing retains Andy Petree as advisor – Nascar
WELCOME, N.C. (October 25, 2017) – NASCAR veteran Andy Petree will assist Richard Childress Racing in an advisory role in the competition area. Petree, who has held numerous roles in his 30-year stock car racing career, will be retained as an outside resource. Petree has experience as a championship-winning crew chief, driver, team owner and most recently, as an analyst for Fox Sports. “We welcome Andy to RCR in an…
Anne Frank passage to be read before Italian soccer games in response to anti-Semitic acts – USA TODAY
Anne Frank(Photo: AFP/Getty Images) A passage from Anne Frank’s diary will be read before professional soccer matches in Italy this week, the Italian soccer federation announced on Tuesday. The move comes in response to anti-Semitic acts by Lazio fans earlier this week. The diary passage from Frank — a Jewish teenager and writer who died in the Holocaust — reads: “I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness, I hear…
How Amy broke the pregnancy news to Dale – Nascar
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