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Tension builds up over Team Sky`s time trial jerseys

Cycling – The 104th Tour de France cycling race – Training ahead of the weekend’s start – Duesseldorf, Germany – June 30, 2017 – Team Sky Chris Froome of Britain rides with teammates during a training. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier Tension was building up around Team... More »

Farmer races pigs to predict EU referendum vote

LONDON Forget the opinion polls and betting odds, one English farmer has his own way of predicting the outcome of Britain’s looming referendum on whether to stay in the European Union or leave – racing his miniature pigs. The pigs of Pennywell Farm in Devon su... More »

Red Bull and Infiniti end F1 partnership

LONDON Former world champions Red Bull and Nissan’s Infiniti premium car brand will end their Formula One partnership at the end of this year, the team said in a statement on Sunday. Infiniti, part of the Renault-Nissan alliance, have been with Red Bull since ... More »

Downcast Rosberg at a loss to explain his error

AUSTIN, Texas A downcast Nico Rosberg said he was at a loss to explain the error that gifted Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton both victory and a third Formula One world championship in a rollercoaster U.S. Grand Prix on Sunday. The German was leading when he ... More »

Hamilton takes third F1 title after U.S. thriller

AUSTIN, Texas Lewis Hamilton joined the elite group of triple Formula One world champions on Sunday after winning a thrilling U.S. Grand Prix that kept the crowd on tenterhooks right to the very end. “That’s the greatest moment of my life,” he gasped over the ... More »

Hamilton emulates Senna and seeks to inspire others

AUSTIN, Texas An ‘overwhelmed’ Lewis Hamilton hoped to inspire others with his achievements, just as Ayrton Senna has fired his imagination as a boy, after celebrating the greatest day of his career with a third Formula One world title on Sunday. “I’m just ove... More »

I never sprayed Putin, says Hamilton

Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has dismissed as wide of the mark reports that he sprayed Russian President Vladimir Putin with the winner’s champagne after Sunday’s grand prix in Sochi. “I actually didn’t. I didn’t actually spray him. I think there’... More »

IndyCar driver Wilson dies after wreck

British IndyCar driver Justin Wilson died on Monday after suffering a severe head injury during a wreck in the closing laps of a race the previous day at Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania, IndyCar officials said. He was 37. Wilson, a former Formula One driver and... More »