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Former F1 champion Niki Lauda dies at 70

Legendary Formula One driver Niki Lauda has died at the age of 70, his family said in a statement released to Austrian media early Tuesday.

21 May 2019

UAE Team Emirates’ Conti grabs pink jersey; Masnada aces stage 6

Terracina: Fausto Masnada won the sixth stage of the Giro d’Italia and dedicatd the win to his late uncle while UAE-Emirates’ Valerio Conti grabbed the overall lead to give home fans an unexpected day of double joy on Thursday. “For an Italian rider, it’s fantastic,” Conti said.

16 May 2019

Team Abu Dhabi’s Torrente aims for repeat double in Portugal

Reigning world champion Shaun Torrente has set his sights on another double success in Portugal this weekend as holders Team Abu Dhabi aim for a flying start to the 2019 UIM F1H2O World Championship. After storms disrupted the opening round of the series in Dammam, Saudi Arabia,

16 May 2019

Video: This cancer-stricken boy’s message inspired Hamilton to win Spanish Grand Prix

The defending five-time world champion said the message from Harry Shaw, who is battling Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, helped him defeat Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas who beat him to pole in a "nightmare" qualifying session

14 May 2019

Hamilton reigns supreme in Spain to seize championship lead from Bottas

Lewis Hamilton beat Valtteri Bottas in the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday to replace his team-mate as world championship leader as Mercedes’ extended their record start to the season with a fifth 1-2 finish. The defending five-time world champion seized the initiative at the start in Barcelona and led from lights to flag

12 May 2019

Hamilton seeks hat-trick as Ferrari aim for revival in Spain F1 GP

Barcelona: Lewis Hamilton will seek to complete a hat-trick of Catalan triumphs and regain the lead in this year’s drivers’ world championship as Formula One returns home to this year’s first European race at this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix. The defending five-time champion is a single point behind his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas in the embryonic standings

09 May 2019

Hamilton favourite for Spain in big test for Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton is favourite to win the Spanish Grand Prix for a fourth time, and third in a row, on Sunday and retake the Formula One world championship lead from Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas. Needless to say, Ferrari have another script in mind for a race seen as something of a litmus test for their title prospects.

08 May 2019

Australia win second straight SailGP event

The Australians have won the first two regattas in the new series, which is sailed in 50-foot foiling catamarans that are capable of sailing at about 50 knots (90km/h).

06 May 2019

NASCAR to deliver its first live betting platform to legal sportsbooks

The exclusive deal lets Genius Sports help books provide up-to-the-minute odds and a slew of traditional wagers and prop bets.

06 May 2019

Gloves are off in F1 free-for-all for Bottas, Hamilton

The pair battled wheel to wheel on the opening lap on Sunday and were fighting hard again in the closing stages when defending champion Hamilton put Bottas under pressure as they closed out an unprecedented fourth consecutive season-opening one-two triumph.

29 Apr 2019

Bottas claims Azerbaijan Grand Prix as Mercedes sweep home one-two again

A determined Valtteri Bottas resisted an attacking final charge by his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to win Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix and regain the lead in the 2019 drivers title race.

28 Apr 2019