Button takes F1 drivers' crown in Brazil
|
|
|
| Posted
:
Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:40:39 GMT |
| By
:
dpa |
| Category
:
Sports |
| News Alerts by
Email ( click
here ) |
|
Sports News |
Home
|
|
|
|
Sao Paulo - Jenson Button of Brawn GP claimed a maiden Formula One drivers' title Sunday thanks to a fifth-place finish in the Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo. In a race won by Mark Webber of Red Bull, Button's closest rival and teammate Rubens Barrichello could only manage eighth. Brawn also take the constructors' crown.
Copyright DPA
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related News
France's Henry tops rogue's gallery, Australian paper says
Sydney - Thierry Henry's self-confessed handball to secure France a win over Ireland and a place in next year's World Cup has shot him to the top of sport's rogue's gallery, Australia's Daily Telegraph said Saturday. It claimed Henry had outplayed s...
CAS rejects Pechstein appeal to race
Lausanne, Switzerland - Five-time Olympic speed skating champion Claudia Pechstein will not be able to race on Saturday in Hamar, Norway after an application was turned down by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne on Friday. Pechstein...
Match-rigging probe rocks German football - Feature
Hamburg - German football was shaken Friday by news that more than 30 matches in the country's leagues are under investigation on suspicion of being fixed by an international betting ring. The investigation by prosecutors in Bochum comes four years a...
UEFA calls for harsh sanctions in match-fixing scandal
Nyon, Switzerland - European football's governing body UEFA said Friday it would be seeking the harshest of sanctions for players or clubs involved in the latest match-fixing revelations. UEFA said it was cooperating closely with German police and ...
Second Taiwan baseball team sacks players over match fixing
Taipei - Taiwan's La New Bears baseball team sacked five more players over alleged match fixing Friday, as the illegal betting scandal snowballs and implicates more players. In a statement, La Mew Bears said that after firing two players Thursday, it...
200 matches suspected in European match-fixing probe - Summary
Bochum, Germany - At least 200 matches are being investigated by German prosecutors in a match-fixing probe covering nine European leagues, the prosecutors' office in Bochum said Friday. Fifteen people have been arrested in Germany and two in Switzer...
Barcelona players Abidal and Toure hit by swine flu
Madrid - Barcelona left-back Eric Abidal is suffering from swine flu and will be out of action for at least a week, the European champions said Friday. Barca have also revealed that midfielder Yaya Toure has the same symptoms - stomach virus and a hi...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
