Some of the greatest goalscorers in football history have plied their trade in Europe, but only a select few have won the Golden Shoe Each season, the race for the Golden Shoe is often hotly contested with the best goalscorers across the continent vying for the accolade. Tallies of upwards of 30 goals are usually […]
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone is confident the French Grand Prix will make a return to the Formula One calendar from the 2018 season. The news was first reported in French media on Thursday evening, with sports daily L’Equipe saying Circuit Paul Ricard has agreed on a five-year deal to welcome the sport back to […]
Opinions diverge on whether Valtteri Bottas has what it takes to beat Lewis Hamilton, but Alain Prost is convinced in the Finn’s ability to outrace the Mercedes stalwart. With just one year to prove his case, Bottas will be going for his team mate’s jugulars at the outset, but there aren’t many who believe he […]
In accepting Valtteri Bottas’ move to Mercedes, Williams admits it honored a pledge made to the Finn in 2015 when it blocked his transfer to Ferrari. While other considerations were obviously taken into account, notably financial, when Williams negotiated its driver’s release to its rival earlier this year, the promise was a preponderant argument in […]
McLaren-Honda launched its 2017 challenger today in Woking and the team has just released a video covering almost all angles of the MCL32. Following overwhelming demand from its fan-base, McLaren has revamped its livery which now incorporates the team’s historic ‘papaya’ orange color. Check out the official launch video below. Click Here: cheap shoe stores […]
ISIL fighters have advanced into the Kurdish Syrian city of Kobane (`Ayn al-`Arab), with fighting in the streets as Kurds resist, according to the pan-Arab daily, al-Hayat [Life]. Kobane, a city ordinarily of about 50,000, is the third biggest town in the Kurdish part of Syria (the far northeast). ISIL has taken dozens of nearby […]
Force India tech boss Andy Green believes the F1 development pace will begin at the outset this year, and continue at a frantic pace until the end of the season. With all teams starting from a blank sheet following the introduction of new regulations, Barcelona pre-season will be F1’s ground zero from which development will […]
Up to 500 Palestinians, Syrians, Egyptians and Sudanese refugees and migrant workers died last week when their boat sank off the coast of Malta in what appears to be a deliberate ramming by human traffickers amounting to “mass murder,” a United Nations official announced Friday. Survivors of the tragedy—who reportedly paid $4,000 apiece— told the […]
Just a week before Formula 1 starts buzzing again in Melbourne, Red Bull Racing is the subject of a bit of speculation regarding its pre-season form. The Milton Keynes-based outfit ran by far less miles that either Mercedes or Ferrari in Barcelona and achieved only the fifth fastest lap overall. The team’s performance even prompted […]
Mercedes W08 may have an engine reliability issue which the team purposefully concealed in Barcelona last week during pre-season testing. The claim comes from well-known Italian insider Leo Turrini, a man close to Ferrari. “It seems to me that in Barcelona the Mercedes had a reliability problem linked to the crankshaft,” Turrini wrote on his […]