Formula One: Formula One’s governing body took legal action against French former F1 driver Philippe Streiff for comments he made about an investigation into compatriot Jules Bianchi’s horrific crash. The statement said FIA president Jean Todt and FIA medical commission president Gerard Saillant, also both French, were dismayed to learn of his published remarks. Streiff is wheelchair-bound after a 1989 testing accident in Brazil.
Basketball: Euroleague heavyweights Real Madrid and CSKA Moscow lived up to their top billing with emphatic victories in the fourth round of the premier club competition’s second group stage. Real, winners of a record eight titles, romped to an 83-65 home win over Panathinaikos, while CSKA, who have claimed six trophies, blew away Unicaja Malaga 101-74 and stretched their perfect season to 14-0.
Motor Racing: Four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon, who ranks third in all-time race wins, said the 2015 season would be his last as a full-time driver. Gordon, 43, has three Daytona 500 victories and a record five Brickyard 400 wins. “This is something that I’ve certainly been thinking about for years,” Gordon said. “I always said I wanted to step away on my own terms, if possible. This is the right time. It really became clear about halfway through last season.” Gordon’s 92 victories rank third on the all-time NASCAR list behind Hall of Famers Richard Petty (200) and David Pearson (105).
Basket, NBA: Kobe Bryant has a torn rotator cuff, according to preliminary results of an MRI exam, Los Angeles Lakers said yesterday. Bryant, who hurt his right shoulder on a dunk in the second half of Wednesday’s 96-80 defeat to New Orleans Pelicans, missed yesterday’s game against champions San Antonio Spurs and the rest of his season could be in jeopardy depending on the severity of the tear.
Cricket: Luke Ronchi and Grant Elliott put on a world record 267-run partnership as New Zealand recovered from 93-5 to thump Sri Lanka by 108 runs in the fifth one-day international in Dunedin yesterday. Ronchi notched 170 not out for his maiden one-day international century, while Elliott was unbeaten on 104 in the sixth wicket stand of 267, which surpassed the 218 that Mahela Jaywardene and Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored for the Asian XI against an African XI in 2007.