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Monaco Grand Prix statistics
Lap distance: 3.340km. Total distance 260.520km (78 laps). 2012 pole: Mark Webber (Australia) Red Bull, one minute 14.381 seconds. 2012 winner: Webber. Race lap record: Michael Schumacher (Germany), Ferrari 2004, 1:14.439. Tyre choice: Soft...
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Monaco offers Hamilton his best chance yet
Words and hats may have to be eaten along with the usual canapes and caviar if Lewis Hamilton wins the glamour race of the Formula One season in Monaco this weekend. Preview: ALAN BALDWIN The sceptics who doubted McLaren’s 2008 world champion would...
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Adamoli relishing challenge
The women’s basketball team are heading to Luxembourg in search of a third GSSE gold medal in 10 years. New coach Angela Adamoli, who has taken over from fellow Italian Santino Coppa, tells Valhmor Camilleri that she is relishing the prospect of...
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Debono runs 24th marathon in Belfast
Veteran Żurrieq Wolves AC runner Alfred Debono returned to the long distance racing scene in recent months after overcoming some health concerns. Debono, 64, clocked a respectable 1:45:11 in the Gozo Half Marathon last month, finishing second in the...
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F1 - Mercedes stay ahead in second free practice session
Mercedes stayed in front in the second free practice session today ahead of Sunday's Monaco grand prix. As in the first session, Nico Rosberg set the pace, and he was joined in second place by team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Romain Grosjean crashed out in...
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Rosberg leads F1 first practice
Nico Rosberg in a Mercedes led the first practice session of the Formula One grand prix in Monaco this morning. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was second and the Lotus of Romain Grosjean impressed in third on used tyres. THE TIMES 1.Nico Rosberg...
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Edison inspires Hibs to KO glory
Qormi 1Avila Perez 90;Hibernians 3Edison 53, 67; Lima 90+; The FA Trophy being the second most coveted honour in Maltese football, Hibernians and Qormi were intent on winning this competition when they faced off in yesterday’s final. It was a...
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Malaga have second year of Euro ban lifted
Malaga have had a second “suspended” one-year ban from European competition overturned, UEFA said yesterday, although the Spanish club still face exclusion from next season’s Europa League should they qualify. The Costa del Sol club, who reached the...
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Valletta keeper Bartolo handed three-month ban
Valletta goalkeeper Manuel Bartolo has been slapped with a three-month ban following his sending-off in the U*Bet FA Trophy semi-final defeat to Hibernians last weekend. Bartolo drew widespread condemnation for his antics on the field of play...
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Bundesliga chief Seifert wants UEFA to spread its wealth
Clubs such as Liverpool will struggle to ever win their national league again unless UEFA changes how it distributes the huge financial benefits of the competition, the head of the Bundesliga has claimed. Two German clubs – Bayern Munich and...
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Ibrahimovic raises questions over his future at Paris SG
Paris St Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has stopped short of guaranteeing he will be at the club next season and said he does not want to see coach Carlo Ancelotti leave the Ligue 1 champions. The Sweden striker appeared to commit his immediate...
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Bonera extends Milan stay
Milan defender Daniele Bonera has penned a new contract which will keep him at the San Siro until June 2015. The 31-year-old arrived at Milan from Parma in 2006 and, despite several spells on the sidelines with injury, the former Italy international...
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Dortmund’s Goetze out of final due to thigh injury
Borussia Dortmund midfielder Mario Goetze will miss Saturday’s Champions League final against Bayern Munich due to a thigh muscle injury, the Bundesliga club said yesterday. The versatile 20-year-old German international, who will join Bayern next...
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Champagne for Sliema, tears for Rabat
The 1988-89 Premier League was contested by nine teams. It was on the whole an eventful campaign, full of attractive football. The teams were well-balanced, resulting in keen encounters at both ends of the standings. Sliema Wanderers deserved to win...
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Football news
Striker Andy Carroll has pulled out of England’s friendly inter-nationals against Ireland and Brazil through injury. The 24-year-old has been struggling with a heel injury after he was named in Roy Hodgson’s squad to face Ireland at Wembley on May...
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Sporting briefs
Hosogai: Hertha Berlin have continued their preparations for life in the Bundesliga with the signing of Japan international Hajime Hosogai from Bayer Leverkusen. Hertha have already snapped up Sebastian Langkamp from Aug-sburg and yesterday...
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Cautious optimism as hopes hinge on emerging talent
Malta’s chances of emulating the fine showing at the 2011 Liechtenstein GSSE look slim but the upcoming athletes can make their mark in Luxembourg. Two years ago, Maltese athletes returned from Liechtenstein with the best ever away result in the...
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CAS reject Murofushi appeal against IOC
The CAS have rejected Japanese hammer thrower Koji Murofushi’s appeal against the blocking of his election to the IOC’s Athletes Commission, CAS said yesterday. The court said the main reason for turning down his appeal was that the Japanese Olympic...
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Injury bad timing for Murray says Federer
Roger Federer believes the timing rather than the nature of the injury that has prompted Andy Murray’s withdrawal from the French Open will be of greatest concern to the world number two. Earlier this week, Murray announced he would not compete in...
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Cheruiyot expecting first child
Vivian Cheruiyot is not defending her world 5,000 and 10,000 metres gold medals in Moscow in August because she is expecting her first child, the Kenyan said in a statement. The 29-year-old, who won both races at the 2011 world athletics...
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