Formula One: Retired driver Alexander Wurz has been hired by the Williams team to advise drivers Bruno Senna and Pastor Maldonado during the coming season. The 38-year-old competed in 69 Formula One races, initially for Benetton from 1997 to 2000, and was also test and reserve driver with McLaren for five years from 2001 to 2005 prior to joining Williams in 2006. The Austrian subsequently moved into endurance racing.
Rugby Union: Wales captain Sam Warburton has recovered from a thigh injury and will return to lead his team’s Triple Crown Six Nations clash with England at Twickenham. Warburton suffered an injury in Wales’s tournament-opening win over Ireland. However the rampaging Cardiff flanker has now returned to fitness and will spearhead Welsh attempts to wrap up the Triple Crown on English soil this weekend.
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Olympics: Italian politician Mario Pescante resigned as vice-president of the IOC yesterday but denied it was due to Rome pulling out of the bid to host the 2020 Olympics. Pescante’s decision came less than a week after Prime Minister Mario Monte decided not to back Rome’s Olympic bid. Not everyone agreed with Pescante’s decision as Sports Minister Piero Gnudi described it as a loss for the country.
Basketball, NBA: Jeremy Lin flirted with a triple double but New York Knicks struggled to find the right chemistry with the return of Carmelo Anthony, losing 100-92 to New Jersey Nets on Monday. “I need to come out with more energy and the team needs to come out with more energy. That is why we lost,” said Lin. It was just the second loss since Lin’s amazing run began February 4 against the Nets when he blitzed New Jersey’s defence for 25 points.
Cricket: Ricky Ponting, cricket’s second-highest one-day scorer, vowed yesterday to fight on in Australia’s Test team despite being dumped from the limited-overs side. Despite speculation about his future, Ponting stressed that he would not be retiring from the five-day game. “I will continue playing Test cricket and I’ll continue playing for Tasmania as well,” Ponting told a news conference.