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Wu Chia-ching
22 July 2010 1:43 PM | No CommentsWu Chia-ching is a professional pool player. He is nicknamed the “Taisun” (“Little Genius”).
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Johnny Archer
22 July 2010 1:42 PM | No CommentsJohnny Archer (born 12 November 1968 in Waycross, Georgia) is an American professional pool player. He is nicknamed “the Scorpion” (his zodiac sign is Scorpio, and one of his sponsors is Scorpion Cues). On June 8, 2009, Johnny Archer was nominated to be inducted into...
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F1 Archive
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Hamilton loses Belgian GP penalty appeal
Posted on September 24, 2008 | No CommentsLewis Hamilton failed to overturn his penalty from the Belgian Grand Prix on Tuesday, leaving the McLaren driver with a one-point lead over Ferrari rival Felipe Massa in the Formula One standings with four races remaining. Hamilton finished first at Spa earlier this month but... -
Raikkonen not counting himself out of title race
Posted on September 22, 2008 | No CommentsKimi Raikkonen says he’s not about to throw in the towel in his quest to win a second Formula One championship but the Finn does admit his chances don’t look good. “It’s not over yet, but now it will take a miracle, like the one... -
Cambridge educated future F1 star?
Posted on September 14, 2008 | No CommentsThought rowing a boat was the beginning and end of Cambridge University sports recognition? Not so. Oliver Turvey made history at Silverstone yesterday when he received the first ever Cambridge Blue to be awarded for motor sport. The Extraordinary Full Blue was presented to the... -
Vettel the next Schumacher?
Posted on September 14, 2008 | No CommentsSebastian Vettel joked with his Toro Rosso engineers before Saturday’s Italian Grand Prix qualifying that he would have to go for pole position if it rained. Never did he suspect that, at the age of 21 years and 73 days, he would end the afternoon... -
Hamilton’s Italian disaster
Posted on September 14, 2008 | 1 CommentMcLaren’s championship leader Lewis Hamilton gambled with the Italian weather on Saturday and paid a heavy price after qualifying only 15th for Ferrari’s home grand prix. The 23-year-old Briton will start Sunday’s race nine places behind Ferrari’s Felipe Massa, his main title rival, after suffering... -
SA bids to host F1 in 2011
Posted on September 14, 2008 | No CommentsA bid to bring a South African grand prix back to the F1 calendar is gathering speed, according to a local report. The country’s Sunday Times newspaper said talks about a new race from 2011 at the Kyalami circuit, last scene of a F1 event... -
Tight F1 title fight comes to Italian GP
Posted on September 12, 2008 | No CommentsMILAN, Italy — Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa resume their tight title chase at this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix, the last European race of the Formula One season. Hamilton’s lead over Massa in the overall standings dwindled to two points after a time penalty cost... -
Demoted Hamilton protests his innocence
Posted on September 9, 2008 | No CommentsLONDON, England (CNN) — Lewis Hamilton insists he did nothing wrong in his tussle with Kimi Raikkonen, which ended in his being stripped of a Belgian Grand Prix win. The Englishman was handed a retrospective 25-second drive-through penalty after cutting a corner, a decision which... -
New TV deal underlines Asia’s importance to F1
Posted on September 6, 2008 | No Comments“My theory is ‘go east’, young man, not ‘go west’.” -
Hamilton snatches fifth pole of the season
Posted on September 6, 2008 | No Comments(CNN) — Lewis Hamilton drove a superb final lap to earn his fifth pole position of the season at the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps. The championship leader finished ahead of his main challenger Felipe Massa, of Ferrari, while his McLaren teammate Heikki Kovalainen took...
