■ Auto Racing
Aussies introduce new car
Alan Jones, the 1980 Formula One world drivers' champion, on Wednesday launched the Australian car to contest the new A1 series, which is being billed as the world cup of auto racing. Sheik Maktoum Hasher Maktoum, a member of Dubai's ruling family, is founder of the series that will feature 25 national teams competing on an unusually even footing. Each of the 25 countries -- ranging from Lebanon to China to the US -- will have one entry apiece, owned and driven by a local competitor and with local sponsors. All of the cars will be the same: 550hp Zytec-powered open wheelers that Maktoum has bought from Britain's Lola Cars. The 10-race series is scheduled to start Sept. 25 at Brands Hatch, England, and finish the following April. Real Madrid soccer star Ronaldo will own the Brazilian franchise, Maktoum announced earlier this month.
■ Drug Panel
Big names appointed
Russian ice hockey great Viacheslav Fetisov and Olympic and world champion swimmer Janet Evans were among 13 members appointed to the newly formed athletics committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday in Montreal. The purpose of the committee is to allow WADA closer contact with athletes and to give the agency better insight into their concerns regarding doping. Fetisov was selected chairman of the committee, which was approved by WADA's executive committee in November. He played for the Soviet Union when it was the dominant power in international ice hockey, and later had a long career in the NHL. He is serving as Russia's Minister of Sport. Evans won three gold medals for the USat the 1988 Olympics, and a gold and silver at the 1992 Games.
■ Steroid Testing
NFL pressures union
The NFL reportedly will ask the players' union to agree to stronger testing for steroids. The New York Times reported in yesterday's editions that the league was following the lead of Olympic sports in seeking more stringent testing for testosterone. No date for a meeting with the players has been set, but any changes in the testing procedures require consent from the NFL Players Association.
Bologna on Thursday advanced past Empoli to reach their first Coppa Italia final in more than half a century. Thijs Dallinga’s 87th-minute header earned Bologna a 2-1 win and his side advanced 5-1 on aggregate. Giovanni Fabbian opened the scoring for Bologna with a header seven minutes in. Then Viktor Kovalenko equalized for Empoli in the 30th minute by turning in a rebound to finish off a counterattack. Bologna won the first leg 3-0. In the May 14 final in Rome, Bologna are to face AC Milan, who eliminated city rivals Inter 4-1 on aggregate following a 3-0 win on Wednesday. Bologna last reached the
If the Wild finally break through and win their first playoff series in a decade, Minnesota’s top line likely will be the reason. They were all over the Golden Knights through the first two games of their NHL Western Conference quarter-finals series, which was 1-1 going back to Minnesota for Game 3 today. The Wild tied the series with a 5-2 win on Tuesday. Matt Boldy had three goals and an assist in the first two games, while Kirill Kaprizov produced two goals and three assists. Joel Eriksson Ek, who centers the line, has yet to get on the scoresheet. “I think the biggest
From a commemorative jersey to a stadium in his name, Argentine soccer organizers are planning a slew of tributes to their late “Captain” Pope Francis, eulogized as the ultimate team player. Tributes to the Argentine pontiff, a lifelong lover of the game, who died on Monday at the age of 88, have been peppered with soccer metaphors in his homeland. “Francisco. What a player,” the Argentine Football Federation (AFA) said, describing the first pope from Latin America and the southern hemisphere as a generational talent who “never hogged the ball” and who showed the world “the importance of having an Argentine captain,
Noelvi Marte on Sunday had seven RBIs and hit his first career grand slam with a drive off infielder Jorge Mateo, while Austin Wynn had a career-high six RBIs as the Cincinnati Reds scored their most runs in 26 years in a 24-2 rout of the Baltimore Orioles. Marte finished with five hits, including his eighth-inning homer off Mateo. Wynn hit a three-run homer in the ninth off catcher Gary Sanchez. Cincinnati scored its most runs since a 24-12 win against the Colorado Rockies on May 19, 1999, and finished with 25 hits. Baltimore allowed its most runs since a 30-3 loss to
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