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Madrid's approval date depends on who you ask
The organiser says the FIA approved the track in June. Its own director once said approval comes in race week. A city councillor says last week's tests were needed for it.
Aug 29
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Madrid's approval date depends on who you ask
The organiser says the FIA approved the track in June. Its own director once said approval comes in race week. A city councillor says last week's tests were needed for it.
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Makar's record deal shrinks before it starts
The largest annual cap hit in NHL history was signed against one salary cap and will start under a different one.
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Why the Celje tie told us more than Touré's first seven wins
Six wins and a draw against teams Slovan should have beaten proved nothing. Celje was the first opponent that did.
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Why nobody outside F1 can see the engine ranking
F1 can give manufacturers extra upgrades, testing and millions in cost cap relief through ADUO. The ranking behind those decisions is still not public.
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Football
Why the Celje tie told us more than Touré's first seven wins
Six wins and a draw against teams Slovan should have beaten proved nothing. Celje was the first opponent that did.
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Atlético fans boo Álvarez days after Barcelona end pursuit
He asked to leave in May. His one wanted club pulled out in August. On Sunday, Atlético fans booed Julián Álvarez for a transfer that no longer exists.
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Barcelona want Álvarez. They still cannot register the last four.
Every version of this story says Atlético are the obstacle. Simeone won't move, the board won't sell to a rival, the release clause is set at €500m. All true, and all only half of it. The club chasing Álvarez has four players it has already bought and still cannot register, and eleven days left to fix that before it can seriously discuss a fifth.
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Six wins, one draw, and Slovan's first real test is Wednesday
Six wins, one draw, four clean sheets, and a schedule of qualifying minnows. Celje is the first genuine test. Yaya Touré has won six of seven. Look at who against. Yaya Touré has won six of his first seven matches as Slovan Bratislava head coach, and not one of them has proved anything yet. Wednesday might. Slovan host Slovenian champions Celje at Tehelné pole at 21:00 in the first leg of a Champions League play-off, and it will be the first time in Touré's tenure that the
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Motorsport
Madrid's approval date depends on who you ask
The organiser says the FIA approved the track in June. Its own director once said approval comes in race week. A city councillor says last week's tests were needed for it.
4 min read
Why nobody outside F1 can see the engine ranking
F1 can give manufacturers extra upgrades, testing and millions in cost cap relief through ADUO. The ranking behind those decisions is still not public.
4 min read
Lindblad out-qualifies Lawson again, in a different car
Lawson beat Verstappen in SQ1 in an unfamiliar Red Bull. In SQ2 his own Racing Bulls team-mate beat him back.
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Verstappen signs to 2030, a number nobody reported
Four separate contract offers were reported over three months. BILD said 2029, Ralf Schumacher said 2032, Ralf Bach said 2033. The actual answer is 2030 and nobody had it. The extension also quietly removes the deadline that was supposed to define Verstappen's autumn, and it does nothing at all about the car.
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Ice Hockey
Makar's record deal shrinks before it starts
The largest annual cap hit in NHL history was signed against one salary cap and will start under a different one.
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Zdeno Chara has now said goodbye to hockey four separate times
The NHL, the Hall of Fame and the Bruins all closed a version of his career. Only the fourth ending put him back on the ice.
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Germany's third NHL Global Series leaves Slovakia still waiting
Germany gets its third year of NHL games that count. Slovakia has more active NHL players and has never had one.
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