Wary Hamilton quashes Alonso’s move to Mercedes
Three-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has quashed the speculations that Mercedes will be signing Mclaren driver Fernando Alonso for the 2018 season.
Alonso, who won the last of his two championships with Renault more than a decade ago, is in the final season of his three-year deal with Mclaren. However, Hamilton ruled out the same and said that the move is not on cards. “It’s not going to happen,” Sport24 quoted Hamilton as saying. the 50km walk has come to the end of the Olympic road. Also at Wednesday and Thursday’s meeting, IAAF wants to discuss ending the practice of African athletes switching allegiances. son’s 400 metres world record, he told The Times on Tuesday. The 24-year-old South African duly delivered in perhaps the performance of last year’s athletics at the Olympics in Rio posting a time of 43.03 in the final to smash Johnson’s 17 year old mark of 43.18.
SEVEN MORE RUSSIANS CLEARED TO COMPETE
Seven more Russian athletes,includingworldchampions Sergey Shubenkov and Mariya Kuchina, have been cleared to compete in international competition as neutrals after meeting the IAAF doping review board’s exceptional eligibility criteria.
World champions Shubenkov (sprint hurdles) and Kuchina (high jump) and former European indoor champion high jumper Daniil Tsyplakov were
MEXICO, CANADA, USA TO BID FOR 2026 WC
The United States Mexico and Canada on Monday announced a joint bid to stage the 2026 World Cup, aiming to become the first three-way co-hosts in the history of FIFA’S showpiece tournament.
US Soccer Federation chief Sunil Gulati insisted they had the full backing of President Donald Trump, despite the US leader’s rocky relations with Mexico.
Gulati said 60 of the tourna ment’s matches would be staged in the United States, with Canada and Mexico hosting 10 games each.
LAJONG TAKE ON BAGAN IN CRUCIAL TIE
Eying another I-league title, second-placed Mohun Bagan will play ‘one of their toughest encounters of the season’ when they take on hosts Shillong Lajong FC on Wednes day.
Sniffing another title, Bagan will treat the tie as a virtual final but the Kolkata side is wel aware of the surprises the young and formidable Lajong side can bring to the table, espe cially when the encounter is on