Mercedes struggling to cope with losing: Ferrari boss
Monza:champions Mercedes are struggling to cope with being outperformed and beaten on the track, according to Ferrari team chief Maurizio Arrivabene.
Speaking ahead of this weekend’s emotionally-charged Italian Grand Prix on his team’s home circuit, Arrivabene stoked up the rivalry and tensions between the two top teams.
“They are not used to this,” said Arrivabene. “We were silent. We took punches left and right and we got up...we are used to it and they are not.”
His comments came in reference to Hamilton’s suggestion that Ferrari’s cars had “tricky” parts to assist their performancesetting speed. The Briton explained that he was not suggesting that there was anything illegal or irregular being used by Ferrari.
The IBU did not provide any additional information regarding the alleged offences nor did it identify the events in which the four biathletes had competed.
The Russian Biathlon Union said that three of the four biathletes identified by the IBU had retired, and that one was not currently on the national team.
A string of doping scandals have rocked Russian sport in recent years and shaped the country’s relations with international sports bodies. Russia was banned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from this year’s Pyeongchang Winter Games as punishment for alleged state-sponsored doping at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
OKEYO HANDED LIFE BAN OVER CORRUPTION
PARIS:TOP athletics official David Okeyo of Kenya was handed a life ban from the sport’s world ruling body on Monday for corrupt practices, the IAAF announced.
Okeyo, a former secretarygeneral and vice president of Athletics Kenya (AK) as well as a member of the IAAF Council, was found guilty of diverting funds from a contract between AK and sports giant Nike to his “own personal benefit”.
Okeyo had been provisionally suspended by the IAAF in November 2015, along with two other Kenyan officials, former AK president Isaiah Kiplagat, who died in August 2016, and AK treasurer Joseph Kinyua.
NITU CLINCHES SECOND SUCCESSIVE GOLD
BUDAPEST: Defending champion Nitu (48kg) claimed her second successive gold at the world youth boxing championships with a gritty performance in the in the final here on Thursday.
The Haryana-boxer, who is also an Asian champion, defeated Thailand’s Nillada Meekoon in a split decision on the first day of summit clashes in which she was the only Indian in action.