LONDON - A more mature Lewis Hamilton has harnessed the power of family and friends to lift him back on top of the Formula One world championship.

McLaren's 2008 champion leads the overall standings after taking his third successive third place finish in Sunday's Chinese Grand...

PARIS - Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes the confusion previously surrounding the Bahrain Grand Prix has today finally been alleviated.
The FIA broke their silence on the thorny issue of the April 22 race in the troubled Gulf kingdom by announcing the event will go ahead as...

LONDON - The record books show Judd Trump finished as runner-up at last year's Betfred.com World Championship.
Record books are always useful, because even after John Higgins doubled the pink and rolled in the black to seal his 18-15 victory, the sense prevailed that Trump was the real...

ABU DHABI - Bahrain Grand Prix organisers summoned support for their troubled Formula One race on Tuesday and said a campaign for it to be cancelled was being driven by "armchair observers" and "extremist groups".

The Bahrain International Circuit produced witness statements from...

DUBLIN - Padraig Harrington said in January that he expected to win more majors. Now he is even more convinced.
It was not looking good for the first European to win back-to-back Open titles since 1906 when he slumped all the way to 96th in the world.
But after an eighth place finish...

LONDON - Damon Hill has expressed concern at the prospect of visiting Bahrain for next month's grand prix.
Hill was particularly vocal a year ago at a time when the season-opening event was postponed in the wake of anti-government protests that resulted in a number of deaths prior to it...

NEW YORK - What Rory McIlroy did at the US Open last June was the stuff of dreams.
But it was the fact that it came less than two months after his nightmare in the Masters that made it such a compelling story for all followers of sport, not just golf fans.
Now for the next chapter -...

LONDON - Formula One champions Red Bull are more likely to promote their own young talent than try to lure Lewis Hamilton from McLaren if they have a vacancy at the end of the season, according to team boss Christian Horner.

Australian Mark Webber's contract with Red Bull, as team...

MELBOURNE - Jenson Button has hailed Melbourne's Albert Park as the "perfect place" for the start of the new Formula One season as he bids to become a three-time winner at the venue.
Melbourne had traditionally been the scene-setter for many years until Bahrain made its case, initially...

LONDON - Dereck Chisora is "really embarrassed" about his behaviour in Munich last month ahead of Wednesday's British Boxing Board of Control hearing which could see him incur a significant ban from the ring.
The Zimbabwe-born Londoner could be hit with a significant ban by the board over...