Month: April 2019

2:36 PM ET BAKU, Azerbaijan — Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes two key factors helped his drivers achieve a surprise result and beat Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel to the front row of the grid at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. 1 Related Prior to Saturday’s qualifying, Ferrari had dominated all three practice sessions and appeared to have
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1:46 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — Austin Dillon faces possible penalties after NASCAR confiscated the rear deck lid of his car. NASCAR said Saturday penalties for the noncompliant part on Dillon’s No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet could be announced as early as post-race Sunday night at Talladega Superspeedway. Dillon, the 2018 Daytona
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1:17 PM ET Dominic Thiem celebrates his win over 11-times champion Rafael Nadal in the semifinals of the Barcelona Open Pau Barrena/AFP/Getty Images Dominic Thiem knocked favourite and 11-times champion Rafael Nadal out of the Barcelona Open with a stunning 6-4 6-4 victory in Saturday’s semifinal, avenging his defeat by the Spaniard in last year’s French
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11:34 AM ET BAKU, Azerbaijan — Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc crashed out of qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after hitting the barriers at the tightest section of the circuit. Leclerc looked like the favourite for pole position after topping all three practice sessions earlier in the weekend, but a mistake in the second part
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9:45 AM ET World No. 1 Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the semifinals of the Porsche Grand Prix, the tournament announced Saturday. Osaka said she was injured during Friday’s come-from-behind win over Donna Vekic. With Osaka’s withdrawal, Anett Kontaveit advanced to the final. Kontaveit also advanced in the quarterfinals when Victoria Azarenka retired with an
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9:23 AM ET Eugenie Bouchard has split with her coach Eric Joyce. Dave Rowland/Getty Images Eugenie Bouchard’s coach Michael Joyce has revealed the pair are no longer working together after splitting up. The Canadian had climbed back into the top 100 under Joyce, who had previously coached former Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova and British No. 1
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