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- Dani Pedrosa sets pace at Czech Grand Prix
- Qatar buys stake in 2012 London Olympic Village
- Zimbabwe beats Bangladesh by 4 wickets in 1st ODI
| Dani Pedrosa sets pace at Czech Grand Prix Posted: 12 Aug 2011 06:11 PM PDT BRNO, Czech Republic (AP) — Dani Pedrosa has completed the fastest lap in Friday's practice for the Czech Grand Prix. The Spaniard, riding a Honda, covered the 5.4-kilometer (3.4-mile) Brno circuit in 1 minute, 56.328 seconds. Coming off his fifth victory of the season at Laguna Seca, California, Casey Stoner finished second in 1:56.831 on his Honda, followed by another Honda rider, Marco Simoncelli, in 1:57.136. Defending overall champion Jorge Lorenzo, who won in Brno last year, finished fourth in 1:57.174 on a Yamaha. Stoner, the 2007 champion, leads the overall MotoGP standings with 193 points, Lorenzo is 20 points behind. Stefan Bradl led the MotoGP category with a fastest time of 2:03.166 on a Kalex. In the 125cc, Nicolas Terol had the fastest lap on his Aprilia in 2:08.456. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
| Qatar buys stake in 2012 London Olympic Village Posted: 12 Aug 2011 06:09 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — The London 2012 Olympic Village has become Qatar's latest acquisition in world sport. The property company of the Arab state's royal family and British developer Delancey have signed a 557 million-pound ($906 million) joint agreement to buy and manage the athletes village as private housing after next year's Olympics. London's Olympic Delivery Authority said Friday that Qatari Diar and Delancey will take over 1,439 of the 2,818 new homes on the site and acquire land to build as many as 2,000 more. The deal includes a profit-share agreement, recouping the British government some of the 9.298 billion pounds ($15.13 billion) of public money that the Olympics have cost. "This is a fantastic deal that will give taxpayers a great return and shows how we are securing a legacy from London's Games," government sports minister Jeremy Hunt said. "The village will be the centerpiece of a new vibrant east London community." The companies will rent out the homes, making the project next to the Olympic Park and its main stadium the largest of its kind in Britain. Oil-rich Qatar, which last year won the right to host football's World Cup in 2022, already has investments in high-profile London developments including Harrods. The department store was sold to Qatar Holdings for a reported 1.5 billion pounds (then $2.3 billion) last year. "This is a great deal for London and shows the confidence big private investors have in the future of the city," London Mayor Boris Johnson said. A company called Triathlon Homes has already been appointed to manage the other 1,379 units in the village as affordable housing for key workers including teachers and health professionals. The ODA said the new neighborhood will include education and health care facilities, parklands, public squares and open space alongside the housing. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
| Zimbabwe beats Bangladesh by 4 wickets in 1st ODI Posted: 12 Aug 2011 06:07 PM PDT HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Brian Vitori took five wickets and Vusi Sibanda fell four runs short of a century as Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by four wickets in the first one-day international at Harare Sports Club. Bangladesh were all out for 184 runs as Vitori, who finished with figures of 5-30, became the first Zimbabwe player to claim a five-wicket haul in his first ODI. Sibanda led Zimbabwe's chase, rescuing his team from a mini-collapse in pursuit of the winning target. He smashed eight boundaries and two sixes before falling on 96 after top-edging an attempted pull off Rubel Hossain to Mahmudullah at mid-wicket on 36.1 overs. Zimbabwe took a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. The next game is on Sunday when Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor expects a response from the tourists. "They will come back strongly, no doubt about that," Taylor said. "But we are a vastly improved side from the one they last played six to eight months ago. Also playing at home, it will be hard for them to come back, but we can't sit on our laurels." Zimbabwe also won the one-off test between the two sides, its first test after an absence of six years. "The test win last week is really giving them a springboard to go out there and perform," Bangladesh coach Stuart Law said. Taylor was out in the fifth over of the home side's run chase after he misjudged spinner Shakib Al Hasan's delivery to be clean-bowled. Hamilton Masakadza was then run out by Mahmudullah for 41, having put on 86 runs for the second wicket with Sibanda. Tatenda Taibu and Craig Ervine were dismissed in successive balls by Rubel Hossain as Zimbabwe were reduced to 124-4, but Sibanda came to the rescue before Foster Mutizwa (27 not out) and Prosper Utseya took the hosts home. Earlier, wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiquir Rahim top-scored for Bangladesh with 59, smashing five boundaries in 91 balls, while Shakib Al Hasan made 53 from 63 deliveries. But debutant Vitori made the difference for Zimbabwe, bowling at a lively pace and swinging the ball sharply on a flat pitch. "It's obviously a great feeling," the 21-year-old Vitori said. "The wicket was flat, I just had to make use of it. There was something in it. I just had to maximize." Vitori removed Tamim Iqbal (4) in the sixth over when the Bangladesh opener mistimed a pull shot for Elton Chigumbura to take a running catch at mid-on. He then bowled Shahriar Nafees with a full delivery, before Mohammed Ashraful was caught on 2 by Chris Mpofu in the deep off a short delivery and Imrul Kayes was trapped lbw. Vitori later returned to remove Shafiul Islam for his fifth wicket. Mahmudullah was caught by Hamilton Masakadza in the gully for 5 off Chigumbura's straight delivery. Al Hasan and Rahim rescued Bangladesh with a 105-run stand off 139 balls. Rahim was eventually caught by Masakadza at long-off to give offspinner Utseya his 100th wicket in ODI cricket. Shakib was lucky to survive on 17 when wicketkeeper Tatenda Taibu missed a stumping off Utseya, but he was dismissed after hitting straight to Utseya at midwicket off part-timer Masakadza. Chigumbura and Price also took a wicket each. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
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