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New York (F1/Newsfeed) — McLaren’s commitment to carbon reduction and environmental efficiency has received further recognition with a silver medal at the 2012 Edison Awards, held at a glittering ceremony in New York last week. McLaren, who have already earned official carbon-neutral status after achieving annual savings of over 1,500 tonnes of CO2 emissions, were nominated in the prestigious Green Implementation category. “I’m delighted that our on-going efforts to manage and improve our carbon efficiency have been recognised by the Edison Awards judging panel,” commented team principal Martin Whitmarsh. “This is a fantastic achievement for the whole team.” Celebrating innovation [...]

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TUKWILA, Wash. (MLS/Oshan) – – Gearing up for what is arguably their biggest game of 2012 season, the Seattle Sounders are holding out hope they’ll be at their healthiest since First Kick. Injured midfielders Álvaro Fernández and Mauro Rosales both expressed measured optimism on Monday that they’ll be ready to go when the Sounders host the LA Galaxy on Wednesday night (10 pm ET; watch LIVE online). “I’m working on it, the pain is still not going away, but I think it will be okay for Wednesday,” Rosales told reporters at training on Monday. “I have inflammation and a little [...]

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BELGRADE (ATP/Newsfeed) – Top seeds Pablo Andujar, Robert Lindstedt & Horia Tecau joined Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic and tournament director Goran Djokovic for a game of mini-tennis Tuesday on the newly opened Ada bridge in Belgrade. “This was a very nice experience,” said Andujar, who is making his Serbian Open debut this week. “I never played on a bridge before. It is very high and nice to look at. We had a great time and a lot of fun today.” The players met the bridge’s construction crew, before bringing traffic temporarily to a halt for their hit. “It’s great, they closed [...]

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MONTREAL (MLS/Newsfeed) – Former Inter Milan center back Nelson Rivas, who has been sidelined with a hamstring injury since the Montreal Impact’s preseason trip to Mexico, made his long-awaited comeback during a friendly at Centre Claude-Robillard on a windy Sunday afternoon. Rivas helped the Impact keep a clean sheet as they thrashed Dartmouth College 5-0 thanks to a double by Eduardo Sebrango and goals from Hassoun Camara, Josh Gardner and Evan James. The Colombian seemed comfortable through the 60 minutes he spent on the pitch, winning the vast majority of his duels and running at ease. Rivas’ passing was a [...]

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BARCELONA (ATP/Newsfeed) – Rafael Nadal became the first player in the Open Era to win two tournaments seven times after beating David Ferrer 7-6 (1), 7-5 in Sunday’s Barcelona Open final. The second-ranked Nadal’s 21st straight victory on clay followed up his eighth straight win in Monte Carlo, as Nadal won the 10th all-Spanish ATP final for a 48th career win. The sixth-ranked Ferrer lost his fourth Barcelona Open final to Nadal, who saved 12 of 15 break points for a 34th straight victory at Barcelona. Nadal skipped toward the net in celebration after hitting a backhand winner on match [...]

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Budapest (F1/Newsfeed) – McLaren’s Jenson Button will drive through the heart of Budapest on Tuesday. Button will be in action on a specially-constructed 1.6-kilometre street course in the Hungarian capital as part of the ‘Raise Your Game Weekend’ event, which has been arranged by McLaren’s title sponsors Vodafone. A children’s folk dancing group from Debrecen will perform for Button before he takes to the track, which will see him pass near several iconic locations including the Chain Bridge and the Parliament. He’ll then field questions from the crowd before meeting the Hungarian Olympic water polo team. “I’m very excited to [...]

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BARCELONA (ATP/Newsfeed) – Rafael Nadal became the first player in the Open Era to win two tournaments seven times after beating David Ferrer 7-6 (1), 7-5 in Sunday’s Barcelona Open final. The second-ranked Nadal’s 21st straight victory on clay followed up his eighth straight win in Monte Carlo, as Nadal won the 10th all-Spanish ATP final for a 48th career win. The sixth-ranked Ferrer lost his fourth Barcelona Open final to Nadal, who saved 12 of 15 break points for a 34th straight victory at Barcelona. Nadal skipped toward the net in celebration after hitting a backhand winner on match [...]

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Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher will join their DTM counterparts at the German touring car series’ season opener this weekend. Rosberg will demonstrate a 1955 Mercedes-Benz W196 on Saturday at Hockenheim, whilst Schumacher will drive the team’s 2011 car on Sunday. The choice of car for Rosberg is particularly poignant as he recently claimed the marque’s first win as a works team since Juan Manuel Fangio’s success in the 1955 Italian Grand Prix at the wheel of a W196. Rosberg’s victory in China came precisely 20,671 days after Fangio’s Monza win. “I am absolutely delighted to be returning to [...]

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