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Egypt in Crisis
Champion Vettel Gets 10th Win of Season and 20th for Career
Newly crowned Formula 1 world drivers champion Sebastian Vettel showed he hs not lost his appetite for success in the Korean Grand Prix on Sunday. After crowning himself champion for the second year running last Sunday, on the Korean International Circuit he took his tenth victory of the season and the 20th in his career. It also enabled his Red Bull team retaining the World Constructors' title.

Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton Secures Season's First Pole for McLaren
Lewis Hamilton halted Red Bull drivers' run of 16 successive pole positions Saturday when he managed to obtain the quickest time in the qualifiers for Sunday's Korean Grand Prix and take McLaren's first pole position of the season after beating newly-crowned Formula 1 champion Sebastian Vettel to the top spot by 0.222s.

Football: Libyans Revel in Qualifying 'Miracle'
Libya’s national team players are back home, basking in the glory of qualifying for next year’s CAF Africa Cup of Nations finals after the scoreless draw in Chingola against group winners Zambia.

South Africa to appeal over ANC Rule that Keeps Them Out
The South African Football Association, SAFA, has lodged an appeal with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) over its side's failure to qualify for the 2012 African Nations Cup tournament.

Formula 1: Back-to-Back Titles for Vettel as Button Wins Japanese GP
British driver Jenson Button won an enthralling Japanese Grand Prix ahead of Fernando Alonso, but it was 24-year-old Sebastian Vettel who took the top honours as he clinched back-to-back Formula One world titles. He secured his second world title with 15 points in third.

2012 CAF Africa Cup of Nations: Libya Clinch Dramatic Qualification Against All the Odds
Libya secured the most famous of qualifications to next January’s African Cup of Nationsfinals to be held in Gabon and Equitoreal Guinea following a goalless draw with Group C winners Zambia in Chingola. The won qualification as one of the best second-placed teams among the groups.

Formula 1: Sebastian Vettel Gets 12th Pole on Way to Claiming Second World Title
Red Bull's German racing driver Sebastian Vettel took pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka circuit. He just pipped Jenson Button for his 12th pole this season for the gp that should crown him Formula 1 Drivers champion for the second successive year. He needs only a point to clinch the title.

CAF African Nations Cup 2012: Win Against Zambia A Must for Libya to Qualify
Libya travel to the Copperbelt Province Saturday knowing they need a win against group leaders Zambia to guarantee qualification to next January’s African Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

CAN 2013: CAF to Decide New Hosts After Libya Drop Out
The hosting of the finals of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations scheduled for Libya is up for grabs. Despite South Africa's announcement that it had struck a deal with the Libyans to swap, with South Africa hosting the 2013 event and Libya the 2017 finals a decision can only only be taken by CAF, this week.

Formula 1: Vettel Moves to Within Point of Title After Win in Singapore GP
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel must wait for the next GP in Japan to seal his second successive world drivers championship title. His ninth and dominant victory from 14 races in Sunday's incident-packed Singapore Grand Prix moves him just one point short of the title with five gps remaining.

Formula 1 - Vettel Dominates Qualifiers to Get 11th Pole in Singapore GP
Red Bull’s drivers Sebastian Vettel in his 11th pole, and Mark Webber will start the Singapore Formula 1 GP – that could crown Vettel as World Champion - from the front row, after the reigning champion, Vettel set the pace throughout qualifying and Mark Webber deposed McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton in the closing stages.

Formula 1 - Vettel Emotional After Special Italian GP Win
Sebastian Vettel won the Italian Grand Prix from the pole position Sunday, fighting off an audacious challenge from defending champion Fernando Alonso, that moved him potentially to one race away from retaining his world title. His was a dominant victory finishing ahead Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso.

Formula 1 – Italian GP: Vettel Takes Season's 10th Pole By Beating McLaren Pair
The Monza Grand Prix has never been a happy hunting ground for red Bull, but reigning champion driver Sebastian Vettel seems to be determined to make tomorrow's Italian Formula 1 Grand Prix an exception. He took the first step by securing his tenth pole position of the season Saturday, beating the McLaren duo of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button.

Champions Fenerbahce Take UEFA, TFF to Court of Arbitration for Sport
Turkish champions Fenerbahce have are taking the European Football Union, UEFA and the Turkish Football Federation before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over their exclusion from the Champions League in connection with a match-fixing investigation in their country.

CAN 2012: Seven-Time Champions Egypt Eliminated With loss at Sierra Leone
Defending champions and seven-time winners of the competition, Egypt, have been eliminated from the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations after suffering a 2-1 loss in Sierra Leone, Saturday. It is the first time in more than 30 years that Egypt have failed to qualify to the final round of the competition.

  More Stories  
  Champion Vettel Gets 10th Win of Season and 20th for Career  
  Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton Secures Season's First Pole for McLaren  
  South Africa to appeal over ANC Rule that Keeps Them Out  
  Football: Libyans Revel in Qualifying 'Miracle'  
  Formula 1: Back-to-Back Titles for Vettel as Button Wins Japanese GP  
  2012 CAF Africa Cup of Nations: Libya Clinch Dramatic Qualification Against All the Odds  
  Formula 1: Sebastian Vettel Gets 12th Pole on Way to Claiming Second World Title  
  CAF African Nations Cup 2012: Win Against Zambia A Must for Libya to Qualify  
  CAN 2013: CAF to Decide New Hosts After Libya Drop Out  
  Formula 1: Vettel Moves to Within Point of Title After Win in Singapore GP  
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Champion Vettel Gets 10th Win of Season and 20th for Career
Newly crowned Formula 1 world drivers champion Sebastian Vettel showed he hs not lost his appetite for success in the Korean Grand Prix on Sunday. After crowning himself champion for the second year running last Sunday, on the Korean International Circuit he took his tenth victory of the season and the 20th in his career. It also enabled his Red Bull team retaining the World Constructors' title.

Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton Secures Season's First Pole for McLaren
Lewis Hamilton halted Red Bull drivers' run of 16 successive pole positions Saturday when he managed to obtain the quickest time in the qualifiers for Sunday's Korean Grand Prix and take McLaren's first pole position of the season after beating newly-crowned Formula 1 champion Sebastian Vettel to the top spot by 0.222s.

 

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