England v South Africa 2nd Test

16/04/12 - GRAND NATIONAL 2012: NEPTUNE COLLONGES HEADS OFF FOR WELL-EARNED RETIREMENT AFTER THRILLING AINTREE VICTORY

Now, with the epic last-stride victory of Neptune Collonges on Saturday, Hales has gained entry to that most special of clubs, the one reserved for owners of a Grand National winner.

In 1998, One Man came to Liverpool off the back of his most famous victory, in the two-mile Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham.

He had won 20 of his 34 starts, but he took a crashing fall in the back straight and paid the ultimate price.

In the great emotion following Neptune Collonges’s triumph, Hales said: “Aintree owed me one.” It certainly did. Tears of sorrow had turned to tears of joy for the Teletubbies tycoon.

The official winning distance of a nose was introduced only a few years back, and this, the shortest possible winning margin, had never previously been posted after a Grand National. Possibly, in earlier days, the judge would have declared it a dead-heat.

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13/04/12 - SCHUMACHER FASTEST IN CHINA WARM-UP

Michael Schumacher showed the one-lap pace of the Mercedes with the quickest time of free practice two ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix.

After a slow first practice on a soggy morning in Shanghai, the drivers were busy in the afternoon under overcast skies, with Schumacher edging out Lewis Hamilton on the timesheets.

Hamilton had gone quickest in the morning session, but was just under two-tenths adrift of the German veteran's best effort on softer tyres and low fuel, set midway through the session.

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15/11/11 - ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS 2011 DRAW

SINGLES GROUPS

Group A
Novak Djokovic
Andy Murray
David Ferrer
Tomas Berdych

Group B
Rafael Nadal
Roger Federer
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Mardy Fish

The world's top two doubles pairings, Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan and Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic, lead doubles Groups A and B respectively.

DOUBLES GROUPS

Group A
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes

Group B
Michael Llodra / Nenad Zimonjic
Daniel Nestor / Max Mirnyi

11/11/11 - ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS: THE FINAL 8

Tomas Berdych (CZE), Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) and Mardy Fish (USA) today secured the final three singles spots among the world’s Top 8 in London. They will join Novak Djokovic (SRB), Rafael Nadal (ESP), Andy Murray (GBR), Roger Federer (SUI) and David Ferrer (ESP) in a star-studded field at The O2 in London.

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