Vatanen vows to clean up and rebuild F1 as FIA president

October 11th, 2009 STUTTGART - The president of motorsport's governing body FIA Max Mosley has said that he believes former Ferrari principal Jean Todt should become his successor. The Briton questions whether the second candidate Ari Vatanen has the capabilities necessary for the job.

October 9th, 2009 LONDON - Middlesex middle order batsman Owais Shah has vowed to keep on fighting for his England spot despite being dropped from the one-day squad for the winter tour to South Africa. Shah, who struck 98 as England knocked the same opponents out of the recent Champions Trophy, will battle on.

October 9th, 2009 COPENHAGEN - International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge was Friday reelected for another four-year term. All but five of the 93 IOC members at the 121st IOC session voted for the 67-year-old Belgian, who has been IOC president since 2001 and was unopposed.

September 29th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - England and Middlesex middle-order batsman Owais Shah has vowed to stay with his carefree attitude for the rest of the Champions Trophy tournament. Shah has said that the team couldn't have done any worse in the one-day series thumping against Australia - and having hit rock bottom, the only solution was to throw caution to the winds.

August 22nd, 2009 BERLIN - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has again stressed he is not on drugs after another astonishing world-record performance. The fastest man on the planet said he hoped people would one day stop asking if he was on performance-enhancing drugs.

August 8th, 2009 EDGBASTON - Australian captain Ricky Ponting has vowed to deal with the issue of deepening differences among several Australian players over selection matters. With every spot in the in the Ashes team being so keenly contested by players, including Brett Lee, Shane Watson and Stuart Clark, there was bound to be some unhappiness over selections and Ponting has conceded that he needs to deal with the issue.

July 31st, 2009 LAUSANNE - The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed Friday an appeal by Romanian striker Adrian Mutu against the world body FIFA order that he has to pay former club Chelsea 17.17 million euros (24.14 million dollars) in damages for breach of contract. Mutu was sacked by the English Premier League after testing positive for cocaine in 2004 a year after joining them from Parma and was ordered to pay the sum by football's ruling body last year.

July 29th, 2009 FIA said budget cap would have saved BMWLONDON — Formula One's governing body said BMW Sauber would not have quit the sport if the leading teams had supported its proposed financial restraints for next season. The FIA used BMW's exit on Wednesday to restate its case for a budget cap despite it being dropped when the Formula One Teams Association — which includes BMW— threatened to form a rival series.

July 21st, 2009 New speedway chief vows support for IRLINDIANAPOLIS — The new head of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway says the Hulman-George family remains committed to the Indy Racing League despite a management shake-up. But Jeff Belskus says auto racing is under a lot of financial pressure and the speedway must compete with other sports for ticket dollars.

July 16th, 2009 Mosley-backed Todt will run for FIA presidencyPARIS — Former Ferrari team principal Jean Todt will join the race to succeed Max Mosley as president of Formula One's governing body. Todt made his candidacy official on Thursday, a day after Mosley backed the 63-year-old Frenchman to lead the FIA as he announced he would not seek a fifth term in October's election.

July 10th, 2009 Vatanen will challenge Mosley for FIA presidencyLONDON — Former World Rally champion Ari Vatanen launched his campaign for the presidency of Formula One's governing body on Friday still believing incumbent Max Mosley may seek a fifth term. Despite speaking to Mosley before confirming his FIA candidacy, Vatanen is no clearer about whether the 69-year-old Briton will stand for another term.

July 1st, 2009 CHENNAI - Vicky Chandhok Wednesday confirmed that he is in the running for the post of the president of the Paris-based Federation Internationale de lAutomobile (FIA), the worlds governing body for motor sport. Chandhok, the Chennai-based former president of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI), told IANS: "The papers have to be filed by September as the FIA General Assembly is scheduled for October 23.

June 19th, 2009 LONDON - Fernando Torres has pledged his future to Liverpool, and insisted that even Real Madrid's cash could not tempt him to leave. Spain star Torres says he is not interested in going to the Bernabeu or even Old Trafford.

June 11th, 2009 TORONTO - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won the Laureus Sportsman of the Year here last night, and vowed to stay clean. Triple Olympic gold medallist Bolt races in Toronto tonight.

June 6th, 2009 Amanda Hubbard wins 3 golds in weightliftingCHICAGO — Amanda Hubbard won three gold medals Thursday on the second day of the 2009 U.S. National Weightlifting Championships.