F1 champ Button’s F-word outburst

October 29th, 2009 Rosberg to leave Williams, no word on 2010 teamABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Nico Rosberg has confirmed that this weekend's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will be his last with the Williams team in Formula One. Rosberg would not say which team he would join in 2010, with Brawn GP or McLaren thought to be the major contenders.

October 25th, 2009 LONDON - John Button father of Formula one champ Jenson Button, who will get 10 million pounds in December for winning the drivers championship, once had to borrow 50 pounds from a friend to get back home to Somerset after being stranded without petrol 385 miles away at the Larkhall track in Scotland Button won his first club race four months after his eighth birthday, having started from the back. That night, he slept with the first of many trophies.

October 21st, 2009 LONDON - Formula One world champion Jenson Button's stunning black Bugatti Veyron car has been put on sale for almost 900,000 pounds. The car was advertised in Auto Trader in August, but attracted little interest.

October 20th, 2009 LONDON - Brit Formula One driver Jenson Button is said to be eager to meet up with his lover Jessica Michibata, after enforcing a sex ban on himself ahead of the October 18 Grand Prix. Unfortunately for Button, 29, his lingerie model girlfriend, Michibata, is in Japan working, and even though he begged her to fly home for a romantic reunion, she told him she had to finish a photo-shoot.

October 17th, 2009 LONDON - Argentina manager Diego Maradona may face a suspension of maximum five matches, after FIFA said that it was opening a disciplinary case against his obscene outburst during a press conference. Maradona had shocked viewers worldwide after Argentina 's 2010 World Cup qualifying 1-0 win over Uruguay in Montevideo, when he stared into the camera and said: "To all of you who did not believe in us, and I apologise to the women in here, you can suck it, and keep sucking it." The 48-year-old did attempt at an apology, saying that it was his way of releasing some steam following recent criticism of his team.

October 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Brawn Grand Prix ace Jenson Button has admitted that his stunning Japanese girlfriend Jessica Michibata gives him a lift and helps him to cope with the stress of the title fight - with a massage. The Sun quoted Button as saying: "She was amazing.

August 31st, 2009 Former swim champ Fraser, 71, fights off attackerNOOSAVILLE, Australia — Dawn Fraser, who won swimming gold medals at three Olympics, fought off and helped capture a man who tried to rob her home north of Brisbane. The 71-year-old Fraser said Monday the man grabbed her but she fought back.

August 13th, 2009 Pole vault champ Hooker hurts leg ahead of worldsBERLIN — Australian Olympic pole vault champion Steve Hooker is uncertain for the world championships because of a leg injury. Hooker strained the adductor in his right leg during training Monday and team doctors are fighting to get him fit for the Aug.

August 5th, 2009 Conquest Racing hires French driverINDIANAPOLIS — Nelson Philippe will drive in two more IndyCar races this season for Conquest Racing. The 23-year-old Frenchman was hired to drive at Sonoma, Calif., and Homestead, Fla., on Tuesday.

August 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Legendary cricketer Shane Warne stunned TV bosses with the use of the four-letter word 'tw*t' during live commentary. He stunned his fellow commentator David Lloyd when he used the four-letter word in the Sky commentary box at the Edgbaston Ashes Test, reports the Daily Star.

July 29th, 2009 Watson practices at Crooked StickCARMEL, Ind. — Tom Watson practiced Wednesday at the U.S.

July 25th, 2009 LONDON - American soccer bosses have fined David Beckham for his outburst at abusive fans during a friendly match between LA Galaxy and AC Milan. The Sun quoted MLS commissioner Don Garber, as saying: "Our players should never engage in conduct that can be interpreted as encouraging fans to come on to the field." But the 600-pounds punishment from Major League Soccer is equivalent to just 13 minutes' work for 25 million pounds-a-year, which Beckham earns.

July 22nd, 2009 Defending Gastein Ladies champ upset in 2nd roundBAD GASTEIN, Austria — Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia upset defending champion Pauline Parmentier of France 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 Wednesday in the second round of the Nuernberger Gastein Ladies. Parmentier served 10 double faults, while the sixth-seeded Rybarikova had seven aces.

June 2nd, 2009 LONDON - England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff may land into trouble again for his outburst against immigrants. I have no problems with a multicultural society, I think that is to the benefit of the country.

May 28th, 2009 LONDON - British boxing champ Amir Khan wants to turn to acting once he is done knocking out competition in the ring. The present Commonwealth lightweight champion has fallen in love with Tinseltown while training there before his upcoming world title fight in London.