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MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Jul 4, 2023
McLaren boss: Austria track limits chaos will not happen again
The results of the race were revised five hours after the finish following a flurry of penalties dealt to nearly half the field of 20 drivers.
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Feb 19, 2023
McLaren's Oscar Piastri in confident mood ahead of 'tough' F1 baptism
The 21-year-old, seen as one of the sport's hottest young talents, will make his bow in Bahrain testing this month after replacing fellow Australian Daniel Ricciardo.
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Jun 15, 2021
Richard McLaren to lead investigation into international boxing
'It is time for boxing to turn the page, but it cannot do so without a full accounting of any alleged misconduct,' said McLaren, who also led a famous investigation into Russian doping.
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BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Feb 16, 2021
How McLaren aims to rebuild supercars for the electric era
There's nothing quite like the roar of a revving McLaren engine to set a petrolhead's pulse pounding, or the full-throated scream as it tears across the tarmac.
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Dec 7, 2017
Honda boss Yusuke Hasegawa leaves team in management shake-up
Honda on Thursday made a major change at the top of its Formula One engine supply operation, parting ways with chief Yusuke Hasegawa and eliminating his position.
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Apr 12, 2017
McLaren Honda puts F1 star Alonso in Indy 500 field
McLaren Honda on Wednesday gave its star driver the opportunity to fulfill a lifelong dream when it handed Fernando Alonso a spot on the starting grid for the Indianapolis 500.
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BASEBALL
Mar 9, 2017
Sluggers ignite Australia in rout of China
Australia manager John Deeble laid out a simple game plan for his team after its loss to Japan on Wednesday.
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BASEBALL
Mar 9, 2017
Panamanian-born Chen returns to mound to honor Chinese ancestors
This isn't the first time that ex-major league pitcher Bruce Chen has donned a national team jersey to play in the World Baseball Classic. The left-hander competed for his native Panama in the first two tournaments in 2006 and 2009.
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BASEBALL
Mar 8, 2017
China aims for incremental improvements on global baseball stage
China manager John McLaren starts each day by having his players remember their team motto: "Get better every day." He'll then pick out a player, who will then belt out a tune of his choice for the room, "they're lacking there a little bit," McLaren said with a grin.
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BASEBALL
Mar 7, 2017
Versatile Meng does it all for China
Meng Weiqiang may patrol left field at some point for China during the 2017 World Baseball Classic. He's also going to pitch and might even strap on a catcher's mask. There's a chance he'll do at least two of those things, maybe even all three, during the same game.
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CULTURE / Film
Feb 8, 2017
Punk: How cinema ignored something so loud
Once upon a time, Hollywood was good at co-opting and selling youth culture. When rock 'n' roll and biker gangs came along in the 1950s, the studios came up with generational totems like "Blackboard Jungle" and "The Wild Ones." Beatlemania spawned "A Hard Days Night" and "Yellow Submarine," while the hippies flocked to films like "The Graduate" and "Easy Rider." Disco fueled "Saturday Night Fever" and hip-hop "Boyz n the Hood."
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SUMO
Jan 10, 2017
Birthday boy Ishiura suffers another loss
Diminutive wrestler Ishiura made a huge splash at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday, arriving at Ryogoku Kokugikan in a McLaren sports car.
OLYMPICS
Dec 10, 2016
Murofushi expresses shock over McLaren Report findings
Former Olympian Koji Murofushi said Saturday that the McLaren Report released on Fridayby the World Anti-Doping Agency implicating over 1,000 Russian athletes in an institutional doping conspiracy was "shocking."
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Oct 21, 2016
WADA chief Reedie calls on Abe to provide more funding to fight doping
World Anti-Doping Agency President Craig Reedie challenged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to put his money where his mouth is and increase Japan's funding in the fight against doping on Friday.
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Oct 7, 2016
Alonso feels Honda's all-Japanese approach bearing fruit
An underwhelming return to Formula One for Honda last year came to a head at the 2015 Japanese Grand Prix when McLaren's two-time world champion Fernando Alonso said his Japanese-built engine was "embarrassing" over team radio for all the world to hear.
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SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jul 30, 2016
IOC's decision on Russia a disgrace
The IOC has exposed itself as a toothless tiger. The Olympics' global governing body showed it lacked the moral fortitude and backbone to take a necessary stand against Russia.
OLYMPICS
Jul 26, 2016
International Canoe Federation issues ban on five Russians for Rio Games
Five Russian canoe sprint athletes — including the 2012 Olympic champion Alexander Dyachenko — have been banned from competing at next month's Rio Olympics by the International Canoe Federation (ICF), after they were implicated by the McLaren Report.
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Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jul 22, 2016
Sochi scandal could see Kim end up with gold
Could Yuna Kim be awarded the Olympic gold medal from the Sochi Games after all?
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Mar 31, 2016
After major crash, Alonso to miss Bahrain GP due to safety concerns
McLaren's Fernando Alonso has been ruled out of Sunday's Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix on medical grounds following his huge crash in the Australian season-opener on March 20.
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Feb 23, 2016
Honda Formula One shakes up leadership
Honda Formula One has decided to end the tenure of motorsport chief Yasuhisa Arai at a Honda board meeting on Tuesday, motorsport.com reported.

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