“In qualifying he was a fair way back, then pulled off pole position He put the hammer down and got the job done He has a lot of spirit and fight. He will not give anything up easily.”Schumacher’s team-mate, Eddie Irvine, suggests Villeneuve should make the most of his opportunity this season. “The Ferrari will be better next season,” Irvine said, “and no one will be able to touch Michael then.”REMAINING GRANDS PRIX: Luxembourg (Nurburgring, Ger, 28 September); Japan (Suzuka, 12 October); Europe (Jerez, Sp, 26 October).. Tampa Bay on Sunday won the local derby in Florida against Miami to remain one of three unbeaten teams in the National Football League.
The Buccaneers beat the Dolphins 31-21 for their fourth victory Denver and New England have also yet to lose. Miami had won four of the previous five meetings against Tampa Bay but their defence had no answer to Trent Dilfer. The quarterback achieved four touchdown passes as the Buccaneers remained a game ahead of Green Bay Packers in the NFC Central Division.
Green Bay, Super Bowl champions, had to survive an intense second-half fightback by Minnesota to win 36-32. Brett Favre threw five touchdown passes for the Packers, who had led 31-7 at half-time.One team who failed to stop a comeback was Indianapolis, who are without a win. The Colts surrendered a 26-point advantage to lose in Buffalo 37- 35 as the Bills running back Antowain Smith rushed for 129 yards and three touchdowns.Denver stayed on top of the NFC West with a 38-20 triumph over Cincinnati at Mile High Stadium as John Elway had three scoring passes, while the New York Jets blocked a field goal attempt with Ray Mickens picking up the ball and returning it 72 yards for a touchdown in a 23-22 home win over Oakland.Baltimore won for the third time by overwhelming the Oilers in Tennessee 36-10. The Ravens quarterback, Vinny Testaverde, finished with 318 yards passing and three scoring strikes.New England remain undefeated with a 31-3 dismissal of Chicago at Foxboro Stadium.
Drew Bledsoe’s two touchdown throws and five Patriot sacks of quarterback Rick Mirer condemned the Bears to their fourth defeat. The Kansas City Chiefs intercepted Kerry Collins, of Carolina Panthers. four times and forced him to fumble once in an impressive 35-14 win at Ericsson Stadium.Mike Ditka won his first game as the coach of New Orleans when the Saints humbled Detroit 35-17 in Louisiana. The St Louis Rams won their second game with a 13-3 triumph over New York Giants, while Seattle scored in the final minute to defeat San Diego 26-22 and San Francisco saw off Atlanta 34-7.. Superleague clubs went on a goal rampage against National League sides to further emphasise the gulf in the British game. Manchester Storm, Newcastle Cobras and Cardiff Devils all inflicted heavy losses on lesser rivals to give an even more one-sided appearance to the Benson and Hedges Cup qualifying groups.
Storm crushed Paisley Pirates 15-0 in front of another 6,000-plus crowd at the Nynex Arena. Domenic Maltais and Mike Morin each scored hat-tricks.Also in Group A, Telford Tigers were no match for Newcastle Cobras, losing 13-1.
Carmine Vani and Justin Duberman helped themselves to hat-tricks, while Telford had to wait until the last period for Claude Dumas to score.Ayr Scottish Eagles inflicted a second defeat of the weekend on Superleague rivals Sheffield Steelers 4-2, while Cardiff Devils continue to set the pace in Group B, Doug McEwen, Vezio Sacratini and Ivan Matulik each scoring twice in the 9-2 defeat of Slough Jets.Nottingham Panthers’ 3-1 win at Bracknell Bees was unusual in that all the goals were scored in the first period.Basingstoke Bison recorded a 6-2 win at National League Peterborough Pirates. Six different players were on the mark for Basingstoke, but last season’s strugglers still look unlikely to mount a serious challenge for honours this time round.In the Autumn Trophy, Fife Flyers came from behind for a 6-5 win at Lancashire Hawks.. After a thrilling high-speed start dodging the huge spectator fleet in the Solent, the 10 yachts in the Whitbread race were yesterday struggling to go round Ushant on the north-west corner of France. It took them just 11 hours to complete the first 200 miles, pushed along by fresh south-easterly breezes, but then conditions went light and they bunched up on the French side of the Channel.
Back in the lead was the man who led the charge out past the Needles, America’s Paul Cayard, in one of the two Swedish EF yachts, though as dawn broke yesterday his partners in the all-women boat skippered by Christine Guillou had briefly taken over that role.Cayard’s navigator, Mark Rudiger, was bluntly honest saying the one that gets the lucky puff of wind pulls ahead.In second place Grant Dalton reported that they had a big lump of seaweed round the keel at a time overnight when they were going too fast to take any action, but until the wind settles into a more regular pattern all are most concerned that they should not be left behind in a calm.WHITBREAD ROUND THE WORLD RACE: (Standings at 14.00 GMT yesterday, with distance to finish): 1 EF Language (Swe), 7,123.5miles; 2 Merit Cup (Mon) 7124.4; 3 Chessie Racing (US) 7124.5; 4 Kvaerner (Nor) 7124.7; 5 Silk Cut (GB) 7125.1; 6 Toshiba (US) 7125.4; 7 America’s Challenge (US) 7126.6; 8 Swedish Match (Swe), 7127.9; 9 EF Education (Swe) 7128.9; 10 Brunel Sunergy (Neth), 7131.8.. New Year’s Eve it was a lot of I Love U, I Love U, but As soon U take my money I’ll kill U.
It’s the same in Liverpool, they have instincts – fight fight fight, love love love, sing.I was really close to my dad. Across the street was my friend and his parents were from Govan – they had Billy Connolly and all that stuff in their house. The time: 1995
The place: Los Angeles
The man: Mike Myers, film starMy parents came to Canada in 1956, from Liverpool, and I grew up in a very English household. I thought I was related to the Beatles growing up, because my mum and dad talked like the Beatles. My parents were kind of famous because they had the British accent.I took dancing lessons when I was little. There was an English pub show called The Pig And Whistle on Canadian TV, where everyone sang, “Come in/To the Pig and Whistle/Come in/And have a laugh” There was cheeky chappiness and chimney sweep dancers.