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Dempsey wins US player of the year award

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 03:03 PM PST

Dempsey (left) shoots wide as Wigan Athletic's Ben Watson (centre) and Maynor Figueroa challenge during their English Premier League soccer match at White Hart Lane in London November 3, 2012. — Reuters pic

LONDON, Nov 20 — Clint Dempsey, a regular starter in Juergen Klinsmann's US national team, scored 17 goals in the Premier League for Fulham last season and then moved to Tottenham Hotspur during the close season.

The Texan, who scored five goals in this year's CONCACAF qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup, previously won the award in 2007 and last year.

Under-17 team midfielder Rubio Rubin won the Young Male Athlete of the Year award. — Reuters

Daimler takes full control of Mercedes team

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 07:35 AM PST

LONDON, Nov 19 – German carmaker Daimler has taken full control of the Mercedes Formula One motor racing team by buying a 40 per cent stake from Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Aabar Investments for an undisclosed sum.

Aabar, which has been cutting its ties with Daimler, last month said it sold its remaining three per cent stake in the company.

Daimler and Aabar moved into motor racing in late 2009 when they bought out F1's then world champion, Brawn GP, and relaunched it the following season as Mercedes.

Briton Lewis Hamilton, a former world champion and one of the sport's best-known racers, will drive for Mercedes next season.

The deal is conditional on regulatory clearance. – Reuters

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Isnin, 19 November 2012

The Malaysian Insider :: Sports

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