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Sebastian Vettel romps to pole in Hungary as Red Bulls continue qualifying dominance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyqatRH-cu8endofvid[starttext]By Sportsmail Reporter Domination: Sebastian Vettelromped to his seventh pole in twelve racesRed Bull destroyed their rivals in qualifying ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix by sweeping to their sixth all-front row of the year spearheaded by pole king Sebastian Vettel.Vettel claimed his seventh pole of the season and fourth in a row with a crushing lap at the Hungaroring of one minute 18.773secs, just over four tenths of a second quicker than Mark Webber. It is Red Bull's 11th pole in the 12 races this season, but this was by far their most impressive, with third-on-the-grid Fernando Alonso in his Ferrari a staggering 1.2secs adrift. Alonso is joined on the second row by team-mate Felipe Massa, who suffered anear-fatal accident in qualifying on this track just over a year ago.Championship leader Lewis Hamilton again performed superbly in a below par McLaren to claim fifth ahead of Nico Mercedes' Rosberg, but will have to go some to make it three wins in four visits here. Battler: Lewis Hamilton will start fifthFor the first time this season Vitaly Petrov finally out-qualified team-mate Robert Kubica, with the duo seventh and eighth.They are followed by Pedro de la Rosa in his Sauber, equalling his best performance of the season, and Williams' Nico Hulkenberg.For the second time in the last three races Jenson Button failed to make it into Q1, and the sixth time in the last seven grands prix he has now been out-qualified by Hamilton.The 30-year-old missed out on a place in the top 10 by 0.017secs, and now faces a fight to gain any respectable points tomorrow to hold on to his second place in the standings. Under the bridge: Jenson Button will start a disappointing 11trh It would appear only rain can help Button tomorrow, as in 2006 when he started from 14th before going on to clinch his maiden victory.Joining Button on the sixth row of the grid is former Honda and Brawn GP team-mate Rubens Barrichello, now with Williams.It is an all-German seventh row with Force India's Adrian Sutil ahead of Michael Schumacher in his Mercedes who has now failed to make it into Q3 four times in the last races, finishing 0.8secs behind team-mate Rosberg.The Toro Rossos of Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari are 15th and 17th, with Vitantonio Liuzzi in his Force India providing the filling.The odd man out at the end of the initial 20-minute qualifying run was Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi for the third time in the last five races, with the Japanese starting 18th. Top of the pile: Fernando Alonso (left) will have his work cut out to keep up with the Red Bulls of Vettel (centre) and Mark WebberThe chasm between the more established teams and those in their rookie seasons was significantly underlined around this track as its tight, twisty nature ensured they struggled.Virgin Racing's Timo Glock was the best of the newcomers, albeit a yawning 1.8secs adrift of Kobayashi, but at least acquiring some personal satisfaction in finishing ahead of the two Lotuses.Glock will start 19th, with Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli 20th and 21st, the duo sandwiching the Virgin boys as Lucas di Grassi is 21st.Propping up the grid will be the Hispania Racing pair of Bruno Senna and Sakon Yamamoto, a staggering six seconds off Vettel's pace.source: dailymail [endtext]

Greene pips British team-mate Williams to claim gold in the 400m hurdles at the European Championships

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6wGUDidZbAendofvid[starttext]By Sportsmail Reporter Done it: Britain's David Greene celebrates after winning the Men's 400m Hurdles finalDai Greene clinched Britain’s fourth gold medal of the European Championships here with a storming run in the 400metres hurdles final last night with fellow Welshman Rhys Williams taking the silver.The result was never in doubt even before the starting gun was sounded, such was Greene’s dominance in Europe this year, and he did not disappoint, reaching the first hurdle in front and never relinquishing his lead. By the time the 24-year-old cleared the final hurdle his lead was substantial, and his time, 48.12sec, was the fastest of the season in Europe. Williams managed to pip Stanislav Melnkyov, from the Ukraine, to finish second with a personal best of 48.96. Mo Farah and Chris Thompson in the 10,000m earlier in the week may beg to differ but this was the most impressive performance by two British athletes in the same race inside the Olympic Stadium.Greene came to prominence only last year when he broke through on to the senior scene with a seventh place in the world championships final in Berlin. This year he came to Barcelona as Europe’s No 1-ranked 400m hurdler, having posted the five fastest times of the season.He had chosen a career in track and field ahead of football, having been on Swansea City’s books right up until the age of 17 when he decided to switch sports. Ironically, for a man born in rugby-mad Llanelli, and who played on the wing for his school team, his idol was neither Welsh rugby icon Ieuan Evans nor Welsh athletic star Iwan Thomas but the Wales and Manchester United footballer, Ryan Giggs.On his only visit to Spain as a footballer, aged 14, he managed to score a penalty in a shoot-out against Real Madrid and believes to this day that if he had put his mind to it he would now be playing at the Liberty Stadium on the left wing for the Swans. Delight: Greene also recorded a personal best‘I kept getting injured and being shouted at by the coach, and back then I wasn’t as strong mentally as I am now,’ he said. ‘I wasn’t enjoying myself so I walked out. The lessons I’ve learned from the experience have made me hungrier to succeed in athletics. Now I like being shouted at and I have a very strong work ethic.’Football’s loss was athletics’ gain, which is why he found himself at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona last night and in the company of his good friend Williams, who followed up a bronze at the 2006 European Championships at Gothenburg by finishing second behind his practice partner. It turned into a local training session for the two boys from west Wales. Williams is best-known for being the son of the legendary Welsh and Lions rugby winger JJ Williams, although many more performances like last night and soon JJ will become simply, ‘Rhys’s Dad’. Not that Williams Jnr minds. ‘He deserves all the accolades he has received for what he achieved in sport,’ he said. ‘If it wasn’t for his help I probably wouldn’t have achieved half the things I have, nor the attention I’ve received.’ Heads down: Great britain's Michael Rimmer takes silver in 800mThirty minutes earlier Michael Rimmer took Britain’s 12th medal of these Championships with silver in the 800m, following a rich vein of success in this event at these championships that included wins for Sebastian Coe in 1986, in a British 1-2-3, and for Tom McKean in 1990.Throw in Steve Ovett, Steve Cram, Peter Elliott and David Sharpe and for many years Britain dominated this event at all championships.Rimmer, who qualified fastest for last night’s final, and second fastest in terms of personal bests, was disappointed immediately afterwards, despite his first major medal. The 24-year-old, sporting his lucky T-shirt under his vest, felt forced to take the lead with a full 300m remaining because Spain’s Luis Marco, who finished seventh, was setting too slow a pace.It was a brave move by Rimmer who still led as the field turned the final corner but in the home straight Poland’s Marcin Lewandowski overtook him to win in a slow 1.47.07. Rimmer finished in 1.47.17.‘I’m gutted,’ he admitted. ‘The Pole put me under pressure but I still thought I had enough. Maybe I tightened up a little. He was just a bit stronger than me on the day. I don’t know what more I could have done.‘I’m going to hate standing on that podium hearing someone else’s national anthem. I wanted to win it for Britain as it’s been 20 years since we last did it. I want to apologise to everyone who was watching.’For the former disc jockey from Liverpool this was still the crowning moment of a career that had promised much but, until last night, delivered little, certainly when it came to major championship medals. This morning he may realise life is not quite so bad after all.

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Mo Farah continues Great Britain's gold rush by adding 5,000m title to 10,000m crown

Golden girl Jessica Ennis sprints to heptathlon title with dominant victory in the 800m

Russia burning: Army sent in to battle wildfires that left at least 28 dead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLJ2Ck0tLxIendofvid[starttext]By Mail Foreign Service Helpless: Residents can only watch their homes and burn in the town of Vyksa Russia sent the army on Saturday to battle wildfires that have killed at least 28 people and were threatening dozens of towns and villages. Thick smoke and ash slowed firefighting efforts and thousands of people were being evacuated.Half of the 300 homes in the village of Maslovka, half a day's drive south of Moscow, were reduced to cinders. Decimated: A burnt-out car sits in front of a destroyed house in the village of MokhovoyeStunned locals sifted through the ash for possessions to salvage and people pooled what little food they had - mainly potatoes and carrots - to ensure no one starved.'This is a catastrophe,' Maslovka resident Yevgeniya Yuzhina said as she waited in a hotel lobby in the nearby city of Voronezh filling out a form to receive cash compensation.All 300 of the army's fire trucks have been dispatched, Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said,Many regions of the country are suffering their hottest summer since records began 130 years ago. Officials said Friday over 214,136 acres (87,000 hectares) of parched woodland and peat bog were burning in at least 14 of the country's 83 regions, mainly in western Russia Stripped bare: Only the tree trunks survived the flames in this forest where all the foliage has been burnt away Destructive: Dry grass burns near the town of Voronezh around 294 miles south of MoscowState television reported Saturday that the death had risen from the last reported figure of 25, without providing details.#Fire and wind have no days off, so we can't take any days off,' Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said in a videoconference with emergency officials, where he announced 3 million rubles ($100,000) would be allocated for each of the 1,200 homes destroyed so far. He pledged that all would eventually be rebuilt.Yuzhina said her house had been worth half a million rubles more than the amount Putin pledged and her husband, daughter and elderly parents now had no place to go.'We're placing all our hopes on Putin,' Ivan Kosinov, an unemployed 46-year-old, said as he waited in line. Surveying the damage: A man crosses a smouldering field at the edge of Voronezh, central Russia Desperate: People whose houses was destroyed by the forest fire stand in a queue for a handout of government money in VoronezhIn the industrial city of Togliatti, in central Russia, 2,000 children were evacuated from a summer camp as a state of emergency was declared, the state ITAR-Tass news agency reported.The rural Voronezh and Nizhny Novgorod provinces were the worst-affected, Rossiya-24 TV reported.The Nizhny Novgorod region's governor, Valery Shantsev, said in televised remarks Saturday that the situation there remained grave because thick smoke was preventing firefighting planes from dumping water on the blazes. Burnt out: There was little left in the village of Mokhovoye after fire tore through itFires that had encircled Voronezh, a city of 850,000 people about 300 miles (475 kilometers) south of Moscow, this week were not visible Saturday, and officials reported they had been brought under control. Thick plumes of smoke from distant blazes were drifting into the city centre, where some refugees were staying in hotels.Five people, including one firefighter, were killed by wildfires in Voronezh, and six residents and a firefighter died when a fire swept through the village of Mokhovoye in the Moscow region, officials said. The other deaths occurred south or east of Moscow.Putin visited Verkhnyaya Vereya, a village in the Nizhny Novgorod region where all 341 homes were burned to the ground and five residents were killed on Friday.source: dailymail [endtext]

Cub's curiosity ends in a joint rescue between man and bear

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22JKO5_OAQAendofvid[starttext]By Mail Foreign Service Out in the open: The hapless bear cub is pulled along as Dave Havard drags his fishing net from long reeds near his home in Anchorage, Alaska It was just a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.Two bear cubs were out with their mother recently in Anchorage, Alaska, when one spotted a fishing net lying in tall reeds.The mischievous cub was curious and decided to investigate - inevitably getting tangled in the net and crying to mum for help. Come with me: The mother bear tries to take her cub back into the reeds but the poor little thing is hopelessly tangled up in the strong fishing netBut the cub's cries were also by fisherman Dave Havard, who came out of his nearby home to see what all the fuss was about.Havard tried to free the poor cub from the twisted net but didn't want to get too close, just in case the mother misinterpreted his helping hand as a bid to harm the youngster.Finally, both grown-ups decided to work together.As an amatuer photographer captured the unfolding (or is that untangling?) drama, Havard got his truck and hooked up the net, dragging it and the poor cub out of the reeds and into the open - with mother bear in hot pursuit. Now you've done it: The mother looks momentarily perplexed until she decides to tear through the netting with her teeth and claws Wait till your father hears about this: Mother and the now-freed cub head for the wild - as the cub's bemused sibling follows along behindThen, as Havard pinned the net to the ground with his truck, mother bear tried to simply carry the cub away. Realising that this was not going to work, she then used her teeth, claws ans sheer strngth to tear through the strong netting and carry the wailing bear back into the wild.Like all siblings everywhere, the other bear cub didn't lift a furry finger to help during the ordeal - watching from a safe distance with a mixture of curiosity and bemusement.Both mother an cub were unhurt in the incident , although the little one will be leaving nets alone frrom now on. [endtext]

It's official: Bill and Hillary Clinton 'so happy' as they see their daughter Chelsea marry in front of 500 guests

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6hR0fdld9Iendofvid[starttext]By Laura Collins Idyllic setting: Chelsea Clinton and new husband Marc Mezvinsky pose for photographs after getting married at Astor Courts, in New York state Chelsea Clinton has finally become a married woman, saying her vows in an idyllic gazebo decked with white roses under the late afternoon summer sun.The groom was ‘a bundle of nerves’ and the father of the bride ‘so emotional’ he considered just getting his daughter down the aisle was ‘a major accomplishment’. As for the bride, she had, she told friends jokingly, rather hoped for a small wedding. But it’s hard to be low-key when your big day is hailed as America’s ‘Royal wedding’, and last-minute preparations include shutting down a chunk of federal airspace, with the secret service making sure access roads to the venue are secure. Proud father: Bill Clinton leads his daughter down the aisle in front of 500 guests who had gathered in Rhinebeck for the occasion Happy family: (left to right) Marc Mezvinsky with Hillary Clinton, his bride Chelsea and father-in-law Bill Clinton after the couple's weddingChelsea, 30, married childhood friend, financier Marc Mezvinsky, 32, in a ceremony that took place at 5pm local time in Astor Courts, the former home of millionaire businessman John Jacob Astor IV, set in 50 acres of land overlooking the Hudson River in Rhinebeck, New York state.Shortly afterwards her proud parents released a statement saying: 'Today, we watched with great pride and overwhelming emotion as Chelsea and Marc wed in a beautiful ceremony at Astor Courts, surrounded by family and their close friends.'We could not have asked for a more perfect day to celebrate the beginning of their life together, and we are so happy to welcome Marc into our family. On behalf of the newlyweds, we want to give special thanks to the people of Rhinebeck for welcoming us and to everyone for their well-wishes on this special day.' Flower bower: The couple had an interdenominational service as Marc is Jewish and Chelsea is a practising Methodist Perfect day: Chelsea and Marc's big day is said to have cost around £3.2million while her Vera Wang dress came in at around £20,000When it came down to it, the ‘hoopla’, as Chelsea described it, that comes with being the daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton, was worth it.President Obama had reportedly offered the White House as a venue, while actor Ted Danson, a family friend, suggested his home on Martha’s Vineyard. But the couple opted for a small town 90 miles north of Manhattan and the relative seclusion of the Astor estate.Residents inconvenienced by the circus surrounding the wedding were given a bottle of wine from Clinton Vineyards – coincidentally the name of the wine producer that neighbours the Astor estateThe bottle came with a handwritten note of apology from the couple’s wedding planner and offered a telephone number to call if there were any problems. Sacred spot: The gazebo with a horseshoe of white flowers where Chelsea and Mark are saying their vows this afternoon Here comes the bride: The rows of white seats for the wedding guests neatly set out in the sunshine, with a white carpet leading up to the gazeboThe night before, wellwishers lined the streets of Rhinebeck as the wedding party enjoyed a rehearsal dinner at the local Beekman Arms Inn. But though they smiled and waved, Chelsea and Marc’s parents were silent about the details of yesterday’s ceremony, which is estimated to have cost £3.2million.With a guest list of 500, it could hardly be described as intimate but, according to one source, ‘Chelsea actually has a very small circle of friends. Of course she understood that, her parents being who they are, she didn’t have much choice but to have a big do. Glammed up: A wedding guest makes her way through to one of the buses in Rhinebeck which was ferrying the exclusive congregation to Chelsea's wedding Glittering: Guests wait for a bus to depart from the Delamater Inn to go to the weddingSo her one stipulation was that she and Marc had to have at least met everybody who was invited.’Who received an invitation has been the subject of much speculation, but Steven Spielberg, producer Steve Bing, Barbra Streisand and Oprah Winfrey were expected to attend. Tony Blair was believed to have been invited, but was unable to go. Chelsea has been a vegan for more than ten years and instructed society caterer Olivier Cheng to provide vegetarian and vegan dishes for the wedding feast. Her £7,000, five-tier wedding cake was gluten-free. But the meat-eaters among her guests would have been relieved to see that organic beef was also on the menu. Protection: A team of security patrol the Rhinebeck streets ahead of the ceremony which took place at 5pm Line up: Limousines wait outside a hotel in Rhinebeck before yesterday's serviceThe scale of the wedding has been made clear by the small army of workmen employed over the past week to construct pavilions and marquees at a cost of £400,000. Tables and crockery are believed to have added another £75,000 to the bill.But though Chelsea’s dress – thought to be designed by Vera Wang – reportedly cost between £16,000 and £20,000 and she was expected to wear £160,000 worth of jewellery (as well as her £600,000 engagement ring), her own style, according to one friend, is, ‘low-key and modest’. She is currently studying for a masters degree at Columbia University’s School of Public Health. And though she may be a far cry from the awkward, curly-haired 12-year-old who stood with her parents on the steps of the White House in 1992 when Bill was first elected President, Chelsea has no desire to follow her parents – mum Hillary is the US Secretary of State – into public office.The couple met as teenagers and their friendship gradually turned into romance. According to a friend of the couple: ‘Chelsea adores Marc and her parents do, too’. It's all for our girl: Former U.S. president Bill Clinton and his wife, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary arrive for the rehearsal dinner at the Beekman Arms Inn in Rhinebeck, New York [endtext]

A quiet wedding Chelsea? Dream on! With 500 guests, a £3.2m bill and even a flight ban above the venue, that was NEVER going to happen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2wdnxoyOMYendofvid[starttext]By Laura CollinsSacred spot: The gazebo with a horseshoe of white flowers where Chelsea and Mark are saying their vows this afternoon The groom was ‘a bundle of nerves’ and the father of the bride ‘so emotional’ he considered just getting his daughter down the aisle was ‘a major accomplishment’. As for the bride, she had, she told friends jokingly, rather hoped for a small wedding. But it’s hard to be low-key when your big day is hailed as America’s ‘Royal wedding’, and last-minute preparations include shutting down a chunk of federal airspace, with the secret service making sure access roads to the venue are secure. Here comes the bride: The rows of white seats for the wedding guests neatly set out in the sunshine, with a white carpet leading up to the gazeboYesterday afternoon Chelsea Clinton, 30, married childhood friend, financier Marc Mezvinsky, 32. And when it came down to it, the ‘hoopla’, as Chelsea described it, that comes with being the daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton, was worth it.The ceremony was due to take place at 5pm local time in Astor Court, the former home of millionaire businessman John Jacob Astor IV, set in 50 acres of land overlooking the Hudson River in Rhinebeck, New York state. Glammed up: A wedding guest makes her way through to one of the buses in Rhinebeck which was ferrying the exclusive congregation to Chelsea's wedding Fit for a wedding: A girl is seen carrying a dress outside the Beekman Arms Inn in Rhinebeck, New York State, this morning Guest list: Bill Clinton's half brother Roger strolls with his son Tyler this morning, while Ted Danson arrives for the nuptials in RhinebeckPresident Obama had reportedly offered the White House as a venue, while actor Ted Danson, a family friend, suggested his home on Martha’s Vineyard. But the couple opted for a small town 90 miles north of Manhattan and the relative seclusion of the Astor estate. Residents inconvenienced by the circus surrounding the wedding were given a bottle of wine from Clinton Vineyards – coincidentally the name of the wine producer that neighbours the Astor estate.The bottle came with a handwritten note of apology from the couple’s wedding planner and offered a telephone number to call if there were any problems. Glittering: Guests wait for a bus to depart from the Delamater Inn to go to the wedding Protection: A team of security patrol the Rhinebeck streets this morning Line up: Limousines wait outside a hotel in Rhinebeck this morningThe night before, wellwishers lined the streets of Rhinebeck as the wedding party enjoyed a rehearsal dinner at the local Beekman Arms Inn. But though they smiled and waved, Chelsea and Marc’s parents were silent about the details of yesterday’s ceremony, which is estimated to have cost £3.2million.With a guest list of 500, it could hardly be described as intimate but, according to one source, ‘Chelsea actually has a very small circle of friends. It's all for our girl: Former U.S. president Bill Clinton and his wife, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary arrive for the rehearsal dinner at the Beekman Arms Inn in Rhinebeck, New York Green team: Bill and Hillary Clinton wave to the crowds as they arrive for the rehearsal dinner He fits the bill: Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky are set to wed tomorrowOf course she understood that, her parents being who they are, she didn’t have much choice but to have a big do. So her one stipulation was that she and Marc had to have at least met everybody who was invited.’Who received an invitation has been the subject of much speculation, but Steven Spielberg, producer Steve Bing, Barbra Streisand and Oprah Winfrey were expected to attend. Tony Blair was believed to have been invited, but was unable to go. Chelsea has been a vegan for more than ten years and instructed society caterer Olivier Cheng to provide vegetarian and vegan dishes for the wedding feast. Her £7,000, five-tier wedding cake was gluten-free. But the meat-eaters among her guests would have been relieved to see that organic beef was also on the menu. Party guy: Businessman Steve Bing leaves a party in honour of the happy couple on Friday With gratitude: A bottle of wine and a note sent by Chelsea Clinton's wedding planner thanking the neighbour for putting up with road closures The scale of the wedding has been made clear by the small army of workmen employed over the past week to construct pavilions and marquees at a cost of £400,000. Tables and crockery are believed to have added another £75,000 to the bill.But though Chelsea’s dress – thought to be designed by Vera Wang – reportedly cost between £16,000 and £20,000 and she was expected to wear £160,000 worth of jewellery (as well as her £600,000 engagement ring), her own style, according to one friend, is, ‘low-key and modest’. She is currently studying for a masters degree at Columbia University’s School of Public Health. And though she may be a far cry from the awkward, curly-haired 12-year-old who stood with her parents on the steps of the White House in 1992 when Bill was first elected President, Chelsea has no desire to follow her parents – mum Hillary is the US Secretary of State – into public officeThe couple met as teenagers and their friendship gradually turned into romance. According to a friend of the couple: ‘Chelsea adores Marc and her parents do, too’. So thoughtful: A note sent by Chelsea Clinton's wedding planner thanking the neighbor for putting up with road closures on the day of the wedding Royal wedding: Well-wishers line a street across from the Beekman Arms Inn in Rhinebeck Catering crews work on the sprawling grounds and under the tent at Astor Courts in Rhinebeck in preparation for the wedding source: dailymail [endtext]

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