Lewis Hamilton Betting News - Grand Prix Formula 1

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) will take on Sunday's pole position of the European Grand Prix Formula 1, eleventh round of the season, having set the fastest time of the rankings this Saturday in Valencia.

After winning the last race in Hungary, the reigning world champion confirmed his return to the fight for wins and improving McLaren, after Heikki Kovalainen was guaranteed second place in the grid.

If you do not experience technical problems, the two drivers, whose cars are equipped with the KERS system, which transforms the braking energy into supplementary power, are well placed to dominate the race comfortably.

GP Brawn also confirmed the progress of their cars. Brazilian Rubens Barrichello, third, and the championship leader, Briton Jenson Button fifth, were separated only by German Sebastian Vettel Red Bull.

Vettel's teammate, Mark Webber, currently second placed in the overall, disappointed and was only eighth.

Meanwhile, Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) was sixth, German Nico Rosberg (Williams) seventh and local hero, the Spanish Fernando Alonso (Renault), eighth, despite the strong support received in Valencia, where his presence was one of the biggest complaints.

Frenchman Romain Grosjean, who made his debut in Formula 1 this weekend, qualified a creditable 14th position, driving the second Renault, which until this race was in the Brazilian Nelson Piquet Jr.

Italian Luca Badoer, who temporarily replaced at Ferrari by Brazilian Felipe Massa, who suffered a serious accident in July in Hungary, was finally showing a much lower level than the other participants.

In his second qualifying session since he took the wheel of Toro Rosso, the Spanish Alguersuari was nineteenth, just ahead of Badoer.

Atlanta Falcons vs. St. Louis Rams Odds - NFL Preseason Betting

The fans at Edward Jones Dome will be treated to a game between the Atlanta Falcons and the St. Louis Rams when they take their seats on Friday.

The Atlanta Falcons are - 3 , Total 36 for the 2009 NFL Preseason Odds.

The Falcons were defeated 27-26 by the Lions last time out, as 3.5-point underdogs in their preseason opener. The game's combined score sailed OVER the posted total of 34.5.

The Rams held off a late charge to defeat the Jets 23-20 in their preseason opener last time out, as 3-point underdogs. That game's 43 points sailed OVER the night's posted total of 32.

Team records:
Atlanta: 11-5 SU, 9-7 ATS

St. Louis: 2-14 SU, 6-10 ATS

Next up:
Atlanta home to San Diego, Saturday, August 29

St. Louis at Cincinnati, Thursday, August 27

Columbus Crew 2-0 Win over the Puerto Rico Islanders

Goals from Robbie Rogers Steven Lenhart and gave the Columbus Crew last night's 2-0 win over the Puerto Rico Islanders in the opening Group C Champions League CONCACAF.

The Crew opened the scoring in the 58th minute in a move that was conceived after a free kick by Argentine Guillermo Barros Schelotto, with defining Lenhart after a series of passes in the area.

Rogers was increased at 79 'firing home a loose ball left-footed, in Columbus Crew Stadium.

Crew coach Robert Warzycha, appealed to the front of the defender Jed Lenhart Zayn al start the second half, a tactical move which worked to counter the conservative scheme Islanders team.

Both teams will be re-measured in Puerto Rico on October 20. The Crew leads a group with three points consisting of the Cruz Azul of Mexico, runner League CONCACAF, and Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica, who meet today in Aztec land.

The Columbus Crew next outing will be Aug. 26, when you visit the Blue Cross, while the Islanders will face a day earlier Saprissa in Costa Rica.

In another match of the first date, this time by the group D, the Pumas UNAM 1-0 last night bowed to the communities in Guatemala, with a bit of Luis Fuentes in the 70th minute.

In the box around the game acted clog the Costa Rican Rolando Fonseca.

And the key B, San Pedro Sula, Honduras, 3-1 and defeated Marathon D. C. United (USA.), Which received the Rodney Wallace Costa Rican side throughout the match.

The targets were catrachas Walter Martínez (23 '), Jerry Palacios 78') and Mario Berrios (87 '). Discounted Luciano Emilio (48 ').

With these three games was started the group stage of Champions Conca 2009-2010.

Y. E. Yang Surprise Tiger Woods

Y. E. Yang had a great fourth round yesterday in Minnesota with 280 hits and hit three times defeated by the American Tiger Woods, world number one, who had led 91 of the PGA Championship for the first three dates.

For Yang, 37, is his first victory in a Major and the second in a competition of the Professional Golfers Association (PGA), following his triumph at the Honda Classic.

Success makes it also the first South Korean to win a tournament "Big" in the history of the discipline.

"I tried to control my emotions," Yang said through his agent, who served as a translator at the end of the competition.

The victory was of major importance to achieve it against the best golfer in the world, before that lid on the Hazeltine Golf Club in Minnesota, had lost only one tournament with 36 victories, when marching to the front on the last day of powers.

Yang started the day two behind Woods impacts, but was playing with precision the embrace at the conclusion of the eighth hole. Later on, due to the erratic play of his opponent took advantage in the 14th, when he made a spectacular eagle.

The South Korean golfer failed in 17 other Bogey, but Woods, far from benefiting, also was a blow over the pair and continued weaknesses in the other 18 with Bogey, to close the day with 75 and 283 in total impacts .

Del Potro can not with Murray in the Final of Montreal

Juan Martin Del Potro on Sunday was the desire to lift the Montreal Masters of losing power in September and fell in the decisive final 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 6-1 before Britain's Andy Murray.

In a grueling final, Murray was awarded with his fifth title of the season in a week that left him with the new number two man in the world having moved to Rafael Nadal.

Del Potro, who had won the tournament in Washington last week, took the game to them in the second set with a 6-5 advantage.

But the course of the game changed when the Argentine requested medical attention. Murray swept their game with the serve and then won the tiebreaker for the final extension.

Del Potro left the court for several minutes after the second set and was not the same when he returned, to be quickly down 4-0.

Playing his first final in a Masters Series tournament, the Argentine 20 years managed to break serve to reach 4-1 to Murray. Again requested medical assistance and Murray achieved a break to go 5-1 and then sentenced to serve you.

After 2 hours and 17 minutes to contest the first two sets, Murray needed just 25 minutes to stay in the third before a Del Potro exhausted.

The final was played in a hot and humid days to complete a full 11,490 spectators at Uniprix Stadium.

Murray did not give a set in the tournament, her first since Wimbledon, until Del Potro won the first of the final in a tiebreaker.