11th stage of the Dakar Rally on Thursday

AREQUIPA, Peru -- Stephane Peterhansel of France won the 11th stage of the Dakar Rally on Thursday to increase his overall lead in the car category to more than 22 minutes over Mini teammate Joan Roma of Spain. Brandon Beachy Jersey. American driver Robby Gordon was third after the 10th stage but had a series of mechanical breakdowns in his Hummer and dropped out of contention almost two hours behind Peterhanselin the stage. In motorbikes, Cyril Despres of France won the stage to stretch his lead over defending champion Marc Coma of Spain. The rally ends Sunday in the Peruvian capital of Lima. Peterhansel won the 478-kilometre special stage in three hours 56 minutes 53 seconds. Roma was 3:44 behind and teammate Ricardo Leal Dos Santos of Portugal was third, 8:56 off the pace. Peterhansel leads Roma by 22:49 in the overall standings and is 1:11:01 ahead of third-place Giniel Devilliers of South Africa. Gordon is fourth overall, 2:10:31 behind. "The only way well win is if the other guys have problems," Gordon said. "But you know, thats the Dakar. "You fight, fight, fight and hopefully it doesnt get you, but today it just got us." Despres finished the special stage -- 534 kilometres for bikes -- in 4:03:37. He was 1:39 ahead of KTM teammate Gerard Farres Guell and 2:01 in front of another KTM rider, Coma. In the overall, Coma trails by only 2:22. Hedler Rodrigues of Portugal is 1:08:40 behind in third. Wade Davis Jersey. On Friday, Ben Zobrist clubbed the go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh inning, and Tampa Bay snapped a season-long seven-game skid with a 2-1 victory. The Rays (56-39), who have been a huge surprise this season, moved back into first place in the AL East, a half-game ahead of Boston, which lost to the LA Angels of Anaheim. Adam Jones Jersey. The survey, jointly conducted by the Beijing social facts and public opinion survey center and Beijing Daily, polled 1,108 residents. 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Lawyers for the Rangers argued interested parties have had plenty of time to get financing in order and review documents, because some participated in bidding last year.BOSTON -- Liverpool owner John Henry, who also owns baseballs Boston Red Sox, denied on Thursday that foreign owners in the English Premier League want to end the relegation and promotion system. Richard Bevan, the chief executive of the League Managers Association, said this week that some of the American and Asian owners of Premier League teams have been talking about scrapping the system that sends the bottom three teams to the second-tier Champions League. But Henry called that "complete nonsense," telling The Associated Press it "hasnt been discussed." Half of the Premier Leagues 20 teams are foreign-owned. Arsenal, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Manchester United and Sunderland are owned by Americans, while Blackburn is under Indian ownership and Queens Park Rangers has Malaysian backers. American sports leagues dont follow the European model that relegates the bottom teams in the standings and promotes the top teams from the minor leagues. Bevan warned that, if more teams are sold to overseas investors, they could force a change in the longstanding rules. "There are a number of overseas-owned clubs already talking abbout bringing about the avoidance of promotion and relegation in the Premier League," Bevan said at the Professional Players Federation conference in London. Antonio Brown Elite Jersey "If we have four or five more new owners, that could happen." A change would require support from 14 of the leagues 20 clubs and approval by The Football Association; league rules state the FAs consent is needed for "the making and adoption of or any amendment to ... promotion to and relegation from the league." It would also meet opposition from Europes soccer and political institutions. Other American-owned teams have also dismissed Bevans claims. United manager Alex Ferguson, whose club is owned by American Malcom Glazer and his family, said eliminating relegation "would be absolute suicide for the rest of the teams in the country, particularly the Championship." The Villa board headed by American Randy Lerner, who also owns NFLs Cleveland Browns, was "confused and surprised" by Bevans remarks. But Bevan said "particularly American owners without doubt" have been looking at a system without relegation. Wholesale Jerseys ' ' '