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  LONDON: West Ham United’s 3-0 defeat at Brentford offered Totte­nham Hotspur a lifeline in the battle for Premier League survival on Saturday. Spurs remain in the relegation zone, two points from safety, but can move out of the bottom three with victory at Aston Villa on Sunday after the Hammers succumbed to just their third defeat in 11 league games. Brentford boosted their chances of European qualification for the first time with a first win in eight matches.

  It was in 2008 that the Brazilian Grand Prix saw the British race driver Lewis Hamilton winning his first Formula One title while also becoming the youngest ever Formula One world champion in the history of the sport. In doing so he also ended a 12-year drought for the UK in the World Championship. The last time they had won here was in 1996 when Damon Hill won in his Willams-Renault with Jean Alesi of France second in a Benetton-Renault and Michael Schumacher of Germany third in a Ferrari. He had not been born in 1996 but watching Hamilton celebrate his 2008 victory on the television in London was a 10-year-old boy of Pakistani-decent. There was something about motor racing that drew Enaam Ahmed to the sport. He had already started go-karting at eight and now, while watching a racer of colour taking the Formula One world champion’s title, he felt inspired enough to dream of doing the same one day. Born in London on Feb 4, 2000, Enaam is a British national. This year he started r...

 Alex Zanardi, the Italian Formula One driver who became a Paralympic champion after losing both legs in an accident, has died aged 59, his family announced on Saturday. Zanardi was one of his country’s most loved and respected sportsmen, credited with helping transform the perception of disability in Italy.