Mark Webber removed nagging doubts over his fitness by completing 83 laps of Wednesday’s test session at Jerez.
Just under three months after breaking his right leg, Webber was in the cockpit of the new Red Bull that was unveiled on Monday.
The 32-year-old Australian, who continues to walk with a pronounced limp, was second fastest of those drivers running the ‘09 cars with a best time of one minute 21.321 seconds, just over half a second down Read the rest of this entry »

The Biggest Loser Weight Loss Yoga, 55 minutes, Lions Gate, DVD, $17.99. Available at Amazon.com, www.biggestloser. com and other retailers.
Confessions. Tears. Humiliation. Tears. Public weigh-ins. Tears. Hours and days and weeks of reckoning. Tears. Resolve. Tears. Weight loss. Tears.
Watching contestants on The Biggest Loser television series go through an emotional grinder (a wringer would be too gentle) as they struggle to transform their Read the rest of this entry »

IT COULD be awhile before Hep Cahill plays first grade for
Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League season proper given
the quality back-row that he finds ahead of him.
But the 22-year-old, who was recruited from the Sydney Roosters
feeder system, has caught the attention of the Storm powerbrokers,
having shown himself as one of if not
fittest players at
the club.
Granted, big-name teammates such as Cooper Cronk, Billy Slater
and Greg Inglis, Read the rest of this entry »

Gerry Murphy may have reached pensionable age, but the passing years have not
diluted the will to win of the man Huddersfield invariably turn to in their
hour of need.
The caretaker manager masterminded a stunning win, Huddersfield’s first at
Elland Road in a quarter of a century, sealed by a close range injury-time
finish from Michael Collins.
Behind the avuncular facade of a man who has spent two decades nurturing the
club’s impressive Read the rest of this entry »

A passenger train and freight train collided Friday afternoon, killing 10 to 15 people and injuring up to 70 others, some of them critically, officials reported.
The crash involved a Metrolink passenger train which was estimated to be carrying 350 to 400 people and a Union Pacific freight train. The impact from the collision trapped dozens of passengers in the wreckage, derailed several cars and sparked a fierce fire.
One of the passengers aboard Read the rest of this entry »

DAVISON, Michigan –
Ken Konieczka says health care costs in the United States would plunge dramatically if more people would turn to regular exercise.
“It’s not just about looking better, it’s about changing your whole life,” said Konieczka, 49, who opened Anytime Fitness in the new Kroger Plaza at North State and East Flint streets in August with his wife, Lori, 44.
“If the government would make it a law that everybody has to work out, it Read the rest of this entry »

The tension between Fabio Capello and Rafael Benítez grew last night, with the
Liverpool manager bewildered by his England counterpart’s insistence that
Steven Gerrard make a six-hour round trip to prove that he was not fit
enough to play for his country in tomorrow’s friendly match against Germany.
Gerrard is one of seven first-choice players who have pulled out of the match
in Berlin, but his absence has caused by far the greatest controversy, Read the rest of this entry »

AN EXPERIMENT that has seen a group of people eat nothing but produce grown in their own area for a year has been declared “a roaring success”.
The Fife Diet was the brainchild of Mike Small and was initially designed to bring awareness to the carbon footprint created by every meal.
Participants in the diet were encouraged to source their food and drink just from the Kingdom of Fife.
The scheme was inspired by a Canadian venture which claimed Read the rest of this entry »

TELL a guy to get fit and he’s likely to ignore you – but set him a goal and the chances are he’ll jump at the challenge.
Which is why the annual Men’s Health Forum Scotland 10k continues to be a winner.
Since its launch in 2006 with 1500 runners, the Father’s Day event has grown to twice the size.
And this June, organisers are hoping to attract entries from more than 5000 men.
According to the Men’s Health Forum national co-ordinator, Mark Read the rest of this entry »

The Vitality Group is a member of Discovery Holdings Limited, a publicly
traded company with over $3 billion in annual revenues, which pioneered
the development of Vitality. With over 1.5 million members across the
United States, United Kingdom and South Africa, Vitality is the most
experienced incentive-based health enhancement program in the world.
Early adopters in the United States include Alcon, AOL, Aspirus, Read the rest of this entry »