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Briatore quits Renault team

Author: Sir David Smith
Date: 17/09/2009
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Flavio Briatore has quit as team boss following confirmation that Renault will not contest charges of race-fixing in Formula One's latest scandal.

Briatore and director of engineering Pat Symonds have both left the team ahead of an FIA World Motor Sport Council hearing in Paris, which was called following allegations that Renault fixed the result of the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.

Former driver Nelson Piquet Jr claimed he had been asked to crash his car in order to help team-mate Fernando Alonso win the race.

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In football, Chelsea have revealed that Peter Kenyon is to leave his role as chief executive at the end of October.

Kenyon, who arrived at Stamford Bridge from Premier League rivals Manchester United in 2004, will continue to be a non-executive director at the club and represent them on various UEFA committees.

Elsewhere, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has criticised Mark Hughes' defence of Emmanuel Adebayor in the escalating row over the conduct of the Manchester City striker.

The Togo striker has found himself in the spotlight following his erratic behaviour during Saturday's 4-2 victory over former club Arsenal.

Adebayor ran the full length of the pitch to celebrate scoring in front of travelling Gunners fans, which led to a steward being injured.

He then left former team-mate Robin van Persie with a gashed face after a challenge which the Dutch striker described as a 'mindless and malicious stamp'.

Adebayor is facing Football Association charges of both violent and improper conduct and could be handed anything up to a six-match ban.

But Wenger has chosen to speak out after being riled by City boss Hughes' defence of the striker he paid £25million for during the summer.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has played down Wayne Rooney's angry reaction to being substituted during their 1-0 Champions League win over Besiktas.

Sportsbook third favourites United started their European campaign with a narrow victory in Turkey courtesy of a second-half Paul Scholes header.

But the win has been overshadowed by Rooney, who became involved in a heated exchange with the Besiktas fans and threw his boot to the ground after being replaced by Michael Owen on the hour mark.

Birmingham City chairman David Sullivan and chief executive Karren Brady have confirmed they will leave the club if Carson Yeung completes his takeover.

Sullivan and Brady have been involved with the Blues for 16 years, but will step aside should the Hong Kong-based businessman and his Grandtop International Holdings company complete their buyout.

Captain Andrew Strauss criticised England's fielding after Australia's four-wicket victory in the fifth cricket one-dayer at Trent Bridge.

England now trail 5-0 in the seven-match series and are dangerously closing to an embarrassing whitewash.

They were much improved with the bat after setting Australia a total of 300 for victory, but several fielding errors left Strauss in critical mood yet again.

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