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Vettel sets Bahrain standard

Author: Brandon Barker
Date: 14/03/2010
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Sebastian Vettel edged out Ferrari duo Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso as the Red Bull driver claimed pole position for Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix.

Last year's runner-up in the drivers' championship, behind Jenson Button, secured the sixth pole of his career by putting in a brisk lap the closing ten-minute qualifying session at the Sakhir circuit.

Behind Massa and Alonso was 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton in his McLaren while team-mate Button was eighth, just behind seven-time champion Michael Schumacher.

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Meanwhile, online betting favourites England's stranglehold on the first Test against Bangladesh has continued throughout day two in Chittagong.

Alastair Cook (173) will be disappointed after being dismissed in the first hour of the day, chipping the ball back to Mahmudullah, allowing the off-spinner to claim an easy catch.

However, England totally dominated the second day's play and closed 445 runs ahead after declaring their first innings on 599-6 before Bangladesh limped to 154-5 in reply.

Portsmouth chief executive Peter Storrie has left his job at Fratton Park although he will be retained in a consultancy role.

Storrie accepted a 40 per cent pay cut earlier in the week when 85 of the club's staff were made redundant.

However, a statement from the club's administrator Andrew Andronikou confirmed Storrie had left 'in the best interests of the club'.

Meanwhile, Storrie has denied claims made in The Sun that he breached regulations over a payment to an agent.

The newspaper had alleged that Storrie paid a fee to agent Willie McKay when Frederic Piquionne moved to Fratton Park on loan last summer.

Chelsea head coach Carlo Ancelotti has stated that he is desperate to keep England midfielder Joe Cole at the end next season, with talks over a new contract having ground to a halt.

The 28-year-old's current deal runs out in the summer and Manchester United are rumoured to be ready to move to try and tempt Cole to head to Old Trafford.

However, an upbeat Ancelotti said: "He will stay at Chelsea next year, of that I am 100 per cent clear. He will be in the squad for next year."

In golf, Ernie Els is the halfway leader at the WGC-CA Championship after carding a second successive bogey-free round in Miami.

The veteran South Africa moved to the top of the leaderboard on ten-under-par following his composed round of 66 around the difficult Blue Course at Doral.

He finished the second day one shot ahead of Robert Allenby despite the Australian's hole-in-one at the 13th.

American Bill Haas is third at the midway point on seven-under-par while overnight leader Charl Schwartzel slipped down to fourth.

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