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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - McLaren's Lewis Hamilton will become Formula One's first rookie champion, as well as the youngest, if he wins in China on Sunday.

Teofilo, last year's unbeaten two-year-old champion who failed to reappear this year because of injury, is to stand next year at Sheikh Mohammed's flagship Irish stallion station, Kildangan Stud. The Galileo colt will remain in the ownership of his trainer Jim Bolger, who also bred him.

Lloyd Cowan, the coach of the Commonwealth 400 metres champion Christine Ohuruogu, insisted there was no time for celebrating after her suspension for missing three drugs test expired at midnight last night.

Sometimes it is possible to gauge the worth of a champion not by the scale of the joyous cheers but more by the depth of the admiring silence. That was certainly the case at the Old Course yesterday as Lorena Ochoa won the Women's Open in a stroll that was always destined to be a procession.

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Fernando Alonso showed his ruthless side with a controversial pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday, according to former champion Damon Hill.

Lewis Hamilton insists he isn't angry over Alonso blocking - but does want to know why it happened as reigning champion pleads 'ask the team'.

The Jim Bolger-trained Teofilo, last year's champion two-year-old and former ante-post favourite for the 2000 Guineas and Derby, has been retired from racing.

Teofilo, last year's champion two-year-old and the winter favourite for the 2,000 Guineas and Derby, has been retired from racing. Jim Bolger's son of Galileo charged through his juvenile career winning all five of his starts, which included the Dewhurst Stakes. However, he suffered a tendon problem just before the Guineas this spring and was ruled out of the Newmarket showpiece 48 hours before the race.

Teofilo, last year's champion two-year-old, has been retired from racing.

AKRON, Ohio, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Five-times champion TigerWoods overshadows this week's WGC-Bridgestone Invitational atFirestone Country Club where his rivals know they have to focuson their own games.