BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Carlos Sainz won the 12th stage of the Dakar Rally by 52 seconds over Nasser Al-Attiyah, boosting his lead to more than five minutes against his Volkswagen teammate on Thursday.
Sainz completed the 476-kilometer (296-mile) stage in west central Argentina from San Juan south to San Rafael in 3 hours, 30 minutes, 29 seconds. The Spaniard led Qatar’s Al-Attiyah by 5:20 overall … Details
Solo circumnavigator, Sam Davies, the 34-year-old Cambridge graduate who once wanted to be a ballerina, has beaten the world of the alpha male to take the top award in hairy-chested sailing: the 2009 YJA Pantaenius Yachtsman of the Year.
Yet still loves to dress in girlie clothes onshore and wears three tiny diamond ear studs and a belly ring which she bares when the sun is shining : in the Tropics she sails naked …Â Details