AUCKLAND (Reuters) – As the English and French assemble their heavy artillery for Saturday’s rugby World Cup quarter-final, a common thrum of tension resonates in both camps with the stakes ratcheted as high as can be.

As well as a place in the last four, the winners of the Eden Park battle will be afforded redemption for lukewarm group stage performances. The losers, however, can expect a torrid examination back home.

AUCKLAND, Oct 7 (Reuters) – As the English and French
assemble their heavy artillery for Saturday’s rugby World Cup
quarter-final, a common thrum of tension resonates in both camps
with the stakes ratcheted as high as can be.

As well as a place in the last four, the winners of the Eden
Park battle will be afforded redemption for lukewarm group stage
performances. The losers, however, can expect a torrid
examination back home.

AUCKLAND (Reuters) – Sigmund Freud spent a lifetime unravelling the human psyche. Jonny Wilkinson, too, has wrestled with the concept of the ego for more than a decade at the top of international rugby. Now he thinks he has it cracked.

The golden boy of English rugby, who kicked his country to World Cup glory in 2003, splits the ego into two categories: one essential — the other poisonous to team morale.

AUCKLAND, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Sigmund Freud spent a lifetime
unraveling the human psyche. Jonny Wilkinson, too, has wrestled
with the concept of the ego for more than a decade at the top of
international rugby. Now he thinks he has it cracked.

The golden boy of English rugby, who kicked his country to
World Cup glory in 2003, splits the ego into two categories: one
essential — the other poisonous to team morale.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh threw the equivalent of a fatherly arm around his under-fire driver Lewis Hamilton after Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix stoked further criticism of the Briton’s aggressive driving style.

Hamilton drove superbly at times to finish the punishing floodlit street circuit in fifth position, but again his performance was overshadowed by an incident with Ferrari’s Felipe Massa.

SINGAPORE, Sept 26 (Reuters) – McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh
threw the equivalent of a fatherly arm around his under-fire
driver Lewis Hamilton after Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix stoked
further criticism of the Briton’s aggressive driving style.

Hamilton drove superbly at times to finish the punishing
floodlit street circuit in fifth position, but again his
performance was overshadowed by an incident with Ferrari’s
Felipe Massa.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – British rookie Paul Di Resta delighted his Force India Formula One team with a career best sixth place in his first Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday.

The 25-year-old Scot skilfully nursed his car around the punishing floodlit street circuit to lead a double points finish with German team mate Adrian Sutil two spots behind,

SINGAPORE, Sept 26 (Reuters) – British rookie Paul Di Resta
delighted his Force India Formula One team with a career best
sixth place in his first Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday.

The 25-year-old Scot skilfully nursed his car around the
punishing floodlit street circuit to lead a double points finish
with German team mate Adrian Sutil two spots behind,

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A simmering feud between Formula One’s Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa threatened to explode on Sunday when the pair clashed again under the Singapore floodlights.

Massa, already fuming from an incident in qualifying, was furious and confronted Hamilton after the grand prix during which the Briton’s McLaren had clipped his Ferrari while attempting to pass.

SINGAPORE, Sept 25 (Reuters) – A simmering feud between
Formula One’s Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa flared up again on
Sunday when the pair clashed again under the Singapore
floodlights.

Massa, already fuming from an incident in qualifying, was
furious after the Briton’s McLaren collided with his Ferrari
while attempting to pass.