Cycling: The 10-person Grant Thornton-Team Ireland team for next week's world cycling championships in Lisbon was announced yesterday.
The most experienced riders in the team are Tour of Hokkaido winner David McCann (Elite time trial) and 1998 Junior world champion Mark Scanlon (Under 23 time trial and road race).
Scanlon and Denis Lynch line out in the under-23 time trial next Tuesday and will be joined by Dermot Nally and Gary McQuaid in the under 23 road race three days later.
McCann's Elite time trial takes place tomorrow week, Tim Cassidy, Paudi O'Brien, Philip Duignan and Nicolas Roche compete in Friday-week's junior road race, while Susan O'Mara lines out in the Elite women's race on Saturday, October 13th.
Formula One: Indian driver Narain Karthikeyan has been given a second test drive with Formula One team Jordan later this week, one of his sponsors said yesterday. The 24-year-old will test drive at the Monza circuit in Italy on Friday.
Karthikeyan first test drove for Jordon at Silverstone last month after becoming the first Indian to drive a Formula One car in June with Jaguar.
Karthikeyan, who is racing for the IMPUL team in Japan's Formula Nippon, said his previous experience in the EJ11 car should help him perform better the second time.
