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SINGAPORE -- Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel positioned himself as the main challenger to Fernando Alonsos Formula One title chances by earning his second straight Singapore Grand Prix win on Sunday, jumping up to second place in the drivers championship. Sidney Rice Jersey . Vettel inherited the lead from pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren, who led the race until he suffered a gearbox failure on lap 23 of 59 and had to retire. It was defending champion Vettels second win of the season after Bahrain and he reinvigorated his chances of earning a third straight title. "We benefited a little bit from Lewis failure," Vettel said. "We had a very, very strong pace all weekend and a good start, which got us in the hunt. "I am just incredibly happy and proud." Vettel had to defend his win both on the track and in the stewards room after the race, having been called in to explain an incident behind the safety car when he hit the brakes unexpectedly at the exit of a corner, forcing second-place driver Jenson Button of McLaren to quickly swerve, with a collision narrowly avoided. Stewards cleared him of wrongdoing. Hamilton suffered his third non-finish in five races -- interspersed with two wins -- as his gearbox finally gave up, having leaked fluid for three to four laps before he retired. "Its heartbreaking not to have finished the race today," Hamilton said. "We definitely had the pace to win this weekend. In fact, before I retired, I was cruising." Button was right on the tail of Vettel when racing resumed after the safety car with 18 laps to go, but said his car felt unbalanced in the closing stages, and he was not able to challenge the German. The race was stopped when it reached the two-hour time limit, two laps before its scheduled finish, chiefly due to two safety car periods. Alonso finished third in his Ferrari, with his championship lead trimmed from 37 to 29 points with six races to go, giving Vettel fresh impetus as he seeks to join Juan-Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher as the only men to have won three straight F1 titles. "It looks better than before," Vettel said. "We have a lot of races left, the car seems to be competitive and we just have to use the momentum and keep pushing for these last races and see what happens." Force Indias Paul di Resta finished a career-best fourth ahead of Mercedes Nico Rosberg. Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus was sixth and maintained third place in the championship standings despite not having won a race. Lotus teammate Romain Grosjean was seventh. Felipe Massa of Ferrari finished eighth after dropping down to last following a first-lap puncture, and he finished ahead of Toro Rossos Daniel Ricciardo, in only his second points finish of the season. Fellow Australian Mark Webber of Red Bull crossed the line in 10th, but was given a 20-second penalty for overtaking off the limits of the track, dropping him down to 11th and moving Saubers Sergio Perez into the last points position. Schumacher was also given a penalty after crashing heavily into the back of Toro Rossos Jean-Eric Vergne. He was handed a 10 grid-place penalty for the next race, as he admitted the error and it was his second similar offence this season. Button was relatively pleased with second place, though disappointed with Hamiltons non-finish, which put a major dent in McLarens bid to end a 13-year drought in the constructors championship. "Seb didnt make any mistakes and we finished second," Button said. "Its good to get some points on the board after the retirement at Monza. "Its disappointing for the team to have another DNF (did not finish). We cant seem to do it with both cars and for sure that is something we need to work on for the remainder of the season." Alonso acknowledged that Ferrari continues to struggle for pace, and his race was one of several which were compromised by the timing of the safety-car interventions, but he was satisfied with having maintained a good buffer atop the standings. "Its a fantastic result in terms of points," Alonso said. "Its a positive weekend, a very good weekend; of the four, five contenders we lost points to one and with the others we increased our advantage." Williams driver Pastor Maldonado started in a surprise second place and was running in third position halfway through the race but was forced to retire with a hydraulic failure. Elite K.J. 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Mired in a four-game losing streak, the Eskimos will look to quarterback Matt Nichols for much-needed relief when they visit the Calgary Stampeders on Friday.LONDON -- Often slated for his theatrics, Luis Suarez stood out for the right reasons Sunday with a brilliant equalizer for Liverpool in a 1-1 draw with Newcastle in the Premier League. Steven Gerrard made his 600th appearance for Liverpool but was overshadowed at Anfield by Suarez, who produced a wonderful piece of skill to bring down a raking pass on his chest and round the goalkeeper in one movement to earn his team a deserved point in the 67th minute. "His first touch from that height was an incredible piece of skill -- he is a world-class striker," said Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers. Liverpool, however, missed a chance to climb into the top half of the standings for the first time this season, with the 18-time English champions again failing to win at home despite dominating for large periods. Newcastle scored from one of its rare forays forward, with Yohan Cabaye volleying home superbly in the 43rd after good work by Hatem Ben Arfa, and was forced to hang on with 10 men after Fabricio Coloccini was red-carded six minutes from time. "Suarez is a great player. He was causing us problems and if we could have wrapped him up, we would have won the game," Newcastle manager Alan Pardew said. In the other game, Queens Park Rangers and Reading remain winless in the league after 10 games after drawing 1-1 at Loftus Road, leaving both teams in the bottom three and destined for season of struggle. Former France striker Djibril Cisse rescued a point for the hosts by poking home a close-range finish in the 66th, cancelling out an acrobatic opener scored by Kaspars Gorkss -- a former QPR player. The point provisionally lifts QPR off the bottom of the table above Southampton, which plays on Monday against West Bromwich Albion, but the result will increase the pressure on manager Mark Hughes. Richard Sherman Jerseys. "Were working exceptionally hard on a daily basis to turn this around and well get there, we know that," said Hughes, who continues to receive the backing of owner Tony Fernandes. "The sooner it turns around the better, not so much in terms of staying in this league but we anticipated before the season started that we would have a really successful season." At Anfield, Gerrard was presented with a statue of the citys red Liver Bird symbol before the match by former teammate Gary McAllister, having been compared to Superman by Rodgers this week for his regular rescue acts down the years. However, it was Suarez who saved Liverpool this time, his goal capping a superb all-round performance that for once wasnt tainted by accusations of diving. He was also the victim of Coloccinis studs-up tackle, although replays showed the Argentina captain merely glanced the leg of Suarez. "Most people in football know he is a threat, he plays the false No. 9 role like (Lionel) Messi does at Barcelona," Rodgers said. "He will be disappointed we did not win." Liverpool has won just one of its six home games this season and only three in total in 2012, stopping the team making a run at the top four at present. "I thought we were outstanding with intensity and possession," Rodgers said. "We went to sleep just before halftime for their goal, but for every other moment I thought we were brilliant. We couldnt put the chances away we had." Newcastle could have moved sixth with a first win at Anfield since 1994, but stayed in 10th place. ' ' '
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