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Ferrari has introduced the 12Cilindri Manuale, a limited-edition version of the Ferrari 12Cilindri that blends the engagement of a traditional manual gearbox with advanced by-wire technology. Designed for drivers seeking a more physical and immersive experience, the model draws inspiration from Ferrari’s front-engined V12 grand tourers of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s while incorporating contemporary engineering. At its core is the new Manuale by-Wire system, developed entirely in Maranello, which combines a manual gear lever and clutch pedal with Ferrari’s proven eight-speed dual-clutch transmission (DCT). Rather than relying on a conventional mechanical linkage, the system converts the driver’s gearshift and clutch inputs into electronic signals while preserving the tactile feel, resistance and feedback of a traditional manual transmission. Ferrari said extensive development enabled it to recreate the analogue driving experience with high precision, repeatability and ease of use. The car can be driven in manual mode through the first six gears and reverse, or switched to fully automatic operation, giving drivers the flexibility to choose between maximum engagement and everyday comfort. Power comes from Ferrari’s naturally aspirated 6.5-litre V12, producing 830hp, revving to 9,500rpm, accelerating from 0-100kph in about three seconds, and reaching a top speed of more than 340kph. The Manuale by-Wire system introduces an entirely new gear selector, clutch-by-wire pedal, control unit and software while retaining the existing engine and transmission. Sensors and advanced kinematic mechanisms recreate the clicks, resistance and mechanical loads of Ferrari’s classic manual gearboxes. The system also prevents incorrect gear engagement if the clutch is not properly depressed or an invalid gear is selected. Ferrari said the redesigned three-pedal layout plays a central role in the driving experience. The clutch pedal digitally controls the DCT clutch while reproducing the progressive load and travel of a mechanical clutch. Proper coordination between the clutch, throttle and gear lever delivers smooth shifts, while poor timing can result in jerks or even engine stalling, reinforcing the authentic character of a traditional manual transmission. For the first time in many years, Ferrari has removed steering-wheel shift paddles, placing the emphasis entirely on the gear lever and clutch. Drivers can also perform classic techniques such as heel-and-toe downshifts. Inside, the cabin features a reinterpreted open metal shift gate inspired by Ferrari’s iconic manual models, a round aluminium gear knob with illuminated gear indicators, a redesigned centre tunnel and a driver-focused pedal layout. The shift gate retains the classic six-speed pattern with reverse positioned at the upper left. Production is limited to 1,499 units, a figure referencing the displacement of Ferrari’s first V12 engine introduced in 1947. The model is aimed at enthusiasts of Ferrari’s front-engined V12 berlinettas seeking a more involving driving experience. Exclusive design touches include laser-etched side badges, five-spoke forged wheels, engraved aluminium door sills, a tailor-made specification, and styling details inspired by the legendary Ferrari 365 GTB4. Ferrari will also provide its seven-year Genuine Maintenance programme, covering scheduled servicing every 20,000km or annually, genuine spare parts, factory-trained technicians, and access through the company’s global dealer network. Related Story Source link
Substitute Mikel Merino scored a late winner to put Spain in the quarter-finals with a 1-0 victory over Portugal and end Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup career on Monday.The European champions will face the United States — the only one of the co-hosts remaining — or Belgium on Friday in Los Angeles.In front of an expectant crowd of 70,649 at the air-conditioned home of the Dallas Cowboys, a match that on paper promised so much failed to really deliver.Extra time looked certain, before fellow substitute Ferran Torres slipped in Merino to settle the contest in the first minute of injury time.It meant a sour final World Cup match for the 41-year-old Ronaldo, now playing in Saudi Arabia, having confirmed on the eve of the encounter that this would be his last dance on football's biggest stage.The neighbours came into the contest both unbeaten, but while Portugal had not been entirely convincing, Spain had not even conceded a goal in the tournament.One of the pre-tournament favourites, they still haven't.For all their pedigree, talent and history, Spain have only lifted the World Cup once, in 2010, while Portugal's best was third place in 1966.In Ronaldo and Spain's 18-year-old Barcelona prodigy Lamine Yamal, the last-16 showdown was touted as a showcase of two extraordinary talents at opposite ends of their careers.There was a sombre moment shortly before kickoff when a black-and-white image of the late Portugal forward Diogo Jota flashed up on the giant screen that looms over the field.RONALDO CHEERED, JEEREDSpain should have been ahead with less than 10 minutes gone when Dani Olmo played in Mikel Oyarzabal but with only goalkeeper Diogo Costa to beat, he somehow pulled it well wide.Portugal skipper Ronaldo had his first chance to add to his three goals in North America, stinging the palms of goalkeeper Unai Simon from a tight angle.Luis de la Fuente's Spain cranked up the pressure, Yamal and Alex Baena testing Costa twice in quick succession, the second a wonderful fingertip save.Ronaldo — jeered and cheered in equal measure — was a marginal presence in the central attacking role he now occupies in the twilight of his career.Portugal ended the half on top and Roberto Martinez's side were inches from taking the lead when Spain full-back Pedro Porro stuck out his head and directed a Nuno Mendes shot onto his own crossbar.The winger Yamal had endured a frustrating time up against Mendes, but the Paris Saint-Germain fullback was forced off injured after 56 minutes in a blow to Portugal.The game needed a spark and Ronaldo, well known to Spain from his time at Real Madrid, threw up his arms when a pass went astray.Martinez made double changes on 71 and 83 minutes, but kept Ronaldo on.And in a game that was cagey, Arsenal midfielder Merino won it at the death with a composed finish that was out of keeping with much of what went on before. Source link
US President Donald Trump on Monday confirmed that work was underway to build a “beautiful” new helipad at the White House, in his latest personally directed redesign to the iconic building. The helipad is situated on the South Lawn, where presidents and their family for decades have been photographed strolling across the grass to board or exit awaiting “Marine One” helicopters. The contractor has been asked to speed up work to be finished ahead of an upcoming state visit, apparently that of Chinese President Xi Jinping in September, the Washington Post reported. “So now we’re building a helipad, beautiful helipad, and it’s got the seal of the White House on it — in granite, carved granite, it’s… really a beautiful thing,” Trump told reporters. The landing site aims to solve problems associated with the new fleet of presidential helicopters built by Sikorsky, Trump said. An aerial view of ongoing construction of a helipad and ballroom at the White House from the US Army Golden Knight DHC-8 airplane on the…
Egypt’s Mohamed Salah during training ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 match against Argentina at Atlanta United Training Centre, Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Monday. (Reuters)…
Formula 1 president Stefano Domenicali says: “Our duty is to make sure we are ready to run our calendar as it is planned.” Formula 1 president Stefano Domenicali says he wants to restore to this season’s calendar at least one of the two races in the Middle East which were cancelled because of the war in the region.The two rounds scheduled for Bahrain and Jeddah in April were scrapped following the attack by the USA and Israel on Iran which spilled over to all the Arab Gulf states.”If there is something that we can announce also related to the possibility of seeing if there is any space for what has not been done so far, we’re going to do it, in the right moment and the right conditions,” the Italian told UK broadcaster Sky Sport.”That is really the hope, because if all the conditions are right, we’re going to go ahead with our plan. If there is a chance, why not?”Domenicali did not say which of the two cancelled races would be reinstated, but Sky Sports suggested Bahrain would be slotted in at the beginning of October between Baku and Singapore.The decision would need to be taken before the August summer break for logistical reasons, Domenicali said.The last two rounds of this F1 season, which currently has only 22 races, are also scheduled for the Gulf with Qatar followed by the season-closer in Abu Dhabi in December.The F1 boss said he hoped they would go ahead.”Our duty is to make sure we are ready to run our calendar as it is planned,” he said.”And we are monitoring the situation because it would be an incredibly positive message for sport, and also politically, that we are moving in this direction, because if this is happening, it is something we can say is behind us.”The United States and Iran are engaged in negotiations aimed at bringing a lasting end to the war in the Middle East. Related Story…
Brazil turned to Carlo Ancelotti hoping the Italian coaching great could end their long wait to win another World Cup, but his mission ended in a painful defeat to Norway on Sunday as the Selecao's woes at the tournament went on.Two Erling Haaland goals decided the last-16 clash at the MetLife Stadium in Norway's favour after Bruno Guimaraes had an early penalty saved.Neymar's successful late spot-kick was just a consolation, as the once mighty Brazilians – who had just 34 percent possession – slumped to their earliest World Cup exit since 1990.The ex-Real Madrid and AC Milan coach was appointed in May last year and recently signed a contract extension to stay until 2030.He may have been realistic enough to know winning this year's World Cup was a big ask, but going out so soon is an enormous disappointment. Despite that, he insisted he would stay.’A defeat is the start of a new adventure. Now we need to keep working hard and keep improving,’ he said.’This is football. This is sport. You just have to deal with it. We will use this as fuel going forward.’The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) had been courting Ancelotti for two years before getting their man.The Selecao were in a dire state after their quarter-final exit on penalties to Croatia at the 2022 World Cup.Coach Tite departed, and Fernando Diniz took over for the start of qualifying for this World Cup, but lasted just six games.In came Dorival Junior, but the veteran oversaw a quarter-final exit at the 2024 Copa America before being dismissed in March last year.Ancelotti saw Brazil over the line, although they finished fifth in the 10-team South American qualifying group, 10 points behind first-placed Argentina.The hope, expectation even, was that they would still compete strongly here.Instead they continued a now long-standing trend – since last winning the World Cup in 2002, they have lost every time they have faced European opposition in the knockout stages.At the last five World Cups before this, Brazil lost four times in the quarter-finals and reached the semis once – when they suffered a traumatising 7-1 defeat to Germany as hosts in 2014. Endrick to step up? Sunday's defeat suggests they are going backwards, despite the leadership shown at this year's tournament by Vinicius Junior, the Real Madrid forward who turns 26 next week.’Being knocked out of a World Cup is always a huge blow,’ he said. ‘But now we have to move on, there's not much we can do.’That means eventually turning their attention towards the next Copa America in 2028, before they can build to the 2030 World Cup.By the time that comes around, the nation of the great Pele will have gone 28 years without lifting the trophy.Ancelotti has had an incredible managerial career at club level in Europe, winning the Champions League five times. But his relationship with the World Cup has been less happy.As a player, he missed Italy's victorious 1982 World Cup campaign through injury. He played in 1990, when Italy hosted but lost in the semi-finals to Argentina.Then came 1994 and the shootout loss to Brazil in the final in the USA, with a 35-year-old Ancelotti serving as Arrigo Sacchi's assistant.This time he insisted his team had given a good account of themselves, as they eased through the group stage and fought back to beat Japan in the last 32.’I don't think we have had a spectacular World Cup but we had a good one,’ he said.His decision to include Neymar was a gamble, with the 34-year-old not having played for his country since 2023 because of injuries.It didn't pay off – he made only two substitute appearances and announced his international retirement after the Norway loss.This was an ageing squad, with 10 players in their thirties. ‘We need fresh talent, top-class players who can play in the national team of the future,’ added Ancelotti.Endrick, the 19-year-old Real Madrid starlet, could lead the next generation.’The history of the Brazilian national team has been marked by great achievements, but also by moments that have strengthened us going forward,’ said a CBF statement.’Today we say goodbye to the World Cup, but we do sure that we will come back stronger.’ Source link
US agencies have seized over 600 drones near FIFA World Cup venues since the start of the tournament on June 11, the Transportation Security Administration said on Monday.On match days, all aircraft operations, including drones, are prohibited within a radius of three nautical miles and up to 3,000 feet above ground level around the stadiums unless specifically authorized by air traffic controllers. The FBI said the drones have been seized from restricted airspace across all 11 US host cities. Source link
Egypt’s head coach Hossam Hassan celebrates after winning the World Cup round of 32 match against Australia at the Dallas Stadium in Arlington on July 3,…
Reigning champion Tadej Pogacar won the third stage of the Tour de France on Monday to snatch the “special” leader’s yellow jersey from rival Jonas Vingegaard.The world champion and Vingegaard are dead level on time but Pogacar took over the race lead by virtue of his better finishing positions in the opening three stages.It was Pogacar’s 22 Tour stage victory and his 10th in the Pyrenees.The 27-year-old Slovenian finished two seconds ahead of the Dane and also earned four more bonus seconds than Vingegaard to wipe out his six-second deficit from the start of the day.”Of course, to take the yellow jersey is the dream for any cyclist of any age,” said Pogacar.”For me it’s, I don’t know which time already, but every time I can get it again on my shoulders, it feels really special.”Former Giro d’Italia winner Richard Carapaz came past French teenage prodigy Paul Seixas to take third in the same time as Vingegaard at the end of a 196km stage which started in Granollers, Spain and finished in Les Angles in the French Pyrenees.Despite a plea from organisers for fans to stay away because of raging wildfires just 70 kilometres away from the finish, there were plenty of people by the side of the roads in France.Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel was eighth at 4sec and remains third overall but fell to 23sec off the lead.Sunday’s stage two winner Isaac Del Toro is fourth overall at 24sec after finishing eighth, with Spaniard Juan Ayuso (27sec) and Seixas (48sec) rounding out the top six.After Pogacar let his UAE Team Emirates team-mate Del Toro take the victory on Sunday’s finish on the Montjuic hill in Barcelona, this time it was the Mexican who led out his team leader for a decisive sprint to the line.Pogacar left no doubt that he had his eyes on both the stage victory and the yellow jersey with a dominant win.”It’s because of Isaac today (that) I got some extra power in the final,” said Pogacar.”He committed more than 100 percent in the final climb and all the team actually.”In the middle of the stage we decided that it’s possible to go for the stage win and I’m really, really happy that we started the Tour like this.” No scraps for anyoneOn a day which looked ideally suited to a breakaway, UAE left no scraps for anyone else.An 18-man breakaway finally formed after 70km and stretched out a maximum lead of three minutes.At that point, UAE took over the pace-setting. They had reduced the gap by half by the time the break reached the 9.3km-long first-category Col de Toses climb, just over halfway through the stage.The break thinned out to a six-man group by the top and then with 34km left, French pair Alex Baudin and Nicolas Prodhomme set off alone.Prodhomme lasted only another eight kilometres and Baudin, who had done enough to claim the polkadot mountains jersey, was caught 12km from home.UAE controlled the race until the final short climb to Les Angles, and Pogacar did the rest. Related Story Source link
Jasmine Paolini reached her first Grand Slam quarter-final for two years, edging out rising Filipina star Alexandra Eala in a tense last 16 match at Wimbledon on Monday. Italian 13th seed Paolini ended the run of Iga Swiatek’s conqueror Eala with a gritty 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 victory on Centre Court.”I feel so lucky to have this opportunity and so lucky to get the win,” said Paolini, before addressing the watching Roger Federer in the royal box.”I just needed to stay focused and don’t think about him (Federer) being here… It’s an amazing feeling to be here right now with the win.”Paolini will face Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine in her first major quarter-final since reaching the Wimbledon final in 2024, when she lost to Barbora Krejcikova in three sets.The Italian was also the French Open runner-up to Swiatek in 2024.She has struggled for most of this season but has rediscovered her form at the All England Club since losing the opening set of her first-round match 6-0.”After the first set in the first round I was like ‘Okay, it can only go better’… point by point, game by game, I was feeling better,” Paolini added.The 21-year-old Eala had become the first woman from the Philippines to reach the third and fourth rounds of a Slam, but despite threatening a comeback in the second set, could not get the better of the wily Paolini.The 30-year-old Paolini clinched a nip-and-tuck opening set with a break, having failed to serve it out in the previous game.After the players traded early breaks in the second set, 29th seed Eala broke for a 4-3 lead and then held from 0-40 down in the next game.The left-hander managed to close it out to force a decider.The vital moment of a nervy third set came when Paolini broke in the eighth game, before serving it out confidently despite falling 0-30 down. Related Story Source link