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*Unbeaten Mexican star Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr hung onto his World Boxing Council middleweight crown on Saturday by stopping US challenger Peter Manfredo in the fifth round. * * * The American tried in vain to evade the champion's blows before referee Laurence Cole halted the bout one minute and fifty-two seconds into the fifth round.

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh has spoken out in support of Lewis Hamilton, saying he believes the troubled driver will be able to regain his best form.   Hamilton’s well-documented struggles continued at the weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix,  when an error in judgment in qualifying wrecked his hopes of a shot at pole position.