LONDON - US SPORTS stycoon Stan Kroenke has increased his stake in English Premier League soccer club Arsenal to 28.58 per cent, the club said on Friday.

Arsenal issued a statement saying Kroenke, who joined the club's board last year and became the largest shareholder in May, paid 1.5 million pounds (S$3.57 million) for another 160 shares at 8,500 pounds each.

PERTH (Australia) - AUSTRALIAN tennis player Brydan Klein will undergo a racial sensitivity course after accepting a six-month ban from the ATP Tour for racially abusing a South African opponent.

The 19-year-old Klein, the 2007 junior Australian Open champion, was handed the suspension and fined US$10,000 (S$14,000) for the slur against

NUERBURGRING (Germany) - FORMULA One drivers should be allowed to emulate MotoGP riders and celebrate in front of the fans on the track after races, world champion Lewis Hamilton said on Thursday.

The Briton delighted his home supporters at Silverstone last month when he performed several 'doughnuts', spinning the car in a wheel-smoking circle, after he finished well out of the points.