MONACO, Monaco - Defending world rally champion Sebastien Ogier of France began his title defence with a victory at the season-opening Monte Carlo rally Sunday, finishing ahead of Finlands Jari-Matti Latvala and Andreas Mikkelsen of Norway as Volkswagen swept the podium places. Gemel Smith Jersey .Ogier led Latvala by 42.8 seconds overnight and increased his lead after Sundays three stages to finish 58 seconds ahead of Latvala and more than two minutes clear of Mikkelsen.Winning Monte Carlo means a lot for every driver, but especially for me, Ogier said after clinching it for the third time. This event had the best atmosphere I have experienced on a rally. When I drove the stage close to my home village, the atmosphere was magical.The 31-year-old Ogier was only interested in protecting his lead and drove cautiously, failing to win a stage Saturday or Sunday.The important thing is to try to win the rally, not todays stages, he said. Its the most important rally of the season. The weather makes it a huge challenge but the satisfaction is great when you make it.Citroen driver Mads Ostberg of Norway finished fourth.Retired nine-time champion Sebastien Loeb of France — driving as a guest at the race — won Sundays penultimate stage and finished eighth overall.Britains Kris Meeke won Sundays opener — a short 10-kilometre (6-mile) trek — with Ogier finishing sixth and gaining a further five seconds on Latvala, who was ninth.Ogier again placed fifth on the next special — stage 14 from La Bollene Vesubie to Sospel — and finished more than 10 seconds clear of Latvala.Stage 14 featured the races famed hairpin ascent up Col de Turini, and Polish driver Robert Kubica, the winner of four stages, had to pull out as he went off the road at the finish.Latvala also had problems negotiating Turinis flying finish.The brakes are horrible, he said. I had no bite on them and it was very, very scary to drive.Loeb, a seven-time winner at Monaco, won the stage ahead of Ostberg.Meeke clinched stage 15 — a special power stage — to take maximum bonus points, with Loeb taking two bonus points for second spot and Latvala taking one for third.The next event is at Rally Sweden next month. Radek Faksa Jersey .com) - The Vancouver Canucks hope an upcoming stretch of home games will be enough to get the club into the postseason. Mattias Janmark Jersey . Sundays race will be held at the Sepang circuit, adjacent to Kuala Lumpurs main airport where the ill-fated flight took off earlier this month. Authorities now say it is almost certain it crashed in the Indian Ocean, killing all 239 people aboard. http://www.authenticstarsshopnhl.com/neal-broten-jersey/ . Despite 11-1 records, theyre out and Big Ten winner Ohio State is into the national semifinals.Bolton chairman Ken Anderson has revealed the interview process for a new manager has started as the club prepares for life in Sky Bet League One. Jimmy Phillips has been in interim charge since Neil Lennon left the club last month, but Boltons relegation from the Championship was confirmed by Saturdays 4-1 defeat at Derby.Bolton are now facing life in the third tier of English football for the first time since 1993 after a season of turmoil at the Macron Stadium. The Trotters faced a winding-up order from HMRC over unpaid taxes, changed ownership and are currently working under a Football League transfer embargo.Bolton have won only four league games all season but Anderson has urged supporters to stick together with the club now under the ownership of the Sports Shield group.Its now time to look forward, not back, Anderson said in a statement on the official Bolton website.Whilst this continues to be an extremely challenging and difficult time for us all, it is imperative that we stick together and believe that we will come out the other side a better and stronger football club.Bolton Wanderers have a fantastic history and a loyal fan base. We very much have to look to put any past differences behind us, embrace everything that we have going for us and move forward together.I understand that words can only mean so much at this moment in time and that we, the new board, will ultimately be judged on our actions.Were not shying away from that fact and we accept thhat there are going to be a lot of difficult decisions to make, both on and off the pitch, as we prepare for life in the third tier. Jon Casey Jersey. One of the pressing issues for the new board is to find a new manager and Anderson said over 50 applications for the vacancy have been reduced to single numbers.I personally have already had a high level of applicants for the job, said Anderson.We have had over 50 applications, which shows just in how much high regard our club is held.That list has been whittled down to single figures and our process of interviewing the candidates is already well under way.We want to hit the ground running next season, which is why we are getting these building blocks in place.We want to roll our sleeves up and be positive right from the off, play an attractive style of football and really take the game to our opponents.Were working tirelessly to try and get the transfer embargo lifted - that is obviously paramount in our planning.We also have a number of key relationships and agreements in place with teams in the top flight with an eye on what we can possibly do in the loan market.This is a fresh start for us all. 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