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A below-par Saracens stepped up in the second half to beat Premiership rivals Northampton 29-20 in their European Champions Cup quarter-final on Saturday. Saracens extended their unbeaten record in the Champions Cup but were guilty of indiscipline and careless mistakes allowing Northampton to take a 10-6 lead into the break.Saracens had romped through the group stage with six wins,claiming a try-scoring bonus point in all but one of them, and were firm favourites against an injury-ridden Northampton side. It took a 69th minute try from Chris Ashton to push a team parading six of Englands Grand Slam winners clear, the wing switching on the afterburners and picking a clever line to cross in the corner. Billy Vunipola on the charge for Saracens Ashtons try lifted his tally since completing a 10-week ban for making contact with the eye area of Ulsters Luke Marshall to three in two games.On the other wing, Chris Wyles plundered a late opportunist try to assure victory, while Owen Farrell finished with a 19-point haul that saw him complete every shot at goal.The result has set up an all-Premiership semi-final against Wasps, who were last-gasp winners over Exeter earlier in the afternoon, at the Madejski Stadium on April 23.Northampton were squeezed into submission during the final quarter, but the fact they had pushed the tournament favourites so hard was an achievement in itself given their injury crisis.Eight front line players numbering 207 caps - among them Dylan Hartley, Tom Wood and George North - had been lost to the treatment room yet they were magnificent with backs-rows Teimana Harrison and Ben Nutley outstanding. Teimana Harrison of Northampton breaks with the ball against Saracens For all their injury problems, it was Northampton who left 11 points begging during an impressive start that saw the sin-binning of Saracens openside Will Fraser for a late tackle on Ben Foden.Stephen Myler pushed two simple penalties wide of the uprights before wing Jamie Elliott blundered by dropping the ball over the line when all he had to do was touch down. In the same move, Nutley failed to put Kahn Fotualii through an obvious hole.The try eventually came in the 16th minute, however, when Harrison easily rounded opposite number Billy Vunipola, broke down the right touchline before feeding Ken Pisi for the try. Maro Itoje picked up the man of the match award as Saracens beat Northampton Farrell replied with a penalty but Northampton remained in control with a mazy run from Elliott launching an attack that finished when Myler steered the ball between the posts.Billy Vunipola ran over Harrison from a scrum and Petrus Du Plessis blasted a hole as the favourites made a bulldozing start to the second half, but Taylors try was ruled out after Fraser had blocked Luther Burrell.With a strong wind at their backs, Saracens were happy to kick down field but Northamptons mix of intelligence and determination kept them in the hunt against the odds.Myler and Farrell swapped penalties to leave Saints 13-12 ahead before Courtney Lawes flattened England team-mate Farrell as a nerve-shredding final quarter counted down.It was Saracens who found the extra gear when it was needed, creating the gap for Ashton to dash over before Wyles brought a sense of relief to Allianz Park. Lawes late try ensured the scoreline was kinder to Saints. Dave Schultz Flyers Jersey . They hope to persuade the other team owners and commissioner Roger Goodell to put pressure on Redskins owner Daniel Snyder to drop the nickname they find offensive. "Given the way the meeting transpired," Ray Halbritter, an Oneida representative and leader of the "Change the Mascot Campaign," said Wednesday, "it became somewhat evident they were defending the continued use of the name. James Van Riemsdyk Jersey . The team also announced Tuesday that the Braves will wear a commemorative patch on the right sleeve during the season. The patch, shaped like home plate, carries the number 715, Aarons autograph and a "40th Anniversary" banner. http://www.flyersteamstoreonline.com/authentic-bobby-clarke-flyers-jersey/ . It was the kind of score that might make everyone else wonder which course he was playing. Except that Graeme McDowell saw the whole thing. Crouched behind the 10th green at Sheshan International, McDowell looked over at the powerful American and said, "Ive probably seen 18 of the best drives Ive seen all year in the last two days. Sean Couturier Flyers Jersey . Ivanovic was leading 7-5, 1-0 when Hantuchova withdrew after falling 0-40 behind in the second game. The match started slowly for Ivanovic, who surrendered her first two serves as Hantuchova took a 5-3 lead. Bernie Parent Flyers Jersey .S District Court against Major League Baseball, the Office of the Commissioner and his own union, the MLBPA. For some, the F1 summer shutdown is an excuse to trade in those frequent flyer miles for a holiday in some far flung locale. For an ever-increasing number of the F1 circus, however, the summer shutdown has become the chance to have the ultimate stay-cation: multiple nights of sleeping in ones own bed.Usually, by the end of the season, pictures of pets and family members as iPhone wallpapers have been swapped for photos of the owners bed or sofa. Whats been unusual this year is the acceleration of the process. Not only was half the paddock beset by the traditional Suzuka cold as early as Monaco, but the mantra x-more-sleeps-till-Im-in-my-bed preceded the August break, not the November season finale.With only one more race to take into account, the 2016 season shouldnt be as punishing for paddock personnel as it has proven to be. But the logistics of the calendar itself -- the run of back-to-backs and awkward breaks between flyaways -- have contributed to a sense of mental and physical burnout far earlier than most of us are accustomed to.Rumour has it that one of the 2016 calendars biggest issues will be (marginally) less of a bugbear next year. Should the Canada-Azerbaijan back-to-back remain, the theory goes that Baku will precede Montreal. The journey between the two countries will be no less punishing, but if nothing else the jetlag should work in our favour, not against us.Despite the fact that we are now in the second half of the year, very little resembling a provisional calendar has started doing the rounds. Earlier chatter about forthcoming races in Argentina, Las Vegas, and Imola has gone rather quiet, and over the course of a single week in late June, Bernie Ecclestone was quoted as saying that the 2017 calendar would feature both 18 and 22 races.That level of uncertainty remains. Ecclestone himself raised questions about the future of the Brazilian Grand Prix in light of that countrys ongoing recession -- the worst in a century -- and corruption scandals plaguing the government, while Monza and Imola continue to duke it out for the right to the future of the Italian Grand Prix.ddddddddddddQuestions remain about Germany. In theory, the Nurburgring is still contracted to hold the event next year. In practice, thats not going to happen. In April a circuit spokesman said that the Nurburgring still hoped to host the race in 2017, but that costs and profitability needed to be taken into account. In other words, no.During the race weekend in Hockenheim rumours abounded about the Sachsenring as a future host of the German Grand Prix, but if there is any truth in the rumour it will not happen in time for 2017, as the circuit is not currently FIA homologated to the Grade I standard necessary to host a Formula One Grand Prix.Similarly, whatever mutterings there were about an imminent street race in Las Vegas should not be taken seriously with a view to 2017, if at all. Chatter about the Vegas race was at its peak during the spring, and died a death the instant Formula E announced the calendar for their third season -- a calendar that includes a virtual round in Las Vegas as part of the Consumer Electronics Show.Either way, Formula One needs Las Vegas more than Las Vegas needs F1, and it is beyond improbable that the city will grant permission for a grand prix to take place there in the immediate future. To run a real race down the Strip, long-term planning needs to include traffic rerouting schemes, access roads for emergency vehicles, and all manner of associated bureaucratic detail, and such work is not the work of a moment.Whether the 2017 calendar expands or retracts, the general wish in the paddock is that it gets assembled by someone who has experience of doing it all in economy class... ' ' '