Stoffel Vandoorne thinks hes already proven to McLaren he has similar speed to Fernando Alonso and Jesnon Button as he continues pushing for a 2017 race seat.McLaren reserve Vandoorne won a record-breaking GP2 crown last year but remains uncertain of his F1 future, with a drive at the team hinging on whether it decides to drop Jenson Button for 2017. The Belgian deputised for the injured Fernando Alonso at the Bahrain Grand Prix this year and scored points on his debut with a strong drive to ninth position.The Belgian drove for McLaren at Silverstone during Wednesdays test, and also took part in the Barcelona test in May, and believes he has shown McLaren what he is capable of with his time in the car.Asked if he felt like McLarens engineers valued his feedback, he replied: Yes I see no reason why not. Ive driven an F1 grand prix, quite a few days in an F1 car now and proven I have a similar speed to [Alonso and Button].Vandoorne is unlikely to know his future until McLaren has decided on Button, who has been linked with a return to Williams in recent weeks. In the past two seasons McLaren has waited late to confirm -- it only decided on its 2015 line-up in December of the previous year, leaving Kevin Magnussen without a drive after being dropped in favour of Button.When asked if he has to wait for McLaren to make a choice, he replied: The main goal is to be in F1 next year, that hasnt changed, I am contracted to McLaren and I want to be with this team next year. Ive spent a lot of time with the team and engineers and feel weve been through a perfect preparation.There is not much more I can really do to get the drive now. I would love to race for this team but Ive always said if for some reason it doesnt become possible I am positive that there are other options available.Vandoorne is currently competing in Super Formula in Japan alongside his reserve driver commitments and believes he has a lot of interested observers in the paddock.I think everybody is interested in what I am doing. This year I see as a preparation year for next year and my main focus is still to get an F1 drive next year. I will focus on my role as the reserve driver but having a racing programme alongside that is a good benefit to stay race fit and sharp in any case I need to jump in the car.Wholesale Custom Red Sox Shirts . "Thank you for the warm welcome," Beckham said on an 80-degree February morning. In this case, it was soccer weather. The sport moved a step closer to returning to South Florida on Wednesday, when Beckham confirmed he has exercised his option to purchase a Major League Soccer expansion franchise in Miami. 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Nolan punched Oilers forward Jesse Joensuu in the jaw in front of the Kings goal during a scrum.Welterweight contender Felix Diaz, two weeks removed from his career-best victory against then-unbeaten Sammy Vasquez, signed a multiyear promotional contract with Lou DiBella on Tuesday.Signing with Lou DiBella means that the team around me just got even better, Diaz said in a news release. I have the best advisor in the game in Al Haymon and now I have the best promoter in Lou.Lou can turn me into a household name and promote me the way that I should be promoted.Diaz, 32, won an Olympic gold medal in 2008 and is the only boxing gold medalist in Dominican Republic history.In October, Diaz (18-1, 8 KOs) suffered a controversial 12-round majority decision loss to former junior welterweight titlist Lamont Peterson in Fairfax, Virginia -- Petersons home area -- but he bounced back with a tremendous performance against Vasquez.Diaz won a 10-round unanimous decision against Vasquez on July 16 in a fight televised on Fox in prime time, on the undercard of heavyweight titleholder Deontay Wilders defense against Chris Arreola in Birmingham, Alabama.Even before that victory, DiBella, who promoted Diazs bouts with Vasquez and Peterson, was talking with Diaz manager Jose Nunez and Haymon about signing the fighter. He was happy to complete the deal.Im very excited. Hes a very good fighter, DiBella said. Ive promoted his fights in the past and I have worked with Jose Nunez before. Ive been working on this for a while. Felix Diaz is a guy who can compete with anyone in two weight classes, welterweight or junior welterweight. Hes much more natural 140-pounder, thhough there are loads of welterweight fights we would like for him.dddddddddddd.You saw how well he fought against Vasquez. Its no accident this guy was a gold medalist.Haymon has numerous top welterweights, including titleholders Danny Garcia and Keith Thurman, Peterson, former titleholders Shawn Porter and Adrien Broner as well as Amir Khan and rising star Errol Spence Jr.Diaz, however, has his mind on fighting one of them. I want Danny Garcia, Diaz said. I have made this very clear to my team that this is the fight I want.If Danny wants to avoid me though, then I want one of the other big names out there. Broner, [Ricky] Burns, [Shawn] Porter, [Andre) Berto], [Timothy] Bradley, [Terence] Crawford, I like all of those fights. I dont turn down fights.I have been thrown to the wolves since I first got into this game and I have never backed down from a challenge. I just want to fight the best and I believe that before the end of the year, I will be in the ring with one of the biggest names in boxing.DiBella said it is his job to help build Diaz into a bigger name and attraction, which will make putting together a fight with a top opponent more realistic.I have to help build his recognizability and his name, but he has a major advantage in that a whole lot of people saw the Sammy Vasquez fight, DiBella said. That will be helpful to him and me in the future. I know how to make some noise. There are a lot of fights for him. ' ' '