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PALERMO, Sicily -- Palermo has fired its coach for the second time this season, replacing Roberto De Zerbi with Eugenio Corini after getting eliminated from the Italian Cup by second-division Spezia.Spezia beat Palermo 5-4 on penalties following a 0-0 draw Wednesday.Palermo is also last in Serie A, with only one win and six points from 14 matches.De Zerbi had replaced Davide Ballardini two matches into the Serie A season.Corini previously coached Chievo Verona and played for Palermo from 2003-07, helping the Sicilian club return to the top division after a 32-year absence as captain.Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini has made almost 60 coaching changes in 29 years as club owner.Its the fourth coaching change in Serie A since the season began.Shoes NZ From China . -- Matt Ryan needed one of the best games of his career to lead the Falcons and their depleted offence out of their three-game losing streak last week. Shoes NZ Sale . Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek defeated Nenad Zimonjic and Ilija Bozoljac 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (4) on the indoor hard-court at Belgrade Arena. The victory improved the Czech pairs impressive cup doubles record to 14-1. https://www.shoesnzonline.com/ .com) - Following a late-game loss to the reigning NBA champs, the Toronto Raptors will look to sustain their recent high-level play as they travel to Indiana to take on the Pacers. Shoes NZ Nike . -- Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Farmar will be out for roughly four weeks after tearing his left hamstring. Shoes NZ Online . Takahashi, who had a 10-point lead after the short program, received 268.31 points after the free skate to finish 15 points ahead of second-place Nobunari Oda.A distracted Lewis Hamilton used the Japanese Grand Prix press conference to brush off controversy around his Malaysia retirement and reiterate his belief in Mercedes.Hamilton retired from the lead in Sepang when his engine blew 16 laps from the finish, leaving him 23 points behind teammate Nico Rosberg in the title fight. The retirement was Hamiltons third major engine problem of the season and the Britons initial quotes -- someone doesnt want me to win-- caused controversy after the race. He later clarified he had been referring to God.Though it was a key topic of discussion Thursdays press conference in Suzuka Hamilton, who spent much of the session playing with his phone, brushed off the questions about his failure.Ive not been thinking about the last race, he said. Usually when I leave a race I think about a lot of other things going on. I was in Tokyo enjoying my time, it is one of my three favourite cities in the world. [In Sepang] It was good [before the failure], I was happy with it and hope I can continue like that here.Hamilton did not feel the need to speak about the engine failure having addressed the conspiracy theories and outlining his belief in Mercedes on his social media channels in the days since.You caan go on my Instagram, Ive put all my feelings on there.dddddddddddd They [fans] have the right to their own opinions but as youve seen from my post you see how passionate I am about this team and my guys.One point of note was the world champions Facebook page, which has featured several posts about his team (see one example below) in recent days.?When asked why he and his social media team had chosen this week to share those posts, he said: I had been planning it for a while as we had been building it up for a couple of weeks. It turned out to be the perfect time to do it...Having spent a long time between questions looking at his phone Hamilton -- who posted a Snapchat of himself as a rabbit surrounded by carrots, while sitting in the press conference with the caption This s--- is killing me -- the world champion said he was just trying to pass the time.After a journalist asked what he was doing on his phone, he replied: Huh? Oh, just some funny snaps of us drivers. Hey man, weve been doing this a long, long time and it is the same thing each time so youve got to keep adding new things to it. ' ' '