McLaren caused a major surprise in Bahrain as Jenson Button finished third behind the dominant Mercedes drivers, who set a scintillating pace in Practice Two. Zdeno Chara Jersey . On the weekend Fernando Alonso has been sidelined by a rib injury sustained in his high-speed Australian GP accident, Button delivered McLarens most eye-catching Friday performance since their reunion with Honda 16 months ago.Buttons best lap on supersoft tyres proved the closest anyone could get to Mercedes, although the laps of expected closest challengers Ferrari were compromised by traffic and driver errors. Sebastian Vettels SF16-H later stopped on track. When is Bahrain Qualy on? 4pm starts for both qualifying and the race in Bahrain on Sky F1. The Scuderias problems meant Mercedes were able to streak away by over 1.2 seconds as Nico Rosberg completed a perfect Friday of timesheet-topping laps.The German clocked a stunning 1:31.001 time on supersoft tyres, with Lewis Hamilton unable to get within 0.241 seconds of his on-form team-mate.When is the Bahrain GP on Sky Sports this weekend?Vettel had been half a second behind Mercedes on the soft tyres, but was already 0.9s adrift of Mercedes through the first two sectors of what should have been his quickest lap on supersofts before running wide at the final corner.He finished sixth, one place behind team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, who encountered traffic on both of his qualy-style laps. Sebastian Vettel was forced out of second practice at the Bahrain Grand Prix because of a mechanical problem Ferraris problems then increased in the final 15 minutes when what Vettel suspected was an incorrectly fitted left-rear wheel forced him to pull into the run-off area, cutting short his race simulation.Mercedes are the benchmark, they have looked really competitive this afternoon and this evening, but hopefully we can be a bit closer, Vettel told Sky Sports News HQ. The car feels alright, there is bits and bobs we can improve.Like McLaren, it was a more encouraging P2 for Toro Rosso too as Max Verstappen finished a promising fourth between Button and the Ferraris.Red Bull and Williams continued to be closely-matched on pace, with their respective drivers Daniil Kvyat, Valtteri Bottas, Daniel Ricciardo and Felipe Massa filling out the final four positions in the top 10. Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel practice their starts during P2 at Bahrain Jensons pace was surprising - not him but the teams! Hes alright for an old man! joked Ricciardo. Even if Jenson was on five kilos of fuel that was a decent lap time.Haas had occupied a top-10 berth in the early session but slipped to 12th to 14th before running into more structural problems with their VF-16 car.The right-hand side of Romain Grosjeans front wing partially flew off when the Frenchman ran over the kerb at Turn 13.Stoffel Vandoorne, meanwhile, ended his first day in Alonsos race seat in 11th place, 0.7s adrift of Button. However, the Belgian lost most of his time relative to his team-mate in the Bahrain circuits first sector on his best supersoft lap. Practice Two timesheet1. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1:31.0012. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:31.2423. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:32.2814. Max Verstappen, Toro Rosso, 1:32.4065. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1:32.4526. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, 1:32.6507. Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull, 1:32.7038. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 1:32.7929. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, 1:32.87010. Felipe Massa, Williams, 1:32.87311. Stoffel Vandoorne, McLaren, 1:32.99912. Esteban Gutierrez, Haas, 1:33.12913. Carlos Sainz, Toro Rosso, 1:33.17714. Romain Grosjean, Haas, 1:33.38415. Sergio Perez, Force India, 1:33.40616. Kevin Magnussen, Renault, 1:33.44717. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 1:33.57018. Jolyon Palmer, Renault, 1:33.64019. Pascal Wehrlein, Manor, 1:33.95320. Marcus Ericsson, Sauber, 1:34.22421. Felipe Nasr, Sauber, 1:34.47722. Rio Haryanto, Manor, 1:34.562 Also See: Practice One Report: Rosberg fastest Whens the Bahrain GP on Sky? Adam Oates Jersey . The team reported the signing on its website Thursday, but said Friday the deal was off in "a mutual parting of the ways that had to do with the language of the contract. Cam Neely Jersey .com) - Cincinnati Reds pitcher Mat Latos had an arthroscopic procedure performed on his right elbow last week, the teams official site reported Wednesday. http://www.thebostonbruinshockey.com/gerry-cheevers-hockey-jersey/ . -- Floridas smothering defence returned to form just in time for the third-ranked Gators to keep their winning streak going. SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Canada played to expectation up until halftime. After that the game belonged to the upstart Americans. Brett Thompson scored a try in the 68th minute and Chris Wyles got a successful conversion to lead the United States to a 38-35 comeback win over Canada on Saturday in a Pacific Nations Cup mens rugby match at Bonney Field. It was the first time the U.S. had beaten Canada since 2009. Canada, which led by 10 at halftime, tried in desperation to get a try in the last two minutes of the contest, but the U.S. defence met them at every turn. "I think we were doing well up until then, but then we started playing poorly," said Canadas coach Kiernan Crowley. "We didnt make any tackles and you cant afford to do that and we cant afford to give away the amount of penalties that we gave away. It was just a pretty poor performance by us." Harry Jones led Canada with two tries, while Aaron Carpenter, James Pritchard and Ciaran Hearn each scored one. Pritchard added four conversions. Blaine Scully led the Americans with two tries. Danny Barrett, Wyles and Thompson scored the others. The U.S. made three conversions and Wyles had four off of penalties. The U.S. jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first half with a penalty kick from Wyles, and he added another moments later to make it 6-0 when Canadian scrum half Phil Mack was issued a yellow card. But Canada came back to lead 7-6 on a try from Jones and a coonversion from Pritchard. Bobby Orr Bruins Jersey. Canada scored twice before the end of the first half and led with a 28-18 margin. Carpenter drove over the line with a powerful pick-and-go to bring the game to 18-14 before Pritchard dove on a DTH van der Merwe chip kick for Canadas second score before halftime. "They were scoring off our mistakes," said U.S. centre Folau Niua. "They attacked us really well on turnovers. But what I like is that we didnt panic. Our captain gave us a few words and that was to play together." Canada picked up where it left off, striking early on Jones second try of the night for a 35-18 lead at the 43rd minute of the second half. The Americans mounted their comeback by scoring the next 10 points before retaking the lead. Both teams played with intensity around the goal-line in the last two minutes of the match. But it was the U.S. defence that conquered the moment, which ended with Scully recovering a turnover and Niua kicking the ball out of play to end Canadas effort. "We werent clinical enough, its as simple as that," said Pritchard. "We gave away too much ball, werent strong in the tackle areas and our tackling was weak. There was a second-place finish in the PNC up-for-grabs and there were times throughout the game that we could have put them away and in front of their home crowd they fought back." Attendance at Bonney Field was sold out at 7,804 spectators. ' ' '