Kimi Raikkonen insists Ferrari has not stopped believing it can win races in 2016, even if the disappointing first half of the season has hurt the team.Ferrari came into the season full of confidence it could challenge Mercedes across an entire season but has is to record a single victory. The teams second position in the championship has recently come under threat from Red Bull, leading some to suggest its title ambitions are now over.But Raikkonen is convinced that winless run will come to an end soon.?For sure the car is better than it was at the beginning of the year, but its still not good enough, Raikkonen told the press in Hungary. Its hard to know what the others have done exactly but for sure in some circuits were closer to the front, in others we suffer a lot, thats how it goes.There are still to come a lot of circuits that will be good for us, as they swapped some races around. Are we going to be good enough on those places? Time will tell, but I still expect us to win races. We can always improve, we know what are weaknesses are, were working on them but things dont happen overnight and take time to fix.We need some patience but, for sure, in terms of package, what we have now is better than what we had at the start of the year but the others have also made good steps forward.The Finn says the teams start to the season has been hard to deal with, though he sees no reason to dwell on the negatives.Im sure were all disappointed; were all suffering when were not winning but it doesnt help. No one has given up because were not where we want to be, were not here to walk away from the issues.Its very rare you are in a position where you go into every weekend knowing youll finish first or second, thats a very fortunate place to be and were not there. Even those teams that are in such a position will keep fighting and improving their cars.I dont see a reason to be sad, but it does hurt when you finish second or third, but that doesnt mean well give up and not try. I dont see a point to be sad or not positive but we are not where we should be. Larry Bird Jersey . -- Brandon Jennings made the most of his first game with the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night. Walter Brown Jersey . Howard Ganz, an MLB lawyer, said in a letter to U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos that Rodriguezs claims do not come "remotely close" to what is needed to overturn an arbitration decision in federal court. http://www.authenticcelticsproshop.com/Shaquille-Oneal-Jersey/ . Luis Suarezs double powered Liverpool to a 4-0 victory over Fulham, and Southampton easily overcame Hull 4-1 to continue the south coast clubs impressive start to the season. Liverpool and Southampton sent Chelsea down to fourth place as the west London club was held to 2-2 at home. Kevin Mchale Celtics Jersey . Hazard cut in from the left and scored with a swerving right-footed shot for ninth goal of the season, which proved to be enough for the victory despite Chelseas forwards again lacking a cutting edge up front. Red Auerbach Celtics Jersey . Ronaldo produced a spectacular individual performance on Tuesday, scoring all three goals and guiding Portugal into the next years World Cup in Brazil with a 3-2 victory in Sweden. The Real Madrid forward has scored 66 goals in 2013, but the last three may be the boost he needs to upstage Messi after FIFA unexpectedly extended the voting period for the Ballon dOr to Nov. FRANKFURT, Germany -- FIFA ethics investigators recommended a fine and community service on Thursday for a former high-ranking German soccer federation official for failing to report possible corruption surrounding the 2006 World Cup.Helmut Sandrock resigned as general secretary of the German federation in February. His former boss, federation president Wolfgang Niersbach, was banned from soccer for one year in July in the first sanction from the investigation into Germanys World Cup bid. Niersbach stepped down from the job in November but remains a member of FIFAs ruling council. He is appealing the suspension.FIFAs ethics committee found Niersbach guilty of failing to report findings of possible unethical conduct and conflicts of interest during the bidding process.Sandrock is accused of similar misconduct and the ethics committee investigators recommended a fine of 50,000 Swiss francs ($51,000), plus community service.The probe involves irregular seven-figure payments and contracts during the biidding process and organization of the World Cup implicating senior officials.ddddddddddddThe main FIFA ethics case focuses on former Germany great Franz Beckenbauer, who headed the World Cup organizing team and joined the FIFA executive committee in 2007; Theo Zwanziger, who replaced Beckenbauer at FIFA in 2011; Horst Schmidt, vice president of the World Cup organizing panel; and Stefan Hans, chief financial officer for the organizers. Sandrock was also on the organizing committee.The four are suspected of fraud, money laundering, criminal mismanagement and misappropriation relating to a payment of 6.7 million euros ($7.3 million) to FIFA in 2005.Swiss federal prosecutors and German criminal and tax investigators also have wider ongoing criminal cases into the 2006 World Cup -- a hugely successful tournament at the time which the host nation called its Summer Fairytale. ' ' '