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SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium -- The smile is back on Daniel Ricciardos face.After a tough start to the Formula One season, which saw him struggle for form, watch a teenager upstaging him and then berate his own team, the Australian driver has now secured three straight podium finishes.His second place at the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday was full of the composure that the 27-year-old Australian showed in his first season with Red Bull in 2014, when he won three races, finished on the podium five more times and outperformed four-time champion Sebastian Vettel.That raised expectations, but 2015 was disappointing with just two podiums, and this season started in a similarly frustrating fashion.Four races into the season, as his team made a sudden switch by replacing Daniil Kvyat with Max Verstappen, he looked on as the 18-year-old Verstappen drove to a splendid win at the Spanish GP in May.Ricciardo, who was fourth in Spain, felt that team orders worked against him in that race, and again at the ensuing Monaco GP in late May.Red Bull team principal Christian Horner apologized to him after a calamitous pit stop cost him a near-certain victory.By this point, Riccirados grin turned into a surly growl.Two races in a row Ive been screwed, said an irate Ricciardo, who started that race from pole position and had been electrifyingly quick in practice. They should have been ready. It hurts.He was in a much better mood on Sunday, after a composed drive saw him hold off Lewis Hamilton, who was third.It was cool, said Ricciardo, who now has 14 career podiums. To keep Lewis behind was great.Ricciardos trademark broad grin was stretching across his face as he engaged in some podium antics with countryman Mark Webber, a former F1 driver with Red Bull who won nine races in his career.Webber was interviewing the top three after Sundays race when Ricciardo, known for his zany humor, took off one of his racing shoes and asked Webber to drink some Champagne out of it.Webber refused, then changed his mind as Ricciardo broke out into raucous laughter watching him sipping the bubbly out of his shoe.I think we just made our country even prouder, he said to Webber, while race winner Nico Rosberg and Hamilton looked on.Ricciardo is third in the F1 standings behind the Mercedes pair.Next up is the Italian GP in Monza, a circuit which traditionally is more difficult for Red Bull. Mitchell Trubisky Jersey . He says so-called TRT is only one problem and he wants to go even further than the ban. 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MANCHESTER, England -- Pep Guardiola started the season calling Antonio Conte a master tactician. Now, hes labeling him maybe the best coach in world football.His statistics, his numbers, the way they play, are really good, Guardiola said Friday, a day before his Manchester City side takes on Contes Chelsea in a match between two of the title favorites in the English Premier League.It will be the first time that Guardiola, a serial winner in spells at Barcelona and Bayern Munich, and Conte, who won three Italian titles with Juventus, have come up against each other as managers. They vaguely recall facing each other as players when Juventus (Conte) played Brescia (Guardiola) in Serie A in 2003.You and me had hair in that time! Guardiola said, laughing. Wow, it was a long time ago.City and Chelsea sit in the top three of the Premier League after 13 games, with their coaches having contrasting starts to their first jobs in English football.City won its first 10 games in all competitions under Guardiola but has stuttered since, winning just three of its last seven matches in the Premier League.It took Conte tiime to get his methods across at Chelsea, but he now has the team firing after switching to his favored three-man defense.dddddddddddd With seven straight wins in the new 3-4-3 formation, Chelsea leads the league.They were contenders to win the Premier League from the beginning but now, maybe more than before. Its a good test for us, said Guardiola, who gave his players two days off this week ahead of the game.We are going to take them on with ambition and see what we can do to win the game.Chelsea has conceded just one goal in its recent winning run that has taken in victories over Hull, Leicester, Manchester United, Southampton, Everton, Middlesbrough and Tottenham.Tomorrow is a great test for us, for our formation, to continue in this way, Conte said. We know that it wont be easy because tomorrow we face a really great team.We want to show we are working very well and we are growing. Tomorrow is another step to show us if something changed compared to the start of the season. ' ' '