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Manly will continue to sport the logo of Coco Joy on their NRL jerseys, despite facing a $3 million sponsorship black hole after a significant court defeat in their battle with their major backer.On Wednesday, the NSW Supreme Court turned down Manlys demands for a sponsorship payment of more than $300,000, from Coco Joys parent company FAL Healthy Beverages that was due in February.That payment was part of a three-year $3 million deal between Coco Joy and Manly starting this season.Acting Justice Reginald Barrett found that Nick Xenos, who brokered the deal between the Sea Eagles and FAL and signed off on the deal for the sponsor, had no authority to do so.This was because Xenos was an undischarged bankrupt and therefore automatically disqualified from managing corporations.But Manly, who were ordered to pay FALs costs, say they will now take the matter further, according to CEO Joe Kelly.The statutory demand process was potentially a way of short circuiting an otherwise lengthy and arduous court process, Kelly said.This was simply the first step in our attempt to get FAL to honour their contract.We were hopeful of avoiding a lengthy litigation process but we remain fully committed to enforcing our rights.The Sea Eagles remain supremely confident of a positive outcome in the pending full Supreme Court hearing which will now follow.The Supreme Court heard that in July last year, Manly had information that an investigation by the corporate watchdog ASIC concerning Xenos and the possibility of his contravening corporate law was ongoing.The deal was signed between the two parties in October and the first payment of $302,500 was due in February, which FAL had declined to pay.However Coco Joy will continue to sit on the front of the Sea Eagles jersey for their round 22 NRL match against Parramatta at Pirtek Stadium on Friday night. 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SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium -- Kimi Raikkonen put Ferrari at the top of the timesheets during final practice for the Belgian Grand Prix, beating Fridays pace setters Red Bull and Mercedes to the fastest time.Raikkonen, a four-time winner at Spa-Francorchamps, hooked up a clean lap to move ahead of Red Bulls Daniel Ricciardo, who ended up 0.215s shy of the Ferrari driver. Sebastian Vettel finished third as Ferrari turned the top of the timesheets red, but the notable absence of the two Mercedes drivers and Red Bulls Max Verstappen poses more questions than answers ahead of qualifying.Lewis Hamilton set a hot lap on new super-soft tyres in the closing stages of the session, but with a back-row start hanging over him due to a 55-place grid penalty, his car is set up for race pace and not a qualifying-style lap. He ended up behind Valtteri Bottas, but a telling fastest opening sector hints at the straight-line speed the reigning world champion is hoping to carry into Spas best overtaking opportunity at Les Combes on Sunday.Nico Hulkenberg was sixth fastest ahead of the second Mercedes of Nico Rosberg, who could only manage the seventh fastest time of the session. Rosbergs lap appeared to be ruined by traffic in the first sector and his final time was 0.4s off his best effort in the opening practice session of the session, suggesting his true pace will only become apparent in qualifying.Max Verstappen suffered a gearbox problem during the session, meaning he failed to set a competitive lap time. The gearbox was newly fitted ahead of the session and a change would result in a five-place grid penalty, but team boss Christian Horner said the halt in running was just a precaution.It looks to be an electrical issue or a sensor most likely so it was precautionary, we stopped the car and took the box off just to make sure that we hadd plenty of time to hopefully address it before qualifying, he told Sky Sports.ddddddddddddsked if a penalty was likely, he added: No certainly not at the moment. At the moment its just an investigation, have a look at the sensor and then form a diagnosis from there.Up until final practice, Verstappens weekend had been looking promising and his fastest time in second practice on Friday afternoon would still have been enough to put him second, and ahead of Ricciardo, in FP3.The two Williams drivers returned to the top ten after a disappointing Friday practice and are likely to be vying for positions with the Force Indias, which finished sixth and ninth. Haas remained competitive, with Romain Grosjean sneaking into the top ten, 0.181s ahead of Fernando Alonso in the fastest McLaren.Pascal Wehrlein again looked quick, hauling his Manor up to 15th place, just behind Kevin Magnussen and ahead of the two Toro Rossos, which are down on power with their year-old Ferrari engines. Both Wehrlein and Magnussen were involved in close shaves with other drivers during the session, which could result in stewards investigations.Wehrlein came across a slow-moving Esteban Gutierrez at the top of Eau Rouge and had to swerve to avoid the Haas, later calling for the Mexican to be penalised over team radio. Magnussen was accused by Sebastian Vettel of blocking the Ferrari heading through the high-speed Blanchimont, with the four-time champion remonstrating over the radiowaves.What an idiot. Did you see that? Its called Free Practice. Free Practice. Who gives a s***?Any grid penalties that are doled out will be added to the ones of Hamilton, Alonso and Saubers Marcus Ericsson for various engine changes this weekend. ' ' '