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McLaren have rejected a £1.65 billion takeover bid from Chinese investors, Sky sources understand.Sky News City Editor Mark Kleinman reported that long-serving McLaren boss Ron Dennis presented the offer for McLaren from a group of unidentified investors ‎last week, a move which prompted his fellow shareholders to launch a plot to oust him as chief executive.An emergency board meeting was called on Friday night. We are looking at a bitter boardroom battle for control at McLaren, reported Sky Sports News HQs Craig Slater from the Brazilian GP paddock.At the moment there is an extraordinary meeting of that McLaren board taking place in the UK and the aim of the majority shareholders there - the Bahraini sovereign wealth fund and the Saudi businessman Mansour Ojjeh - is to have the group chairman Ron Dennis suspended on gardening leave until his contract runs out in mid-January. Mr Dennis had again tried to buy out those majority shareholders in partnership with a Chinese consortium. However, they do not want to sell and they want Mr Dennis out.No one at McLaren is available for comment.Dennis and Ojjeh each own 25 per cent of the McLaren Technology Group, with Bahrains sovereign wealth fund the remaining 50 per cent.McLarens F1 team are in Brazil preparing for this weekends Grand Prix and are yet to comment on the reports. With Dennis back in the UK, and new chief executive Jost Capito also not present, racing director Eric Boullier is currently the most senior representative on site at Interlagos. Dennis, 69, is the architect of the modern McLaren and during his tenure as team principal, between 1981 and 2009 won 10 Drivers and seven Constructors Championships.After handing over the reins to Martin Whitmarsh following Lewis Hamiltons 2008 title win, Dennis returned as CEO in 2014 and oversaw a management restructure which resulted in the departure of his successor.He has also overseen the successful launch of a sportscar arm and the diversification of McLaren into a wider technology company.However, reports of tension between Dennis and his fellow shareholders have lingered for several years. The Englishman, however, insisted in an interview with Sky F1s Martin Brundle last month he had no intention of retiring yet.Can Nico Rosberg clinch the title at Interlagos? 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"It was nerve-wracking, but we pulled through," said Collaros, who threw four touchdown passes to lead the Toronto Argonauts (8-4) to a 33-27 win over the Calgary Stampeders (9-3) in front of 28,781 fans at McMahon Stadium.TROON, Scotland -- Royal Troon voted overwhelmingly Friday to admit female members for the first time in the clubs 138-year history.The vote at a special meeting came less than two weeks before the British Open is held at the Ayrshire links for the ninth time, eliminating what was likely to be a distraction as more of Britains top links courses accept women.We have said a number of times recently that it is important for golf clubs to reflect the society in which we exist and the modern world that looks to us, said Martin Cheyne, the captain at Royal Troon. It is the right decision for the club today and for generations of golfers that will follow.The vote leaves Muirfield as the only links on the British Open rotation that has a male-only policy. The R&A said after Muirfield failed to get the two-thirds majority to change that it will not host another Open under its current policy.The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, which owns and operates Muirfield, has called a special meeting to ask members for new vote by the end of the year.The R&A said it welcomed the decision by Royal Troon and recognized the significance for the club.Our focus today is very much on The 145th Open in just under two week time, but we can now look forward to many more great championships at Royal Troon in years to come, thee R&A said in a statement.ddddddddddddRoyal Troon is the second all-male club on the British Open rotation to open its membership to women. Royal St. Georges in England voted for women members last year, and that followed a vote by the Royal & Ancient Golf Club in September 2014 to have female members for the first time.The Royal & Ancient, with headquarters at St. Andrews, governs golf everywhere in the world except for the United States and Mexico. Members belong to a club, not a golf course. The Old Course and six other courses at St. Andrews are open to the public.Augusta National Golf Club, the home of the Masters, was the first to admit female members in 2012.Cheyne said the vote allows Royal Troon to turn its attention to hosting the Open along with The Ladies Golf Club at Troon, which was founded in 1882.We can now all be focused on golf and showcasing this wonderful club and golf course to the huge global audience that this most prestigious championship commands, Cheyne said in a statement announcing the vote.Muirfield last hosted the Open in 2013, when Phil Mickelson won the claret jug. In May, only 64 percent voted in favor of admitting women, falling 14 votes short. ' ' '