SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium -- Nico Rosberg has revealed Mercedes has been struggling for performance throughout the Belgian Grand Prix weekend and only just managed to resolve its issues in time to take pole position during qualifying on Saturday.Rosberg took pole by just 0.149s from Max Verstappen -- the smallest margin it has had over its nearest competitor since Daniel Ricciardo took pole in Monaco -- and the German said the gap in true performance at Spa-Francorchamps has been as close as it looked.We have had a difficult weekend up to now, especially this morning [in final practice], he said. We were seriously off the pace over one lap, so it really wasnt so easy coming into qualifying but we got the job done in the end.We really made quite a few changes on the car going into qualifying and we found the right way. It all came together and I was feeling good, so Im very pleased about that one.Asked what the problems were, Rosberg said: We just werent quick because its very hot out there and because the Pirelli tyre pressures are very high here for this weekend.So it was just a bit of a different world out there and we really had to change a lot of things and adapt, so it was great to see how we managed to turn it around and get there eventually just in time for qualifying. This morning in FP3 we were still quite a long way off the pace still.Sundays race presents a good opportunity for Rosberg to close the 19-point gap in the championship standings to teammate Lewis Hamilton, who will start from the back row due to an engine penalty, but the German is not expecting it to be straightforward.Well, happy to be on pole but the only thing is its going to be a very challenging race because the tyres are extremely difficult out there this weekend and strategy and everything is going to be very, very interesting.I think were going to see a bit of everything, then with Max being on supersoft and Kimi on soft theres going to be a whole load of things going on so it will definitely not be an easy one.Cheap NCAA Jerseys China . -- Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson asked his players a simple question during Fridays morning shootaround: How many of them had ever been on a team 14 games over . Stitched College Jerseys . But Bourque, who has missed three games with a lower-body injury, wont be in the lineup when the Habs travel to Buffalo to take on the Sabres on Wednesday. http://www.cheapcollegejerseys.us.org/ . President of baseball operations Larry Beinfest was fired Friday after 12 years with the Marlins. The move came as the team neared the end of its third consecutive last-place season in the NL East. Cheap NCAA Football Jerseys . As the crowd erupted, Davis knocked the ball off the glass and back into his hands. With 1:14 to go in overtime, Davis sixth block also became his 17th rebound. That, along with his 32 points -- which tied a career high -- proved too much for Denver to overcome, and the Pelicans held on for their third straight victory, 111-107 on Sunday night. Cheap College Jerseys From China . White came in fourth place in the event. He was the two-time defending gold medallist. The gold medal went to Swiss snowboarder Iouri Podladtchikov.Verbal abuse from Queensland players in the moments after their State of Origin series win has Andrew Fifita primed for revenge in game three.As the Maroons celebrated their 10th series win in 11th years at Suncorp Stadium last month, immediately after their 26-16 victory they reserved some choice words for NSW players.It is something Cronulla and Blues forward Fifita hasnt forgotten.I go back to game two and the looks on their faces and we were getting (verbally) sprayed, a few of us were getting sprayed, I have just put it in the memory bank for game three, Fifita said.The looks on their faces and a few of the guys just staring down the barrel. I dont want to do into too much detail but it is the memory bank and I cant wait until Wednesday night.I dont want to name names. I know who it was.Despite further questioning Fifita declined to reveal which Queensland players weere among the chief protagonists in goading their Blues opponents.ddddddddddddBut it is understood Corey Parker, who retires from representative football after game three at ANZ Stadium on Wednesday, was involved.From what I have seen in game two, there is plenty of motivation there, Fifita said.To lose at home in the final game is not what we want to do.Maroons prop Josh McGuire is another Queensland player who can expect a special reception from the Blues in Origin III, after he tweeted after the game two win: Losers have meetings winners have parties lol #qld #180They can say what they want and at the end of the day they won 2-0 fair and square. But it is a three game series and we have the chance to get revenge in game three, Fifita said. ' ' '