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YAS MARINA, Abu Dhabi -- Nico Rosberg said it felt special to beat Lewis Hamilton to the 2016 world drivers championship as his Mercedes teammate and old friend is one of the best in history.Rosberg clinched his maiden crown in a tense finale at Yas Marina as Hamilton backed the German into the chasing Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen. A faultless drive from Rosberg meant he narrowly stayed in front of the pair to secure the championship by five points.Much has been made of Rosberg and Hamiltons history together, with their careers linked back to their days as karting teammates. Having lost the 2014 and 2015 championships to Hamilton, Rosberg said it felt good to finally overcome the three-time world champion for a title of his own.?It feels like Ive been racing him forever, Hamilton said. Hes just managed to edge me out and get the title even when we were small in go-karts. Hes an amazing driver and one of the best in history, so its special to beat him because the level is so high and that makes it so much more satisfying for me. He drove extremely high level, hes done some incredible racing, so hes been a very tough competitor.Rosberg claimed the title in fine style, passing Max Verstappen with a fantastic wheel-to-wheel overtake in the second stint which turned out to be crucial to his race, before staying calm under incredible pressure in the closing stages. Reflecting on his race and championship, Rosberg confessed it was one of the hardestof his career.The feeling is out there. The battle with Max ... unreal. I hope I dont experience that again anytime soon. The same again at the end with the pressure on from behind with Lewis driving slow out, it was a tough one.It was crazy. The thing is it was so intense the race, its still going to take some time to settle in and come out because it was really intense out there and so tough in the end. 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The manager of Greg Bird has refused to speculate on whether the controversial Gold Coast forward is bound for another NRL club.Manly and Newcastle are reportedly still interested despite the former Test forward being investigated by the NRL integrity unit over two alleged alcohol-fuelled incidents in the space of 24 hours.Bird, 31, is contracted to the Gold Coast until the end of next year but has attracted interest from the Sea Eagles along with the Knights who have launched a poaching raid for the former Maitland junior.Birds manager Chris Orr would not comment when asked about his charges future on Friday.Birds priority will be the NRL integrity units investigation into the alleged drunken incidents during Titans teammate Anthony Dons bucks party weekend.Former Test centre Steve Renouf believed Manly would still be interested in Bird despite the integrity unit investigation.You know he is going to give 100 per cent, its just controlling those things off the field, Renouf told Fox Sports.He has a chequered history on the drink.It would be a shame if these little incidents were the end of his footy career.Hes still a very, very good player and someone you want in your team.Knights great Tony Butterfield hoped Gold Coast sacked Bird so Newcastle could snap up the former NSW forwardd.ddddddddddddI hope the Gold Coast are true to form and adopt the ready-aim-fire approach and send him packing, Butterfield wrote in the Newcastle Herald on Thursday.The Titans loss would be the Knights gain in my view.Butterfield admitted Bird was a wild bit of gear but believed he would only benefit the Knights.The Knights are right to profile the best character traits in their recruitment strategy, but right now we need what Bird has to offer: experience, leadership, skill and mongrel, he wrote.Birds future at the Titans is under question after the second alleged drunken incident came to light on Thursday.Bird was refused entry to a Byron Bay hotel last Friday, News Corp Australia reported.The incident occurred just a day before Birds group was asked to leave a bar in Brunswick Heads in northern NSW.Bird took to social media on Wednesday to defend himself against accusations he had done anything wrong at the Brunswick Heads hotel.Bird was put on notice by the Titans in 2014 after being issued with an infringement notice for urinating next to a police car.The Titans will not comment on Bird until after the NRL integrity unit investigation is complete. 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