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? Watch the Brazilian GP live on Sky Sports F1 on Sunday, the race begins at 4pm; Watch the whole race weekend with a NOW TV week pass - £10.99, no contract Also See: Sky News: Dennis in McLaren row The F1 gossip column WATCH: Alonsos Brazil adventures The Brazilian GP on Sky F1 Canucks Jerseys China . "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. Wholesale Custom Canucks Shirts . The giant slalom world champion slipped during her first run in the morning, landing on her back and then twisting forward before getting her leg caught in the protective material on the side of the slope. http://www.customcanucksjersey.com/ . -- The proud fathers huddled near the Dallas Stars dressing room, smiling, laughing and telling stories while wearing replica green sweaters of their sons team. Custom Canucks T-shirts . Irving scored 23 points, Tristan Thompson had 20 points and 10 rebounds and the Cavaliers beat the Denver Nuggets 117-109 on Friday night. Cheap Custom Canucks Jersey . He was followed closely by David Clarkson, donning red, seconds later. Clarksons actions one night earlier, leaping off the bench in defence of Kessel during a pre-season game against the Buffalo Sabres, will cost him the first 10 games of the regular season. LOS ANGELES -- Candace Parker hit four 3-pointers and finished with 26 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists to help the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Washington Mystics 93-82 on Sunday night.Nneka Ogwumike had 22 points and Jantel Lavender added 20 on 9-of-11 shooting for the Sparks (18-1). Los Angeles, ranked No. 1 in the AP WNBA power poll, has won seven straight and needs two wins to tie the 1998 Houston Comets for the best start in WNBA history.Lavender scored eight points during a 20-8 spurt that gaave the Sparks a 76-64 lead with seven minutes and Parker scored nine in a row to make it 88-71 with 3:41 left.ddddddddddddhe Sparks shot 62.5 percent (10 of 16) in the fourth quarter.Emma Meesseman had 24 points, seven rebounds, six assists and three steals for the fourth-ranked Mystics (9-11). Kahleah Copper added a career-high 13 points.Washington has lost three straight. ' ' '