Sports / Motosports

West tries new set-up, aims for a top result 18 Aug 2013 - 12:53 am

Indianapolis, Indiana: Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) Racing Team rider Anthony West tried a new swingarm on his Speed Up prototype in...

Motorcycling: Marquez the man to beat in Indy 17 Aug 2013 - 12:15 am

INDIANAPOLIS: Marc Marquez will be the man to beat this week as the sensational Spanish rookie tries to stretch his lead atop the...

MotoGP: Briton Crutchlow to join Ducati 03 Aug 2013 - 04:35 am

LondoN: British rider Cal Crutchlow will ride for Ducati for the next two seasons after reaching an agreement with the Italian MotoGP outfit....

Ecclestone confirms no Indian GP in 2014 31 Jul 2013 - 12:57 am

New Delhi: Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone yesterday confirmed that the 2014 Indian Grand Prix will have to be dropped to tweak the...

Stoner to test for Honda at Motegi 24 Jul 2013 - 05:46 am

SYDNEY, New South Wales: Former world Moto GP champion Casey Stoner fuelled speculation yesterday that he may return to the sport by announcing...

Marquez storms to victory 23 Jul 2013 - 12:40 am

California: Spanish rookie sensation Marc Marquez outduelled pole sitter Stefan Bradl to win the US Grand Prix for Honda yesterday and stretch his...

Bradl clinches first pole 22 Jul 2013 - 12:18 am

MONTEREY, United States: Stefan Bradl became the first German rider to win a MotoGP pole, edging rookie Marc Marquez, who crashed late in...

MotoGP: Lorenzo, Pedrosa fit to race at the US Grand Prix 21 Jul 2013 - 01:39 am

NEW YORK: MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo and rival Dani Pedrosa were passed fit to race in the US Grand Prix at Laguna...

Hayden to leave Ducati at end of the MotoGP season 20 Jul 2013 - 11:53 am

CALIFORNIA: America’s 2006 MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden announced late on Thursday that he would be leaving the factory Ducati team at the...

Marquez wins in Germany 15 Jul 2013 - 02:25 am

Repsol Honda MotoGP rider Marc Marquez of Spain lifts the trophy after winning the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring circuit, near the...

Moto2: West battles to eighth spot in Germany 14 Jul 2013 - 10:42 pm

Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) Racing Team rider Anthony West (left) negotiates a bend during the the Moto2 category race at the...

Injured Lorenzo targets Indy return 14 Jul 2013 - 10:19 pm

SACHSENRING, Germany: Defending MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo, recovering from a second operation on his fractured left collarbone forcing him out of yesterday’s German...

Rookie Marquez takes pole 14 Jul 2013 - 12:32 am

PBM driver Michael Laverty of Great Britain crashes during the MotoGP qualifying session of the German MotoGP at the Sachsenring Circuit in Hohenstein-Ernstthal,...

West suffers problems in Germany; Sucipto speeds up 14 Jul 2013 - 12:32 am

SACHSENRING, Germany: Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) Racing Team rider Anthony West started with high hopes in the the German Grand Prix...

Lorenzo out of German GP after crash 13 Jul 2013 - 12:54 am

Spanish MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa (left) of the Repsol Honda Team, Italy’s Andrea Iannone of the Pramac Racing Team and Czech Republic’s Lukas...

MotoGP: Lorenzo hails his best performance yet 01 Jul 2013 - 12:00 am

ASSEN, Netherlands: Defending world champion Jorge Lorenzo said his fifth placed finish in Saturday’s Dutch MotoGP the day after he underwent an operation...

West finishes 10th; Sucipto completes race 30 Jun 2013 - 11:58 pm

Assen, Netherlands: Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) Racing Team rider Anthony West rode to a strong 10th place at the Dutch Moto2...

MotoGP: Rossi ends drought with win in Assen 30 Jun 2013 - 12:46 am

Italy’s Valentino Rossi (centre) celebrates his victory next to second-placed Spain’s Marc Marquez (left) and third-placed Britain’s Cal Crutchlow after the Dutch MotoGP...