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The L.A. Lakers are off to a great start this season. The Lakers are currently 33-8 and have the best record in the NBA. The Lakers lead the Pacific divison by 9.5 games. They have a 5 game lead over the Spurs for home court advantage throughout the Western conference playoffs. The Lakers lead the league in scoring averaging 107.6 points per game. The Lakers are first in rebounding, fourth in

"I certainly hope that we will have something to announce within the next four weeks," Tonya Antonucci says.

The U.S. Women's National Team earned a thrilling 2-1 overtime victory against Canada to claim their third CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup championship on Sunday evening at The Home Depot Center. The USA victory came courtesy of a stoppage time penalty kick from team captain Kristine Lilly in the game's 120th minute after midfielder Carli Lloyd was fouled in the area by Canadian defender Robyn Gayle.

Mexico controlled the pace, using deft passing and the right touch on long balls to stay on the offensive most of the game.While the Lady Tar Heels had chances, including Sterling Smith's shot high over the goal from inside the 6-yard box, it was the Mexicans who excelled.Mexico scored the winning goal in the second half when Luz del Rosario Saucedo Soto slotted the ball to the far post past the

Since 1998, seven members of the famed 1991 United States Women's National Team, which won the inaugural women's World Cup, have earned election to the Hall. On Thursday, Joy Fawcett made it eight.Fawcett made the Hall of Fame cut as the top two vote-getters in the 2009 Player Election.

Friday, 18 April 2008The News of the World can reveal the pair have started dating after meeting at the MTV European Music Awards last week. Sex kitten Nicole, 29, wowed Lewis with a full-throttle performance of single Baby Love with William of the Black Eyed Peas. Which meant Lewis had! his eyes set on a new

Chelsea could end their Champions League misery against Liverpool to go and win the most coveted trophy in football. Chelsea beat Fenerbahce at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night, setting up their third semi-final meeting with Liverpool in the last four seasons. Michael Ballack's header and Frank Lampard's strike hit the final nails in the Fenerbahce coffin, sealing the deal 3-2 on aggregate.

The Western Province team to play a friendly against Border Bulldogs has been annouced. A number of senior players will be missing as they are in the Springbok squad or have chosen to take a break after the Super 14. Coach Allistair Coetzee says the game will give them the opportunity to assess the depth of talent they have available and will allow these players another opportunity to put their

World number one Roger Federer kicked off his chase for a sixth consecutive Wimbledon title with a 6-3 6-2 6-2 demolition of Slovakia's Dominik Hrbaty in London. Third seed Novak Djokovic moved safely through to the second round, beating German journeyman Michael Berrer 7-5 2-6 6-3 6-0.Serbian top seed Ana Ivanovic had had no problems, beating Rossana De Los Rios of Paraguay 6-1 6-2 in under an

England have moved on to 116 for 3 at lunch on the second day of the fourth and final test against England at the Oval. Makhaya Ntini claimed his third wicket after removing Allistair Cook for 39.

Cape Town based Freediver Hanli Prinsloo, image above by Roger Horrocks, has been on the West Coast of Sweden competing in the Nordic Deep Freediving Competition. Hanli said she surprised herself and her competitors by setting 4 new South African records and winning the competition.Free Immersion is a depth discipline where the diver pulls herself down and back up a rope. Hanli broke the

The Springboks will gather in Cape Town today to start final preparations for their end of year tour to the UK. It will be interesting to see John Smit pack down at tighthead prop where Peter de Villiers says the skipper continue his career. Former Springbok, Joel Stransky, says this means Smit probably won't be a regular starter at hooker anymore.***Earl Rose glo hy kan 'n verskil maak in die

The Stormers are continuing to put in the hours on the field at the Western Province Rugby High Performance Centre ahead of next year's Super 14. The Cape side are up against the Sharks in the opening round on the 14th of February.Coach Rassie Erasmus says he's been pleasantly surprised by his team's commitment over the last week and a bit since they came together at the beginning of this month.

The draw for the last 16 in the Nedbank Cup has gone in favour of Ajax Cape Town and Santos.The People's team has an all PSL clash with struggling Maritzburg United, while The Urban Warriors face first division side Nathi Lions. Santos team manager Edries Burton says they are fortunate to have a home draw."In a Cup competition its also ways difficult, especially coming up against Maritzburg but

McLaren-Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton gets pole position for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix. As it relates to the my Points of Interest for the Belgian Grand Prix, this is how its shaping up.1. The performance of Williams. So far the battle of speed is as expected with Rosberg going quicker than Nakajima. However, it was a surprise to see Nakajima struggle so much in qualifying. As it relates to

Amid the storm of criticism tossed up by his recent performances, the reports that his legs have gone and his body, wearied by years of battle, is starting to wilt, Jamie Carragher could do worse than turn to a fellow veteran for advice and comfort. Sami Hyypia, too, was written off long ago.The Finn can sympathise with the man who stood by his side, defiant, in Istanbul, when Liverpool beat AC

Tranmere Rovers have signed Liverpool goalkeeper David Martin on a one-month loan deal.The 23-year-old former England Under-20 international spent a successful loan period with League One Champions Leicester City last season."Saturday's game is very important and, with Luke Daniels being suspended, we needed an experienced goalkeeper," said Rovers caretaker manager Les Parry.Tranmere face

Liverpool legend Alan Hansen believes the Premier League champions Manchester United are not the same proposition minus the attacking threat of Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez, who left Old Trafford in the summer to join Real Madrid and Manchester City respectively.Hansen told footballpools.com: "I was very surprised at Manchester United's performance at Anfield which lacked the quality and

Wednesday, 09 December 2009 Valentino Rossi was the guest of honour at Caschi d’Oro award ceremony in Bologna on Monday, organised by Italian publication Motosprint. MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi received two awards at the Caschi d’Oro awards in Bologna this week. The 30 year-old was given the Casco d’Oro (Golden Helmet) for his 2009 World title, and Top Rider, which was voted for by

Wednesday, 09 December 2009 The first day of testing at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia ended with several Moto2 teams giving their developing prototypes a run out. In winter sunshine at the Spanish track, a host of teams’ preparations for the new Moto2 category continued as the first of a two-day test in Valencia was completed. Amongst those participating were the BQR, Italtrans STR,

Thursday, 10 December 2009 This year was the highest-ever MotoGP end of season classification for the San Carlo Honda Gresini rider, as he placed seventh. Toni Elías returned to the San Carlo Honda Gresini team for 2009, having spent a year away with Ducati, and the first half of his season was similar to that of team-mate Alex de Angelis as results proved hard to come by. Two seasons with

Thursday, 10 December 2009 The second day of the Moto2 test at Valencia was again a positive experience on Thursday, with the sunny conditions prompting some teams to consider extending their schedule into a third day on Friday. The same teams that turned out on Wednesday were out on track at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit for a second day of testing on Thursday, with further data collected from

Friday, 11 December 2009 A second season in the premier class for the Italian, his first on a factory bike, started well but ended with him losing the fight for fifth spot by a single point. An impressive rookie season in 2008 from Andrea Dovizioso was rewarded with fifth place and a factory ride with the Repsol Honda team in 2009, and the Italian’s season got off to a very promising start.

Friday, 11 December 2009 An extra day of testing at Valencia on Friday allowed teams to gain further track time. Initially intended as a two-day test for the developing Moto2 bikes ahead of the new category’s first season in 2010, a third day was completed on Friday at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit. Interest in the FTR Moto M209 grew as three more riders tried the bike out on Friday. The last

Girl from Taiwan. Picture taken for casting photograph of advertisement in magazine. As model girl May Liu has accustomed faces camera, and she hardly enjoys the profession.

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By John HopkinsTORONTO, ON -- Petrolia, ON's Steve Beattie led the Canadian contingent through the opening two rounds of the AMA Hot Shoe dirt track series.Last Friday at Oglethorpe Speedway in Savannah, GA Beattie was the lone Canadian to qualify for any of the four finals and placed 12th in 505 Expert on his Honda. The race was won by Ken Coolbeth. Other Oglethorpe victors were Chris Carr in

By John HopkinsANAHEIM, CA -- Richmond Kawasaki's Darcy Lange finished fifth in the opening round of the Western Regional AMA Supercross Lites series in Anaheim Saturday night.The Courtenay, BC rider actually grabbed the holeshot for the main event before giving way to fellow Kawasaki rider Ryan Villipoto by the end of the opening lap.Andrew Short grabbed the lead from Villipoto on lap 9 and

Rivals.com #1 ranked recruit John Wall has narrowed his list to seven schools. N.C. State, Duke, Memphis, Baylor, Kansas, Miami and Kentucky are all in the running for the PG to join their team next year. Coach Calipari is out of the recruiting trail this week and I would imagine he will be paying a visit to Mr. Wall. Although Wall will more than likely start wherever he goes Kentucky is in

This would be more of a radio topic but I am kind of interested in what you guys feel are some of your best sports memories, heroes, and moments. My favorite baseball player of all-time: Kirby Puckett, you may ask why would a Cincinnatian select Kirby Puckett as their favorite player of all time? I have the answer for you, because he was fat. Sure Kirby wasn't that big but he was short and

Here are the week 1 results for the new NKYSportsWorld Survival Football, if you player failed to reach the benchmark stats he will be bolded and you will lose that slot for the rest of the season. Adam: Team: Cincinnati Bengals (Won) Rusher: Cedric Benson (74 yards) Passer: Brett Favre (TBD) TD Catch: Steve Smith NYG (2 TD's) Redleg2420: Team: Indianapolis (Won)Rusher: Chris Johnson (83 yards)

-KeefeIt's that time of the year. March. Everyone in world will fill out a bracket in a couple weeks and hope and pray a team they never heard of either pulls an upset or doesn't shock the world by sending their team home. You hear the arguments that the college game is better than the pros. "It's team basketball." "There's no ego." Well some could counter and say, especially a couple years ago

I've been talking about old school WWF with some of the guys from work recently, and you know what? I miss it. It was a better time, a simpler time. Characters were colorful, gimmicks were both ridiculous and amazing. Maybe we were just younger, I don't know. Enjoy these great youtube highlights from a strange but unbelievable time in the WWF. Think in between Hogan/ Warrior and Stone Cold

Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini enjoyed a winning return to former club Villarreal. Kaka netted his first competitive goal for Real Madrid and Cristiano Ronaldo was again on the mark. Ronaldo, as he did against Xerez at the weekend, scored almost immediately after kick-off to give Madrid a flying start and then Kaka slotted home a second-half penalty to seal the Whites' fourth successive

Japan's Kimiko Date Krumm beat Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3 6-3 to win the Hansol Korea Open in Seoul. On the eve of her 39th birthday, Date Krumm is just a shade younger than Billie Jean King when the American won in Birmingham in 1983 at 39 years, seven months and 23 days. It marks a remarkable comeback for Date Krumm, who returned to the tour in April 2008 12 years after retiring.

Nikolay Davydenko came from a set down to defeat second seed Novak Djokovic and reach the final of the Shanghai Masters. Serbian Djokovic was made to work hard to take the first set, but Davydenko fought back confidently to take the second. And the Russian sixth seed hung in there in the third set to reach a tie-break which he won with some fine play to seal a 4-6, 6-4 7-6, (7/1)

Salzburg took a massive step towards securing their place in the knockout stages of the Europa League with victory over Levski Sofia. Dusan Svento's goal in first-half stoppage time was enough to give the Austrian side a third successive win in Group G. With Lazio snatching a 2-1 win over Villarreal in Rome tonight, Salzburg are three points clear of their Italian rivals with the top two teams

Fifth seed Nicolas Almagro survived a first-round scare before beating Peter Luczak in the Bank Austria Tennis Trophy in Vienna. The Spaniard dropped the first set and was taken to a tie-break in the second before coming through 5-7 7-6 (7/3) 6-1 in two hours 14 minutes. Romania's Victor Crivoi converted four of 11 break points on his way to a 6-3 6-3 win over Jan Hernych of the Czech Republic

Let down by the batsmen, India slumped to a 24-run defeat in the fourth one-dayer against Australia in Mohali. This defeat not only allowed Australia to level the seven-match series 2-2 but also prolonged the hosts' wait to become the number one ODI team in the world. Chasing 251, India got off to a flier with Virender Sehwag (30 off 19 balls) looking eager to wrap up the issue and Sachin

Group B8/12/08 Puket Thai Land 17:00Malaysia 2 : 3 Viet NamMal: Mahayuddin 20', 85'.Viet: Loung 16', Vu Phong 72', 88'.19:30Thai Land 6 : 0 LaosRangsiyo 19', Phetphun 30', Sunthornphit 40', 52', Sangsanoi 79', 89'.

di Orazio RestaFonte: ilcalciomercato.itL'amichevole contro il Rijeka di sabato pomeriggio è servita a Pasquale Marino per testare Paolo Sammarco . L'ex sampdoriano si è ben comportato, dimostrando di mettercela tutta quando viene chiamato in causa. Con il passaggio dal 4-3-3 al 4-4-2 il centrocampista potrà trovare maggiore spazio in un modulo a lui congeniale. 'Nel nuovo modulo mi trovo a mio

fonte: www.torinofc.itHa oggi incontrato i media il direttore sportivo Rino Foschi: Come è bello leggere i complimenti, oggi è giusto che ci sia io a rispondere alle domande ed alle critiche dei cronisti e, quindi, dei tifosi. Sono il responsabile di tutto, comunque vada a fine stagione, perchè ho fatto io le scelte, dall'allenatore alla rosa, ed il Presidente ha davvero fatto due passi indietro

di Tiziana GarofaloE' sempre Rivas (nella foto, fonte RealSports.it) il dubbio numero uno in casa Bari.Tutta la settimana il giocatore ha svolto lavoro differenziato ed un suo impiego nel sfida contro il Chievo appare assai improbabile. Le speranze verrebbe da dire che non sono appese nemmeno ad un piccolo lumino. Sono praticamente pari a zero. Peccato per la troupe di Ventura perdere un pezzo

di Dario RosellaFonte: sportmediaset.itIl tecnico bianconero Ciro Ferrara saluta con soddisfazione il rientro di Momo Sissoko: "E' un giocatore molto importante per noi ma non giocando da sei mesi ovviamente non può giocare tutti i 90'. Contro la Fiorentina dovremo ritrovare grinta e umiltà che poi sono le qualità che ci contraddistinguono". Sulle dichiarazioni polemiche di Lippi e Maradona i!

Di Pasquale CampanellaFonte: forum triestinaUnione, avanti con il modulo a una puntaLo schieramento utilizzato da Somma ha dato ordine alla squadra. Ma il gioco e l'identità latitanoTRIESTE La Triestina è tornata alla vittoria ma nella ripresa si sono visti tutti i suoi difetti.E se sull'altro fronte ci fosse stata una squadra più smaliziata del Gallipoli sarebbero stati dolori. Il nuovo tecnico

Tutti i goal della 17a di Serie A e della 19a di Serie B

Nel trentunesimo turno incide molto il fattore campo con ben sei vittorie interne e nessun successo esterno. Vittorie importanti in coda alla classifica per Ancona e Frosinone. In vetta invece si avvicina al Bari il Parma. In zona play-off si rivedono Albinoleffe e Grosseto ad un punto dalla Triestina. Ma vediamo nel dettaglio gli incontri:Albinoleffe – Triestina 2-1: Vittoria importantissima

Il campionato verrà vinto per l'ultima volta dal Milan di Capello.E questa è la giornata decisiva.Addentriamoci nei meandri della 32a giornata del campionato 95-96Giornata 32in studio Alfredo Provenzali(Campi principali)da Milano per Milan - Fiorentina Riccardo Cucchida Roma per Roma - Juventus Bruno Gentilida Bari per Bari - Udinese Emanuele Dottoda Torino per Torino - Cremonese Federico

Massimo De Luca (prodotto di "tutto il calcio") lascia il timone di Rai Sport.E' Eugenio De Paoli il nuovo direttore di Rai Sport. Lo ha stabilito all'unanimità il Consiglio di amministrazione di viale Mazzini su proposta del direttore generale Mauro Masi. De Paoli, nato a Tripoli in Libia il 24 settembre 1953 e laureato in giurisprudenza, prende il posto di Massimo De Luca che ricopriva la

Convocazioni dal 14 Settembre al 20 Settembre 2009Champions League - Fase a gironi - 1a giornataMartedì 15 SettembreOlympique Marsiglia - Milan Antonello OrlandoJuventus - Bordeaux Francesco RepiceMercoledì 16 SettembreLione - Fiorentina Giuseppe BisantisInter - Barcellona Riccardo CucchiEuropa - Fase a gironi - 1a giornataGiovedì 17 SettembreGenoa - Slavia Praga Emanuele DottoBasilea - Roma To

Decima giornata di campionato in Prima Divisione, vediamo la situazione nei due gironi. Nel girone A, resta imbattuto il Novara che vince in casa contro il Perugia per 2-1 e si porta in vetta alla classifica. Perde invece la capolista Cremonese nel posticipo del lunedì. Primo pareggio stagionale per l'Arezzo a Como. Parità anche fra Pro Patria e Varese (1-1). Ben 5 i pareggi, solo 3 le vittorie

Magari a molti fregherà nulla, ma il verdetto che resta da sancire in questa quattordicesima lunghissima e appassionante annata fantacalcistica ha un valore fondamentale....Chi tra l'I Love Giorgia del buon Campopiano jr e la Mani Pulite del neodottore Passafiume sarà costretta ad alzare bandiera bianca e fare compagnia al già retrocesso Celestino?Agli ultimi 90 minuti l'ardua sentenza, con

In attesa dei risultati ufficiali questi i pronostici secondo i nostri inviati:Leo - Tommy = 2-1Luigi - Cele = 2-2Paolo - Gio = 2-2Raf - Felix = 1-0Piero - Pask = 1-3Probabile classifica:Giorno dei giorni 13I Love Giorgia 11Armata Lamb 10Armammece 10Seleçao Italia 8Dinamo Tofa 7Real Marcina 7MLK United 7Blucrociata 6Nuanda 4

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In mattinata c'è stato un summit regolamentare tra i fratelli Campopiano. Secondo Celestino lo scambio Amauri-Balotelli etc non è equo. Io ne ho parlato ieri con Tommaso e non è tanto questa la questione: lo scambio ci può anche stare, ma tommy si è dimenticato di dirmi (o raf non gliel'ha detto) che consigli è in prestito da Luigi.Ho verificato il regolamento e la norma non è prevista, perciò

England game "only on Internet" (BBC Sport). This is an outrageous decision, but that's not half of the story. See Rio Ferdinand's comments for proof that footballers should keep out of adult discussions.Honduras will be the "happiest country on the continent" if qualification for the World Cup finals is secured. And if they can only persuade the world to stop harping on about the recent coup.

Football is a game played i! n the present and, no matter that Arsène Wenger may believe that he has the power to speed up the sands of time, history will show these to be years of famine for Arsenal while an insatiable hunger takes Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United to the brink of a glorious fourth European Cup triumph, in Rome. This was men against boys, United not so much

Real has won 17 of its last 18 league games in defense of the title to put some pressure on Barcelona, but the latter kept a six-point gap in the standings with an impressive performance at Camp Nou.

Michael Owen, 'the athlete; the ambassador; the icon', is laid bare in all his former glory here in the 32-page brochure distributed to elite football clubs across Europe, touting the ex-England striker as a potential summer signing.Do you want your club to sign the former Liverpool prodigy, turned Newcastle flop?Have a good read of th! e 32 pages below and have your say using the comments

Mexico pass through to the semi-finals of the Gold Cup after an emphatic win over a Haiti side whose heads dropped as the game progressed, the finalists of 2007 showing in no uncertain terms their superiority after a difficult start.

Arsenal's lack of transfer activity this summer means the club's much vaunted teenagers could be given more opportunity to shine.Clean Sanchez...

Who: Celtic vs. ArsenalWhen:Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2:45pm EDTWhere: Celtic Park, Glasgow, ScotlandU.S. TV: Live on regional Fox Sports Net, Tape Delay on FSCPreviewCeltic aim to silence Gunners

Bolton 2 - 3 LiverpoolGerrard strikes a familiar pose

Where things stand in MLS after the 26th week of play:

The Danish international is understood to have crashed his Aston Martin while travelling northbound on the A1 towards South Mimms. Police confirmed that no other cars were involved in the accident which took place yesterday morning.

Danish brilliance has been in short supply ever since the Laudrup brothers announced their goodbyes to the game and without the luxury of a glut of talent, Denmark have usually relied on the sum of the team's parts to produce their "total football".

Yeah ! All my favorite teams won the match.Inter Milan against Cagliari 2 - 0Man Utd against Liverpool 1 - 0Real Madrid against Osasuna 2 - 0Too bad although Man Utd won the match and brought them to the top of the table but it didn't last long because Arsenal also won against Chelsea with 1 - 0 . For Inter Milan and Real Madrid can stay at the top of the table. Congrats Inter, MU, and Madrid.

Pelatih Indonesia Benny Dollo cukup yakin pasukannya bisa mengalahkan Selandia Baru dalam partai ujicoba besok. Salah satu syaratnya, semangat di klub ditunjukkan pula di tim nasional.Demikian dikatakan Bendol dalam jumpa pers di Hotel The Sultan, Jakarta, Rabu (23/7/2008), menjelang pertarungan kedua kesebelasan di Stadion Gelora Bung Karno besok sore.Saat ditanya tentang kans timnya untuk

Neg's Urban Sports: Urban Sprinting, from Balls of Steel (2005)

Fernando Forestieri , the next Messi Fernando Forestieri born on the 15th of january, 1990 is an Italio - Argentine player who plays in Seria A for AC Siena. The 17th year old wonder kid has made a mark for himself and is already being dubbed as the next Messi or Maradona by many pundits around the world.He is nicknamed El-Topa and plays in a striker or winger stylr postion. At the age of 17

#2 Texas Tech vs #5 OklahomaAnother week of college football, another Big 12 matchup of the season. The Red Raiders of TTU are undefeated and with a win over the Sooners this week clinch a berth in the Big 12 title game. Oklahoma is no slouch however with their only loss on the season coming against Texas earlier this season. The Sooners are lead by darkhorse Heisman candidate Sam Bradford

The NL West was the worst division in baseball last season, but I think it could be the NL's best. The Dodgers seem to be the clear curt favorite with Manny Ramirez back on the roster, but can a team like Arizona rise up and steal some of their thunder? Can Colorado repeat what they did in 2007? Tim Lincecum won a Cy Young last year, can the Giants contend? What about the Padres, will their

I was just watching the Detroit-Boston game and then I decided to post something on my blog. So here it is:Let's see in 2000, the Lakers won over the Pacers in 6 games, with Shaq getting the Finals MVP.2001- Lakers win over 76ers in 5 games, Shaq= MVP.2002- Lakers sweep Nets, Shaq= MVP.2003- Spurs win over Nets in 6 games, Tim Duncan= MVP.2004- Pistons win over Lakers in 5 games, Chauncey

Dwyane Wade had 19 points to hold off Sarunas Jasikevicius and Lithuania 120-84.U.S. guard Kobe Bryant was in charge of keeping Jasikevicius from getting too hot from the field, holding him to only 9 points and 3 assists, after 4 years ago in Athens he blasted USA by scoring 28 points.Dwight Howard added 17, Michael Redd had 16 {4-8 3 pointers}, LeBron James had 15, and Bryant had 13.Backup

Here are the results of the 2009 All-Rookie team.Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls and O.J. Mayo were unanimous picks for the team, and OKC's Russell Westbrook, New Jersey's Brook Lopez, and Miami's Michael Beasley joined them as the other members of the All-Rookie first team.The second team started out with Eric Gordon of the Clippers, the T-Wolves' Kevin Love, Mario Chalmers of the Heat, Pau

From the Can-Am GNCC Serieswith files from John HopkinsLAKE WALES, FL - In a wide-open Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series, FMF Suzuki's Charlie Mullins made the first statement by taking a dominant wire-to-wire win at the Parts Unlimited River Ranch GNCC in Florida on Tuesday.After nabbing the $250 MotorcycleUSA.com Holeshot, Mullins put in a perfect day on a rough, sandy race track,

From motogp.comFollowing his high-speed crash in qualifying at the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar on Saturday Nicky Hayden may not be able to make his Ducati race debut this weekend.In stark contrast to his pole-setting new team-mate Casey Stoner, Hayden is suffering a nightmare weekend at the Losail International Circuit. Trying to improve on his 16th place on the grid at the end of

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From motogp.comGrupo Francisco Hernando rider Sete Gibernau has confirmed that he will make a return to action at the Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya next weekend, even though he will be at less than 100 per cent fitness.Podium finisher at the Montmeló track for three consecutive years between 2003 and 2005, Gibernau's participation in the sixth round of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship looked

From Ducati North AmericaCUPERTINO, CA – Back for its 13th consecutive year, Ducati Island continues its tradition of being the premier race destination at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca this weekend.A highlight of the Ducati experience at the legendary California circuit, Ducati Island is open to all motorcycle enthusiasts. On the Island, Ducatisti and

From AMA Pro RacingTOPEKA, KS - At least one 2009 championship will be decided and several other season titles could be on the line at this weekend's Tornado Nationals presented by BriggsAuto.com, which marks the return of top-level AMA Pro Road Racing to Heartland Park Topeka for the first time since 1991.The highlight of the Tornado Nationals will

From Donald TaylorDeeley Harley-Davidson Buell dirt track racer Donald Taylor of Welland, ON scored a Pro career high fourth place at the AMA Pro Twins flat track race on the Beulah Park mile track in Grove City, OH last weekend.In oppressively hot and humid conditions with trackside temperatures hovering at 100 degrees Farhenheit, Taylor rode the

From worldsbk.comTrack action on the opening day of practice for the 12th round of the Hannspree FIM Superbike World Championship at Imola was delayed for four hours on Friday due to the request by a number of riders to clean the surface, which they considered to be slippery. The session had been red-flagged after just five minutes when Yamaha World Superbike rider Tom Sykes crashed on his first