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Watch out, Lewis! Japan speed queen guns for Formula One
AFP, Published on 06/04/2016
» FUJI SPEEDWAY (JAPAN) - Move over, Lewis Hamilton: an 18-year-old speed queen from Japan who is ruffling feathers in the male-dominated world of motor sport wants to take on the big boys in Formula One.
Racers found, left dead German drifting in yacht: organisers
AFP, Published on 09/03/2016
» MANILA - Sailors on a round-the-world race found and left a dead German whose body was discovered on a yacht adrift off the southern Philippines, event organisers said.
Aussie Power wins sixth IndyCar St. Pete pole
AFP, Published on 13/03/2016
» MIAMI - Australia's Will Power set a track record Saturday and captured his sixth pole position for the IndyCar Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Sunday's season-opening race over the Florida city's streets.
US 1984 Olympic hero Johnson dead at 55
AFP, Published on 22/01/2016
» LOS ANGELES - Bill Johnson, the 1984 Olympic downhill champion who helped spark US alpine ski racing, died Thursday night at an Oregon assisted living facility aged 55, the US Ski team announced.
Eyes of skiing world turn on sport's 'Superbowl'
AFP, Published on 23/01/2016
» KITZBUHEL (AUSTRIA) - The eyes of the alpine skiing world will turn Saturday to the what is regarded as the Superbowl of the sport: the famed Kitzbuehel downhill.
Italian Fill wins drama-packed Kitzbuehel downhill
AFP, Published on 23/01/2016
» KITZBüHEL (AUSTRIA) - Italian Peter Fill won the World Cup's most prestigious event, the Kitzbuehel downhill, on Saturday in a race of high drama that saw three favourites crash out.
Svindal out for season after Kitzbuehel injury - federation
AFP, Published on 24/01/2016
» OSLO - In-form Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal has been ruled out for the season after suffering a serious knee injury in a dramatic crash during the prestigious World Cup downhill in Kitzbuehel on Saturday.
Kitzbuehel crashes highlight dangers of downhill
AFP, Published on 24/01/2016
» KITZBUEHEL (AUSTRIA) - Two season-ending injuries including one to Norwegian star Aksel Lund Svindal punctuated the men's prestigious World Cup downhill in Kitzbuehel, sliding bodies, flying skis and helicopter evacuations highlighting the dangers of top-level ski racing.
Reichelt to attempt Garmisch despite Kitzbuehel crash
AFP, Published on 28/01/2016
» BERLIN - Austria's Hannes Reichelt hopes to take part in this weekend's World Cup downhill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, just a week after injuring his knee in a horror crash in Kitzbuehel.
Viviani wins second stage of Dubai cycle race
AFP, Published on 04/02/2016
» DUBAI - Italy's Elia Viviani, riding for Team Sky, sprinted to victory in the second stage of the Tour of Dubai on Thursday after a crash in the final kilometre appeared to affect opponents.