Irish & International Sports News, Fixtures & Results

Sykes takes fifth pole

Tom Sykes racked up his fifth Superpole of the year by qualifying fastest at today's Superbike World Championship meeting at Misano.

Motorsport • 09 Jun 12

Jorge Lorenzo celebrates vicory in Catalunya

Lorenzo extends lead with victory

Spain's Jorge Lorenzo delighted his home fans as he extended his lead in the MotoGP World Championship standings with a battling victory in today's Catalunya Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 03 Jun 12

Australian Casey Stoner leaves the pits at the Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo

Stoner takes pole for Catalunya GP

Casey Stoner saw off MotoGP Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo to take pole position for tomorrow's Catalunya Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 06 Jun 12

Northern Ireland’s Michael Laverty became the seventh different race winner of the British Superbikes season at Snetterton

Laverty enjoys Snetterton success

Michael Laverty put himself back in the British Superbikes title race with a victory and a second-place showing in the fourth round at Snetterton.

Motorsport • 28 May 12

Stoner calls time on MotoGP career

Reigning world champion Casey Stoner has stunned the MotoGP paddock by announcing that he will retire at the end of the 2012 season.

Motorsport • 17 May 12

Chris Vermeulen raced for Suzuki between 2006 and 2009

Chris Vermeulen comes in for Edwards

Chris Vermeulen will replace the injured Colin Edwards in the Forward Racing Team for the French Grand Prix at Le Mans.

Motorsport • 09 May 12

Casey Stoner recorded a second consecutive win of the season in Portugal

Stoner eases to victory at Estoril

Casey Stoner took another commanding victory at the Portuguese Grand Prix to move to the head of the MotoGP riders' standings after three rounds.

Motorsport • 09 May 12

Stoner races to pole in Portugal

Defending champion Casey Stoner claimed his first pole position of the season ahead of tomorrow's MotoGP race at Estoril.

Motorsport • 05 May 12

Casey Stoner fought his way up from fifth on the grid to take the Jerez event

Stoner shows class to win Spanish GP in Jerez

Reigning world champion Casey Stoner eased doubts over his endurance levels with an assured victory at the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez.

Motorsport • 29 Apr 12

Sylvain Guintoli was the star performer at Assen

Guintoli enjoys Assen campaign

Sylvain Guintoli finished in first and second places in the two races of the Dutch round of the World Superbike Championship at Assen.

Motorsport • 22 Apr 12

Sykes takes Superbike pole again

Kawasaki's Tom Sykes made it three pole positions in a row as he set the fastest time in superpole qualifying for tomorrow's two races at the Dutch round of the World Superbike Championship.

Motorsport • 21 Apr 12

Eugene Laverty - "Didn't set the world on fire but it's something to build on"

Checa leads, Laverty in eighth place

Defending champion Carlos Checa sits at the top of the World Superbike standings, while Eugene Laverty is in eighth

Motorsport • 01 Apr 12

Eugene Laverty (right) of Ireland and Aprilia Racing Team leads Marco Melandri (left) of Italy and BMW Motorrad Motorsport during race one in Phillip Island

Checa and Biaggi celebrate in Australia

Reigning World Superbikes champion Carlos Checa bounced back from a crash in the opening race to win today's second race at Phillip Island.

Motorsport • 26 Feb 12

Eugene Laverty will start from 11th on the grid in Phillip Island

Teenage rider killed at Phillip Island

The opening Superpole session of the World Superbikes season at Phillip Island was cancelled after a fatal accident in the preceding race.

Motorsport • 26 Feb 12

Laverty to race in Dublin street event

Eugene Laverty has confirmed his participation at the Bavaria City Racing Dublin event on 3 June.

Motorsport • 23 Feb 12

Eugene Laverty broke a bone in his hand in what he called a "Big ole crash”

Laverty breaks hand in 315kph crash

Ireland’s Eugene Laverty has suffered a broken hand after a 315km per hour crash while testing a new bike in Australia.

Motorsport • 15 Feb 12

Jorge Martinez Boero suffered a cardiac arrest

Motorcyclist fatality in Dakar Rally

Argentinian motorcyclist Jorge Martinez Boero has died after a crash on today's opening stage of the Dakar Rally.

Motorsport • 02 Jan 12

Moto GP will lose Suzuki for a minimum of two seasons

Suzuki withdraws from MotoGP

Suzuki has confirmed it will not race in the 2012 MotoGP World Championship after deciding to suspend its participation in the series.

Motorsport • 18 Nov 11

Ducati star Nicky Hayden expects to be fit for the first day of 2012 testing at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia on 31 January

Hayden goes under the knife

Former MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden has undergone surgery on the right wrist he injured during the final race of the season in Valencia on 7 November.

Motorsport • 15 Nov 11

Eugene Laverty finished fourth in his debut World Superbike Championship season

Laverty loving life in Superbikes

Toomebridge’s Eugene Laverty has said he is more than happy with his fourth-place finish in his debut World Superbike Championship season.

Motorsport • 09 Nov 11

(Left to right) Ben Spies of Yamaha Factory Racing; Casey Stoner of Repsol Honda Team; and Andrea Dovizioso of Repsol Honda Team celebrate on the podium at the end of the MotoGP race in Valencia

Stoner ends MotoGP season in style

Casey Stoner snatched an extraordinary last-gasp victory from under the nose of Ben Spies at MotoGP's season finale in Valencia.

Motorsport • 06 Nov 11

Stoner equals pole record

World champion Casey Stoner equalled the all-time record for pole positions in a single season as he powered to the top of the time sheets ahead of the Valencia Grand Prix.