Sports / Motosports

QIRRCH: West grabs pole position at Losail 12 Jan 2013 - 12:27 am

British rider Bradley Smith (left) and Qatar Motor and Motorcycling Federation (QMMF) President Nasser Khalifa Al Attiyah pose for a picture at Losail...

Ballan out of intensive care 30 Dec 2012 - 12:33 am

LONDON: Former world road race champion Alessandro Ballan is out of intensive care as he continues to recover from surgery following a high-speed...

Cudlin collects 50 points 23 Dec 2012 - 07:53 am

The riders who have registered to take part in the 2012-13 Qatar International Road Racing Championship (QIRRC) pose for a group photograph along...

Aussie rider Cudlin grabs pole position 22 Dec 2012 - 12:48 am

Australia’s Alex Cudlin in action yesterday during official qualifying for round one of the Qatar International Road Racing Championship (QIRRC) at Losail International...

Cudlin gets set to defend QIRRC title 20 Dec 2012 - 11:55 pm

Australian rider Alex Cudlin seen taking a bend during one of the many races in the Qatar International Road Racing Championship at Losail...

QMMF launches academy for kids at Losail Circuit 19 Dec 2012 - 11:32 pm

Sultan Al Morraikhi, (centre), Qatar Motor and Motorcycling Federation’s Board Member and International Motorcycling Federation’s Environmental Commission Member, along with instructor Mark Schulz...

Slumbering giant Rossi ready to roar again 13 Dec 2012 - 08:28 am

PARIS: Valentino Rossi (pictured), reduced to playing the role of MotoGP’s sleeping giant during his disastrous spell at Ducati, is eager to emerge...

MotoGP races switched to avoid clash 13 Dec 2012 - 08:27 am

LONDON: Next year’s German MotoGP race at the Sachsenring has been moved back a week to July 14 to avoid a clash with...

QMMF President in Istanbul 06 Dec 2012 - 12:29 am

Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah, President of the Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF), in Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday. Al Attiyah, who is also...

QMMF President Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah in Monte Carlo 02 Dec 2012 - 12:16 am

LEFT: Qatar Motor and Motorcycling Federation (QMMF) President Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah (right) poses for a photo with 2012 MotoGP champion Jorge...

Petronas Asia Road Racing Championship awards ceremony at Losail Circuit 25 Nov 2012 - 11:18 pm

LEFT: The top three riders on the SuperSport 600cc points table Ryuichi Kiyonari (centre) of Japan, compatriot Katsuaki Fujiwara (second left) and Malaysia’s...

Kiyonari upstages Fujiwara to clinch SuperSport title 25 Nov 2012 - 02:05 am

The winners in the SuperSport category of the Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC) are seen celebrating on the podium at the Losail International...

Malaysia’s Azlan sets early pace at Losail 23 Nov 2012 - 01:14 pm

Ryuichi Kiyonari takes a bend during the practice sessions in the SuperSports 600cc category in the final round of the 2012 PETRONAS Asia...

New tyre rules for last round of ARRC at Losail 22 Nov 2012 - 12:46 am

Doha: The SuperSports 600cc class will race under new tyre rulings in the sixth and final round of the 2012 Petronas Asia Road...

Qatar ready to welcome Asian ‘giants’ for ARRC leg at Losail this week 21 Nov 2012 - 01:30 am

DOHA: The Losail International Circuit, the region’s only MotoGP racing track, will host the sixth and last round of the 2013 Petronas Asia...

MotoGP: Pedrosa wins finale after Lorenzo crash 12 Nov 2012 - 08:08 am

VALENCIA, Spain: Dani Pedrosa won an incident-packed Valencia MotoGP yesterday, the closing grand prix of the season and the last race of Casey...

MotoGP lost my respect, says former champion 09 Nov 2012 - 12:47 pm

MILAN: Former world Moto GP champion Casey Stoner says he is ready to settle down to a new life at home after “losing...

Lorenzo ‘liberated’ by MotoGP title win 30 Oct 2012 - 03:51 am

PHILLIP ISLAND, Australia: New world MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo says he feels liberated after winning a season-long battle with the powerful Repsol Honda...