Sepang: ‘DesmoDovi’ on cloud nine

It was a race of attrition, with big names – and previous wet weather winners – crashing out. The likes of Marc Marquez, Cal Crutchlow and Andrea Iannone all hit the deck at Sepang, and even Rossi struggled, just keeping it on the road to take second after a difficult time on his front tyre in the latter stages. Teammate Jorge Lorenzo crossed the line to take the podium, but Rossi gained just enough on the ‘Spartan’ to secure runner up in the title fight. Source link

Albania on cloud nine at maiden success

You only had to see the look on Armand Sadiku's face when he scored what proved to be Albania's winner against Romania to see what the goal mean to his team – to his whole nation for that matter.The celebrations that greeted Albania's maiden finals success at the final whistle in Lyon were equally exuberant, but that was just the start. Even at midnight, as the players' bus pulled awa from the Stade de Lyon, they were still singing "Ti Shqipëri më jep nder" (You Albania Give Me Honour), and while they were straight to bed when they got home, fans and team staff stayed