2018 and the incredible record of the Road to MotoGP™

Growing from the first forays into talent promotion in the days of the Movistar Junior Cup that uncovered talents such as Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner, by 2017 there are several different paths, all of which are designed to discover and nurture talent across the world. The FIM CEV Repsol, the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, the Asia Talent Cup and the new British Talent Cup are the headline acts – and there are new additions being added, such as the Cool FAB Racing British Minibikes Championship, which was recently awarded Road to MotoGP™ status. Source link

Real Madrid target third Club World Cup win

Real Madrid target third Club World Cup win

Real Madrid begin their FIFA Club World Cup defence in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday as they set out to join Barcelona as the competition's record three-time winners.The holders added to their 2014 triumph last year and will be looking to equal their arch-rivals as they kick off with a semi-final against United Arab Emirates champions Al-Jazira. The winners of that tie will face Brazilian side Grêmio in Saturday's final. Coach Zinédine Zidane has called on a squad of 24 players for the tournament, with Cristiano Ronaldo making the trip shortly after winning a joint record fifth Ballon d'Or. The Portugal forward scored

Buffon bows out with European caps record

Buffon bows out with European caps record

Gianluigi Buffon won his 175th and final Italy cap on Monday as a goalless draw with Sweden confirmed the Azzurri's play-off exit and brought a premature end to a stellar international career.In his honour, we look at the ten Europeans with the most international appearances. World record: Ahmed Hassan (Egypt) 184

Babel seals new record goals tally for matchday one

Babel seals new record goals tally for matchday one

If the opening games are anything to go by then 2017/18 could be a season to savour after the 16 matches produced a record 54 goals.There were 28 on Tuesday, a figure inflated by Paris's five at Celtic and six for Chelsea at home to Qarabağ. While Wednesday couldn't quite match that, Damjan Bohar's late equaliser for Maribor at home to Spartak Moskva took the tally across the two nights to 53, equalling the matchday one best set in 2013/14. A few moments later, Ryan Babel's clincher for Beşiktaş at Porto set a new record.

Celtic equal record as Sevilla, Napoli close on group stage

Celtic equal record as Sevilla, Napoli close on group stage

There were wins for Celtic, Napoli, Sevilla, Olympicacos and potential UEFA Champions League group debutants Hapoel Beer-Sheva in Wednesday's play-off first legs.The second legs are next Tuesday while the following night CSKA Moskva, APOEL and Liverpool will all defend leads as do Qarabağ, who are hoping to become Azerbaijan's first UEFA Champions League group representatives. Wednesday's UEFA Champions League play-off first legs

Record numbers help UEFA Women’s EURO raise bar

Record numbers help UEFA Women’s EURO raise bar

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Fans following Women’s EURO in record number

Fans following Women’s EURO in record number

The business end of UEFA Women's EURO 2017 is still to come but the biggest female tournament ever organised by UEFA has already been attracting fans like never before. We've had millions tuning in for broadcasts, smashing all previous records, while total visitors on the UEFA Women's EURO section on UEFA.com is set to double. TVCumlative audience for group stage of 81.5 million (up from 60.8 million in 2013). Total audience so far up 116% (72.5 million) across nine markets for which comparative data available: Finland, France, Germany, Iceland (matchday 1 & 2 only... UEFA.com - News