 | Stoner starts off in style at Losail
DEFENDING champion Casey
Stoner of Repsol Honda
launched the new MotoGP season
at the Losail International
Circuit in his trademark style.
The Australian finished on the
top of the first free practice session
of the premier class racing,
on Thursday.
The 26-year-old Australian.
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event of Champions Tour of Qatar |  THE three-day Global
Champions Tour got underway
attracting large number of
spectators keen to see the best
riders in the world competing
at the Racing & Equestrian
Club in Rayyan on Thursday.
French rider Roger-Yves
Bost won the opening CSI 5*
event with a prize money of
25,000 euros shared amongst
the best twelve finishers.
The 1.45m event one round
directly against the clock, saw
the 12-year old mare chestnut
Castle Forbes Cosma dominate
in the final standings.
Bost won in an impressive
time of 54.30 followed by
another French rider Simon
Delestre who clocked 58.37
with 9-year old dark bay
Whisper.
Swiss rider Guerdat Steve
cut for the ... | | | Riders gear up for gala
show at Losail Circuit |  THE Losail International
Circuit is like a second home
track for reigning MotoGP
world champion Casey
Stoner. After the Philip
Islands, where the
Australian has been unbeaten
for five successive years,
his record in Qatar is quite
formidable.
Stoner has won four out of
five MotoGP races at Losail.
Two years ago, he was at the
forefront of the race and
looked like to be in firm control.
But coming out of a corner,
he crashed out, failing
to control his Ducati with
full tank petrol.
Talking about his feelings
and confidence ahead of the
weekend´s race under the
Musco floodlights, the double
world champion said,
"We just need to find out
what the bike is like here
tonight ... | | | Ronaldo, Kaka fire Real
past APOEL Nicosia |  CRISTIANO Ronaldo scored
twice and Kaka added a firsthalf
goal as Real Madrid completed
its easy passage into the
Champions League semi-finals
with a 5-2 victory over APOEL
Nicosia on Wednesday.
Madrid reached its second
straight semi-final under coach
Jose Mourinho after winning
the quarter-final 8-2 on aggregate,
with the record nine-time
champion´s progression never
in doubt at the Santiago
Bernabeu stadium.
APOEL, which stunned
Lyon in the previous round
after becoming the first Cypriot
team to even reach the knockout
stages of the competition,
was simply outclassed and
overpowered in this one as its
remarkable Champions
League run ... | |
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