Melani Nanai- Worcester full-back could miss rest of season with knee injury
Worcester Warriors full-back Melani Nanai could miss the rest of the Premiership season with a knee injury.
Worcester Warriors full-back Melani Nanai could miss the rest of the Premiership season with a knee injury.
The Welsh Rugby Union is considering playing home Six Nations matches in England because of Covid crowd restrictions in Wales.
Wales number eight Taulupe Faletau should be fit in time for the start of the Six Nations, says Bath director of rugby Stuart Hooper.
Saracens forward Jackson Wray will see a consultant this week after suffering a fractured skull in Sunday's win at Northampton.
After years in which the Dakar Rally was seen as an outsider in the world of motorsport, the FIA has now decided to work hand-in-hand with the organiser of the legendary event. In addition to creating the new FIA World Rally Raid Championship (of which the Dakar is the first event, with double points), the two have established a regulatory basis to attract as many car manufacturers as ... Keep reading
The Russian had a character-building 2021 rookie campaign,where he and team-mate Mick Schumacher had to battle through a season with a package that had not been developed from the previous year. But. despite making some mistakes,Mazepinfeels he has learned an awful lot and thinks his knowledge can be applied to good use if Haass 2022 car delivers. Asked if he felt he was ... Keep reading
Hamilton missed out on a record-breaking eighth world championship after being passed by Max Verstappen on the final lap of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix following a late restart by race control that did not appear to follow the regulations. Mercedes initially protested the restart procedure and considered a further appeal, but ultimately put an end to pursuing any action after the FIA announced it ... Keep reading
The roadbook for Sunday's 333km special near Ha'il caused chaos among several pre-rally favourites in their quest for overall victory. However, the most publicly belligerent in the last 48 hours were the members of the Audi Sport team following the German manufacturer's debut in the prestigious rally raid. The point of controversy was at located at the 257.6km mark where countless drivers ... Keep reading
Alongside the much-vaunted return of the ground effect conceptis the revival of wheel rim covers. F1 hopes these will help smooth out the turbulence ordinarily created by the wheel and tyre, and thus help reduce the overall wake generated by the lead car when another is chasing. The rim covers used in 2022 will be a far cry from the complexity of what weve seen in the past though, as ... Keep reading
Honda returned to F1 after a six-season absence in 2015 as McLaren's works engine partner, only for the two parties to cut ties after three difficult and unsuccessful years. An initial deal with Toro Rosso in 2018 paved the way for Honda to link up with Red Bull the following year. Honda announced in 2020 it would be leaving F1 again at the end of 2021, signing off with Max Verstappen's ... Keep reading
The factory Toyota team led the majority of the 465km special between Al Qaisumah and Riyadh, with three-time Dakar winner Al-Attiyah setting the early pace and team-mate Henk Lategan taking over at the third waypoint. Sainz was the next driver to take to the front, moving clear of the Toyotas at the eighth waypoint, and he quickly built a one-minute lead in his electric Audi. However, a ... Keep reading
Kansas City will cruise into Denver on Saturday with a chance to finish with the top seed in the AFC while knowing a loss to the Broncos could slide the Chiefs down to the fourth spot. While potential No. 1 seed Cincinnati -- Tennessee and New England also could climb into the home-field and first-round bye scenario -- declared a week of rest for several starters, Kansas City heads into its final game of the regular seas
Several competitors dropped out of contention for overall victory in the first full stage near Ha'il, as navigation again proved to be a tricky affair in the deserts of Saudi Arabia. Just 70km from the finish line, many leading drivers and riders got lost on a winding sandy track, leaving astonishing images as they searched for the right waypoint. This also created a safety issue as ... Keep reading
Having finished 14th in Saturdays Prologue, Peterhansel had been running an impressive second in his electric Audi RS Q e-tron, just six seconds behind overall leader Nasser Al-Attiyah of Toyota. But, passing through a winding rocky track 153km into the stage near Ha'il, the Frenchman broke the rear axle of his Audi RS Q e-tron after hitting "something" in an area of camel grass. Both ... Keep reading
After a promising performance in Mondays second leg with the third-fastest time, Sainz came to the fore in the shortened 255km Stage 3 near Al Qaisumah, beating Toyotas Henk Lategan to the top spot by just over half a minute. The three-time Dakar champion trailed Lategan for the majority of the stage, but never allowed the South African to pull up an advantage up front. Having ... Keep reading
Driving for the Prodrive-run Bahrain Raid Xtreme team, Loeb led from start to finish in the 338km special between Hail and Al Artawiyah, clinching his 15th stage win in Dakar - and the first since 2019. The Frenchman built a 12-second lead over Toyota driver Al-Attiyah by the first checkpoint and gradually extended his advantage thereafter, finishing the stage 3m28s clear of the three-time ... Keep reading
Ricciardo joined McLaren from Renault on a three-year deal starting in 2021, but struggled to get up to speed with the team at first, leaving team-mate Lando Norris to score the majority of its points. But Ricciardo bounced back after the summer break to score a dominant victory in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, marking McLarens first win since Brazil 2012. Ricciardo had been fighting ... Keep reading
Five drivers and four constructors titles headline a CV that includes 75 world championship grand prix wins, enough for sixth on the all-time list behind Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes, Williams and Lotus. It also has a major junior driver programme, which has launched the careers of many successful drivers, including Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen. For this list of top 10 F1 drivers ... Keep reading
McLaren ran an all-new livery for the Monaco Grand Prix race weekend, ditching its regular papaya for the orange and powder blue colours of Gulf Oil to run on the cars of Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo. The team also opted to tweak its livery for the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi, partnering with major sponsor British American Tobaccos Vuse brand for a bespoke design including ... Keep reading
While the regulations are not specifically designed to make overtaking easier per se, the hope is that the new concepts will allow drivers to follow their rivals much closer than before. To achieve that, F1 has had to move away from a reliance on downforce created by the front and rear wings and instead the cars will generate much more performance from channelling air through venturi tunnels ... Keep reading
This year will mark the start of a long-anticipated new technical ruleset for F1, forcing teams to pursue different aerodynamic concepts and manage the introduction of the new 18-inch tyres. It will provide an opportunity for all teams to make a big step forward, with Ferrari in particular looking to return to the front of the pack after two years without winning a race. The importance of ... Keep reading
Australia-born Kalkhoven recently stepped down from his position as director and chairman of the board at Cosworth, a company he bought from Ford along with Pi Research in 2004. The KV Racing team he co-founded with Jacques Villenueve's manager Craig Pollock ran Tony Kanaan to victory in the 2013 Indianapolis 500, before being disbanded after the 2016 season. Hal Reisiger, CEO and Chairman ... Keep reading
The Italians third season in the premier class saw him promoted to the factory Ducati squad from Pramac. Having made a solid start to the 2021 season, it was in the second half of the year where Bagnaia really kicked on. Taking his maiden win at Aragon after a thrilling battle with Marc Marquez, Bagnaia won three more races on his way to second in the championship. Ending the season as ... Keep reading
The penalty was announced at 9:15 local time on Tuesday, just before the start of the third stage near Al Qaisumah. According to an official statement by the stewards,three-time Dakar winner Al-Attiyah arrived at the bivouac on Monday with FIA's black box - which recordsall the performance data of each car and is supplied by Magnetti Marelli - disconnected to his Toyota Hilux ... Keep reading
Ricciardo joined McLaren on a three-year contract for the 2021 season after his exit from Renault, but initially failed to match team-mate Lando Norris for pace. Norris scored three podium finishes and more than double the points of Ricciardo before the summer break as the Australian struggled through the first half of the season. But Ricciardo responded in emphatic fashion by scoring ... Keep reading