SPRINTS

Ducati's Marquez back to his best with Hungarian Grand Prix sprint win

Ducati's Marquez back to his best with Hungarian Grand Prix sprint win June 6 : Marc Marquez delivered a masterclass performance to win Saturday's MotoGP sprint at the Hungarian Grand Prix, leading from start to finish at Balaton Park despite telling fans just days earlier to 'forget' about him even fighting for a podium. The Ducati rider, who recently recovered from double surgery on his shoulder and foot last month, controlled the race from pole position to finish 1.548 seconds clear of...

Faultless Fernandez claims maiden MotoGP sprint win at Italian Grand Prix

Faultless Fernandez claims maiden MotoGP sprint win at Italian Grand Prix SCARPERIA E SAN PIERO, Italy, May 30 : Trackhouse rider Raul Fernandez roared to his first MotoGP sprint victory at the Italian Grand Prix on Saturday, holding off a late charge from Aprilia's Jorge Martin for a memorable win. Starting second on the grid, Fernandez surged into the lead halfway through the opening lap and never looked back, beating Martin by more than a second after the factory rider had cut the gap...

Russell takes last-gasp pole after clashing with Antonelli in Canada sprint

Russell takes last-gasp pole after clashing with Antonelli in Canada sprint

Balsamo wins fourth consecutive Giro sprint stage

Elisa Balsamo wins her fourth sprint victory in four opportunities at the Giro d'Italia Women, finishing ahead of Maggie Coles-Lyster and Georgia Baker on stage six.

Magnier snatches stage 18 bunch sprint to seal hat-trick of Giro d’Italia wins

The 22-year-old set up by teammate StuyvenVingegaard keeps hold of pink jerseyPaul Magnier of Soudal Quick-Step completed a hat-trick of ­victories in this Giro d’Italia in a bunch sprint on stage 18 in the Veneto town of Pieve di Soligo.The 22-year-old was perfectly set up by his teammate Jasper Stuyven in the final few high-speed turns and powered to the line after 171km of ­racing, ahead of two Italian sprinters. Continue reading...

Balsamo wins fourth consecutive Giro sprint stage

Elisa Balsamo wins her fourth sprint victory in four opportunities at the Giro d'Italia Women, finishing ahead of Maggie Coles-Lyster and Georgia Baker on stage six.

Balsamo wins fourth consecutive Giro sprint stage

Elisa Balsamo wins her fourth sprint victory in four opportunities at the Giro d'Italia Women, finishing ahead of Maggie Coles-Lyster and Georgia Baker on stage six.

Magnier snatches stage 18 bunch sprint to seal hat-trick of Giro d’Italia wins

'It would be good for the world' to slow down AI sprints, Anthropic says

It would be “good for the world” to slow down the pace of AI development, according to a blog post from Anthropic, which this week began the process of going public with a confidential IPO filing. “We believe it would be good for the world to have the option to slow or temporarily pause frontier AI development to enable societal structures and alignment research to keep up with the advance of the technology,” stated a blog post written by Anthropic co-founder (and former Reg scribe) Jack...

Sprint star Gout Gout’s 200m record formally ratified by World Athletics

Some scepticism had surrounded Australian’s under-20 world recordTime of 19.67 officially recognised to end to doubts over validityWorld Athletics has eliminated any doubt over the speed of Gout Gout, ignoring criticisms over the validity of his 19.67sec set during the 200m final at the nationals in April to formally ratify the time as the World Under 20 record. On the windy afternoon in Sydney, Gout improved his personal best by a third of a second in a breathtaking performance.