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Ryan Farquhar

Farquhar celebrates best season yet

The hectic Irish road-racing scene continues tomorrow with the Aon bikecare Skerries 100 meeting just north of Dublin where a renewal of the season-long battles between Ryan Farquhar, Scotsman Keith Amor and the Dunlop boys William and Michael are set to entertain the huge crowd who normally line the 2.9mile circuit.
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Toughest exams are yet to come for champ Boyd

Friday, 3 July 2009

A-levels are over and school is finished for Wayne Boyd.
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Eugene Donnelly

Irish still a strong presence at Rally Isle of Man

Wednesday, 1 July 2009

Despite the absence of main players like Eugene Donnelly and Eamonn Boland, Irish drivers still hold a strong hand in next week’s Rally Isle of Man.
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Accident prone Latvala leaves Hirvonen speechless

Monday, 29 June 2009

A month ago it seemed the World rally championship was all but over.
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Dempsey on way to finding winning Formula

Monday, 29 June 2009

Morgan Dempsey moved his name up the list of potential Northern Ireland Formula Ford champions with victory at Kirkistown on Saturday.
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Eugene Laverty

Laverty in a title race spin at Donington

Monday, 29 June 2009

Toomebridge lad Eugene Laverty’s world championship hopes took a severe battering yesterday, during round nine of the World Supersport Championship at Donington Park.
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Farquhar is star of show with hat-trick

Monday, 29 June 2009

Ryan Farquhar seems to have put his TT disappointment firmly behind him in the second part of June.
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Big names skip Manx for Ulster

Friday, 26 June 2009

The Ulster Rally in late August will effectively be the next round of the Irish Tarmac championship.
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Rossi rocked by De Puniet

Friday, 26 June 2009

Frenchman Randy de Puniet was the surprise name at the top of the timesheets after yesterday's opening practice session for the seventh round of the FIM MotoGP World Championship season at Assen.
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FOTA boss delighted with Mosley toppling

Thursday, 25 June 2009

Luca di Montezemolo was last night revelling in the toppling of a man he has described as a "dictator" in FIA president Max Mosley.
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Rossi chases 100th victory

Thursday, 25 June 2009

Valentino Rossi is riding high after claiming one of his “best wins ever” last time out and has his sights set on a century of race victories at Assen circuit this weekend.
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Max Mosley

Mosley forced to call it quits

Thursday, 25 June 2009

FIA president Max Mosley suffered the most humiliating defeat of his career at the World Motor Sport Council meeting in Paris yesterday, and as the price of peace in Formula One has been obliged to back down and confirm his intention not to stand for re-election when his current term of office ends in October.
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Max Mosley

Mosley performs U-turn

Wednesday, 24 June 2009

Max Mosley is prepared to stand again as FIA president following what he describes as “wholly unjustified criticism” of world motor sport's governing body.
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First new Northern Ireland road race in 50 years launched

Wednesday, 24 June 2009

The first totally new road race in Northern Ireland for over 50 years was launched yesterday.
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The Punter: Button to seal title sooner than later

Wednesday, 24 June 2009

Red Bull gives you wings, and motor racing’s F1 team were certainly flying at Silverstone with a one-two podium position in the British Grand Prix.
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Flying Ryan out to make up for TT

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Ryan Farquhar, who had a four-timer, at the Bush road races, near Dungannon, last weekend is hoping that his change of form will side with the Ulster Grand Prix, where he is bidding for a fifth win.
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Donald sure of fast return

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Relentless Suzuki’s road racing sensation Cameron Donald, will today return to Melbourne for a three week sabbatical following his Isle of Man TT crash at the start of June.
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MacHale leading the chase in Donegal

Saturday, 20 June 2009

Gareth MacHale was quickest out of the blocks on day one of the Topaz Donegal International Rally.
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Vettel and Webber set the pace

Saturday, 20 June 2009

In a day that became increasingly overshadowed by the off-track escalation of the FIA/FOTA war, it almost went unnoticed in many quarters that Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber dominated practice in their revitalised Red Bulls.
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Meeke stays safe in second

Saturday, 20 June 2009

Kris Meeke feared he would risk the wrath of his Peugeot bosses if he had returned to the service halt leading the Ypres Rally after the opening trio of stages.
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Max Mosley

Mosley exit may save Formula One

Saturday, 20 June 2009

You can ponder whether Formula One is on the brink of disaster or the threshold of a brave new world in the wake of the split between the FIA and the Formula One Teams' Association (FOTA) who intend to start their own breakaway series in 2010, but only two questions really matter.
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Lawton: Wimbledon still not home for Andy

It might be different if Andy Murray had been born in Bromley or Tunbridge Wells, or his great grandmother was an innovative over-arm server in Victorian Wimbledon, like Tim Henman, or he had renounced his Scottish blood the first time he crossed Hadrian's Wall.

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Joe Kernan: Antrim now the most popular team in Ireland

When Antrim met Cavan in the Ulster football championship semi-final last weekend, the other seven counties in the province were on their side.

the_punter

The Punter: We just didn’t get to Sea

The victory by Fame And Glory in the Irish Derby poses the question as to whether or not he would have taken his revenge on his Epsom conqueror Sea The Stars?

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