Beatles offspring could form next generation band

Could Beatlemania see a revival through the offspring of the Fab Four? James McCartney, son of Beatles singer Paul McCartney, said a new generation of The Beatles could be on the horizon, in an interview with the BBC published on its website on Monday. The 34-year-old...

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Avintia Blusens ends pre-season closer to top

Three days of intense work (the second of which was almost completely lost to rain) from the entire Avintia Blusens team at the Jerez Test wrapped up on Sunday, and the crew worked tirelessly to be able to head to Qatar in good shape for the first Grand Prix of the season. Both...

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Lorenzo and Spies ready for Losail

This Sunday sees the long awaited and hugely anticipated season opening race of the 2012 MotoGP™ Championship at the Losail circuit in Qatar. Yamaha Factory Racing riders Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies will line up on the grid under the spectacular floodlights alongside their...

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Barbera ahead of Rossi and Hayden

Pramac Ducati's Hector Barbera outpaced the factory Ducati pair of Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden over a single lap to leave Sepang as the fastest GP12 rider, at the conclusion of the MotoGP shakedown in Malaysia. Barbera, who is using the Desmosedici which Rossi rode...

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Hayden looking forward to tenth MotoGP season

Nicky Hayden, the final 990cc MotoGP world champion but winless throughout the 800cc era, will start his tenth grand prix season under the floodlights at Qatar this weekend. It will also be the American's fourth season at Ducati and, despite being denied valuable winter...

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Jorge Lorenzo chasing first Qatar MotoGP win

Former MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo, who split the factory Hondas of Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa at Qatar 2011, has his sights set on going one better in the first race of the new 1000cc era at Losail on Sunday. Lorenzo was the only Yamaha rider in the top five as he...

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Stoner subdues chatter to set early Qatar pace

Casey Stoner and his Repsol Honda crew were forced to subdue 'huge' chatter from the world champion's RC213V on their way to setting the Thursday night free practice pace for the season-opening Qatar MotoGP. The Australian was the only Honda rider in the top four, having...

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