Gael Monfils has been ruled out until the New Year after suffering an injury-plagued season.

The doping scandal that now surrounds Lance Armstrong, the man who came to epitomize cycling and the fight against cancer in both Europe and the United States, has plunged the sport into disarray.

English thoroughbred overhauls French rival Cirrus des Aigles to maintain unbeaten record and cap a remarkable three-year career at the summit of his sport.

Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo grabbed pole position for Sunday’s Malaysian MotoGP with a record-breaking lap in qualifying at the Sepang International Circuit on Saturday.

This is an obituary, but not as you know it. One, the subject of this obituary is a horse. And two, he isn’t dead.