The Australian MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner went back to the top of the standings by a single point yesterday after beating his Spanish rival Jorge Lorenzo to win in Portugal for the first time.

Who knew they made spaceships in Swindon?

Sylvain Guintoli finished in first and second places in the two races of the Dutch round of the World Superbike Championship at Assen yesterday.

A team of geeks has devoted 5,000 man hours over six months to building a van-sized contraption designed to do nothing more complicated than pop a single balloon. Because, well, why not?

Australian Josh Brookes will start from pole position on his Tyco Suzuki in the opening round of the British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch today as a record contingent of eight foreign riders pressures the home competitors.

For the first time in two and a half years, Tiger Woods is on top of an American leaderboard going into the weekend. In 2009 it would have seemed so simple. Now it is simply so enthralling.

The moppy-haired boy from Belfast always thought he would be world No 1. Now expect him to dominate the game for decades, writes James Corrigan in Miami

Rory takes two-shot lead into final round of Honda Classic with world No 1 spot the reward for victory

Thailand's worst flooding in 50 years last October will cost the Lloyd's of London $2.2bn (£1.4bn), the insurance market warned yesterday.

The MotoGP champion, Casey Stoner, had to sit out the start of pre-season testing yesterday after pulling his back doing warm-up exercises at Malaysia's Sepang circuit.

The Honda Motor Company is no stranger to innovation in its road cars. It was one of founder Soichiro Honda’s core principles and the company’s history books are filled with examples of great technical achievements. With the launch of the all-new Honda civic, we thought we’d take a look back at the contributions that Honda have made to the automotive industry over the years.

Japanese car giant Honda is creating 500 new jobs to meet a forecasted increase in production at its UK factory.

Japanese car maker Honda is recalling 304,000 vehicles worldwide over air bags that may inflate with too much pressure in a crash, potentially causing injury or death by sending metal and plastic pieces flying.

World champion Casey Stoner topped the practice times in Valencia as the sport returned to action in a sombre mood following the death of Marco Simoncelli in Malaysia two weeks ago.