Italian rider was hit by another bike in supporting Supersport race that was held in horrendous weather conditions

The Yamaha rider was thrown from his bike and landed on his already damaged left shoulder

Bikers had descended upon the Italian capital from around the world to attend concerts and parades marking the manufacturer’s 110th anniversary

Spanish riders lock-out the podium in Barcelona as Lorenzo finishes ahead of Honda duo Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez

Another four injured in second blast at hospital where victims were being treated

Six-strong armed gang mingled with hundreds of shoppers before smashing glass cabinets with axes and sledge hammers

Tai Woffinden may be only 22 but he goes into the British Speedway Grand Prix at the Millennium Stadium today with huge expectation riding on his shoulders.

Buddhist mobs armed with sticks and machetes burned Muslim homes for a second day in the northern Burmese city of Lashio, contradicting government assurances that soldiers had restored calm.

Tom Sykes claimed double victory at Donington Park to move to within four points of the lead in the superbike World Championship.

Paralympic champions' older brother to face no further action in case of Maria Barnard's death

In the roll-call of student summer reading certain volumes stand out, including Desmond Morris's body language phenomenon The Naked Ape and Richard Bach's Jonathan Livingston Seagull. To those can be added a volume by Robert M Pirsig that snuggled its way into every hitchhiker's hand-crocheted body satchel. Unlike Bach, whose books were like being hit with a wiffle bat full of pot-pourri, Pirsig is the real deal. Born in 1928, this precocious university student was eventually expelled for studying too hard, after growing bewildered by the choice of multiple hypotheses in his chosen field, biochemistry. Overwhelmed by the limitations of science, he tackled Eastern philosophy instead, spending time in India before returning to a US college.

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A father and son were mistakenly shot by a gunman in a revenge attack, the Old Bailey heard.