Sebastien Loeb, who claimed his ninth successive world drivers title on home ground in France a fortnight ago, crashed out of the Rally of Italy in Sardinia during Friday's third special stage.

Former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic and the 2011 U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur advanced to the Kremlin Cup quarterfinals with straight-sets victories on Thursday, as top-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov bowed out of the men's event.

Susie Wolff became the latest woman to drive a Formula One car Wednesday, but admitted that stricken Maria de Villota was in her thoughts as she tried to show that the sport should not be an all-male domain.

The first woman to lead a Formula One team has another reason to look forward to the Indian Grand Prix next week — it's in her country of birth.

Reigning MotoGP champion Casey Stoner says it was worth the risk to make a comeback at the weekend's Japanese Grand Prix despite not being fully recovered from surgery on his right ankle.

Reigning champion Sebastian Vettel heads into the last four races of the season knowing the momentum is with him, and his fate in his own hands, after a commanding win in South Korea.

Clint Bowyer picked up his first win in NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup championship by winning Saturday's race at Charlotte Motor Speedway while points leader Brad Keselowski suffered a devastating fuel shortage.

Honda's Dani Pedrosa kept his slim MotoGP title hopes alive by beating fellow Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo to win the Japanese Grand Prix for the second year in a row on Sunday.

World champion Sebastian Vettel won the Korean Grand Prix in a Red Bull one-two finish on Sunday to take the overall Formula One lead from Ferrari's Fernando Alonso with four races remaining.

Korea Red Bull driver Mark Webber upstaged his teammate Sebastian Vettel by claiming pole position on Saturday for the Formula One Korean Grand Prix, outpacing the German and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.