Sport

Silk Way Rally Stage 11: short and fast

Stage 11 of the Silk Way Rally was fast, but shorter than expected.

19 July 2017

Sport

Loeb out of Silk Way Rally with finger injury

Frenchman Sebastien Loeb sustained the injury in a crash, which effectively ended his chances of winning

18 July 2017

Sport

Sebastien Loeb loses eight hours as he crashes in Silk Way Rally

After Sunday’s rest day, the drivers raced for the first time on the proper dunes of the Gobi desert

17 July 2017

Sport

Silk Way Rally rest day precedes six final days of racing

Sunday was a chance for the drivers to recharge their batteries ahead of a challenging six final stages in the Silk Way Rally.

16 July 2017

Sport

Silk Way Rally: Loeb and Sotnikov consolidate their leads in stage 8

Sébastien Loeb extends his lead in the car class, while Dmitry Sotnikov is ahead in the trucks.

15 July 2017

Sport

Silk Way Rally: Bryce Menzies beats defending champion Despres in stage 7

American Bryce Menzies wins his first special and in the Kamaz has a clean sweep in the trucks section

14 July 2017

Sport

Silk Way Rally: Stephane Peterhansel doubles up on stage six

Peugeot’s Stephane Peterhansel won his second stage of the Silk Way Rally in the cars category but the Frenchman remains more than three hours behind overall leader Sébastien…

13 July 2017

Sport

Silk Way Rally: Cyril Despres has his day in the sun

Stage five of the Silk Way Rally featured another long day.

12 July 2017

Sport

Silk Way Rally: Sébastian Loeb benefits from Peterhansel's pain

Peugeot's Stephane Peterhansel took a roll in the mud and ended up losing three hours

11 July 2017

Sport

Silk Way Rally: Sébastian Loeb leaves rivals in the shade

Stage three of the Silk Way Rally left Russia and headed to Kazakhstan with a long stage between Ufa and Kostanay, featuring 329km of special.

10 July 2017

Sport

Silk Way Rally: Peterhansel leads Peugeot procession

Stage two of the Silk Way took the riders on a 785km trip eastwards from Cheboksary to Ufa, with 157km of special section on the menu.

9 July 2017

Sport

Sebastian Loeb sets marker in Silk Way starter

The official podium ceremony for the 2017 Silk Way Rally was held on Moscow’s iconic Red Square on Friday, with defending car champion Cyril Despres leading the…

8 July 2017

Germany

Muslims march against extremism in Cologne

Several hundred Germans. most of them Muslims, held a peace march in Cologne on Saturday in protest at the number of deadly Islamic extremist attacks that have hit Europe in recent years.

17 June 2017

Ecotech

Vintage car rally in Moscow

Moscow residents had an opportunity to immerse themselves in the automotive history last weekend, as vintage car fans gathered in the centre of the Russian capital to show off their…

6 June 2017

Argentina

People power: Argentina blocks early release for human rights criminals

Under pressure from the street, Congress stopped a ruling from applying to dictatorship-era human rights offenders.

11 May 2017

Sport

Silk Way Rally: from Moscow to Xi'An

Rally raid teams will tackle 10,000kms through Russia, Kazakhstan and China

9 May 2017

Spain

Rally driver involved in incredible near miss as his car skids off a cliff-top road

9 May 2017

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Australia: Ginger Pride Rally celebrates beauty of redheads

After years of being on the receiving end of insults, nicknames and jokes, thousands of redheads took to the streets of Melbourne to proclaim their ginger pride.

3 May 2017

World News

Workers and activists mark May Day around the globe

Workers and activists around the world have marked May Day with defiant rallies and marches.

2 May 2017

Hungary

"We belong to Europe" - Hungarians hold May Day rally

Thousands of pro-EU protesters warn Hungary's government not to abandon European liberal values in a May Day rally in Budapest

2 May 2017