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| Spies to stay with Yamaha MotoGP team in 2012 Posted: 08 Jun 2011 08:00 AM PDT  Yamaha MotoGP rider Ben Spies of the US holds the trophy on the podium after his third position of the Catalunya MotoGP Grand Prix at the Montmelo race track, near Barcelona, June 5, 2011. – Reuters pic "We hope that he will remain at Yamaha for many years to come," said Yamaha motor racing managing director Lin Jarvis in a statement. "Ben has shown his ability to successfully compete at the highest level; firstly by becoming Yamaha's first World Superbike champion in 2009 and then attaining the status of Best Rookie in 2010 with the Tech3 Yamaha Team." Spies, team mate to Spain's world champion Jorge Lorenzo, is seventh overall in the championship after five races. The 26-year-old Tennessee-born rider replaced Italian MotoGP great Valentino Rossi, who moved to Ducati, at the factory team this season after previously riding for the non-works Tech3 Yamaha outfit. – Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| Former Japan striker Suzuki to play for free Posted: 08 Jun 2011 07:51 AM PDT TOKYO, Jun 8 – Former Japan World Cup striker Takayuki Suzuki has promised to play for free this season after being unveiled by J.League second division club Mito Hollyhock today. The 35-year-old, who scored Japan's first goal of the 2002 World Cup as co-hosts, had played minor league soccer in the United States since 2008 and initially planned to switch to coaching. "My aim is to get Mito into the J.League first division. That's all," Suzuki told a news conference. "I heard the club had financial difficulties so I asked to play on an amateur contract," added the bleached-blond striker, who has also had spells in Belgium and Serbia. Suzuki agreed to join Hollyhock, in Ibaraki Prefecture, north of Tokyo, after hearing about their plight following the devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11. Formerly of J.League power Kashima Antlers, also based in Ibaraki, the local-born Suzuki said: "I'm really happy to be able to play back at home again." – Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
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