MAGNY-COURS, France, Oct 7, 2007 (AFP) - Britain's James Toseland won the World Superbike Championship title for 2007 after the 13th and final race of the season here on Sunday.

The 27-year-old Honda rider claims the title for the second time after 2004, when he also clinched overall victory during the final race at Magny-Cours.

Toseland finished just seventh in the first of the day's two races after a fall on the first bend, but his sixth position in the second race was enough to give him the title with a two-point lead on Japan's Noriyuki Haga.

MAGNY-COURS, France, Oct 7, 2007 (AFP) - Japan's Noriyuki Haga, riding a Yamaha, won the first race in the French leg or the World Superbike Championship series, the 13th and final event of the season, here on Sunday.

Australians Troy Bayliss of Ducati and Corser of Yamaha were second and third respectively.

MOSCOW, Sept 11, 2007 (AFP) - Indonesian round-the-world biker Jeffrey Polnaja rolled into Moscow on Tuesday on the 43rd stage of a 100-country trip in which he has so far covered 75,000 kilometres (47,000 miles).

The 45-year-old said he was coping well with the chill of the Russian autumn and looked forward to the next stages of his trip, which will take him through neighbouring ex-Communist countries Ukraine, Moldova and Romania.

INDIANAPOLIS, July 23, 2007 (AFP) - The world`s top motorcycle drivers will be spanning the globe in September of next year when the inaugural Indianapolis Grand Prix makes its debut, Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials said on Monday.

The track, which dropped its Formula One auto race earlier this month, will instead stage a MotoGP event over a 2.601-mile road course that will be the 14th of 18 races on next year`s MotoGP calendar.

LAGUNA SECA, California, July 23, 2007 (AFP) - Australia`s Casey Stoner, on a Ducati, won the USA MotoGP in dominant style here on Sunday to extend his World Championship lead.

Stoner won the 115.52km race in 44min 20.325sec, finishing 9.865sec in front of compatriot Chris Vermeulen on a Suzuki.

Marco Melandri, on a Honda, was third, 25.641sec behind the winner, shrugging off the after effects of a frightening crash in Saturday`s qualifying.

LAGUNA SECA, California, July 23, 2007 (AFP) - Australia`s Casey Stoner, on a Ducati, won the USA MotoGP in dominant style here on Sunday to extend his World Championship lead.

Stoner won the 115.52km race in 44min 20.325sec, finishing 9.865sec in front of compatriot Chris Vermeulen on a Suzuki.

Marco Melandri, on a Honda, was third, 25.641sec behind the winner, shrugging off the after effects of a frightening crash in Saturday`s qualifying.

LAGUNA SECA, California, July 22, 2007 (AFP) - Results here on Sunday in the 115.52km MotoGP US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca raceway:

1. Casey Stoner (AUS/Ducati), 44min 20.325sec

2. Chris Vermeulen (AUS/Suzuki) at 9.865sec, 3. Marco Melandri (ITA/Honda) 25.641, 4. Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yamaha) 30.664, 5. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/Honda) 35.622, 6. Randy de Puniet (FRA/Kawasaki) 38.306, 7. Anthony West (AUS/Kawasaki) 41.422, 8. Makoto Tamada (JPN/Yamaha) 42.355, 9. Alex Barros (BRA/Ducati) 43.520, 10. Roger Lee Hayden (USA/Kawasaki) 43.720