Rossi wins in Brno

Italy's Valentino Rossi on a Yamaha won the MotoGP race at the Czech Grand Prix meeting here on Sunday to extend his overall championship lead and all but clinch a ninth world title.
After a thrilling head-to-head duel with Spanish stablemate Jorge Lorenzo, Rossi profited from the latter's fall five laps from the finish to extend his lead to 50 points.
Lorenzo had passed Rossi three laps earlier but his spectacular tumble -- from which he emerged unscathed -- handed Rossi a clear run through to the finish and a 102nd career victory.
The 30-year-old Rossi, nicknamed The Doctor, is now closing in on Giacomo Agostini's all-time mark of 122 race wins.