Following a high-speed collision at the Indonesian Grand Prix, MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez was injured with a right collarbone.
After an altercation with Marco Bezzecchi on the opening lap, the Spaniard was seen clutching his right shoulder. In the final round of Japan, the Spaniard won his seventh world title.
Bezzecchi had fallen from pole to seventh place behind Marquez, but as the Italian attempted to take the 2025 champion, he instead veered off into the gravel and collided with him.
Marquez, who has failed to win a grand prix at the Mandalika International Circuit on four occasions, was later seen slinging his arm.
Marc Marquez has been injured to his right collarbone as a result of the crash that occurred today in Mandalika, according to a statement from his Ducati team.
The rider will travel to Madrid (Spanien) tonight to decide whether to continue receiving medical care.
Marquez broke his arm’s shoulder in 2020, which required a number of operations.
Fermin Aldeguer, who won his first MotoGP victory in Indonesia, won the race.
At the Indonesia Grand Prix, rookie MotoGP champion Fermin Aldeguer won the first victory of his young career while Marc Marquez, who had just been crowned champion, collided with Marco Bezzecchi and crashed out.
On the 10th lap, Gresini Racing’s Aldeguer held the lead before Pedro Acosta, who had previously finished second, to win the race on Sunday.
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Aldeguer will now be able to recover from his agonizing second-place finish in the Saturday sprint, where he led for the majority of the 13-lap race before coming in second behind Bezzecchi.
Aldeguer’s teammate Alex Marquez completed the podium with Acosta coming in second.
Aldeguer won the first MotoGP race as a rookie since 2021’s Jorge Martin at the Austrian Grand Prix. With his victory at the Indonesian Grand Prix, he becomes the second youngest MotoGP winner in history.
Marco Bezzecchi [Willy Kurniawan/Reuters] clipped Marquez on lap one of the Indonesian MotoGP.
Marc Marquez collides and injures his collarbone
Bezzecchi, the pole-sitter, had a bad start to the race, finishing in sixth place after the first two turns, and the Aprilia rider made a desperate effort to regain the lead.
Bezzecchi nudged Marquez’s Ducati as he returned to the fray, and the pair crashed into the gravel at high speed, with Marquez claiming to be in great discomfort after the fall.
The Spaniard, who won last week’s Japanese Grand Prix with his andnbsp; seventh and seventh; MotoGP , championship , hunched over the track for a short while before stomping on his shoulder and scurrying away.
Marquez has never been able to complete a Grand Prix at the Mandalika International Circuit after four unsuccessful attempts, which is a terrible series of luck.
However, Bezzecchi and Marquez didn’t seem to have any verbal exchanges because they exchanged a quick handshake just before Marquez was taken to the hospital.
Following the race, it was revealed that Marquez had been injured by a collision with Bezzecchi and had a collarbone injury.
Marc Marquez has a right collarbone injury as a result of today’s crash at the Indonesian Grand Prix, according to Ducati’s social media statement.
The rider will travel to Madrid (Spanien) tonight to decide whether to continue receiving medical care.
Marquez fractured his shoulder during the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez in the opening weekend of the 2020 summer season, which extended his eligibility and required several surgeries.
After a few laps, Ducati’s afternoon turned from bad to worse when two-time champion Francesco Bagnaia’s bike slipped out of his lap and dumped him onto the asphalt.
As the Italian looked up at the sky and gestured furiously with folded hands, the Italian cut a frustrated figure after a rough campaign this year.
Jose Antonio Rueda of KTM Ajo won the Moto3 race in Indonesia earlier on Sunday to claim the 2025 title.
Aldeguer beats [Willy Kurniawan/Reuters] to win the Indonesian MotoGP.
At least 47 people have died in Nepal as a result of landslides and flash floods caused by heavy rains, blocking roads and eradicating bridges.
According to Kalidas Dhauboji, a spokesperson for the Armed Police Force, 35 people were killed in two separate landslides in the Ilam district of east-bordering India on Sunday.
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He added that as severe downpours quashed the Himalayan nation’s eastern and central regions, nine people had been missing as a result of the floods that had been washed away since Friday and three others had died as a result of lightning strikes elsewhere in Nepal.
According to Shanti Mahat, a spokesperson for the Nepalese National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, “Rescue efforts are being made for the missing persons.”
In response to the government’s struggle with the crisis, the Ministry of Home Affairs has designated Monday and Tuesday as national holidays. This exempts emergency services and disaster response teams.
Rameshwar Dangal, a spokesperson for the government, cited forecasts for heavy rains as justification for the unusual measure.
More than a dozen districts have been placed on red alert as a result of the meteorological authorities’ report, according to The Kathmandu Post newspaper.
Major population centers are covered by the alert, which includes parts of Kathmandu’s capital, with the provinces of Bagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini, and Madhesh provinces expected to experience the most rain through Monday morning.
All major routes into Kathmandu have been severely damaged by landslides that have caused extensive damage to the transport infrastructure.
The BP Highway linking the eastern regions is buried under debris, while the Araniko Highway, which connects Kathmandu to China’s border, is blocked after several road collapses.
Despite having some delays, the aviation authorities continued to suspend domestic flights on Saturday despite poor visibility.
International flights are operating normally, according to Rinji Sherpa, a spokesperson for the airport in Kathmandu, “but domestic flights are largely disrupted.”
As thousands of people return from their homes following Nepal’s Dashain celebrations, the country’s most significant religious holiday, the crisis has been compounded by its timing. People visited their families in their native villages on Thursday, which marked the two-week festival’s main day.
In southeast Nepal, where water levels have increased more than twice their normal volume, is of particular concern.
Authorities are considering preventing heavy vehicles from crossing the Koshi Barrage, but local official Dharmendra Kumar Mishra confirmed that all 56 sluice gates have been opened, compared to the standard 10 to 12.
In India’s Bihar state, the river frequently causes devastating flooding during the monsoons.
At least seven people were killed in the eastern Indian hill region of Darjeeling in West Bengal state as a result of landslides caused by heavy rain, according to local media reports.
“Seven dead bodies have already been found among the wreckage,” the statement read. More people are known, according to our knowledge. According to the Reuters news agency, work is also being done to retrieve their bodies, according to Darjeeling district police official Abhishek Roy on Sunday.
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Storm Amy had other ideas while a full slate of Irish Premiership games were scheduled for this weekend.
The weather caused both of Friday night’s games to be canceled, but Saturday’s four games still had plenty of intrigue.
With their defeat to Bangor and Dungannon Swifts, Coleraine and Larne both failed to capitalize on Glentoran’s lack of initiative.
In the late kick-off, Glenavon suffered yet another defeat as they were defeated by rivals Portadown while Ballymena United came from behind to defeat Carrick Rangers.
More delay in the start of the season
Glentoran will be happy to be leading the Irish Premiership table despite missing action as others did not, despite being disappointed to have missed a second successive game.
Due to a waterlogged pitch, players’ meetings with Cliftonville were canceled after last week’s game at the Oval against Larne was called off.
The Glens are one point ahead of the chasing pack, but it will be interesting to see how they will handle the fixture stackup and whether their recent lack of activity will end their early-season momentum.
After their home game against Crusaders was also postponed, Linfield are another team who will be playing catch-up to their rivals.
Win for Big Bangor
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The team’s gutsy 2-1 victory over Coleraine at Clandeboye Park on Saturday captained a truly impressive start to life in the top flight for Bangor.
After Jay Boyd and Ben Arthurs scored clinical goals, Lee Feeney’s side took a two-goal lead at half-time.
Then, with Harry Lynch receiving a second yellow card, the momentum started to change.
Soon after that, Zane Okoro scored one more for the Bannsiders, but Feeney’s side stepped up and produced what former Bangor defender Colin Nixon called “manic defending” to secure their biggest victory of the season.
Gareth Deane saved two important saves against his former club, and Stephen McGuinness blocked Matthew Shevlin with a brave final touch.
The Seasiders move up to the top of the table with a win over Glenavon and Crusaders, who will look to take advantage of their chances in their next two games to put further strain on themselves against the relegation places.
Coleraine wasted the opportunity to rise above the table by failing to find a way through the afternoon.
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Rodney McAree has expressed cautious optimism about Dungannon Swifts’ ability to turn things around with a 2-0 victory over Larne, which is their third straight victory.
With goals from Tiernan Kelly and Kealan Dillon, the Swifts won the match despite dominating the first half against Larne.
Sean McAllister and Junior impressed, and as the weeks progress, Kelly and McAllister appear to be good additions to the Irish Cup winners.
The hosts moved up to seventh place in the table with the victory, and they can start making Stangmore Park a fortress by taking on Glentoran the following week.
Larne’s six-game winning run was abruptly brought back to life with a bump, which brought them back to life.
Since they had neither conceded nor conceded since August 19th, Gary Haveron’s team quickly conceded two goals with one exception, both of which were incredibly defensive fragilities.
The corner was the poor defending for Kelly, who was free to bundle home, and Rohan Ferguson, who had given Junior possession of the ball in a dangerous area before being lobbed by Dillon for the second.
Larne will view defeat as a missed chance to rise to the top of the table, much like Coleraine.
Glenavon has lost 10 games in a row.
The current situation for managerless Glenavon, whose predicament only seems to get worse as the season progresses, is extremely difficult.
With a 3-1 defeat at Portadown on Saturday, they fell 10 points clear of the top of the table and 10 points clear of the teams that were closest to them in a 10th straight league defeat.
Last weekend, the Lurgan Blues and Paddy McLaughlin parted ways, with the formation of a temporary management team for their trip to Portadown rivals.
When Luke McGerrigan, 17, pounced inside five minutes to start the scoring, they had a dream start.
Glenavon started well in the first half, but Ryan Mayse’s cross, headed in the free header, caused a total scuffle.
After some more poor defending, Steven McCullough glanced home with a near-post header before substitute Ben Quinn smacked salt in Glenavon’s wounds with a stunning third.
Glenavon’s players were dejected at full-time, and whoever the new manager will be will have the power to keep them in the top flight will undoubtedly be in charge.
Resurrecting Sky Blues
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Ballymena United have struggled recently despite a promising season, but they showed character when they came from behind to defeat Carrick Rangers 2-1 at Taylors Avenue.
Ryan McNickle made a smart Ballymena move to score his first goal for the club and earn them all three points after Kym Nelson equalized Nedas Maciulaitis’ opener in the first half.
Even though the sides around them have games in hand, the win propels the Sky Blues to fifth place in the table.
With a consistent run of games, McNickle will hope that his selection will demonstrate his readiness for the step up the top flight after joining from third-tier Newry City. One of the fringe players who received a start was McNickle, who undoubtedly justified his choice.
Jim Ervin, the head of Sky Blues, was impressed by what he saw going forward.
He said, “I’m delighted for him to get the winner because it’s his first start for us, he hasn’t played a lot of football for us, but he has worked extremely hard since he came in.”
In a historic moment in the country’s tense transition following nearly 14 years of war, Syria is holding parliamentary elections for the first time since Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow.
A third of the 210 people appointed by the revamped People’s Assembly were chosen by interim leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, who was one of the electoral colleges in Syria’s electoral college on Sunday to vote for the new lawmakers.
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The electorate will select the remaining representatives from electoral colleges all over the nation rather than directly by the electorate.
Critics claim that the system favors well-connected individuals and will likely lead to a more concentrated concentration of power under Syria’s new rulers than to facilitating genuine democratic change.
One-third of the deputies will be appointed by interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa.
More than a dozen non-governmental organizations said in a joint statement last month that the process would allow al-Sharaa to “effectively shape a parliamentary majority composed of individuals he selected or ensured loyalty from” and risked “undermining the principle of pluralism essential to any genuine democratic process.”
One of the organizations that signed the statement, Bassam Alahmad, the executive director of France-based Syrians for Truth and Justice, told the AFP news agency, “You can call the process anything you want, but not elections.”
In addition, tensions between local authorities and Damascus’ central government have forced indefinite delays to elections in the province of Suwayda, a region with a moderate Druze majority, and in northeastern regions controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
No political parties or campaigns.
Osama Bin Javaid, a journalist from Damascus, claimed that the new assembly’s vote would take place under “a hybrid model” of a selection and an election.
He claimed that despite the election results’ democratic flaws, they were a significant step forward for Syrians in terms of having a voice in a body that could address the country’s pressing issues.
He claimed that there are no political parties and campaigns.
Bin Javaid told the Syrians he had spoken to that because of the destruction caused by 14 years of conflict, they “realize that this is not a general election” and “are aware that Syria cannot hold a general election.”
After nearly six decades of the Assad family’s rule, he continued, “People on the street believe this is their first chance to get a real taste of an election.”
Regular elections were held during the al-Assad dynasty’s rule, but they were widely viewed as fake and the al-Assad-led Baath party had always held control of the parliament.
The incoming parliament will be given the task of setting up the ground for a popular vote in the upcoming elections during its 30-month term.
Bin Javaid claimed that the parliament would need to demonstrate that “Syria can become a constitutional democracy and the electorates will be accountable to those who support them.”
What will happen?
There are 210 seats in the People’s Assembly, with 140 of those seats being voted on by electoral colleges nationwide, according to population distribution for each district. The remaining 70 deputies will be chosen by al-Sharaa in person.
The 140 seats will be cast in 60 districts by committees appointed for the purpose, with a total of 7, 000 electoral college members in each district.
Seats will remain empty in the Kurdish-dominated northeast and Druze-majority southern province of Suwayda, which are still under Damascus’ control, due to the delay in the elections.
Since existing political parties were disbanded by Syria’s new authorities following al-Assad’s ouster, and there hasn’t been a system to create new parties, all candidates are from the electoral colleges and are running as independents.
Popular vote obstacles
Some experts believe the government’s arguments are valid despite the criticism that the lack of a popular vote is undemocratic.
Al-Sharaa claimed that due to the large number of Syrians who lack documentation after millions of people have fled abroad or have been internally displaced, direct elections will no longer be possible.
Because of the large number of displaced people, “we don’t even know how many Syrians are in Syria right now,” according to Benjamin Feve, a senior research analyst at the consulting firm Karam Shaar Advisory in Syria.
“Syria’s electoral lists would be incredibly challenging to draw right now,” said one candidate.
The Arab Reform Initiative and Chatham House think tank’s senior research fellow, Haid Haid, told AP that the electoral process was not transparent.
There is no oversight, he said, and the selection process is “kind of potentially vulnerable to manipulation,” especially when it comes to selecting the subcommittees and the electoral colleges.
With only 14% of the candidates women and Suwayda and the northeast being excluded from the process, critics have also expressed concerns about the representation of minorities and women in the new assembly.
After the fall of the al-Assad regime, “elections could have been a new political start,” according to 40-year-old teacher Nishan Ismail, who works in the Kurdish-controlled northeast, but “the marginalization of numerous regions shows that the standards of political participation are not respected.”
Candidate Mayssa Halwani stated at a meeting in Damascus this week that the system criticism was expected. She said, “The government is new to power and freedom is new for us.”
Bin Javaid, a journalist for Al Jazeera, predicted that the incoming parliament would face significant difficulties in a nation that is still trying to rebuild itself from scratch and dismantle the al-Assad regime’s mechanisms.
Among them are the need to represent different groups in the country’s diverse population, the country’s economy, which is struggling despite the lifting of international sanctions, security issues, Syrian territory being under the control of Kurdish forces, Druze fighters, and Israel, and the need for representation.
