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Former MotoGP champion Nicky Hayden has died aged 35, five days after being involved in a crash while cycling. The American suffered "serious cerebral damage" after colliding with a car on the Rimini coastline in Italy on Wednesday, 17 May. The 2006 MotoGP championship winner had been in the intensive care unit of Cesena's Maurizio Bufalini Hospital. "We would like everyone to remember Nicky at his happiest - riding a motorcycle," his brother Tommy said. A hospital statement issued on Thursday said Hayden had suffered "a serious polytrauma", which is a medical term to describe the condition of a person who has multiple traumatic injuries. Hayden, who was nicknamed the Kentucky Kid, had competed for Red Bull Honda in the World Superbike Championship in Italy on 14 May. Older brother Tommy, who was also a motorcycle racer, said the family had many "great and happy memories" of Hayden. "He dreamed as a ki

Thousands of pounds have been won in bets on Chelsea captain John Terry being substituted in the 26th minute of his final appearance at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. The 36-year-old had arranged to go off against Sunderland in the minute matching his shirt number. BBC Sport pundit Alan Shearer said it raised questions of integrity. The FA has asked the betting companies involved for information on bets they received on the substitution. One bookmaker said it had paid out on three bets, with one customer claiming he had been paid at 100-1 on a £25 stake. He was given his winnings after being involved in an exchange on Twitter with the bookmaker as to whether the substitution occurred in 26th minute, when the board went up for Terry to come off, or the 28th minute, when he left the pitch. The bookmaker said: "Clearly the send-off was planned for the 26th minute to commemorate JT - hence why we paid out." Another successful gambler, who staked £10, anonymously told

As reported earlier today, the remains of late actress, Moji Olaiya, will be flown back to Nigeria after APC Chieftain, Bola Tinubu, offered his assistance. Pictured above is Foluke Daramola Salako, Kemi Afolabi, Tinubu and Adunola Farounbi, the first daughter of Moji Olaiya at Bourdillon, Ikoyi, after the APC Chieftain handed over the money this morning to the burial committee and Moji's family to fly her remains back to Nigeria for a befitting burial.