The 29th Dakar Rally gets underway from Lisbon on Saturday, January 6th with Michelin looking for another victory in the motorcycle category

The UAE Desert Challenge, final round of this season’s FIA Cross-Country World Cup, turned into a fierce duel between the sport’s leading exponents

The nature of the route and the prevailing conditions will once again make the UAE Desert Challenge, final event in the 2006 FIA World Cup, a suitable test ahead of the next Dakar Rally

For the third consecutive year, a two-wheel-drive buggy has seen off all the 4x4 opposition in the Rally of the Pharaohs

From October 2-8 competitors will cover seven legs – a total distance of about 3000 kilometres (1860 miles). Every day they will tackle a special stage measuring about 350 km (220 miles)...

The Morocco Rally – initially the setting for a fascinating duel between the Mitsubishi/BFGoodrich and Volkswagen/BFGoodrich teams – ended in tragic circumstances

After passing the past two years along the Atlantic coast, this year the Morocco Rally will return to the country’s interior and the sumptuous Atlas mountain range

Rarely has a round of the FIA Cross Country World Cup witnessed such intense scenes. Two of the sport’s leading drivers engaged in a thrilling duel that lasted right until the end of the rally – and the excellent performance of their BFGoodrich tyres played its part