Motorcycling: Former champion Nicky Hayden will make his MotoGP return at Spain’s Motorland Aragon circuit this weekend as a stand-in for injured Australian Jack Miller at the privately-run Marc VDS Honda team. Miller suffered two fractures in his right hand when he crashed in Austria last month and has now been given time out to recover after struggling in the last two rounds in Britain and Italy. American Hayden, who won the 2006 title with the works Honda team, finished third at the inaugural Motorland Aragon race on a Ducati in 2010. The 35-year-old started 216 races between 2003 and 2015, winning three.

Formula One: Attendance at the Singapore Grand Prix, one of the most popular races on the calendar fell this year, hurt by a slowdown in the local and global economy. The night race, won by Germany’s Nico Rosberg, saw an average of 73,000 spectators attend for each of the three days of the race weekend, promoter Singapore GP said. The 2015 edition attracted about 87,000 spectators daily, while the inaugural race in 2008 welcomed over 100,000 spectators. “The overall ticket take-up is 15 per cent lower than the average attendance at the Circuit Park since the inaugural race,” Singapore GP said.

Cycling: Cycling Australia high performance chief Kevin Tabotta has resigned after two decades coaching his country’s best cyclists in the wake of the team’s disappointing showing at the Rio Olympics. Tabotta, who has produced more than 50 world champions across all cycling disciplines, will move on to a new role in “elite sport”, Cycling Australia said in a news release yesterday. “We would like to thank Kevin for and recognise his outstanding contribution to the sport of cycling in Australia at the elite level,” said the body’s chief executive Nick Green.

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