The following is from Honda… The MotoGP paddock looks forward to arguably its greatest event of the year in Italy this weekend.

Source:MotoGP: Mugello This Weekend (Cycle News)

Girls Tennis FCIAC Championship Greenwich 4, New Canaan 3 At Shippan Racquet Club, Stamford. Kate Mannelly (NC) def.

Source:Thursday's tennis, lacrosse, golf (Stamford Advocate)

MEN’S badminton doubles Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah may not be in the same league as the big guns but that will not stop them from aiming for a good result in the World Championships in Hyderabad on August 10-16.

Source:Badminton: Veteran pair aim to make good (The New Straits Times)

DUBAI - Arun Kelangath easily won his match in the men’s singles event of the India Club—Western Union UAE Open Badminton Tournament, a press release said.

Source:Kelangath Beats Sabeer in UAE Open Badminton (Khaleej Times)

After announcing plans in February for a US-based entry to the 2010 championship, Formula One veterans Peter Windsor and Ken Anderson have been hard at work laying the foundations for their fledgling team.

Source:Anderson, Windsor: US car could be on track by November (Formula 1)

OCONOMOWOC — The Madison East boys tennis team earned another trip to state and the Purgolders have Connor and Stratton Gilmore to thank. East’s top two singles players won titles as the Purgolders won the Oconomowoc sectional, edging Waukesha South 45-40 Thursday.

Source:WIAA boys tennis: Gilmores lead Madison East (Wisconsin State Journal)

Eden Prairie celebrated two third-place finishes at the state high school badminton tournament last week. The Eagles finished third in team competition May 13 at Burnsville High School.

Source:Eden Prairie nets third-place finish in state badminton tourney (Eden Prairie Sun-Current)

On another flawless afternoon in Palm Beach, Fla., Susan Markin breaks out a golf ball emblazoned with the image of a man who bilked her for more than a million bucks. The man’s face, smug and shameless, has haunted Markin lately, smirking from the covers of magazines and tabloids, smiling wanly for the cameras on the evening news. It is the unrepentant face of financial scandal, and Markin …

Source:Bernie Madoff's golf memberships provided the perfect venue to run the largest Ponzi scheme in history (Sports Illustrated)

Valentino Rossi believes his unexpected Le Mans problems mean he and Fiat Yamaha must ‘work in another way’ to get the best from the 2009 Bridgestone tyres. Rossi led a Yamaha one-two-three at Le Mans in 2008, but this years event saw the reigning six-time MotoGP world champion ranked sixth, eleventh, fourth and third in the four track sessions leading up to the wet/dry race. After being unable …

Source:Rossi: The most exciting circuit in the world. (Crash.Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)

With school bells ringing again, we thought this would be a good time to educate readers on some of the more “stylish” accessories available that will ensure their kids stand out in a crowded classroom.

Source:Backpack too heavy? Spring for mouse pad (Toronto Star)