Speedway

With the domestic season’s over and the Speedway Grand Prix having come to a close, The Sports Lowdown takes a look at what has been happening over the past few days in the world of speedway: View image | gettyimages.com   SGP and Elite League  Danish champion Niels-Kristian Iversen has ...

View image | gettyimages.com   Great Britain’s Tai Woffinden has won his second SGP Championship despite falling short in the Polish Grand Prix. The 2013 World Champion failed to reach the semi-finals, but after Greg Hancock came last in the semi-final, it was confirmed that Woffinden would become world champion. ...

  Poole Pirates have won the Elite League for the third successive season after overcoming Belle Vue Aces in an entertaining meeting at Wimborne Road. Poole manager Neil Middleditch dedicated the victory to Australia star Darcy Ward, who suffered a severe injury in August while on loan at Swindon Robins. ...

  Belle Vue Aces and the Poole Pirates shared the spoils in a dramatic Elite League play-off final first leg at Kirkmanshulme Lane last night. The Aces, who were 13 points behind the Pirates by Heat 13, managed to get themselves back into the tie, leaving it all to race ...

View image | gettyimages.com   Tonight, the Belle Vue Aces welcome Poole Pirates to Kirkmanshulme Lane in the first leg of the Elite League play-off final. The Aces, led by skipper Scott Nicholls, have had an amazing turnaround this season, and made their way to the final after overcoming Swindon ...

View image | gettyimages.com   Current Speedway Grand Prix leader Tai Woffinden has kept his title chances alive after winning the FIM Stockholm SGP. Woffinden, who is chasing his second title, picked up his second win of the season after fending off his closest rival Greg Hancock who came second ...

The second leg of the Elite League play-off semi-final took place last night, and Belle Vue looked to complete the task after beating Swindon Robins in the first leg, whilst the tie between Poole Pirates and Coventry Bees remained in the balance after their first leg draw.     Swindon ...

    View image | gettyimages.com The Belle Vue Aces have a 14 point advantage as they head into their second leg of their Elite League play-off semi-final next Monday after a 50-36 victory over the Swindon Robins last night in Manchester. The meeting, which was abandoned after heat 14 ...

View image | gettyimages.com   World champion Greg Hancock has closed the gap on current leader Tai Woffinden and insists that he “won’t give up until there is no chance” of retaining his FIM Speedway Grand Prix crown after winning the Slovenian Grand Prix in Krsko. The American notched up ...

View image | gettyimages.com   Swindon Robins star Darcy Ward suffered a horrendous injury whist racing for his Polish side Zielona Gona on Sunday night, but the club have confirmed that he is in a stable condition after undergoing spinal surgery. The Australian, who crashed out in heat 15 with ...