The bitter, high-speed world championship feud between Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez has "poisoned" motorcycling, the sport's chief said on Thursday. Rossi, the nine-time world champion, was blasted for kicking defending champion Marquez off his bike at Sepang on Sunday. As a result, the veteran Yamaha rider has been relegated to the back of the grid for the season finale in Valencia on November 8. Should his chief rival and teammate Jorge Lorenzo win on home ground in Spain, Rossi must come second to clinch the title. But Rossi insists he is the victim of a Spanish plot and has accused Honda star Marquez of pursuing a "dirty game" with the express intention of...
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