The 2016 championship gets under way in Qatar this weekend and the Brit remains bullish on his targets for the season having joined the Pramac Ducati team ahead of his third campaign. Redding spent the last two years on a Honda but his confidence is as high as ever after joining the Italian marquee.
Sir Chris Hoy tips Scottish pair Callum Skinner and Katie Archibald to become Olympic champions at Rio 2016
Athletes and fans demand answers over doping, claims WADA president as he calls for sponsor funding to clean up sport
Team Sky's Geraint Thomas wins Paris-Nice to underline his Tour de France credentials as he holds off Alberto Contador
Geraint Thomas takes yellow jersey in Paris-Nice after Team Sky man's second-place finish in penultimate stage
Stephen Curry only 65th best-paid player in the NBA with an £8.1m salary... less than half of Kobe Bryant and LeBron James
WADA spokesman Ben Nichols reveals 99 positive tests for meldonium since it was placed on banned list on New Year's Day
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- Defoe shares intimate baby photo showing him in the arms of his mum Striker posted an intimate picture with his mother when he was just a baby
- Eye on the prize: Wawrinka aiming for success at Indian Wells Wawrinka poses with bow and arrow ahead of fourth round clash with Goffin
- Totti and his tot! Roma legend celebrates birth of his daughter with wife Totti and his wife Ilary have welcomed their third daughter Isabel to the world
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- Hull City 1-1 Nottingham Forest: Gardner's screamer cancelled out by Aluko Hull now fourth after their automatic promotion hopes were dented
- Brighton 1-0 Reading: Wilson strike enough to help Seagulls move into second in Championship The Manchester United loanee scored on his first start in two months
- Ipswich 2-0 Blackburn: Murphy double boosts hosts' play-off hopes Murphy scored twice in the second half to earn three precious points for play-off chasers Ipswich
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- Wales prop Francis banned for eight weeks after eye gouge on England front row Cole The second-half replacement was cited after the match
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- Frampton swaps his boxing gloves for a morning suit as he collects an MBE from Prince William He was awarded the gong in New Year's list
- Heskey: Leicester City have always been in the shadows of the rugby Emile Heskey pleased to see his former side performing well at the top of the Premier League
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- Cheltenham Festival day one: All the action from the greatest show on turf Irish trainer Willie Mullins will again be hoping to dominate the first day of the Festival last year
- Former Leicester Tigers winger Seru Rabeni dies aged 37 Former Leicester and Fiji star Seru Rabeni has died at the age of 37 of a suspected heart attack
- Neil Lennon leaves Bolton by 'mutual consent' Lennon has parted company with Bolton by mutual consent. They are 11 points adrift of safety.
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- Charlton supporters stage funeral procession in protest of ownership Coffin represented 'the hopes and dreams of Charlton fans'
- On cloud nine! Zlatan scored four as PSG dismantled bottom-placed Troyes 9-0 to wrap up their fourth consecutive Ligue 1 title with eight games left
- Stuart Pearce fails to inspire 'worst team in England' to first win Former England international Stuart Pearce came out of retirement to play
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- Man United legend Van der Sar makes comeback for old club Noordwijk at 45... and saves a penalty! Regular keeper Mustafa Mare Zine is injured
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- Chelsea fans get first glimpse of January buy Miazga as he stars in U21s win over Leicester The US centre back has not made a competitive appearance yet
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- Cheer up, Louis! Glum Van Gaal goes back to drawing board at Manchester United HQ Suffered embarrassing defeat by Liverpool in Europa League
- Guess who? It's Barcelona stars... as you've never seen them before! Neymar and Dani Alves swap faces ahead of return to La Liga action
- Russell Crowe carries casket at funeral of cousin and New Zealand hero Martin The cricketing great's funeral was attended by hundreds of mourners
- Duff admits worries that he will 'turn into' Kim Kardashian in retirement Former Chelsea winger is concerned about life after football
- Henry cleared to be a football manager after Arsenal legend earns UEFA A Licence Thierry Henry has moved a step closer to going into management
- Forster scoops Player of the Month gong after making clean-sheet history... while Pochettino named manager of month Worthy award winners
- Lingard watches his side lose at Anfield along with a trio of United legends Jesse Lingard, out due to suspension, was in the away end
- Scholes brands Manchester United 'a shambles' and says stars 'are falling short' The former Manchester United midfielder did not hold back
- Liverpool fans taunt Manchester United supporters with rude motorway banner United fans did not get the best welcome ahead of their game at Anfield
- Joshua winds down with a 'needed' Jacuzzi session ahead of world heavyweight title fight with Martin Everyone needs a break once in a while
- Neville's men lose in the rain as Spanish rivals sink Valencia in tight affair Raul Garcia's first-half header gave Athletic Bilbao a 1-0 win
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- London has fallen! Twitter reacts as Zlatan ends Chelsea's European dreams Zlatan Ibrahimovic had the last laugh as PSG beat Chelsea
- Heads, you win: Monfils plants unorthodox volley at the net during an exhibition win over Wawrinka Gael Monfils and his showboating skills
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- Neymar celebrates at his sister's Walt Disney-themed 20th birthday party after receiving permission from Barcelona Had to ask club captains
- Beckham pops into PSG's London hotel ahead of Champions League tie with Chelsea Beckham met with Marco Verratti and team-mates at a London hotel
- Djokovic, Keane and Friedel watch courtside as Lakers beat Orlando Magic in NBA clash Sporting stars turn out in force in Los Angeles for the NBA match
- Henry meets Miami Dolphins' London-born star Ajayi Jay Ajayi is looking to step up his game to a higher level in new season
- 'Spot the fraud'! PSG add fuel to Chelsea fire with Diego dig French champions have aimed a sly barb at Chelsea striker Diego Costa on Twitter
- The new Nou Camp: Barcelona unveil plans for revamped 105,000-seater stadium as architects are selected for £465m upgrade New plans for 2021...
- Real Madrid stars celebrate win over Roma... in the hot tub! Boss Zinedine Zidane reflected on a job well done after his side saw off wasteful Roma to win
- Suarez returns to Liverpool as Barcelona star is welcomed back to Melwood by Sakho Luis Suarez clearly still holds the Merseyside outfit close to his heart
- Time to rebuild, Brendan? Rodgers insists Klopp is expected to dig deep and deliver the title Brendan Rodgers knows all about expectations
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- West Ham eye move for Oxlade-Chamberlain as he poses for a photo with Hammers loanee pal Jenkinson The 22-year-old craves first-team football
- Man's best friend! Hamilton is the picture of contentment as he takes dogs Roscoe and Coco for a walk in Paris It's no secret that dogs are man's best friend
- PSG reignite social media mind games with Chelsea with Zlatan as 'Parisian Sniper' in movie poster mock-up PSG step up their game in online stakes
- Cheltenham Festival green light for Pendleton as she prepares to ride Pacha Du Polder in the Foxhunter Chase Victoria Pendleton is progressing well
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- Rooney pets tiger during break in Dubai with knee brace... then United star is pictured walking unaided back in England as he steps up injury recovery
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