Remember him? South Africa’s first motorsport World Champion, Kork Ballington won 31 Grand Prix and four world titles, taking both the 250cc and 350cc crowns for Kawasaki in 1978 and 1979. Today Kork ...

Four-time World Champion Kork Ballington will become a MotoGP™ Legend this season, set to be inducted into the MotoGP™ Legends Hall of Fame at the Australian GP at Phillip Island. Ballington won ...

South Africa’s second motorsport world champion Kork Ballington has been inducted into the MotoGP Hall of Fame, to become one of two-wheeled racing’s official legends. Ballington, born in Salisbury, ...

Ballington Unkorked, the story of South Africa’s first motorsport world champion, was well worth the wait, writes Gavin Foster. Kork Ballington may have been one of the quickest men of all time on a ...

1948 — Eric Sturgess, an ex-fighter pilot, is beaten in straight sets by 19-year-old American Richard “Pancho” Gonzales, an ex-sailor, in the final of the US lawn tennis championships in New York.

Hot on the heels of the news that Randy Mamola will be made an official MotoGP Legend at this year's Texas round, it has now been announced that Kork Ballington will also receive the honour in 2018.

Motorcycle enthusiasts from all over the UK headed for Stafford's County Showground over the weekend. Former world champion racers Giacomo Agostini and Kork Ballington were the guests of honour at the ...

Four-time World Champion Kork Ballington is now a MotoGP™ Legend. The South African, who took the 250 and 350 World Championships in both 1978 and 1979, was inducted into the MotoGP™ Hall of Fame on ...