6 Feb 2009

MotoGP champ still battling injuries from freak accident

11:33 am on 6 February 2009

The MotoGP motorbike world champion Valentino Rossi says he has not yet fully recovered from a domestic accident in which he cut his hand and foot.

While he was closing the curtains at his home in Italy, the Italian rider fell on to a glass table and cut his left hand and the sole of his foot.

The 29-year-old says it was very scary because there was a lot of blood everywhere.

He says in 10 days he will be okay.

Rossi, who stormed to his fifth MotoGP world title last year, unveiled Yamaha's 2009 bike over the Internet this week.

The season-opening Grand Prix is in Qatar on April 12.