The first full stage of the 2016 Dakar Rally has been canceled due to heavy rain that has flooded parts of the stage from Rosario to Villa Carlos Paz.Event organizers were expecting poor weather on Sunday, but the storms that hit the area of the stage were heavier than expected....

The Dakar Rally's Prologue was halted by an accident involving four spectators on Saturday evening. The bystanders were struck by the X-raid Mini of Chinese Dakar debutant Guo Meiling when it went off the road just past the halfway point.Organisers neutralized the rest of the stage while emergency crews attended...