MEN’S FOOTBALL: Germany won their first-ever Under-17s World Cup after beating France on penalties in Saturday’s final in Surakarta, Indonesia.
The French had come from two down to draw 2-2 in normal time after German midfielder Winners Osawe had been sent off for receiving his second yellow card in the 69th minute.
German goalie Konstantin Heide saved two penalties in the shoot-out and claimed the man-of-the-match award.
MEN’S RUGBY UNION: Ciaran Frawley’s late try sealed Leinster’s 24-22 bonus point win in Connacht and moved them top of the United Rugby Championship following Glasgow’s 40-29 loss at Munster.
Pretoria’s Bulls stuffed Durban’s Sharks 44-10, the Scarlets edged to a 29-23 in Cardiff and Benetton beat the Ospreys 19-13.
Bottom club Newport lost again, 49-24 in Johannesburg, the Stormers saw off Zebre 31-7 and Edinburgh squeezed past Ulster 27-24.
MEN’S CRICKET: Bangladesh gained their first ever home Test Match victory over New Zealand after left-arm spinner Taijal Islam took 6-75 to set up a massive 150 run win in Sylhet. Islam finished with match figures of 10-184.
The second and final match of this mini-series starts in Mirpur on Wednesday.
New Zealand are currently ranked as the world’s fifth-best Test team with Bangladesh back in ninth.
MEN’S FOOTBALL: Linfield still lead the Irish Premiership by a point, with a game in hand, despite being thumped 4-0 at Glentoran as second-placed Larne could only draw 0-0 at second-bottom Ballymena.
Glenavon drew 1-1 with Coleraine, Cliftonville came from behind to win 4-1 in Dungannon, Carrick and Loughall ended all square at 2-2 and John McGovern’s late tap-in earned bottom of the table Newry a 1-1 draw at Crusaders.
