MEN’S FOOTBALL: Palestine make their first ever appearance in the Asian Cup knockout stages when they face hosts and defending champions Qatar for a place in the quarter-finals at Al Khor’s Al Bayt Stadium on Monday.
Qatar have won their last ten Asian Cup games and are ranked 58th in the world, with the Palestinians currently back in 99th. Monday afternoon’s other game sees high-scoring Iraq up against Jordan.
MEN’S CRICKET: Paceman Shamar Joseph took 7-68 as the West Indies dismissed Australia for 207 in Brisbane to win the second test by just eight runs.
It’s the first time since 1997 that the Windies have won a test match in Australia, and it tied the two-match series, in which they have fielded four debutants, at 1-1.
The teams now move on to contest three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 matches.
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Golden State’s Steph Curry netted 46 points but ended up on the losing team after LeBron James sank two free throws in the second period of overtime to seal the LA Lakers’ 145-144 victory on Sunday morning.
Nikola Jokic bagged 26 points for Denver as the reigning NBA champions held off Philadelphia 111-105 and the LA Clippers romped to a 115-96 win at the Boston Celtics.
MEN’S RUGBY UNION: Ealing came from behind to brush aside Doncaster 49-31 and moved top of the English Championship by two points with a game in hand after second placed Cornish Pirates held on to edge out former league leaders Coventry 21-19.
Cambridge saw off Caldy 33-14 to climb off the bottom of the table and Hartpury recovered from 14-0 down to score eight tries in their 54-34 win over Ampthill.
