SPEEDWAY: Max Fricke top-scored with 15+1 points as Leicester led from the first tape to thump Premiership league leaders Ipswich 53-37 on Thursday night.
Sheffield Tigers climbed into second place after Jack Holder returned from injury and led them to a 58-31 stuffing of King’s Lynn, while both Rohan Tungate and Chris Harris bagged 12+1 points as the Oxford Spires claimed a convincing 53-37 victory over Belle Vue.
MEN’S RUGBY UNION: New Zealand move on from their 2-0 series win over England with a test match against Fiji tomorrow morning.
The Southern hemisphere’s international season continues with Australia playing Georgia, South Africa up against Portugal and Uruguay meeting Argentina.
Scotland will make 10 changes to the team that built USA 42-7 last week, including debuts for Will Hurd and Nathan McBeth, when they face Chile in Santiago on Saturday evening.
MEN’S CRICKET: After Tuesday’s game with Oman was abandoned, Scotland continue their Cricket World Cup League Two qualifying campaign against Namibia in Dundee Saturday.
The Namibians are currently second in the table behind unbeaten Canada with the Scots a further two places back in fourth, though Scotland are ranked as the 13th best team in one day cricket, three places above Namibia.
MEN’S FOOTBALL: The second round of the FAI Irish Cup resumes tomorrow afternoon when Pike Rovers FC from the Limerick and District League face Cork-based Midleton FC.
Cork City, who currently sit top of the League of Ireland’s First Division, take on Finn Harps in Saturday’s other game.
Reigning champions St Patrick’s are not in action until Sunday evening, when they host Derry City at Richmond Park.
