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Sport in brief: August 1, 2024

SPEEDWAY: Adam Ellis top-scored with 9+4 points as Premiership leaders Ipswich came from behind to stuff King’s Lynn 57-33 on Thursday evening.

The aggregate point win moved them four points clear of second-placed Sheffield, who were held 45-45 by Leicester but took the super heat tie-breaker.

Fredrik Lindgren bagged 11+1 points as bottom of the table Birmingham suffered their third successive last heat defeat in a 46-44 loss at Oxford.

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