MEN’S FOOTBALL: Hibs take a 2-0 lead into Thursday evening’s second leg of their Conference League third qualifying round tie with Partizan Belgrade. 

Dundee United are level at 2-2 before they host Rapid Vienna, Larne are already 3-0 down against Portugal’s Santa Clara, Linfield trail the Faroese Vikingur 2-1 while Kosovo’s Ballkani lead Shamrock Rovers 1-0 and St Patrick’s need a miracle to overcome their 4-1 deficit at Besiktas.

MEN’S ATHLETICS: Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis cleared 6.29metres at the Hungarian Grand Prix event in Budapest on Tuesday evening to break the world record for the 13^th time. 

The 25-year-old three-time European, double Olympic and double World champion first broke the record in February 2020 and has already improved it three times this year before next month’s world championships start in Tokyo.

MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE: Two misfiring teams meet in the Super League on Thursday night when Warrington host Catalans. 

Warrington have lost three times on the bounce since their narrow 24-20 win in France, while the Catalans are on a five match losing run. 

The league’s top two clash Friday evening when second-placed defending champions Wigan look to close the four point gap on table-toppers Hull KR, who are still without the suspended Tyrone May.

MEN’S CRICKET: Paceman Jayden Seales took 6-18 as the West Indies skittled Pakistan for 92 to earn a massive 202 run win in Tuesday’s deciding leg of their three match one-day series at the Brian Lara academy in Tarouba, Trinidad. 

Chasing the Windies’ total of 294-6, that had been built around captain Shai Hope’s unbeaten 120 from 94 balls, Pakistan slumped to 8-3 after Rizwan, Saim Ayub and Abdullah Shafique all fell for ducks.