SPEEDWAY: Championship new-boys the Workington Comets have followed up their signing of 18-year-old Australian Tate Zischke with the capture of Finnish racer Antti Vuolas.

The Finn hit the headlines when he beat former World Champions Jason Doyle and Nikki Pedersen at last season’s World Cup event in Wroclaw.

Based at their newly developed Northside track, the Comets will be captained by ex-Leicester Lion Craig Cook.

MEN’S FOOTBALL: Highland League leaders Brechin City take their faltering form to Dudgeon Park tomorrow afternoon to face a Brora Rangers team that has only lost once this season.

Second-place Banks O’Dee meet Rothes, Formartine host Lossiemouth and Buckie Thistle, who have won their last five matches, are up against Fraserburgh.

Bottom club Strathspey Thistle are at Huntly and fellow strugglers Clachnacuddin travel to Deveronvale.

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Sam Dekker netted a three-pointer with less than seven seconds left on the clock to edge London home 89-88 against Ukraine’s Prometey Slobozhanske in the latest round of EuroCup Group A fixtures.

The Londoners had been losing by five points with under half a minute to go.

TJ Shorts hit 26 points as Paris thumped Hamburg 120-91 to become the first team to confirm their place in the play-offs.

CYCLING: Mathieu van der Poel has been named Dutch sportsman of the year after pushing Formula 1’s Max Verstappen into second place.

Van der Poel won this year’s World Championships for both road racing and cyclocross as well as the Paris-Roubaix and Milan-Sanremo races.

Previous winner Verstappen claimed his third successive Formula 1 world title in 2023. Track cyclist Harrie Lavreysen, a two-time Olympic gold-medallist, was voted into third place.