SPEEDWAY: Charles Wright scored 11 points as Premiership new-boys Oxford maintained their perfect start to the season with a 47-43 win over defending champions Sheffield on Thursday night.

Leicester saw off King’s Lynn 47-42 while Emil Sayfutdinov claimed 11+1 points, and Danny King weighed in with another 11, as last year’s Grand Final runners-up Ipswich crushed Belle Vue 51-39.

WOMEN’S CRICKET: Captain Heather Knight hit an unbeaten 56 as England recovered from 77-6 to edge out New Zealand by 15 runs and win the second leg of their five-match Twenty20 series at the Saxton Oval in Nelson.