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Sport in brief: March 3, 2025
Luke Littler, January 3, 2025

DARTS: Luke Littler continued his superb run of form by picking up the UK Open title and £110,000 prize money after averaging over 101 and hitting nine 180s as he thrashed three-time champion James Wade 11-2 in Sunday night’s final in Minehead.

WOMEN’S FOOTBALL: Glasgow City moved top of the Scottish Premier League on goal difference after they saw off Motherwell 4-0 and previous leaders Rangers could only come from two down to draw 2-2 with Hearts. 

Second-placed Hibs edged out reigning champions Celtic 1-0, Queen’s Park drew 0-0 with Partick, Aberdeen squeezed past Spartans 1-0 and bottom of the table Dundee United lost out 3-1 at home to Montrose.

CYCLING: Soren Waerenskjold claimed the biggest win of his career when the little-known Norwegian, who rides for the Uno-X team, won the uphill sprint finish at Omloop het Nieuwsblad ahead of Paul Magnier and Jasper Philipsen. 

Philipsen went on to win Sunday’s Kuurne-Brussells-Kuurne race with Olav Kooij second and Hugo Hofstetter third. Belgium’s Lotte Claes, who was part of an early breakaway, won the women’s Omloop race.

MEN’S BASKETBALL: The EuroCup play-offs begin tomorrow evening as Lithuania’s Vilnius Wolves make their first ever appearance at this stage against Romanian team Cluj-Napoca. 

The winners will face four-time tournament winners Valencia in the quarter-finals. 

The quest for the last eight continues on Wednesday night with Turk Telekom Ankara playing Podgorica, Olimpija Ljubljana taking on Besiktas Istanbul and Gran Canaria facing Venice.

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