MEN’S FOOTBALL: Barnet moved top of the National League by a point after they brushed aside Maidenhead United 3-0, former leaders Forest Green drew 1-1 at Altrincham and York suffered a surprise 3-1 defeat at second-bottom Boston.

Aldershot drew 2-2 with Tamworth to extend their unbeaten run to eight games, while basement dwellers Ebbsfleet made it 25 games without a win in all competitions when they went down 1-0 at home to Braintree.

BOXING: Sheffield’s Dalton Smith successfully defended his European light-welterweight title on Saturday evening with a first round stoppage of Walid Ouizza.

The former British and Commonwealth champion has now extended his unbeaten record to 17 fights.

On the undercard, WBO and IBF super-bantamweight champion Ellie Scotney defied an early head cut to win a unanimous points decision over New Zealand’s Mea Motu.

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Darius Garland hit 39 points, but the Cleveland Cavaliers continued their recent run of poor results with a 135-131 home defeat to Houston on Sunday morning.

The Cavs have slipped behind table-topping Oklahoma City in the NBA standings but still lead the Eastern Conference by five games from defending champions Boston, who enjoyed a comfortable 122-107 win at the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday.

MEN’S FOOTBALL: Linfield came behind to beat Cliftonville 2-1 and maintained their 16-point lead in the Northern Irish Premiership.

Defending champions Larne squeezed past Ballymena by the same score, while second-placed Glentoran also came from a goal down to beat bottom of the table Loughall 2-1.

Coleraine drew 1-1 at Dungannon, Glenavon needed Paul McGovern’s stoppage time winner to edge out Carrick 2-1 and Crusaders saw off Portadown 3-2.