SPEEDWAY: Denmark retained the European Pairs Speedway title in Daugavpils, Latvia on Saturday evening, finishing a point ahead of the hosts with Czechia, including King’s Lynn’s Jan Kvech, a further four points back in third. 

Britain’s Tom Brennan, Adam Ellis (both Ipswich) and Leon Flint (Glasgow) finished joint fourth with Poland, five points behind the Czechs. Britain have never finished better than the third place they gained last year.
 

ISLAND GAMES: The Faroes bagged 95 medals, including 41 golds, to finish as the most successful team at this year’s Orkney-based Islands Games. 

The hosts picked up the last athletics gold medal when they won the women’s 4 X 400 metres relay final. 

Bermuda collected two golds in the football competition, with the men’s team seeing off Ynys Mon 3-1 and their women beating the Isle of Man on penalties after a 1-1 draw.
 

MEN’S RUGBY UNION: England ran in six tries for a comfortable 40-5 victory over the USA in Sunday morning’s match that was interrupted for two hours by lightning strikes in Washington DC. 

In northern Italy, South Africa became the new World Cup Under-20s champions with a 23-15 win over New Zealand in the final. 

England finished sixth after losing 68-40 to Australia, with Wales eighth, Scotland tenth and Ireland eleventh.
 

BOXING: 46-year-old Manny Paquiao drew with Mario Barrios for the WBC welterweight title in Las Vegas on Sunday. 

After his first fight in four years, Paquiao’s record is now 68 wins, eight losses and three draws. 

On the undercard of undisputed heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Uysk’s 5th round stoppage win over Daniel Dubois, Lawrence Okoli scored a dominant points victory over Kevin Lerena for the WBU silver heavyweight belt.