MEN’S FOOTBALL: The men’s Olympic football competition kicks off tomorrowafternoon with Uzbekistan taking on 2021’s runners-up Spain in Paris and Argentina facing Morocco at St Etienne.

Two members of the Spanish team that won the Euros just over a week ago are included in their squad, while Manchester City’s Julian Alvarez is an overage member of the Argentinian team.

Reigning champions Brazil did not qualify for the tournament.

MEN’S CRICKET: Charlie Cassell took two wickets with his first balls in international cricket and bagged a triple wicket maiden as Scotland thumped Oman by eight wickets in their World Cup League Two qualifying match in Broughty Ferry on Monday.

Cassell ended with match figures of 7-21, the best ever by a bowler on their international debut.

Scotland are currently third in the table, behind unbeaten Canada and Namibia.

SPEEDWAY: Brady Kurtz and Dan Bewley both scored 13+1 points as Belle Vue Aces blitzed Oxford 54-36 on Monday night in Manchester, overturning a 16-point deficit to take the aggregate bonus point.

The Aces are third in the Premiership, level on points with reigning champions Sheffield, who came from behind to edge out bottom club Birmingham 47-43 thanks to guest rider Max Fricke’s 12-point haul.

MEN’S FOOTBALL: Cliftonville begin their Europa Conference League campaign tomorrow evening with a second qualifying round first leg tie against Latvia’s FK Auda.

Fellow Irishmen Shelbourne are at FC Zurich tomorrow when St Patrick’s host Liechtenstein’s FC Vaduz, St Mirren are in Iceland to face Valur and Caernarfon Town travel to Legia Warsaw.

Legia are Poland’s most successful team ever and reached the European Cup semi-finals in 1970.