HORSE RACING: Apprentice National Hunt jockey Gearoid Harney has been forced to retire after suffering a serious head injury in January.

Harney was knocked out when he fell from the David Pipe-trained Micronormous at Fakenham and doctors have not allowed his licence to be reinstated after scans revealed lingering brain damage.

The 23-year-old from Cork made his British debut in November 2021 and went on to ride 21 winners.

MEN’S FOOTBALL: Cuba renew their prolonged Concacaf second round World Cup qualifying campaign tomorrow with a visit to Antigua and Barbuda.

Bermuda leap-frogged the Cubans into second place behind Honduras in Group A after thumping the Cayman Islands 5-0 on Thursday with Chorley’s Kole Hall and Needham Market’s Reggie Lambe on the scoresheet.

Cuba meet Bermuda in a potentially decisive qualifying tie next Tuesday.

MEN’S CRICKET: Scotland meet the Netherlands for a crucial World Cup qualifier in Dundee tomorrow after both teams suffered surprise losses to Nepal in the last five days.

Chasing 226, Aarif Sheikh top-scored with 78 as the Nepalese beat the Dutch by five wickets on Tuesday.

The Netherlands are two points behind league leaders the US and the Scots a further six points off the pace with three games in hand.

MEN’S BOXING: Japan’s Kosei Tanaka, who holds the record for the shortest time to win four world titles at different weights, has announced his retirement due to recurrent eyesight problems.

The 29-year-old won belts in the straw, light flyweight, flyweight and light bantamweight divisions before finishing his career with 20 wins, 11 by knockout, and two losses.

He won his first world title in 2015 after just five fights.