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Sport in brief: March 16, 2026
Lenny Martinez of France celebrates as he crosses the finish line ahead of Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, to win the last stage of the Paris Nice cycling race with start and finish in Nice, France, March 15

WOMEN’S FOOTBALL: Glasgow City maintained their unbeaten record and now top the Scottish Premier League by six points after they beat Partick 4-0, Celtic drew 1-1 with Hibernian and Hearts saw off Rangers 3-2 to move into second place. At the other end of the table, Hamilton remain without a win following their 6-0 thrashing at Montrose and Carla Bryce bagged a hat-trick as Motherwell edged to a 4-3 success at Aberdeen.

ICE HOCKEY: Belfast Giants took a huge step towards defending the Elite League title after enjoying two wins from their weekend double-header with third-placed Sheffield Steelers while their nearest challengers, Nottingham Panthers suffered a 7-2 thrashing at Cardiff on Sunday evening. Coventry warmed up for tomorrow’s Challenge Cup final against Nottingham by winning 2-1 in Manchester and seeing off Glasgow Clan 4-1.  

WOMEN’S RUGBY UNION: Alex Matthews scored three tries as defending champions Gloucester-Hartpury came from behind to beat Saracens 22-17 and move four points clear at the top of the English Women’s Premiership with a game in hand. Victory also secured a home semi-final in the end of season play-offs. Third-placed Exeter eased to a 47-14 win over Ealing and Sale cruised to a 62-3 crushing of bottom of the table Leicester.

MEN’S CYCLING: French rider Lenny Martinez narrowly won Sunday’s final stage of the Paris-Nice eight-day race but double Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard took the general classification by almost four-and-a-half minutes from Colombia’s Dani Martinez with Georg Steinhauser in third. Josh Tarling was the highest-placed Brit in 25th, almost 44 minutes behind Vingegaard. Oscar Onley withdrew after stage five due to illness.

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