MEN’S FOOTBALL: The final four European teams for this year’s World Cup will be confirmed after Tuesday night’s play-off finals.

Italy, ranked as the world’s 12th-best team, play Bosnia Herzegovina, 54 places below them, in Zenica while Czechia host Denmark and Sweden are up against Poland.

Kosovo, the lowest-ranked team left in the qualifiers and looking to reach their first ever finals, take on Turkey in Pristina.

MEN’S CYCLING: Denmark’s double Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard eased to victory in the seven-day Volta a Catalunya by a minute and 22 seconds from Lenny Martinez, with Florian Lipowitz third.

New Zealand’s Brady Gilmore won the sprint for Sunday’s short final stage around Barcelona’s hilly Montjuic Park circuit.

Oscar Onley was the highest-placed Briton in the general classification, finishing 12th, over six minutes behind Vingegaard.

ICE HOCKEY: Defending champions Belfast Giants sealed this year’s Elite League title with two wins over Nottingham before slipping up 4-3 at Manchester on Sunday night.

Cardiff missed the chance to move above Sheffield into a clear second place when they lost 4-5 at Coventry after Sheffield had gone down 5-6 in overtime to struggling Dundee.

Bottom club Fife’s miserable season continued with defeats against Glasgow and Coventry.

MEN’S BASKETBALL: The first legs of the best-of-three EuroCup semi-finals tip off tomorrow evening with an Istanbul derby between Besiktas and Bahcesehir College. Neither team has previously reached the final.

Turkish domination of the tournament is further highlighted by Turk Telecom Ankara meeting France’s Bourg-en-Bresse in the other last-four clash.

Bourg-en-Bresse were EuroCup runners-up in 2024 while Ankara lost out in 2023’s final.