SPEEDWAY: Italian champion Paco Castagna top-scored with 11 points as Birmingham earned their first Premiership win of the season with a narrow 45-44 success at Leicester on Monday afternoon. 

At the other end of the table, reigning champions Belle Vue moved level with Sheffield and Ipswich at the top after Zach Cook bagged 14 points and Dan Bewley weighed in with 13+2 as they thumped Oxford 58-32.

MEN’S FOOTBALL: England failed to reach the last four at Uefa’s Under 17s championships despite beating Czechia 4-2 in their final game. 

The English let a four goal lead slip, conceded in the 89^th minute and ultimately lost out by a goal difference of one to Belgium who went down 2-1 to defending champions Italy. 

The Belgians will face France, while Italy will be up against Portugal in Thursday’s semi-finals.

MEN’S CRICKET: Dillon Pennington took 5-106 as Nottinghamshire beat Yorkshire by 163 runs on Monday to open up a 10-point lead in the County Championship division one. 

Second-placed Surrey maintained the league’s only unbeaten record but had to cling on for a losing draw against Essex at the Oval. 

Bottom of the table Worcester also held on to draw with Warwicks after Somerset had seen off Durham by seven wickets.

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Fenerbahce came from behind to beat Monaco 81-70 and claimed the EuroLeague crown at Monday’s play-off final in Abu Dhabi. 

Nigel Hayes-Davis top-scored with 23 points for the Turkish team, who turned in an efficient defensive performance in the second half to seal their victory. 

The 16 team EuroLeague is the top tier of European basketball, with the only British representation coming from referee Eduard Udyanskyy.