NFL: Dak Prescott threw four touchdown passes as the Dallas Cowboys cruised past the Las Vegas Raiders 33-16 on Monday night, keeping their slim play-off hopes alive. 

Prescott completed 25 of 44 passes for 288 yards to help the Cowboys improve to 4-5-1 on the season, with the Philadelphia Eagles among a tough stretch of opponents ahead. Meanwhile, the Raiders fell to their eighth loss of the year.

HORSE RACING: Amateur jockeys Tommie O’Brien, Daisy Warden and Harry O’Dwyer have all been handed seven-day bans after they misunderstood instructions at the start of a National Hunt race at Plumpton on Monday and stopped riding. 

A black-and-white flag was waved and a whistle sounded to signify racing with caution after the opening three fences were removed from the course due to safety concerns.

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Chet Holmgren top-scored with 26 points as defending NBA champions Oklahoma City eased to a 126-109 win at New Orleans on Tuesday morning and remain top of the Western Conference. 

Detroit Pistons beat Indiana 127-112 to lead the Eastern Conference, Dallas Mavericks’ poor start to the season continued with a 96-120 loss in Minnesota while Chicago earned a surprise 130-127 win at the Denver Nuggets.

MEN’S CRICKET: Ireland are 1-0 down before the second leg of their two-Test series against Bangladesh starts in Dhaka tomorrow morning. 

They suffered a comprehensive innings and 47-run defeat in last week’s first match after opener Mahmudul Hasan Joy hit 177 in the huge Bangladeshi total of 587-8. 

Ireland are currently ranked as the world’s 10th best Test team, just one place below Bangladesh.