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Sport in brief with Jamie J: May 1, 2022

Women’s wheelchair basketball

Loughborough Lightning have already been crowned champions of the inaugural Women’s Premier League but extended their unbeaten run to eight games with a convincing 67-37 win over bottom club Worcester Wolves. Lucy Robinson top scored with 23 points.

East London Phoenix thumped Cardiff Met 75-46 to claim second place on points difference prior to the play-offs.

Men’s football

Linfield claimed their fourth successive Irish Premiership after beating Coleraine 2-0 to finish one point ahead of Belfast rivals Cliftonville, who won 2-1 at Glentoran.

Alan O’Sullivan’s injury time winner sealed already relegated Warrenpoint‘s 2-1 win over Glenavon and Larne won by the same score at Crusaders.

Carrick thumped relegation play-off contenders Portadown 5-0 and Ballymena won 2-1 in Dungannon.

Men’s football

Derry City lead the League of Ireland by three points after they romped to a 4-0 win at St Patrick’s and second-placed Shamrock Rovers were held 1-1 in Sligo.

Barry McNamee’s late strike earned Finn Harps a narrow 1-0 win over Shelbourne, bottom club UCD are now six points adrift following their 3-0 loss at Bohemians and Dundalk cruised past Drogheda 4-1 to move third.

Men’s football

Bonnyrigg Rose, winners of the Lowland League ahead of both Rangers and Celtic reserve teams, will contest the Scottish League’s Pyramid play-off final against Cowdenbeath after squeezing past Highland League champions Fraserburgh 3-2 on aggregate.

Last season’s play-off winners, Kelty Hearts, stormed to the Scottish League Two title by a massive 21 points this season.

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