NETBALL: Goal machine Olivia Tchine top-scored with 37 as the unbeaten London Pulse edged out second-placed Manchester 61-56 and moved five points clear in the Super League. Defending champions Loughborough won 69-57 at London Mavericks, Birmingham came from behind to earn their first win of the season, 71-70 over Nottingham Forest while bottom of the table Cardiff remain without a point after going down 52-63 to Leeds.

CYCLING: Denmark’s Mattias Skjelmose held off world champion Tadej Pogacar and Olympic gold medallist Remco Evenepoel in a three way sprint to claim Sunday’s Amstel Gold one-day race. Tom Pidcock was the highest placed Briton, 34 seconds behind in ninth. Dutch racer Mischa Bredewold won the women’s race finishing seven seconds ahead of compatriots Ellen van Dijk and Puck Pieterse with Britain’s Anna Henderson in eighth.

MEN’S ICE HOCKEY: Mitchell Fossier scored in the second period of over-time as Nottingham Panthers recovered from giving up a three-goal lead to beat Cardiff 5-4 on their own ice and claim the Elite League play-offs title on Sunday evening. Regular season champions Belfast, who lost out 5-0 to Cardiff in Saturday’s semi final, held off defending champions Sheffield Steelers 8-7 in the third place match.