MEN’S BOXING: Terence Crawford improved his record to 41 fights without defeat as he beat Israil Madrimov by a unanimous points decision to win the WBA super-welterweight belt and become a four-weight world champion.

The undercard saw Mexico’s Jose Valenzuela beat compatriot Isaac Cruz on a split decision to lift the WBA’s super-lightweight belt and Scottish-based heavyweight Martin Bakole earn a fifth-round knockout win over Jared Anderson.

WOMEN’S CYCLING: The USA’s Kristen Faulkner won the Olympic road race gold medal on Sunday after making a solo attack with just over 3kms to go and finishing almost a minute ahead of 2012’s champion Marianne Vos in second and Lottie Kopecky in third.

Britain’s Pfeiffer Georgi was 23 seconds further back in fifth, with Lizzie Deignan 12th and time trial bronze medallist Anna Henderson 13th.

WOMEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE: The huge gulf in standards in the Super League was re-emphasised over the weekend as the top four teams all enjoyed huge wins over the bottom four.

St Helens still top the table by two points after they romped to a 64-6 win in Barrow, second-placed Leeds cruised to a thumping 68-6 victory at bottom club Featherstone, Wigan thrashed Huddersfield 70-0 and York Valkyrie won 61-0 at Warrington.

MEN’S FOOTBALL: After crashing out of the Champions League via a 7-1 aggregate defeat to Hungary’s Ferencvaros the New Saints begin their Europa League campaign against Moldova’s Petrocub in a third qualifying round tie tomorrow evening.

The Cymru Premier champions are ranked 10 places above Tuesday night’s visitors, who are currently bottom of their domestic league.

The evening’s other Europa League game will see Lithuania’s Panevezys take on Maccabi Tel-Aviv.