SPEEDWAY: Jason Doyle top-scored with 14 points on his season debut as the Ipswich Witches came from behind to see off Birmingham 49-41 in the only Premiership meeting to survive the wet weather on Thursday night. Last year’s Grand Final runners-up have now won both of their opening fixtures and sit top of the table ahead of new-boys Oxford Spires on points difference.

MEN’S RUGBY UNION: Reigning Welsh Premiership champions Llandovery failed to score a try for the first time in 21 games as they were defeated 24-6 on Thursday evening by a Newport team that replaces them as the new league leaders. Newport’s twelfth win in a row has moved them four points clear but they have played a game more than Llandovery. The result guarantees Newport a home tie in the end of season play-offs.

DARTS: Luke Littler won his first ever Premier League of Darts event after beating Nathan Aspinall 6-4 in Thursday night’s final in Belfast. Littler had knocked out World Champion Luke Humphries in the quarter-finals before seeing off Michael van Gerwen in the semis. He is now second in the table, four points behind Humphries. Round 10 of the 17-week tournament takes place in Manchester next week.