A round-up of today's other news in brief
Badminton
European Senior Badminton Championships (Dundalk) Quarter-finals: +40 Mixed doubles: D Wood, V Gillard (Eng) bt M Topping, D McCullough (Irl) 21-14 19-21 21-19; +45 Mixed doubles: S Parry, K Vickers (End) bt S Waddell, L Gault (Irl) 21-7 21-6; +40 Womens singles: B Blair (End) bt V Martin (Irl) 21-8 21-5; +45 Womens singles: C Bargh (End) bt S Williams (Irl) 21-14 18-21 23-21; +60 Womens singles: I Sterlie (Den) bt B Connolly (Irl) 21-2 21-10; +65 Womens singles: R Gerst (Ger) bt B Loth (Irl) 21-14 21-9; +45 Mens singles: M Watt (Irl) bt JJ Bontemps (Fra) 21-14 21-6.
Cycling
World Time-trial Championships (Geelong) Elite Men – 1 F Cancellara (Swi) 45.8km in 58 mins 9 secs; 2 D Millar (Brit) at 1:02; 3 T Martin (Ger) at 1:12; 4 R Porte (Aus) at 1:19; 5 M Rogers (Aus) at 2:25. Other: 25 D McCann (Ire) at 4:52.
Golf
Senior Womens Home International Championship (at Sherringham) Ireland v Scotland (Ireland names first) Foursomes – M MacNamara, N Giblin beat F de Vries, L Bennett 43; H Jones, P Doran lost to M Smith, A Ryan two holes; S McElroy, P O’Gorman beat H Anderson, N Fenton 76. Ireland 2 Scotland 1.
Singles – V McBride lost to de Vries 43; Jones beat Bennett 21; MacNamara lost to Smith 54; McElroy beat Ryan 21; Doran beat M Thomson 54. Ireland 3 Scotland 2.
Match Result: Ireland 5 Scotland 3.
Today’s Diary
RACING:Dundalk 6.30pm; Gowran Park 2.35pm; Lingfield 2.20pm; Wolverhampton 5.45pm; Newmarket 1.25pm.
RUGBY:Magners League – Ulster v Glasgow, Ravenhill, 7.05pm; AIL Division 1A – Garryowen v Young Munster, Dooradoyle, 7.30pm.
SOCCER:Under-16 Friendly – Republic of Ireland v Estonia, NDSL grounds, Coolock, noon.
