SPORT IN BRIEF

CRICKET

2ND TWENTY20 INTERNATIONAL — Bangalore, India 190-4 (20 overs, V Kohli 72no), Australia 194-3 (19.4 overs, G Maxwell 113no). Australia beat India by 7 wickets.

CYCLING

UAE TOUR —Stage 4 (Palm Jumeirah to Hatta Dam, 197 km): 1 C Ewan (A) Lotto Soudal 4h 27m 07s; 2 M Moschetti (It) Trek-Segafredo +2s; 3 P Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma at same time. Also: 18 D Martin (Ire) UAE Team Emirates at same time. Overall: 1 Roglic 14h 05m 10s; 2 A Valverde (Sp) Movistar +21s; 3 D Gaudu (F) Groupama-FDJ +38. Also: 6 Martin +1m 01s; 9 Knox +1-14.

FOOTBALL

RUSTLERS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES — Division 2 (Final): Ulster University 4 (J O’Mahony 2, T Maguire 2) Maynooth University ‘B’ 0. Colleges FAI Plate (Semi Final): Athlone IT 0 IT Carlow 1 (D Kelly) aet; National College of Ireland 3 (J Hogan 2, J Murphy) IT Carlow ‘C’ 1 (L Fitzpatrick).

Colleges FAI Challenge Cup (semifinal): Waterford IT ‘B’ 0 Galway Technical Institute 1 (D Greally) aet.

Colleges FAI Eustace Shield (semifinal): IT Carlow ‘D’ v Drogheda Institute of FE, abandoned due to serious injury. WOMEN’S PREMIER DIVISION FINAL: Premier Division (Final): IT Carlow 1 (B Kane) Maynooth University 2 (L Kelly, E Byrne).

SNOOKER

INDIAN OPEN (Kochi, Kerala) — 1st rd: S Bingham (Eng) bt P Lines (Eng) 4-1; L Hang (Chn) bt H Akbar (Pak) 4-0; Y Bingtao (Chn) bt G Greene (NIrl) 4-3; J Perry (Eng) bt A Carty (Eng) 4-1; O Lines (Eng) bt F O’Brien (Ire) 4-1; S Vahedi (Irn) bt R Hull (Fin) 4-3; M Selt (Eng) bt T Ford (Eng) 4-2; E Sharav (Sco) bt M Georgiou (Cyp) 4-3.

TENNIS

DUBAI CHAMPIONSHIPS (UAE) — Selected 2nd rnd: (2) R Federer (Swi) bt F Verdasco (Sp) 6-3 3-6 6-3; H Hurkacz (Pol) bt (1) K Nishikori (Jpn) 7-5 5-7 6-2.

TODAY’S ACTION

DARTS — Unibet Premier League 4 (Westpoint Exeter).

GOLF — Honda Classic (Palm Beach). Oman Open (Muscat). HSBC Women’s World Championship (Singapore).