SPORT IN BRIEF

BASKETBALL

BBL CHAMPIONSHIP—Play-Off Quarter-Finals 2nd Leg: Bristol Flyers 77 Newcastle Eagles 60 (Aggregate: 163-157), Leicester Riders 79 Sheffield Sharks 67 (Aggregate: 165-140), London Lions 94 Worcester Wolves 90 (Aggregate: 179-174), Glasgow Rocks 99 Surrey Scorchers 75 (Aggregate: 181-159).

CRICKET (Today 11am) SPECSAVERS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP - DIVISION ONE—Yorkshire v Essex (Chelmsford): Yorkshire 50 (18.4 overs; S J Cook 5-28, P M Siddle 4-7) and 329 (94.3 overs; H C Brook 124, J M Bairstow 50; P M Siddle 4-65). Essex 142 (43.5 overs) and 146 (53.0 overs; S A Patterson 6-40). Yorkshire (19pts) beat Essex (3pts) by 91 runs.

Somerset v Lancashire (Emirates Old Trafford): Somerset 429 (121.2 overs; G A Bartlett 110, M E Trescothick 100, T B Abell 99). and 51-0 (18.0 overs) Lancashire 492 (144.0 overs; D J Vilas 235no, K K Jennings 109, J Clark 50).

Nottinghamshire v Hampshire (Trent Bridge): Nottinghamshire 302 (69.3 overs; S R Patel 73, M H Wessels 54; F H Edwards 4-84) and 389-9dec. (85.3 overs; S J Mullaney 130). Hampshire 223 (86.1 overs; H M Amla 69, L D McManus 66) and 111-3 (44.0 overs; J J Weatherley 56).

Surrey v Worcestershire (The Kia Oval): Surrey 434 (144.2 overs; R J Burns 193, B T Foakes 72; J Leach 4-96). Worcestershire 469-6 (141.0 overs; J M Clarke 157, T C Fell 88, D K H Mitchell 81, T M Head 50).

DIVISION TWO—Leicestershire v Durham (Emirates Riverside): Leicestershire 440 (150.4 overs; M J Cosgrove 75, P J Horton 75, M A Carberry 73, N J Dexter 70no). Durham 184 (54.3 overs; G Clark 64; G T Griffiths 4-34) and 233-1 (80.0 overs; A K Markram 94).

Glamorgan v Kent (The SWALEC Stadium): Glamorgan 94 (46.4 overs; D I Stevens 6-26, M J Henry 4-31) and 274 (86.3 overs; S E Marsh 76, M J Henry 4-59). Kent 174 (50.5 overs; T van der Gugten 7-42) and 195-4 (48.5 overs; H G Kuhn 69no). Kent (19pts) beat Glamorgan (3pts) by 6 wickets.

Middlesex v Sussex (Hove): Middlesex 230 (73.0 overs; M D E Holden 84no; O E Robinson 7-58) and 322 (99.2 overs; D J Malan 119, N R T Gubbins 107; D R Briggs 4-70, D Wiese 4-70). Sussex 323 (93.1 overs; H Z Finch 103; J A R Harris 5-86) and 35-3 (15.0 overs).

Derbyshire v Warwickshire (Edgbaston): Derbyshire 318 (81.5 overs; W L Madsen 144; J S Patel 4-94, H J H Brookes 4-63) and 209 (67.2 overs; B T Slater 68; J S Patel 6-76, H J H Brookes 4-56). Warwickshire 439 (123.5 overs; M Lamb 79, I J L Trott 76, C J C Wright 72, W M H Rhodes 50; D Olivier 4-134) and 89-2 (23.1 overs). Warwickshire (23pts) beat Derbyshire (5pts) by 8 wickets.

TOUR MATCH—Northamptonshire v Pakistan (Northampton): Northamptonshire 259 (73.4 overs; A M Rossington 90; Shadab Khan 6-77). and 240-5 (70.0 overs; R I Newton 102no, J J Cobb 52) Pakistan 428 (116.3 overs; Asad Shafiq 186no, Haris Sohail 79, Babar Azam 57; S P Crook 4-89, R I Keogh 4-111).

CYCLING

GIRO D’ITALIA—Stage 3 (Be’er Sheva - Eilat, 229 km): 1 E Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 5hrs 2mins 09secs, 2 S Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale, 3 S Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe, 4 J Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia, 5 D van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo, 6 J Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal. Others: 16 S Yates (Gbr) Mitchelton-Scott, 30 C Froome (Gbr) Team Sky. Overall: 1 R Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 9hrs 05mins 30secs, 2 T Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb at 1s, 3 J Goncalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin at 13s, 4 A Dowsett (Gbr) Katusha-Alpecin at 17s, 5 P Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team at 19s, 6 S Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott at 21s. Other: 19 C Froome (Gbr) Team Sky at 38s.

TOUR DE YORKSHIRE—Stage 4 (Halifax - Leeds 189.5km): 1 S Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 4hrs 53mins 22secs, 2 G Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team at 34s, 3 I Bibby (Gbr) JLT Condor at same time. Final overall: 1 G Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 16hrs 38mins 00secs, 2 E Prades Reverter (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias at 9s, 3 S Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data at 14s, 4 R Kiserlovski (Cro) Katusha-Alpecin at 19s, 5 M Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb at same time, 6 I Bibby (Gbr) JLT Condorat at 23s.

EQUESTRIAN

BADMINTON HORSE TRIALS.-Show Jumping: 1 J Price (NZ, Classic Moet) 28.0; 2 O Townend (GB, Cooley Srs) 33.1; 3 R Canter (GB, AllStar B) 34.32; 4 G Tattersall (GB, Arctic Soul) 35.2; 5 O Townend (GB, Ballaghmor Class) 36.0; 6 M Todd (NZ, Kiltubrid Rhapsody) 37.4; 7 T McEwen (GB, Toledo de Kerser) 37.7; 8 P McCarthy (Rep of Ireland, Mr Chunky) 38.3; 9 L Kieffer (US, Veronica) 38.6; 10 M Jung (Germany, La Biosthetique - Sam FBW) 38.7.

GOLF

WELLS FARGO CH’SHIP (Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina)—3rd rd (USA unless stated, par 71): 203 J Day (Aus) 69 67 67,

205 N Watney 72 67 66, 206 P Uihlein 72 72 62, A Wise 68 68 70, P Casey (Eng) 69 68 69, B DeChambeau 75 65 66, 207 C Schwartzel (Rsa) 70 67 70, S Saunders 70 69 68, J Wagner 67 71 69, 208 P Mickelson 72 72 64, 209 L List 70 72 67, T Gooch 71 72 66, A Hadwin (Can) 73 71 65, R Fowler 72 69 68, P Reed 71 71 67.

GOLF SIXES (St Albans)—Qtr-finals: Korea (S Lee & J Wang) bt Thailand (T Jaidee & K Aphibarnrat) 2-1; Ireland (P Dunne & G Moynihan) bt England Women (C Hull & G Hall) 2-0; Australia (S Brazel & W Ormsby) bt European Women Captains (C Ciganda & M Reid) 2-0; France (M Lorenzo-Vera & R Wattel) bt England Men (E Pepperell & M Wallace) 2-0.

Semi-finals: France bt Australia 3-1; Ireland bt Korea 2-1. 3rd/4th place play-off: Korea bt Australia 3-0. Final: Ireland bt France 2-0.

MOTORCYCLING

SPANISH GRAND PRIX (Circuito de Jerez) Leading final positions)—

MOTOGP: 1 M Marquez (Spa) Honda 41mins 39.678secs, 2 J Zarco (Fra) Yamaha 41:44.919, 3 Andrea Iannone (Ita) Suzuki 41:47.892.

MOTO2: 1 L Baldassari (Ita) Kalex 39mins 33.889secs, 8 Sam Lowes (Gbr) KTM 39:52.566. MOTO3: 1P Oettl (Ger) KTM 39mins 39.799secs.

BRITISH SUPERBIKE (Oulton Park, Cheshire)—Qualifying: 1 S Byrne (Gbr) Ducati 1min 33.979secs, 2 J Dixon (Gbr) Kawasaki 1:34.109, 3 G Irwin (Gbr) Ducati 1:34.237.

RUGBY UNION

Betfred Championship—Barrow 20 Batley 18, Dewsbury 27 Rochdale 32, London Broncos 30 Leigh 40, Sheffield 6 Halifax 42. Saturday: Toronto Wolfpack 62 Swinton 14, Toulouse 36 Featherstone 10.

SNOOKER

BETFRED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (Sheffield)—Semi-fnals: J Higgins (Sco) bt K Wilson (Eng) 17-13, M Williams (Wal) bt B Hawkins (Eng) 17-15.

NETBALL

VITALITY SUPERLGE: Loughborough Lightning 65 Team Northumbria 45, Sirens 42 Manchester Thunder 64,Surrey Storm 43 Hertfordshire Mavericks 56.

TENNIS

ATP MILLENNIUM ESTORIL OPEN (Estoril, Portugal)—Final: J Sousa (Por) bt F Tiafoe (USA) 6-4 6-4.

ATP ISTANBUL OPEN (Turkey)— Final: T Daniel (Jpn) bt M Jaziri (Tun) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4.

ATP BMW OPEN BY FWU (Munich)—Final: (1) A Zverev (Ger) bt (6) P Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6-3 6-3.

ATP & WTA MADRID OPEN—Women’s Rnd 1: J Konta (Gbr) bt (16) M Rybarikova (Svk) 6-3 7-5.