Clubs bank £1m lifeline while gates stay locked

MOTORSPORT, basketball, ice hockey and netball have shared a £1million pot to make up for the fact fans continue to be locked out.

As much as £930,000 of the Scottish government funding has been dished out already, with three grants totalling £70,000 in the process of being issued.

Glasgow Rocks, Glasgow Tigers, Strathclyde Sirens Edinburgh Monarchs, Glasgow Clan, Fife Flyers, Murrayfield Racers and Dundee Stars are the clubs to benefit. Knockhill and Driftland racing tracks will also receive grants. SNOOKER: Oliver Lines won the family bragging rights as he beat dad Peter, 51, in the opening group phase of the Pro Series event.

It marked the first match between a father and son in a ranking tournament since Neal Foulds beat his dad Geoff 5-0 in 1986.

Oliver, 25, won 2-0 as he got through his eight-man group in Milton Keynes. BASKETBALL: Player-coach Gareth Murray wants his Rocks to play for pride in tonight’s second leg of their BBL Trophy semi-final.

Sunday’s 90-66 reverse at London Lions has left Glasgow with mission impossible but he said: “I want the guys to try to play how we want to play because we have a stretch of league games where hopefully we can get some wins.” BOXING: Frank Warren believes boxing has fought hard to be in a position to “hit the ground running” once crowds return.

The promoter has been able to get numerous live TV cards on over the course of the pandemic and said: “It has been difficult. But the only good thing is there are shows going on and it is being seen on TV. That has kept it relevant.”

TEN-MAN Porto floored Juventus with an extra-time sucker punch in a thriller.

Sergio Oliveira’s penalty put the Portuguese side 3-1 up on aggregate only for Federico Chiesa’s double to level it up after Mehdi Taremi’s red card.

Porto then survived an onslaught to take the match to

AET – FT: 2-1 , AGG: 4-4 extra-time before Oliveira fired in a free-kick in from 30 yards.

Adrien Rabiot’s header gave Juve hope again but despite a frantic late siege they crashed out on away goals.