SPORT IN BRIEF

CYCLING Six Scots have been named in the squad that will represent Great Britain at the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles next month, writesSusan Swarbrick.

Alison Patrick, a para-triathlon silver medallist at the 2016 Paralympic Games and two-time world champion, is set to make her debut for the GB cycling team.

Hazel Macleod, who was Patrick’s pilot in Rio last summer, is also in the side.

Neil Fachie, a 10-time world champion, will reunite with Craig MacLean, a pairing that won double gold at the Commonwealth Games in 2014.

Aileen McGlynn will ride for Great Britain for the first time since 2012 alongside pilot Louise Haston. The duo claimed two silver medals for Team Scotland at Glasgow 2014.

This year’s world championships, which take place from March 2-5, also serve as the qualification event for the tandem events for visually impaired riders at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. SNOOKER Stephen Maguire crashed out in Berlin yesterday as Scottish interest in the German Masters ended on the first day, writesLorinMcDougall.

The former UK champion was the only Scot to qualify, but the 35-year-old was defeated by world No.14 Ali Carter.

The Englishman fired a century break and edged three scrappy frames to lead 4-0. Maguire pulled one back despite managing no sizeable breaks, but Carter led 64-0 in frame six and soon completed a 5-1 victory. SQUASH Scottish No.1 Alan Clyne remained No.34 in yesterday’s new PSA world rankings, but training partner Greg Lobban climbed two places to No.50 despite being out of action since October through injury, writesLoringMcDougall.

Clyne could return to the top 30 in March after retaining his Edinburgh Sports Club Open title last weekend.