SPORT IN BRIEF

Camogie

LITTLEWOODS IRELAND CAMOGIE LEAGUES DIVISION 1 RELEGATION (Faithful Fields Centre of Excellence) — Offaly 3-17 Meath 1-7. ALL-IRELAND MINOR B CHAMPIONSHIP GROUP 1 (An Riocht) — Down 3-8 Roscommon 2-10

Cricket

FRIENDLY (Taunton) — Somerset 342-5 dec (ME Trescothick 75, EJ Byrom 124no, L Gregory 54no), Ireland 72-3 (30 overs).

Commonwealth Games

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS (Coomera Indoor Sports Centre, Australia) — Men’s Individual All-Around Final 1 N Wilson (Eng) 84.950, 10 R McClenaghan (Nir) 78.300, 18 E McAteer (Nir) 71.700. BOXING (Coomera Indoor Sports Centre) — Men’s 56kg K Walker (Nir) bt J Bowen (Aus) 4-1 on judges’ decision. Men’s 69kg A Walsh (Nir) bt G Zaib (Pak) 5-0 on judges’ decision. CYCLING (Anna Meares Velodrome) — Men’s 15km Scratch Race 1 S Welsford (Aus), 12 M Downey (Nir), M Potts (Nir), X Young (Nir) DNF. Women’s 25km Points Race 1 E Barker (Wal) 40, 11 L Boylan (Nir) 3 LAWN BOWLS (Broadbeach) — Men’s Pairs Section B Northern Ireland 8 Wales 27 (Nir did not qualify for quarterfinals); Men’s Triples Section D Northern Ireland 16 Scotland 14 (Nir did not qualify for quarter-finals; Women’s Singles Section A K Murphy (Aus) 21 C Beattie 17 (Beattie did not qualify for quarter-finals) NETBALL POOL A (Gold Coast Exhibition Centre) — Northern Ireland 35 South Africa 49 TABLE TENNIS (Oxenford Studios) — Men’s Team QuarterFinal Northern Ireland 0 England 3 SWIMMING (Optus Aquatic Centre) — Women’s 50m Freestyle Final 1 C Campbell (Aus) 23.78, 8 D Hill (Nir) 25.56 Men’s 100m Freestyle Semi-Finals Summary 15 J Sloan (Nir) 49.88 DNQ Men’s 50m Backstroke Semi-Finals Summary 5= C Ferguson (Nir) 25.60 Q WEIGHTLIFTING (Carrara Sports Arena) — Men’s 77kg 1 SK Sivalingam (Ind) 317kgs, K McClean (Nir) DNF; Women’s 63kg 1 M Charron (Can) 220kgs, 4 E McQuaid (Nir) 182kgs

Gaelic Games

HOGAN CUP ALL-IRELAND PPS A SF FINAL (Croke Park) — St Ronan’s College, Lurgan 1-10 Rice College, Westport 1-9. PADDY DRUMMOND CUP ALL-IRELAND PPS B SF FINAL (Croke Park) — Holy Trinity College, Cookstown 0-19 St Nathy’s, Ballaghadereen 1-6.

Rugby Union

PRO14 — Benetton Rugby 29 Dragons 27, Cheetahs 29 Cardiff Blues 27, Leinster 41 Zebre 6, Scarlets 26 Glasgow Warriors 8, Southern Kings 22 Munster 39. WORLD RUGBY SEVENS SERIES QUALIFIER (Hong Kong) — Pool G Ireland 36 Uruguay 0. Quarter-Finals Germany 26 Uganda 0, Chile 24 Hong Kong 12, Japan 26 Uruguay 19, Ireland 38 Zimbabwe 5. ULSTER BANK LEAGUE DIVISION 1A — (Dubarry Park) Buccaneers 10 (T: J Conroy; P: C McKeon; C: C McKeon) Garryowen 22 (T: T Feguson, D Barron 2; P: N Cronin; C: N Cronin 2).

(Temple Hill) Cork Constitution 30 (T: V O’Brien, A McHenry, C Kindregan; P: T Quinlan 3; C: T Quinlan 3) Terenure 27 (T: R Duke, M O’Neill, J Swaine, M Byrne; P: M O’Neill; C: M O’Neill 2)

(Templeville Road) St Mary’s College 30 (T: M Timmons, C O’Flaherty, C Toolan; P: S Kearns 3; C: S Kearns 3) Clontarf

45 (C O’Donoghue 2, M Noone 2, D Donnellan, I Soroka, A Ryan; C: D Joyce 5)

(Tom Clifford Park) Young Munster 24 (T: D Dee, C Skehan, L Fitzgerald, C Hayes; C: S Airey 2) Lansdowne 27 (T Moran 2, M O’Keeffe; P: S Deasy 2; C: S Deasy 3)

ULSTER BANK LEAGUE DIVISION 1B — (Musgrave Park) Dolphin 27 (T: K O’Leary, W Hanly, C Sisk; P: B Keeshan 2; Ballymena 43 (T: C Ross 2, J Gallagher 2, A McBurney, A Smyth) (Anglesea Road) Old Belvedere 7 (T: C Carey; C: S Crosbie) Shannon 12 (T: S McCarthy, T Chan; C: C Fitzgerald) (Donnybrook) Old Wesley 14 (T: P Harte; P: J Maybury 3) Ballynahinch 14 (T: C Bloomer; P: R Reaney 3) (Annacotty) UL Bohemian 29 (T: D O’Grady, A Enright; P: R Burke 5; C: R Burke 2) Naas 20 (T: F Higgins, S Lackey; P: P Osborne 2; C: P Osborne 2)

(The Mardyke) UCC 32 (T: J Poland, C Bohane, P Kiernan, J Hodnett; P: J Taylor 2; C: J Taylor 3) Banbridge 31 (T: J Hume N Hayes, A Morrison, C Field; P: A Doherty; C: A Doherty 4)

ULSTER BANK LEAGUE DIVISION 2A — Armagh 36, Galwegians 39, Cashel 27 Blackrock College 24, Corinthians 23 Greystones 26, Highfield 26 Malone 24, Nenagh Ormond 30 Queens University 35

ULSTER BANK LEAGUE DIVISION 2B — Belfast Harlequins 56 City of Derry 17, Dungannon 21 Sunday’s Well 31, MU Barnhall 36 Old Crescent 36, Rainey Old Boys 6 Navan 15, Wanderers 20 Skerries 8

ULSTER BANK LEAGUE DIVISION 2C — Bangor 6 Seapoint 11, Bruff 19 Bective Rangers 6, Malahide 32 Sligo 34, Midleton 13 Omagh 7, Thomond 10 Tullamore 7 ULSTER BANK LEAGUE ROUND ROBIN — Ashbourne 24 Instonians 24, Ballina 45 Bandon 26

Snooker

FUHUA GROUP CHINA OPEN (Beijing) — Semi-Finals: M Selby (Eng) bt K Wilson (Eng) 10-8, B Hawkins (Eng) bt N Robertson (Aus) 10-6.

Soccer

SSE AIRTRICITY LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION — Sligo Rovers 0 Derry City 2 (R Patterson 17, R Hale 74) SSE AIRTRICITY LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION — Longford Town 3 (S Elworthy 9, P Hopkins 88, D Byrne 90) Cabinteely 0

Tennis

DAVIS CUP EURO-AFRICA ZONE GROUP II RELEGATION PLAY-OFFS (Oslo Tennis Arena, Norway) — Singles Match 1: P Bothwell (Irl) bt V Durasovic (Nor) 3-6 6-2 6-2. Singles Match 2: C Ruud (Nor) bt S Carr (Irl) 6-2 6-1. Tie is level at 1-1.