badminton
In the final run in towards Olympic selection, Scotland's Susan Egelstaff picked up valuable ranking points by reaching the semi-finals of the women's singles at the Yonex Polish International, writes Elspeth Burnside.
The Glasgow 29-year-old beat Turkey's Onge Bavrak 21-7, 22-20 in the quarter-finals before going out 21-12, 21-13 to the No. 1 seed, Japan's Ai Gotto.
In the quarter-finals of the men's doubles, Scotland's Paul van Rietvelde and England's Marcus Ellis lost a close match 22-20, 20-22, 21-19 to the Dutch pair of Jorrit de Ruitter and Dave Khodabux.
basketball
Glasgow Rocks suffered a fourth straight defeat last night as Plymouth Raiders responded to the trauma of losing to Newcastle in Friday's BBL Trophy final with a convincing 71-60 victory at the Kelvin Hall, writes Mark Woods.
However, in their quest to find some momentum ahead of the forthcoming play-offs, the hosts received a huge boost when Mychal Green made a surprise comeback, just two weeks after sustaining a knee injury which threatened to end his season.
bowls
For the second week in succession, West Lothian dominated in the Robert Horn Jewellers Scottish Knock-Out Cup, turning on the style to whitewash Falkirk and book their place in the final at Whiteinch, writes Anne Dunwoodie.
In a replay on their Premier League title decider which went their way at Paisley last month, West Lothian now stand a chance of a league and cup double, thanks to their 84-60 victory at Cumbernauld.
Blantyre made it through from the other semi-final, at Lanarkshire, accounting for Stirling, the last of the Division 1 hopefuls, 87-69.
canoeing
Bridge of Allan's Campbell Walsh kept his unbeaten record in domestic competition this year by winning the premier race at Cardiff at the weekend, writes Roddy Mackenzie.
Walsh, Olympic silver medallist in Athens in 2004, finished ahead of Great Britain team-mate Richard Hounslow over the two runs.
fencing
Scot Richard Kruse has become the first British fencer to book his Olympic place on world ranking for 12 years writes Roddy Mackenzie.
Kruse qualified for London when he came from 13-12 down to beat Ukrainian Rostyslav Hertsyk 15-13 in the foil at the qualifying event in Copenhagen at the weekend.
The pair were tied on World Cup points after the qualifying event in Bonn the previous weekend but the Ukrainian had better final placings to his name.
It meant Kruse had to win the Danish event which he did. Even after beating Hertsyk, he had to win another three fights to take the title to reach his third Olympics.
HANDBALL
Great Britain women's team – captained by Scot Lynn McCafferty – performed creditably against Poland in the second leg of their European Championship qualifier in Elblag before going down 29-20 last night, writes Roddy Mackenzie.
hockey
Glynhill Kelburne who turned on the heat in the sunshine at Bellahouston by crushing fourth-placed Inverleith 5-0, and it could have been so much more if the Paisley side had taken all their chances, writes Craig Madden.
Western Wildcats continued to put the pressure on Grange for the European spot with a 4-1 win over relegated VWS Dundee Wanderers.
AMN Hillhead's campaign for survival seems to be taking an unexpected upward turn when they led second-placed Grange 3-2 after 46 minutes but, much to the frustration of Keith Joss, Hillhead's coach, a heavy fog closed in on Peffermill and umpires had no option but to abandon the game. Although the fixture will be replayed, Hillhead are now only two points ahead of second-bottom CALA Edinburgh, who drew 3-3 with Edinburgh University. Greaves Clydesdale's recent good form continued with a 2-1 home win over Grove Menzieshill.
shinty
James Perlich, the Kyles coach, believes his players will be extra motivated for the top-of-the-table clash with Newtonmore this week after the pain of last November, writes Kenneth Stephen.
The double winners, who maintained their excellent form by hammering Kingussie 5-2 on Saturday, lost the league decider to 'More last term.
Kyles were only nine minutes away from the championship on the final day in Dunoon when a Danny McRae goal secured Newtonmore the title.
Commentators are suggesting that goal and victory will hand Newtonmore a psychological edge going into this week's clash.
However, after watching his men sizzle against Kings, Perlich reckons they will be out for some pay-back.
"I think that match will make them more determined this week," he said.
"A lot of them were speaking about it after the game on Saturday and they are definitely up for this one."
table tennis
Scotland's men lost 3-1 to Italy in their opening match at the World Team Championships in Dortmund, writes Roddy Mackenzie.
The Scots face the Netherlands, who lost 3-0 to Brazil in their first match, today in their next tie.
In the women's event, the Scots open against Syria today.
volleyball
Troon PA leapfrogged City of Edinburgh to finish top of the women's Scottish League with a 25-12, 25-16, 25-21 win over North Lanarkshire, writes Roddy MacKenzie.
Anything less than a straight sets win would have meant Edinburgh finished top but Troon PA edged first place on sets percentage. It means they have top seeding for the play-offs and Edinburgh Jets pipped Su Ragazzi for third place by beating them 23-25, 23-25, 25-15, 25-21, 16-14.
Dundee won the men's second division title by beating Bellshill Cardinals 25-23, 25-19, 22-25, 25-21, 15-12.
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