snooker
Michael Leslie, the 19-year-old from Bonnyrigg, recorded his 16th straight victory last night to steer Scotland into a quarter-final meeting with England at the European Team Championship in Bulgaria, writes Neil Drysdale.
Leslie secured his professional tour card for the next two seasons by winning the European Under-21 Championship in Sofia last weekend, and he has carried on in similar vein with six successive triumphs in the team event. The latest was a 3-1 defeat of Poland's Adam Stefanow, and, with his colleagues, Craig McGillivray and Scott Donaldson, marching to 3-0 wins over Grzegorz Biernadski and Michael Zielinski, the Scots advanced to a clash with England which will be the main attraction on today's schedule.
Leslie wil make his debut in the paid ranks when he competes at a qualifying event in June.
basketball
Mychal Green, the Glasgow Rocks guard, has had it confirmed that he suffered knee ligament damage in the weekend's loss at Worcester and his season could be over, writes Mark Woods. The American, who is averaging a team-high 18.5 points per game for the Kelvin Hall outfit, faces a battle to recover in time for next month's BBL play-offs. Sterling Davis, the coach, is also without Jonny Bunyan, his second-string playmaker, through injury – he is expected to miss Sunday's game against Leicester Riders – and the signing deadline has passed.
bowls
Scotland got over the finishing line by a 112-109 margin against Ireland despite finishing ahead on only two of the six rinks in the Women's Home International Series at Swansea yesterday, writes Anne Dunwoodie. They trailed 29-22 after the first quarter, led 56-54 at halfway stage and were 87-84 behind going into the last quarter but then they scored 28 shots to Ireland's 22. Teviotdale's Julie Forrest, leading Kim Watt (Stonehaven), Lorna Cameron (Whiteinch) and Liz Fraser (Turriff) produced a decisive 35-11 score against Marion McHugh's rink, while the 20-9 win for Balbardie's Lorraine Malloy against Alice Craig was also crucial.
boxing
The heavyweight Dereck Chisora has had his licence withdrawn by the British Boxing Board of Control for the post-fight brawl with his compatriot David Haye in Munich last month, writes Henry McCall. "What will happen now is we'll consider whether to appeal the decision," his promoter Frank Warren was quoted as saying after Chisora attended a hearing before British boxing's governing body in Cardiff.
Chisora had already been banned indefinitely by the World Boxing Council for what it called "one of the worst behaviours by a professional" after he lost to Vitali Klitschko, their heavyweight champion, on points. Chisora, who had slapped Klitschko on the cheek at the weigh-in and spat water in the face of younger brother Vladimir in pre-fight ceremonies, clashed with Haye after his defeat. Haye had been at the bout as a television pundit.
cycling
Scot Andy Fenn produced an impressive ride at the Nokere-Koerse event in Belgium, featuring in an early breakaway and helping his Omega Pharma Quick-Step colleague Francesco Chicchi to victory, writes Colin Renton. Tom Steels, the team's sporting director, had selected Fenn for the 196km event to gain experience of operating in a team. The 21-year-old again underlined his promise by riding to instruction then finishing in 46th position, 36sec down on Chicchi. Fenn will contest another Belgian race, the Handzame Classic, tomorrow.
golf
Colin Montgomerie has submitted an early entry to the Open Championship's International Final Qualifier in June at Sunningdale, writes Nick Rodger. The 48-year-old used to be as regular a feature at the Open as the Claret Jug itself but the Scot, who has slithered down to 328th in the world rankings, has to try and earn a tee-time the hard way these days. Montgomerie played in 21 consecutive championships before his run came to end last year when he failed to qualify for the event at Royal St George's. The former Ryder Cup captain, runner-up in the 2005 Open at St Andrews, has been joined on the early entry list for the 36-hole Sunningdale shoot-out by Scott Jamieson and Marc Warren.
ice hockey
COVENTRY BLAZE 4
EDINBURGH CAPITALS 2
Johnathan Weaver, the former Scottish Eagles and Fife Flyers defenceman, hit a hat trick for Blaze as Capitals slipped to their 17th defeat in 18 games, writes Nigel Duncan. They are two points adrift of eighth-placed Dundee CCS Stars in the race for the final play-off place although the Tayside team have played a game more. Owen Fussey, a former Capitals attacker, made it 2-0 late in the middle period after Weaver's first, and goals from Marcis Zembergs, midway through the final period, and Richard Hartmann, Edinburgh's player/coach, late on were countered by Weaver's strikes in 51 and 53 minutes.
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