ATHLETICS

Norwich Union Great Britain & Northern Ireland team, World Indoor Ch'ships, Budapest, Mar 5-7.

Men 60m: T Edgar, J Gardener. 200m: T Abeyie, C Malcolm. 400m: J Baulch, A Potter. 800m: J McIlroy. 1500m: M East, J Thie. 3000m: T Mayo, J Mayock. 60m hurdles: R Newton, M Sillah-Freckleton. Long jump: C Tomlinson Shot: C Myerscough

Women 60m: J Maduaka. 400m: H Karagounis, C Murphy. 800m: J Fenn. 1500m: K Holmes. 3000m: J Pavey, H Tullett. 60m hurdles: S Claxton. 4x400m: L Fairs, Karagounis, C Marshall, J Meadows, Murphy, M Purkiss.

Basketball

NBA Detroit 76 Philadelphia 66, Cleveland 104 New Orleans 100, Portland 89 Miami 81, Memphis 109 Denver 106.

LATE RESULTS. Scottish Universities Ch'ships. Men Glasgow 79 Stirling 53, Glasgow 80 St Andrews 47, Abertay 53 Glasgow Caledonian 54, Paisley 27 Napier 78

Women Robert Gordon's 48 Strathclyde 67, Aberdeen 53 Robert Gordon's 42, Robert Gordon's 41 Glasgow 83, Glasgow Caledonian 29 Heriot-Watt 49, Heriot-Watt 39 Stirling 38, Queen Margaret 42 Dundee 75, St Andrews 26 Glasgow Caledonian 29

British Universities Ch'ship. Men. Shield Strathclyde 106 Chester 62 Trophy Stirling 2nds 60 Manchester 2nds 71

Women. Shield Strathclyde 67 Liverpool 22, Manchester 88 Dundee 74

Bridge

Ruby Martyn Trophy for Mixed Pairs 1 J Stevenson & Miss F Murphy, 2 T McKay & Mrs D Punch, 3 J Murdoch & Mrs Y Piper.

Helen Walton Trophy for Mixed Teams 1 Mr & Mrs N McGeagh, P Barton & Mrs N Blair, 2 J Stevenson, Miss F Murphy, I Dick & Mrs J Thomson, 3 S Muir, Mrs P Mackie & Mr & Mrs R McPaul

Camrose Trophy Series. Rd 4 England 57 Wales 30, Republic of Ireland 58 Northern Ireland 32

Positions Republic of Ireland (played 4) 182, England (3) 1571/2, Scotland (3) 136, Wales (3) 127, Northern Ireland (3) 101

West District Lge. Div 1 GUU 16 Helensburgh 0, St Mungo 10 GUU 6, Maccabi 13 Bonnyton 3

Div 3 Morrison 10 Whingate 6, Kelburne 11 Ramblers 5, Ramblers 81/2 Eastwood 71/2

Div 4 Accies 10 Bishopbriggs 6, Somerset 9 Leslie 7, Centenary 10 Dullatur 6

Div 5 Killearn 10 Wayfarers 6

Cricket

Duleep Trophy. Gurgaon. England A 377 (K P Pietersen 104, G R Napier 76, M J Prior 66, S B Joshi 4-106) & 297-8 dec (K P Pietersen 115, G R Napier 64no) South Zone 174 (Y Venugopal Rao 58 no, J C Tredwell 4-41) & 503-4 (Venugopal Rao 228no, S Sriram 117, S Badrinath 100no). South Zone won by 6 wkts

ICC. Under-19 World Cup. Plate Ch'ship 1. Chittagong. Nepal 200-9 (S Vesawkar 51) Scotland 204-7 (M M Iqbal 67). Scotland won by 3 wkts

lThe Australia vice-captain Adam Gilchrist was fined half his match fee for dissent yesterday after a disciplinary inquiry into the second one-day international against Sri Lanka. The all-rounder Andrew Symonds also went before the inquiry but was cleared of the charge, which could have resulted in a match suspension. The ICC match referee Mike Proctor summoned the two after they both questioned the umpire Peter Manuel's decision to rule Symonds out lbw during Sunday's match.

Curling

Scottish Ch'ships, Dewar's Rinks, Perth

Men. Rd 1 E MacDonald (Perth) 11 P Wilson (Stranraer) 3, D Murdoch (Lockerbie) 6 P de Boer (Gogar Park) 7 (extra end), K Prentice (Borders) 8 G Fleming (Lockerbie) 10, H McMillan (Stranraer) 10 K Edwards (Lockerbie) 7, T Brewster (Greenacres) 5 B Kelly (Gogar Park) 7

Rd 2 Edwards 6 de Boer 2, Kelly 6 Prentie 10, MacDonald 4 Murdoch 6, Fleming 6 Brewster 7, Wilson 5 McMillan 8

Overall McMillan won 2 lost 0, de Boer, MacDonald, Kelly, Fleming, Prentice, Murdoch, Brewster, Edwards 1-1, Wilson 0-2

Women. Rd 10 R Martin (Greenacres) 6 C Milne (Letham Grange) 8, A Kinghorn (Inverness) 8

W Johnston (Gogar Park) 7, R Simms (Lockerbie) 4 J Lockhart (Aberdeen) 8, E Loudon (Perth) 4

K Wood (Letham Grange) 8

Overall Lockhart won 9 lost 1, Milne 7-3, Wood 6-4, Loudon 5-5, Simms, Kinghorn 4-6, Martin 3-7, Johnston 2-8.

Cycling

UCI. Tour of Valencia. Stage 1 (149km. Xabia)

1 A Colom (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3hr 25min 46sec, 2 D Blanco (Spa) Comunitat Valenciana-Kelme, 3 G Niermann (Ger) Rabobank both 3sec behind, 4 J A Martinez (Spa) Relax-Bodysol,

5 I Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis both 9 Others

46 M Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.30,

105 D Millar (Sco) Cofidis 7.26

UCI. Tour of Lucca. Stage 1 (174km, Viareggio to Capannori) 1 A Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4:24.14, 2 M Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze,

3 A Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi both 1sec,

4 G Balducci (Ita) Saeco, 5 D Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner Others 86 J Burrow (Eng) Amore & Vita-Berretta all 30. DNF: T Southam (Eng) Amore & Vita-Berretta, B McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com

Golf

Scottish Women's Universities Lge. Gullane No.3

Leading scratch. 73 O Briggs (Stirling) 74 A Marshall (Stirling) 73 D Dewar (Stirling) 81 A Ramsay (Heriot Watt), K Harper (Abertay) 86 F Williamson (Strathclyde), C Patterson (St Andrews)

Leading handicap. 63 T Caban (St Andrews, 34)

69 R Samren (St Andrews, 27) 73 K Krilyszyn (St Andrews, 36) 75 S Graham (Edinburgh, 14),

L Johnston (Edinburgh)

Teams 1 St Andrews, Stirling 12pt, 3 Edinburgh 3,

4 Heriot Watt, Abertay 11/2, 5 Strathclyde, Robert Gordon's 0.

HOCKEY

Two new synthetic pitches are ready for use at Countesswells this weekend. The new facilities at Robert Gordon's College include a water-based international-standard surface, which will be used by Aberdeen Asset Management. The facility will be christened by the Scottish squad in a match against the host club on March 20.

Ice hockey

Todd Dutiaume struck twice as Fife Flyers homed in on the British National League title last night. The Canadian forward's goals helped beat Bracknell Bees 5-1 at Kirkcaldy and the Scots now need to beat rock-bottom Hull Stingrays in England on Saturday to secure the title.

Elsewhere, Martin Cingel fired a treble as Edinburgh Capitals claimed a 7-2 victory over the league bottom-markers Hull Stingrays.

British National Lge Fife Flyers 5 Bracknell Bees 1, Edinburgh Capitals 7 Hull Stingrays 2

NHL Tampa Bay 6 Washington 3, Montreal 4 NY Rangers 1, Florida 2 Boston 0, Carolina 2 Toronto 1, Detroit 1 Edmonton 1 (OT), Anaheim 1 Phoenix 1 (OT), Los Angeles 3 Nashville 0, San Jose 4 Columbus 2.

Motor racing

Allan McNish clocked the fastest time in a three-day test in the States behind the wheel of his new Audi R8 as he prepares for this year's European Le Mans Series, as well as the Le Mans 24-Hour endurance classic. The 34-year-old from Dumfries, driving the car for the first time in three years after his period in Formula One, lapped the 2.54-mile Road Atlanta in Georgia in 1min 11.26sec. McNish will make his debut for Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx in the Sebring 12 Hours on March 20.

Nordic skiing

FIS World Cup. Cross Country. Trondheim, Norway

Women. 1km sprint 1 M Bjoergen (Nor),

2 E Sachenbacher (Ger), 3 C Kunzel (Ger),

4 A Dahlberg (Swe), 5 E Hietamaeki-Pienimaeki (Fin) Other 6 G Paruzzi (Ita)

Overall 1 Paruzzi 918pts, 2 K Smigun (Est) 843,

3 V Shevchenko (Ukr) 828, 4 Bjoergen 813,

5 H Pedersen (Nor) 683

Men. 1.6km sprint 1 J Krezelok (Pol),

2 T Fredriksson (Swe), 3 A Hoegberg (Swe),

4 T Angerer (Ger), 5 T E Elden (Nor) Other

9 R Sommerfeldt (Ger)

Overall 1 Sommerfeldt 733, 2 Fredriksson 590,

3 Angerer 552, 4 A Teichmann (Ger) 476,

5 A Veerpalu (Est) 465.

Squash

PSA. Bear Stearns Tournament of Champions, New York, US

Quarter-finals (6) J Power (Can) bt (1) T Lincou (Fra) 8-15 15-6 15-6 5-15 15-12, (3) P Nicol (Eng) bt (8) N Matthew (Eng) 15-8 15-7 15-6

Chief of the Army Staff International, Islamabad, Pakistan

Semi-finals S Zaman (Pak) bt M Khan (Pak) 15-8 11-15 15-11 8-15 15-12, (6) A Grant (Eng) bt (7) W El Hindi (Egy) 15-8 11-15 15-6 15-7

WISPA. Women's Qatar Airways Challenge, Doha

Rd 1 (1) N Grainger (US) bt A Pittock (Aus) 9-1 7-9 9-0 9-4, (15) O Abdel Kawy (Egy) bt P Nimmo (Sco) 9-7 10-8 9-5, (8) F Geaves (Eng) bt L Khan (US) 9-1 10-8 9-3, (13) I Stoehr (Fra) bt S Wee (Mal) 7-9 9-3 3-9 9-3 9-4, (4) V Atkinson (Ned) bt D Lloyd-Walter (Eng) 9-6 9-6 9-0, (16) J Tranfield (Eng) bt.

L-J Lengthorn (Eng) 9-3 0-9 3-9 9-5 9-4,

(7) R Macree (Eng) bt E Kheirallah (Egy) 9-5 9-3 9-3, M Perry (Irl) bt (10) V Botwright (Eng) 9-4 10-8 9-2, (9) N David (Mal) bt T Malik (Wal) 4-9 9-2 9-7 9-1, (6) L Charman (Eng) bt V Lankester (Eng) 9-7 9-1 9-3, R Chiu (Hkg) bt (12) T Bailey (Eng) 0-9 9-6 9-2 9-5, (3) R Grinham (Aus) bt K Kronemeyer (Ned) 9-2 9-1 9-0, (14) J Duncalf (Eng) bt A Waters (Eng) 9-3 9-4 9-7, (5) N Grinham (Aus) bt C Khan (Pak) 9-3 10-8 6-9 9-2, S Kitchen (NZ) bt (11) S Brind (Eng) 7-9 9-5 9-0 10-9, (2) C Jackman (Eng) bt.

A Naude (Ned) 9-0 6-9 9-4 9-0

Tennis

ATP Tour. $593,750 Open 13. Marseille

Rd 1 S Sargsian (Arm) bt F Santoro (Fra) 7-5 7-6 (7-3), A Martin (Spa) bt (3) P Srichaphan (Tha) 1-6 6-3 6-2, (5) F Gonzales (Chi) bt K Kucera (Svk) 4-6 7-6 (7-5) rtd, J Nieminen (Fin) bt N Escude (Fra) 4-6 6-4 7-6 (7-2), (7) A Clement (Fra) bt G Ivanisevic (Cro) 6-2 6-7 (4-7) 6-4, (8) M Safin (Rus) bt F Mayer (Ger) 6-3 6-4.

WTA Tour. $585,000 Dubai Duty Free Open, UAE

Rd 1 (5) A Sugiyama (Jpn) bt L Krasnoroutskaya (Rus) 6-2 6-3, M Serna (Spa) bt V Douchevina (Rus) 6-4 6-2, M E Camerin (Ita) bt E Likhovtseva (Rus) 5-7 6-1 6-0, M Shaughnessy (US) bt A Kapros (Hun) 6-1 6-2, S Sfar (Tun) bt T Tanasugarn (Tha) 6-2 4-0 rtd, E Daniilidou (Gre) bt T Pisnik (Slo) 3-6 6-3 6-2, N Pratt (Aus) bt Zheng Jie (Chn) 7-5 7-5, (8) C Martinez (Spa) bt M Jugic-Salkic (Bos) 6-3 6-2, P Mandula (Hun) bt (6) J Dokic (Ser) 6-1 6-2.

ATP Tour. $380,000 Brasil Open, Costa do Sauipe

Rd 1 (7) G Gaudio (Arg) bt R Mello (Bra) 6-2 6-4,

J Monaco (Arg) bt (2) N Massu (Chi) 6-4 6-2,

R Gasquet (Fra) bt F Ferreiro (Bra) 6-0 7-6 (7-5),

D Ferrer (Spa) bt N Lapentti (Ecu) 6-4 5-2 rtd,

G Blanco (Spa) bt D Sanchez (Spa) 6-3 7-6 (7-5),

L Horna (Per) bt P Braga (Bra) 6-3 6-2, (8) J I Chela (Arg) bt F Saretta (Bra) 6-2 6-2, F Verdasco (Spa) bt G Canas (Arg) 6-1 1-0 rtd

WTA Tour. $170,000 Copa Colsanitas 2004, Bogota, Columbia

Rd 1 (6) L Cervanova (Svk) bt T Garbin (Ita) 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 6-3, C Martinez-Granados (Spa) bt E Birnerova (Cze) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3, Antonella Serra-Zanetti (Ita) bt M Sequera (Ven) 6-2 6-3, L Kurhajcova (Svk) bt Adriana Serra-Zanetti (Ita) 6-2 6-2, (5) A Medina Garrigues (Spa) bt S Reeves (US) 6-2 6-2, L Popadic (Cro) bt (7) A Parra (Spa) 7-5 6-4,

L Dominguez Lino (Spa) bt M F Alves (Bra) 3-6 6-3 6-1

lThe world No.1 Justine Henin-Hardenne has declared herself fit for the Dubai Open after bronchitis forced her to withdraw from the Antwerp Diamond Games last week. She launches the defence of her title against Tunisia's Selima Sfar today.

lGlasgow's Jamie Baker beat Ross Hutchins (Surrey) 7-5, 6-1 in yesterday's opening round of the third leg of the British Men's Satellite Circuit in Southampton and will face Italian qualifier, Federico Torresi for a place in the quarter-final.