FOOTBALL:

The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON Fifth Round: Preston 0 Portsmouth 1, Sheff Utd 0 Middlesbrough 0

Blue Square Premier: Aldershot 3 Stevenage 1, Crawley Town Kidderminster Postponed

Clydesdale Bank, Premier League: Hibernian 3 Aberdeen 1, Kilmarnock 0 Rangers 2

Principality Building Society: Rhyl The New Saints FC Postponed

The FA Women's Cup sponsored by E.ON Sixth Round: Lincoln City Ladies 3 Blackburn Ladies 2

FA Tesco Women's Southern Division: Barnet Ladies 5 Team Bath Ladies 1, Brighton Ladies 2 Colchester United 3, Newquay 1 Fulham Ladies 6

RUGBY

Guinness Premiership: Bristol 29 Gloucester 26, London Irish 22 Leicester 13, Newcastle 16 Saracens 14

engage Super League: Hull 6 Harlequins RL 24

Northern Rail Cup: Batley York Postponed, Blackpool 16 Leigh 36, Featherstone 48 Gateshead 6, Halifax 48 Whitehaven 16, Hunslet 16 Dewsbury 30, London Skolars 22 Doncaster 36, Rochdale Oldham Postponed, Swinton 8 Salford 48, Widnes Barrow Postponed, Workington 18 Keighley 22, National Conference Division One:East Leeds Shaw Cross Sharks Postponed

BASKETBALL

BBL Championship: Scottish Rocks 77 London Capital 57,Birmingham Panthers 59 Newcastle Eagles 104

CYCLING

National Results

Road Races:

Mountbatten Circuit Races (Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth, 30km): 1 Justin Hoy (Felt Racing) 1hr 10mins, 2 Toby Neave (Southdown Velo), 3 Jason Streather (VC St Raphael) all same time

Springtime Pursuit Series (Whimple, Devon, 32 miles): 1 Tom Burke (Agiskoviner.com) 1hr 17mins 05secs, 2 Gordon Murdoch (Pedal Power RT) same time, 3 Guy Wilkins (Bikinmotion CC) at 14sec

Time Trials:

Plymouth Corinthian CC Sporting TT (Ermington, Devon, 12.6 miles): 1 Dean Robson (Limoux-South West) 31mins 34secs, 2 Sean Childs (Royal Navy & Royal Marines CA) 32:04, 3 Stuart Hall (Alltrax) 32:36

Team Swift-Allsports International (North Cave, East Yorkshire, 10 miles): 1 Nik Bowdler (Farnborough and Camberley CC) 20mins 11secs, 2 Julian Ramsbottom (De Rosa RT) 20:15, 3 Tim Lawson (Science in SPort.com) 20:31

CRICKET

Triangular Tournament

Adelaide

Australia 203-9 Innings Complete (M J Clarke 79, I K Pathan 4-41) v India 153

Australia beat India by 50 runs

Under 19 World Cup

Kuala Lumpur

Ireland Under 19 109 v England Under 19 110-0 (J W A Taylor 52 no) England Under 19 beat Ireland Under 19 by 10 wkts

First Women's Test Match

Bowral

Australia Women 154 (I T Guha 5-40) & 195-4 (L C Sthalekar 95 no) v England Women 244 (C M Edwards 94, S C Taylor 79)

ICEHOCKEY

bmibaby Elite League: Basingstoke Bison 1 Nottingham Panthers 2, Coventry Blaze 4 Cardiff Devils 2, Edinburgh Capitals 3 Newcastle Vipers 6, Manchester Phoenix 2 Belfast Giants 3, Sheffield Steelers 10 Hull Stingrays 1

NETBALL

Netball Open Championships, Kelvin Hall, Glasgow

Championships: England 52 Northern Ireland 32, England 57 Wales 21, Wales 42 Northern Ireland 43, England 55 Scotland 31

Final placings: 1 England, 2 Scotland, 3 Northern Ireland, 4 Wales

SNOOKER

Welsh Open, Newport Centre, Newport, Wales

Final: M. Selby (Eng) bt Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) 9-8

SQUASH

British National Squash Championships, National Squash Centre, Manchester, England

Men's final: (1) James Willstrop (Yorks) bt [2] Lee Beachill (Yorks) 11-9 11-8 11-4

Women's final: (4) Alison Waters (Middx) bt (3) Laura Lengthorn-Massaro (Lancs) 6-11 11-7 11-8 11-9

TENNIS

14&U; Ariel Grand Prix Masters, Roehampton

Boys Singles

1st rd: (1) Lucas Poelman (Sur) bt Myles Orton (Suf) 6-2 3-6 6-3, Harry Edwards (Yor) bt Billy Harris (IOM) 4-6 6-3 6-1, Jack Pewtner (S.W.) bt (3) Samuel Hutt (Wil) 3-6 7-6(3) 7-6(4), Jonathan Cornish (Ess) bt Jamie Duncan (Not) 6-3 6-1, Joshua Ward-Hibbert (Not) bt Farris Gosea (S.W.) 6-2 6-4, (4) Christopher Drakeford-Lewis (Ber) bt Harry Meehan (Lan) 6-2 6-4, Matthew Paterson (WSC) bt Tomos Kamal (S.W.) 4-6 6-2 6-1, (2) Jathan Malik (War) bt Tim Prossor (Dor) 6-4 4-6 7-5

2nd rd: (1) Lucas Poelman (Sur) bt Harry Edwards (Yor) 6-3 6-2, Jonathan Cornish (Ess) bt Jack Pewtner (S.W.) 3-6 6-4 7-6(4), (4) Christopher Drakeford-Lewis (Ber) bt Joshua Ward-Hibbert (Not) 3-6 6-1 6-1, (2) Jathan Malik (War) bt Matthew Paterson (WSC) 6-2 6-2

Semi Finals: Jonathan Cornish (Ess) bt (1) Lucas Poelman (Sur) 6-4 6-4, (2) Jathan Malik (War) bt (4) Christopher Drakeford-Lewis (Ber) 6-4 6-3

Final: (2) Jathan Malik (War) bt Jonathan Cornish (Ess) 7-5 6-4

Girls Singles

1st rd: (1) Joanna Henderson (NSC) bt Danielle Konotopsteva (Mid) 6-2 6-0, Alice Hopkins (War) bt Anisha Rahman (Yor) 2-6 6-2 6-4, (3) Caitlin Hindmarsh (Dur) bt Helen Rabot (Her) 6-3 6-1, Safiyyah Azeez (S.W.) bt Rona Berisha (Mid) 7-5 5-7 6-2, Katy Dunne (Her) bt Ekta Sharma (Mid) 4-6 6-2 6-1, (4) Emma Devine (ESC) bt Kyria Dunford (Sus) 6-1 6-1, Morven McCulloch (NSC) bt Alexandra Clark (Buc) 7-6(3) 6-2, (2) Dominique Crompton (Che) bt Tiffany Williams (Mid) 6-2 4-6 6-3

2nd rd: (1) Joanna Henderson (NSC) bt Alice Hopkins (War) 6-3 6-2, (3) Caitlin Hindmarsh (Dur) bt Safiyyah Azeez (S.W.) 6-3 6-2, (4) Emma Devine (ESC) bt Katy Dunne (Her) 6-3 5-7 6-3, (2) Dominique Crompton (Che) bt Morven McCulloch (NSC) 6-3 6-0

Semi Finals: (1) Joanna Henderson (NSC) bt (3) Caitlin Hindmarsh (Dur) 6-2 6-1, (2) Dominique Crompton (Che) bt (4) Emma Devine (ESC) 6-1 7-5

Final: (1) Joanna Henderson (Nsc) bt (2) Dominique Crompton (Che) 6-0 6-2