BOXING: Caroline Dubois’s first defence of her WBC lightweight title ended in a technical draw after Canadian Jessica Camara was forced to retire due to a severe cut caused by a clash of heads in the second round of Saturday night’s bout in Sheffield.

On the same bill unbeaten Callum Simpson stopped Steed Woodall in the second round to retain his British and Commonwealth super-middleweight titles.

MEN’S FOOTBALL: Linfield scored three second-half goals to brush aside Carrick Rangers 3-0 and move 12 points clear in the Irish Premiership.

Dungannon Swifts moved second with a thumping 5-1 win at Crusaders as reigning champions Larne beat Cliftonville 2-0 to reignite their challenge and bottom of the table Loughall lost 1-0 at home to Portadown.

Glentoran’s game at Ballymena and Glenavon against Coleraine were both postponed due to frozen pitches.

MEN’S RUGBY UNION: Ex-Rugby League winger Regan Grace continued his bad luck with injuries when he made his debut for Cardiff in their 23-20 losing bonus point defeat at Perpignan in the European Challenge Cup.

Grace was substituted after suffering a head injury just before the hour mark.

Cardiff remain third in Group One, behind table-topping Connacht, who maintained their 100 per cent record with 52-24 win over second-placed Lyon.

MEN’S CRICKET: Shakib al-Hasan’s ban from bowling has been extended after an independent reassessment confirmed that his delivery action is illegal.

The former Bangladesh all-rounder will still be allowed to play as a specialist batsman.

Hasan has played 71 tests, 247 one-day internationals and over 100 Twenty20 matches for his country despite being suspended for two years in 2019 after breaching anti-corruption regulations.