Luna Rossa have taken a 4-nil lead in sailing's Prada Cup challenger final against INEOS Team UK

The Italian syndicate's within three wins of advancing to the America's Cup match.

The move to Covid-19 alert level three in Auckland means Wednesday's races are postponed.



The Wellington Phoenix are ruing a 28th-minute red card in their 2-nil A-League football loss to the table-topping Central Coast.

They remain 11th on the 12-team table.



Manchester United have lost ground on cross-town rivals Manchester City at the top of the English Premier League football ladder.

United have been held to a 1-all draw by West Brom to sit seven points behind City, who also have a game in hand.

Wolves have beaten Southampton 2-1.



Grigor Dimitrov has advanced to the Australian Tennis Open quarter-finals over third seed Dominic Thiem - Novak Djokovic, Simona Halep and Serena Williams are also through.



A crab for organisers of the national rowing championships in Twizel due to the latest Covid-19 lockdown.

The event was due to start tomorrow, but the move to alert level two outside Auckland means a lack of access to Lake Ruataniwha for competing teams.

A further decision's due later today.



France have beaten Ireland 15-13 in their Six Nations rugby match in Dublin.



Rugby World Cup-winning captain Siya Kolisi has ended his 11-year stay with South Africa's Stormers and is expected to be unveiled by the Durban-based Sharks in the coming week.

The move has long been mooted, with Western Province confirming they had released Kolisi early from his contract, having accepted a transfer fee from an unnamed team.



Cyclist George Bennett's secured his first national jersey with his win at the road championships in Cambridge.

He trailed the leading pack by as much as four minutes before going on to win.

Georgia Williams has secured the women's title.



The West Indies have completed a 2-nil series sweep against Bangladesh with a 17-run win in the second cricket test at Dhaka.

Chasing 231 for victory, the hosts were bowled out by the spin trio of Kraigg Brathwaite, Rahkeem Cornwall and Jomel Warrican who claimed all the second-innings wickets.



India have seized control of the second test against England at Chennai after their spinners wreaked havoc, skittling the visitors for 134, their lowest first-innings score in the country.

The hosts finished the second day on 54 for one, an overall lead of 249 on an already deteriorating pitch.



Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech has broken the 5-kilometre road race world record, finishing in a time of 14 minutes 43 seconds round the streets of Monaco to clip one second off the old mark.