MEN’S CYCLING: Primoz Roglic beat Ben O’Connor by over two-and-half minutes to claim his fourth La Vuelta title in Madrid on Sunday.

Enric Mas was a further 45 seconds back in third place with Ireland’s Eddie Dunbar eleventh and Adam Yates the highest placed British rider in twelfth.

Stefan Kung won his first Grand Tour stage with victory in Sunday’s short 25-kilometre time trial, finishing 31 seconds ahead of Roglic.

ICE HOCKEY: The new British Ice Hockey season is just one week old, but Guildford forward Brett Ferguson has already been fined and received a two-match ban for inflicting an illegal “head check” to Manchester’s Tyler Hinam in their Challenge Cup match on Saturday evening.

Fife Flyers defenceman Daniel Krenzelok and Glasgow’s Mitch Heard escaped with fines for tripping and interference in their opening local derby.

WOMEN’S FOOTBALL: Spartans earned their first win of the season after easing to a 3-0 victory at Montrose that saw them climb off the bottom of the Scottish Women’s Premier League.

New basement dwellers Dundee United won their first point in a 1-1 draw at Aberdeen.

With Celtic and league leaders Rangers not in action, Hearts won 4-0 at Hibs and Glasgow City thrashed Queen’s Park 8-0 to both move level on points at the top.

MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE: Whitehaven are back in the Championship relegation zone after they were thumped 60-6 at runaway table-toppers Wakefield Trinity and Richard Lepori scored three tries in Swinton’s surprise 28-8 win over play-off chasing Featherstone.

Second-placed Toulouse won 36-24 at Barrow, Batley slumped 0-38 at home to Doncaster, Halifax, brushed off relegated Dewsbury 34-6, Bradford won 30-12 in Sheffield and York edged out Widnes 12-6.