Athletics

Former Olympian Brian Whittle came out of retirement for his first race in two years at Grangemouth last night, only to lose to a Scot over 400m for the first time since 1984.

Hugh Kerr, his Ayr Seaforth clubmate, clocked 48.6sec to beat Whittle by a tenth after a dogfight in the home straight. Whittle finished second in the 100m behind Brian Doyle of Cumbernauld, who clocked 11.0 to Whittle's 11.3.

Golf

WORLD No.1 Greg Norman has turned down a lucrative offer to face Tiger Woods in a head-to-head showdown on television. Norman said he declined the best-of-three challenge because the timing of the event was not suitable.

Snooker

GLASGOW'S Graeme Dott kept up his recent impressive form with a 5-3 win over Graham Horne in the Team Pro Masters Superleague. Hamilton's Drew Henry drew 4-4 with Marcus Campbell.

Tennis

RESULTS from the MacRoberts West of Scotland Junior championships at Craigholme School.

Boys singles. 18-and-under: Third round - G Gordon (David Lloyd) beat J McDonald (Craig-helen) 6-2, 6-3; M Hendry (Linlithgow) beat P McGroarty (Glasgow) 6-0, 6-0; M Malcolm (Stonehaven) beat M Petkov (Giffnock) 7-5, 2-6, 6-4; A McDonald (Thistle) beat M McKenna (David Lloyd) 6-1, 6-2; M Gilmour (Dunfermline) beat N McPhee (Duffus) 6-7, 6-3, 7-5; R Maxfield Giffnock) beat A Hawke (Thistle) 6-2, 6-2; A MacKechnie (Newlands) beat J McDonald (Western) 6-1, 6-2; G Smith (David Lloyd) beat G Lawrence (Dunfermline) 6-1, 6-0. Quarter final - McDonald beat Malcolm 6-2, 6-4.

14-and-under: Quarter finals - R Allan (David Lloyd) beat S Alsop (Cults) 6-3, 6-1; C Fleming (Linlithgow) beat D Culshaw (Newlands) 6-7, 6-3, 6-1; D Brewer (Whitecraigs) beat J Singh (Broomhill) 2-6, 6-4, 7-5; J Murray (David Lloyd) beat S McDonald (Western ) 6-0, 6-2.

Girls singles: 18-and-under: Quarter finals - L Lucas (Hamilton) beat H Smith (Craighelen) 6-1, 6-2; F Gordon (David Lloyd) beat G Alderighi (Glasgow) 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.

14-and-under: Quarter-finals - N Slater (David Lloyd) beat P Currie (Glasgow) 6-1, 6-1; V Jigajinni (Thistle) beat J Stevenson (Kirkcaldy) 6-2, 6-0; M Whitelaw Ayrshire beat J Fulton (Newlands) 7-5, 6-2; F Hendry (Linlithgow) beat T Hanks (Craighelen) 6-0, 6-1. Semi-final: Hendry beat Whitelaw 6-1, 6-1.

Pools payout

Littlewoods. Treble chance: 24 points #957,476; 23 - #3502.95; 22 - #118.55; 21 - #54. Half-time results: 23 - #250,000. Four draws: #26.90. Ten homes: #113.35. Six aways: #15.65.

Vernons. Treble chance: 23 - #16,053.50; 22 - #68.35; 21 - #36.60. Fantasy Premier 10: No winner.

Brittens. Treble chance: 23 - #778.65; 22 - #12.95; 21 - #4. Four draws: #29.85. Eight homes: #5.60. Six aways: #16.85.

Zetters. 23 - #4454.25, 22 - #16.05; 21 - #4.10; 20 - 30p. Three draws: #6.80. Eight homes: #6.10. Six aways: #13.60.

Cricket

Glasgow and District Evening League. Monklands 217 for three (S Shakoor 92no, Malik 93); GHK 115 (A Mackay 51, C Grahamslaw 32; S Shakoor four for 11).

Helensburgh 107 for three (S Humphries 31no); Queen's Park 111 for five (A Butt 73no).

Glasgow Schools Junior League: Lenzie Academy 30 for nine (G Paxton 3-0); Gleniffer High School 33 for no wicket.

Strathclyde Shield. East Renfrewshire 130 for six (after 20 overs) (M Malik 41; Kenny 3-12) Kelvingrove 113 for five (after 20 overs) (M Zabir 1-29).

Football

Under-15 Schools International - Scotland 2, Germany 3 (at Livingston).

Hockey

GREAT Britain crashed to their third successive defeat in the Champions' Trophy in Berlin last night. They went down 3-0 to Australia in the round-robin, while Holland defeated USA 3-0 and Germany beat Korea 3-2.