Sports Digest/Racing: Cabra-born Robert Winston suffered multiple fractures of his jaw in a crashing fall at Ayr on Saturday night, dashing his hopes of a first jockeys' championship.
Winston, who faces at least two months on the sidelines, was at the top of the table on 98 winners with Jamie Spencer and Seb Sanders his closest pursuers.
The 25-year-old was riding Pearl's A Singer in the Farrans Utilities Maiden Voyage Handicap when the filly appeared to slip on the home bend, sending him crashing through the rails.
Three other horses were brought down in the incident and the rest of the meeting was abandoned due to unsafe ground.
Winston sustained two fractures on his lower jaw and possible fractures on the upper jaw as well. He was due to undergo an operation in Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock yesterday.
ROWING: Ireland's pair and double scull both finished in the top 10 at the World Junior Championships in Brandenburg on Saturday. The double of Paul O'Brien and Rory O'Connor sprinted to the finish to take third in their B Final - ninth overall - in a race won by Serbia and Montenegro, reports Liam Gorman.
The two crews which secured places in the A Final ahead of Ireland in Friday's semi-finals, Germany and New Zealand, took first and third in that A Final.
The pair of Matthew Carroll and Vincent Ruane were fourth in their B Final, 10th overall.
SWIMMING: Champion swimmers from the University of Kentucky continued to make an impact at the Irish Open Championships in Lisburn on Saturday's final day, reports Pat Roche.
The visitors, however, had much of their thunder stolen by the 12-year-old New Ross girl Graine Murphy. She finished a brilliant second in the Open 400 metres individual medley to Susanne Tyrrell of Cormorants, covering the distance in 5:5.04.
The American visitors ensured that records fell in the 100 metres freestyle and 50 metres butterfly with Jerram Chudleigh and Daniel Farnham taking the honours.
CYCLING: Irish rider Maurice O'Brien had a strong ride in the final of the scratch race at the junior world track championships in Vienna yesterday, attacking with two others with 16 laps to go. The three were reeled in with three laps to go.
Michael Murray also qualified yesterday morning, then rode well in the evening's points race final. He picked up points early on and finished 15th.
Mark Scanlon had solid rides in the Post Tour of Denmark over the weekend, finishing 16th on stage four and then 25th out of 100 starters in the stage five time trial. He finished as part of the main bunch on yesterday's concluding stage, crossing the line seven seconds behind a small group led by Andre Greipel of Team Wiesenhof.
Ivan Basso dominated, winning four out of six stages. Scanlon finished 60th overall.
