Giles Scott finished eighth in his final Finn Gold Cup race knowing he already had the World Championships in the bag, and Andy and Jamie Murray moved Great Britain into a 2-1 lead in the Davis Cup. Here's our review of the last 24 hours.
Giles Scott recorded an eighth place finish in the final Finn Gold Cup race having already secured the World Championship title the day before.
It was difficult conditions for the competitors in Takapuna, with the race for those outside the top ten cancelled.
But the medal contest took place and it finished with France’s Jonathan Lobert taking silver and Vasilij Zbogar the bronze.
Scott said: “[It was] pretty shifty conditions and it would have been a tricky one had the points been different, that’s for sure. It was quite nice to have it all squared away beforehand.”
Fellow Brit Ed Wright, who won the World Championship title in 2010, come eighth overall after ending the medal race in second place, Exmouth’s Ben Cornish was 13th and James Hadden finished what was his final Finn regatta in 46th.
Wright described it as his best result of the week and added: “I wanted to go out and win the race and also keep an eye on the guys that I needed to beat.”
Great Britain need just one win from today’s remaining two Davis Cup matches to lift the trophy for the first time in 79 years after brothers Andy and Jamie Murray battled to a four-set win in yesterday’s doubles match.
Reigning Olympic champion Andy Murray will today face Belgium’s world number 16 David Goffin and Kyle Edmund is scheduled to face Ruben Bemelmans in the final match.
Great Britain only need one more victory as they are leading 2-1 following the Murrays’ 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-2 win over Goffin and Steve Darcis in the doubles at the Flanders Expo in Ghent.
Andy Murray said: “We have two chances to try and win it and if you had offered us that at the start we would have taken it.
“I will prepare like any other match for tomorrow. He (Goffin) is a world-class player and with the crowd behind him it will be a difficult match.”
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Eve Muirhead was left bemoaning the finest margins as Scotland had to settle for silver at the European Curling Championships.
Scotland knew they would be up against it in the final against a strong Russian side on Saturday, and it was a tight game from the very start as after six ends Muirhead and co trailed 4-3.
The Scots blanked the seventh end but then the turning point of the game came in the eighth end, when Muirhead attempted a double take-out which just missed its second target stone, giving Russia a steal of one and a 5-3 lead.
And Russia went on to win 6-4 without having to deliver their last stone.
"I came a centimetre away from making it pay in that eighth end," said Muirhead. "Silver’s not what we wanted and I thought we were good enough to get that gold medal but Russia did play great out there.”
She had started the day by defeating Tiara Artha Garthia before following that up with a second-round win over Croatian Ivana Maranic to move into the quarter-finals. Another victory followed over Spain’s Marta Tort Merino but Gibbons’ winning run came to an end at the semi-final stage in the Jeju Grand Prix against reigning Olympic champion Kayla Harrison of the USA. "I'm really pleased to get another Grand Prix medal, especially after medalling last weekend,” Gibbons said.
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Nick Catlin was left toasting a job well done after Great Britain’s men kicked off their World Hockey League Final assault off with victory over Canada.
Simon Mantell got Great Britain off to the perfect start as he scored the opening goal inside the first minute.
Canada were level just moments later as Mark Pearson scored, but quick fire strikes from Mantell and Alastair Brogdon saw Great Britain go 3-1 up after 24 minutes.
And despite not adding to the scoreline Catlin was happy with Great Britain’s opening run out as they now turn their attentions to Australia.
“It was a solid team performance,” Catlin said. “We wanted to get off the mark today and it’s important to get points on the board which is what we’ve done.
“We worked hard and are pleased with the win and the performance.”
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Dom Parsons started his season by finishing in the top ten of the men’s BMW IBSF World Cup skeleton competition.
Parsons had been 11th after the first run but moved up to ninth in Altenberg on Saturday, just a few months after he had required surgery.
Fellow Brit Ed Smith, whose World Championship in March was hampered by injury, came 17th, having been two places higher after the first run.
And the reigning Intercontinental Cup Champion David Swift just missed out on a second run as he finished 21st in the first heat.
The men will now start building towards the second round of eight races in Winterberg next weekend.
Great Britain finished 14th in the two-man bobsleigh in the BMW IBSF World Cup opener in Germany.
Lamin Deen, who was making his first drive in Altenberg, and fellow Olympian Joel Fearon were 16th after the first run in a race which was won by Germany’s Francesco Freidrich and Thorsten Margis.
It was Fearon’s first outing for Great Britain since the last Olympics after he took a year out to return to athletics.
Fellow Brits Olly Biddulph and Jordan Smallin came 23rd after the first heat to miss out on the chance of another run.
Adam Peaty will use next week's European Short Course Championships as a chance to hone his technique ahead of a huge year that will see him go on the hunt for Olympic gold.
Peaty is a triple world champion and world record holder and will head to Netanya, Israel, with a strong British team that includes Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, Robbie Renwick, Fran Halsall and Chris Walker-Hebborn.
The Brits are currently in the midst of a block of winter training and will be looking to make headway in Israel with Jazz Carling, Liam Tancock and Hannah Miley also included in the 12-strong lineup.
"I'm really looking forward to my second European Short Course Championships," Peaty told British Swimming.
"I will be using the races as a focus point for my dives, turns and underwater work so it will hopefully benefit me in my long course swimming later in the season."
The head coach of Great Britain’s men’s rugby sevens team, Simon Amor, says he is looking forward to seeing Cameron Cowell and Ruaridh McConnochie make their World Rugby Sevens Series debuts when England kick off their campaign in Dubai next week.
The duo will line up in the side led by Tom Mitchell as the Red Rose go in a tough pool against Wales, Australia and Kenya.
It will be a big year for Amor and co as the home nations gear up for Rio 2016, where rugby sevens will be included at the Olympics for the first time.
England are set to turn out in ten Series tournaments over the next six months, with the players and Amor likely to have one eye on the OIympics next summer.
"There are some voids to be filled and I'm delighted with the way that Cameron and Ruaridh, who have both been on our radar and worked with us for over a year now, have progressed over a very long pre-season," said Amor.
"They have real potential and I'm confident that they are going to give it everything and perform well for the programme.” Sportsbeat 2015