General Sports 8-Hour Briefing

Rugby League

Daryl Clark marked his 350th Super League appearance with two tries as St Helens thrashed Catalans Dragons 42-6 in Perpignan. Warrington Wolves made it two wins from two in Super League by withstanding a strong Wakefield Trinity fightback at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.

Cricket

The England Lions squad are "following official advice" in the UAE after Iran launched attacks throughout the Middle East. Sahibzada Farhan made a superb century as Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by five runs in the T20 World Cup Super 8s but missed out on a semi-final spot on net run-rate. Dashun Shanaka superbly hit three sixes in a row to give Sri Lanka hope, but failed to score any runs on the last two balls as they narrowly lost against Pakistan.

Cycling

Mathieu van der Poel won the men's race at the Omloop het Nieuwsblad, with Dutch compatriot Demi Vollering triumphing in the women's event.

Rugby Union

Sean Jansen scored a last-gasp try as Connacht stunned United Rugby Championship leaders Glasgow Warriors at Dexcom Stadium.

Snooker

Barry Hawkins beat Wu Yize 6-4 to reach the Welsh Open final for the second time in his career.

Tennis

Daniil Medvedev said it is "not how I wanted to win" the Dubai Tennis Championships title after Tallon Griekspoor withdrew because of injury. Sahibzada Farhan hit his second century of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup to boost Pakistan's chances of a wide margin victory over Sri Lanka to secure a place in the semi-finals.

Basketball

The Phantom, Laces, Mist, Breeze, Rose and Vinyl have advanced to the Unrivaled playoffs, which open Saturday.

Gaelic Games

The GAA's Annual Congress at Croke Park was disrupted by a protest calling for the association to cut ties with sponsor Allianz.