SKING: The body of a famed US extreme skier who went missing this week after falling from the world’s eighth-highest mountain was recovered today and transported to Nepal's capital.

Hilaree Nelson, 49, was skiing down from the 26,775-foot summit of Mount Manaslu with her partner on Monday when she fell off the mountain.

Her body was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Kathmandu where doctors planned to perform an autopsy.

RACING: The British Horseracing Authority has paused its saliva testing pilot programme in the wake of Sean Levey’s false positive test recently.

Levey was stood down from riding at Sandown on September 14 due to “medical reasons,” and he was also prevented from riding in the final night of the Racing League 24 hours later.

He immediately requested a urine sample, which subsequently came back negative.

Levey returned to action on September 23 at Haydock having earlier released a statement saying he felt “aggrieved” and that “lessons needed to be learned.”

MEN’S FOOTBALL: Jack Hendry believes he is made for international football and is grateful that Scotland boss Steve Clarke is in agreement.

The 27-year-old defender has struggled for domestic game time this season, playing just seven minutes for Serie A side Cremonese, on loan from Belgian outfit Club Brugge, where he started once.

Clarke praised him for playing every minute of Scotland’s Nations League triple header, which ended with a hard-fought goalless draw against Ukraine on Tuesday night.

MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE: New rugby league proposals unveiled by IMG would mean automatic promotion and relegation to Super League would be scrapped and clubs instead elevated on the basis of their category status, which will be determined by a number of on- and off-field factors.

The proposals will only come into force at the end of next season if a majority of the 37 current professional clubs vote in favour at a meeting next month.