MEN’S FOOTBALL: Fraserburgh can move back to the top of the Highland League on goal difference Friday night with a win in their local derby at Deveronvale.

Defending champions Brora Rangers, who sit third, three points off the top but with two games in hand, travel to current league leaders Formartine United on Saturday when second-placed Brechin visit Nairn County and bottom of the table Rothes continue their search for a first win against Huntly.

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Kyle Allman netted 22 points as Turk Telecom Ankara eased to an 89-77 win over London Lions in Wednesday evening’s EuroCup Group B game at the Copper Box Arena.

On a good night for Turkish basketball, Besiktas Istanbul crushed previously unbeaten Bourg-en-Brasse 90-60 to move top of the group while Bahcesehir College Istanbul maintained the competition’s only hundred per cent record with 81-67 at Catalonia’s Manresa in Group A.

HORSE RACING: 54-year-old Lanfranco “Frankie” Dettori has announced that he will retire after riding Wimbledon Hawkeye at this weekend’s Breeders’Cup in San Diego, USA.

Dettori was a three-time British champion jockey, won the Derby twice and rode all seven winners on the Queen Elizabeth Stakes card at Ascot in 1996.

He received a six-month ban for failing a drugs test in 2012 and declared himself bankrupt earlier this year.

MEN’S ICE HOCKEY: Sheffield Steelers cruised to the top of the Elite League on Wednesday evening after brushing aside injury hit Guildford 5-1 while defending champions Belfast kick-started their delayed campaign with a 3-1 win over the Cardiff Devils.

Tomorrow night’s fixtures see Belfast on the road at second-placed Nottingham Panthers, bottom club Fife looking to end their six-match losing run at Manchester and Dundee hosting Guildford.