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Franc is a sparkling Diamond!

AN awesome 17-point effort from stand-in captain Josef Franc was the highlight of last night’s Premier League match at King’s Lynn, where Newcastle lost 55-38. Read

NEWCASTLE have turned to Mildenhall’s in-form Kyle Legault to make a guest appearance in place of their injured skipper Christian Henry in tonight’s Premier League meeting at champions King’s Lynn. Read

English seeks Leg up!

ALL three Newcastle riders injured in the desperately unlucky defeat at Berwick on Saturday will miss tonight’s tough test at the home of reigning champions King’s Lynn Read

Unlucky defeat for Diamonds

NEWCASTLE finished Saturday’s meeting at Shielfield Park with only four fit riders as their early 20-10 lead turned into Berwick’s first Premier League victory of the season. Read

King-sized headache

NEWCASTLE co-promoter and team manager George English faces a busy two days patching together his team for Wednesday’s visit to Premier League champions King’s Lynn after Saturday night’s traumatic defeat at Berwick. Read

F1: Pole pleaser

Lewis Hamilton has revealed he loves to make people happy - and he did just that for a record 80,000 frenzied fans at Silverstone. Read

Last night's speedway

Workington Comets moved into second place in the Premier League table when they gathered an aggregate point against the wasps. Read

Burning Rubber

Up Hill struggle has paid off for Michael Read

Speedway: Andreas given another chance

BERWICK promoter Peter Waite admitted last night that one of the three riders he’d taken out of his line-up last week – Andreas Bergstrom – will still be riding for the Bandits in this evening’s Premier League meeting against Newcastle at Shielfield Park (7pm). Read

Speedway: Fired up for derby crunch

NEWCASTLE Diamonds were once again thwarted by bad weather last night when their Premier League match against Edinburgh was called off because of a waterlogged track at Armadale Stadium. Read

Speedway: Change is best

NEWCASTLE co-promoter Darryl Illingworth believes the agreement to bring forward two Premier League away meetings to this weekend means the Tynesiders will catch Edinburgh tonight and Berwick tomorrow while both opponents are struggling for confidence. Read

Hungry to race after lay-off

NEWCASTLE Diamonds regroup for the first time in almost three weeks when they tackle Edinburgh Monarchs in a Premier League match at Armadale tonight. Read

Hamania motors in

EARLIER this year, Lewis Hamilton filmed a television commercial for a leading High Street bank in which he was required to stand atop a podium and spray his immediate surroundings with Champagne. Read

Diamonds duo fail to sparkle

AFTER the thrill of a rostrum placing in the Premier League Pairs Championship on Friday night, it was very much a case of the Sunday blues for Newcastle’s top two riders Josef Franc and Christian Henry yesterday. Read

F1: He's no rookie

Felipe Massa insists Lewis Hamilton is no longer considered a Formula One rookie after his phenomenal start to the season. Read

Burning Rubber

Quick thinking pays off for Rea - Rain stopped play as qualifying for today's British Superbike Championship round was washed out at Knockhill yesterday afternoon. Read

F1: Lewis remains bullish

Lewis Hamilton is confident of a hat-trick of grand prix wins tomorrow - despite an apparent resurgence from Ferrari. Read

Motor cycling: Suzuki's Chris in top slot at Assen

Rizla Suzuki rider Chris Vermeulen has claimed pole position for the A-Style MotoGP Dutch TT. Read

Diamonds have to settle for bronze

NEWCASTLE finished in the bronze medal position for the second year running in the prestigious Premier League Pairs Championship at Somerset last night (writes BARRY WALLACE). Read

BTCC: Plato not worried

Jason Plato believes no longer leading the BTCC drivers' championship is almost a bonus as it means he won't have the maximum "handicap ballast" to drag back his already un-aerodynamic car back at Donington Park next time out. Read

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