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Sport in brief with Jamie J: May 19, 2024
Leverkusen's head coach Xabi Alonso celebrates with the trophy as his team won the German Bundesliga, after the German Bundesliga soccer match between Bayer Leverkusen and FC Augsburg at the BayArena in Leverkusen, Germany, May 18, 2024

MEN’S FOOTBALL: Stranraer scored twice in extra time to edge out East Kilbride 3-1, 5-3 on aggregate, in their promotion/relegation play-off final and retained their place in the Scottish Football League. Saturday’s other play-off action north of the border saw Kevin O’Hara score twice as Hamilton won 3-2 at Inverness Caledonian Thistle to seal animmediate return to the Scottish Championship after a year in League One.

NETBALL: Elmere van der Berg missed just one shot to net 41 goals as Manchester battled to a 62-52 win over Saracens to stay top of the Super League, three points clear of Loughborough, who brushed Cardiff aside 68-47. London Pulse won 63-45 at bottom of the table Strathclyde Sirens, Leeds beat Team Bath 65-50 and the Severn Stars sealed their play-off place with a comfortable 69-42 win at Surrey Storm.

MEN’S RUGBY UNION: Defending champions Leinster lost 23-21 at Ulster and slipped to third as the United Rugby Championship’s regular season ended. Munster finished top after beating Edinburgh 29-26 with Pretoria’s Bulls as runners-up. Glasgow lost heavily 44-21 at the Lions, Cardiff won 36-14 at Durban’s Sharks, Ospreys beat the Dragons 26-13, Stormers edged to a 16-12 win in Connacht and Scarlets won 32-18 at bottom-club Zebre.

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