Sporting Digest: Basketball

CHARLES BARKLEY, the NBA's most valuable player last season, collapsed while running sprints at the Phoenix Suns' training camp in Flagstaff, Arizona, on Saturday night and remained on the floor for more than 30 minutes. Diagnosed as having a bulging disc in his back in August, Barkley was later able to walk from the court but it was not known how long he would be sidelined.

BUDWEISER LEAGUE: Birmingham Bullets 90 Chester Jets 66; Guildford Kings 97 Derby Bucks 95 (o-t); London Towers 91 Leicester Riders 89; Thames Valley Tigers 97 Sunderland Scorpions 84; Worthing Bears 91 Oldham Celtics 67; Doncaster Panthers 69 Manchester Giants 104; Hemel Royals 92 Worthing 115.

NATIONAL LEAGUE First Division Men: Brixton 101 Ware 66; Coventry 80 Solent 70; Plymouth 78 Sheffield 90; Ware 97 Bury 94. Second Division Men: Chiltern 70 London E 54; Lewisham 44 Nottingham 100; Mid Sussex 91 Liverpool 73; Stevenage 83 Northampton 75. First Division Women: Brixton 50 London Jets 60; Nottingham 38 Birmingham 56; Rhondda 51 Northampton 92; Sheffield 86 Chester 42; South Tyneside 64 Barking 68; Thames Valley 78 Ipswich 45. Second Division Women: Doncaster 48 Cardiff 76; London Heat 57 Leicester 37; Lutopn 53 Harlesden 45; Spelthorne 47 Sunderland 49.