Sporting Digest: Hockey

EUROPEAN NATIONS CUP QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTS MEN: (Brussels): Finland 1 Sweden 0; Belgium 4 Switzerland 1; Switzerland 12 Finland 2; Belgium 10 Hungary 0. (Belgium & Switzerland qualify). WOMEN: (Belfast): Sweden 2 Austria 0; Ireland 3 Belgium 0. (Ireland, Belgium & Sweden qualify). (Bratislava): France 1 Italy 3; Lithuania 1 Czech Republic 2; Slovakia 0 Wales 3. (France, Czech Republic and Italy qualify).

NORWICH UNION COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP (Sheffield) Quarter-finals: Army 1 Cheshire 3; Staffordshire 6 Shropshire 1; Surrey 6 Lancashire 2; Essex 1 Nottinghamshire 6. Semi- finals: Staffordshire 4 Cheshire 3; Surrey 2 Nottinghamshire 1. Final: Staffordshire 3 Surrey 1. Under-21 semi-finals: Yorkshire 1 Cambridgeshire 1 (Yorkshire won 5-3 aps); Somerset 1 Sussex 13. Final: Sussex 4 Yorkshire 2.

WOMEN'S MATCHES: St Albans 0 Ipswich 3; Winnington Park 1 Poynton 3.

MIDDLESEX CUP Final: Hampstead & Westminster 2 Ashford 2 (Hampstead won 3-1 aps).

AEWHA CUP Semi-finals: Doncaster 0 Hightown 2; Slough 5 Exmouth 0. AEWHA PLATE Semi-final: Saracens 1 Deeside Ramblers 0.

TEST MATCH (Sydney): Australia 5 India 1 (Australia lead best-of-five series 2-0).