Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey

BRITISH LEAGUE Premier Division: Basingstoke 7 Whitley 3; Cardiff 7 Fife 6; Edinburgh 10 Humberside 7; Milton Keynes 13 Bracknell 2; Nottingham 6 Peterborough 3; Sheffield 8 Durham 2. First Division: Blackburn 3 Solihull 6; Dumfries 8 Trafford 5; Slough 6 Paisley 2; Swindon 15 Guildford 6; Teesside 12 Chelmsford 4; Telford 12 Medway 1.

BENSON AND HEDGES CUP Semi-final draw: Edinburgh Racers v Nottingham Panthers; Sheffield Steelers v Cardiff Devils or Durham Wasps. (Semi-final ties to be played over weekends of 5-6 and 12-13 November. If Cardiff beat Durham in their quarter-final, the two legs of their semi-final will be on 5 and 6 November).