Sporting Digest: Hockey

BALSAM LEICESTER, the Cup holders, have a home tie against Sherwood while the beaten finalists, Ealing, entertain St Albans in the third round of All England Women's Hockey Association Cup on Sunday 5 December.

AEWHA CUP Third-round draw: Aldridge v Trojans; BAC v Weston; Balsam Leicester v Sherwood; Basingstoke v Burnt Ash; Belvedere v Worthing; Bournemouth v Olton; Bracknell v Pressed Steel Fisher; Bradford Swithenbank v Yate; Crimson Ramblers v Blueharts; Dereham v Chelmsford; Doncaster v Clifton; Dudley v North Staffs; Dulwich v Colwall; Ealing v St Albans; Exmouth v Reading; Guildford v Swindon; Hampton v Cheltenham; Harrow v Wimborne Wayfarers; Hightown v Luton Town; Loughborough Students v Wolverhampton; Morpeth v Slough; Newcastle v Colchester; Ormskirk v Sonning; Oxford Hawks v First Personnel Sutton Coldfield; Pickwick v Poynton; Southgate v Canterbury; Sunderland Bedans v Ipswich; Welwyn Garden City v Southampton; Whitley Bay v Ambleside; Wimbledon v Broxbourne; Winchmore Hill v Tulse Hill; Woking v Great Harwood. (Ties to be played on Sunday 5 December).

ASIA CUP (Hiroshima, Japan) Men Pool A: Pakistan 20 Thailand 0.