Sporting Digest: Hockey

MEN'S INTERNATIONAL MATCHES (Rome): (Saturday) Italy 1 Ireland 1. (Yesterday) Italy 1 Ireland 2. (Three-match series drawn).

MEN'S UNDER-21 INTERNATIONAL (Brussels): (Saturday) Belgium 2 England 3. (Yesterday): Belgium 1 England 1.

WOMEN'S TEST MATCH (Cape Town): South Africa 3 England 0.

WOMEN'S INTERCONTINENTAL CUP (Philadelphia) Pool A: Italy 0 US 4; France 0 India 1; Argentina 1 Germany 1. Positions (after two rounds): 1 Scotland 4pts; 2 Canada 3; 3 Russia 3; 4 Japan 1; 5 New Zealand 1; 6 Belgium 0. Pool B: New Zealand 0 Scotland 2; Russia 1 Japan 0; Belgium 0 Canada 7. Positions (after three rounds): 1 US 5pts; 2 Argentina 5; 3 Germany 4; 4 India 2; 5 France 1; 6 Italy 1.