Sporting Digest: Sailing

The Olympic gold medallists Robert Scheidt (Laser) and Mateus Kusnierewicz (Finn) reasserted their authority over their British rivals Ben Ainslie (3rd) and Iain Percy (2nd) in the light airs of Kiel Week.

The British-based Australian, Andrew Cape, navigator for Chris Dickson on the past two Whitbread Races, partnered Peter Heppel yesterday to become the first non-French pair to win the 700-mile Mini Fastnet Race.