SPORTING DIGEST:SAILING

SPORTING DIGEST:SAILING

Ben Ainslie won the Laser class at Kiel Week, the Olympic silver medallist beating for the third time Brazil's 1996 gold medallist Robert Scheidt. In the 49ers, Ian Barker and Simon Hiscocks went into the final day leading, but dropped to fourth after the final trio of races. Shirley Robertson was 13th in the Europe.