SPORTING DIGEST: SAILING

SPORTING DIGEST: SAILING

Andy Beadsworth, with crew Barry Parkin and Richard Sydenham, moved up to second at the Soling European Championship in Norway yesterday behind Roy Heiner of the Netherlands. With two races to go, that makes Britain the top nation of those chasing four qualifying places for the Olympic Games in Sydney next year on offer at the regatta. The Netherlands has already qualified. In Finland, reigning champion Ben Ainslie stretched his lead in the Laser European Championship to 16 points over Spain's Luis Martinez.