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• Kimi Raikkonen 'absolutely fine' after fall
• Pakistan dominate Bangladesh in Test

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Kimi Raikkonen has a sore wrist after a fall on a snowmobile. Photograph: Albert Gea/Reuters

Raikkonen 'absolutely fine' despite fall

Lotus Renault have said Kimi Raikkonen is "absolutely fine" after the 2007 Formula One world champion suffered a fall in a snowmobile race in Austria on Saturday.

The team confirmed that Raikkonen suffered a minor wrist injury that may require further analysis after the weekend, but were confident there was no lasting damage done.

"Kimi went off during a snowmobile competition in Austria, but he's absolutely fine," Renault said on their official Twitter feed. "We just spoke to Kimi. There's nothing to worry about, he only has a sore wrist. He might have it checked again on Monday, but that's all."

Raikkonen only signed for the team last week after two years away from F1.

Hafeez century leaves Bangladesh on back foot

Mohammad Hafeez completed a classy century and Younus Khan was closing in on another as Pakistan continued to dominate the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong.

Resuming the second day on 132 without loss in reply to the hosts' total of 135, Hafeez achieved his fourth Test ton before lunch – he went on to make 143 – while Younus, looking for his 18th Test century, had reached 96 not out at stumps as the tourists advanced to 415 for five.

Elias Sunny was the pick of the Bangladesh bowlers with figures of two for 81 from 33 overs, but he was powerless to prevent Pakistan establishing a commanding 280-run advantage by the close of play.

Walden shows his mettle in UK semi-final

Ricky Walden fought his way back to lead Mark Allen 5-3 after the first session of their UK Championship semi-final in York. Walden took the final frame of the session with a century break, his second of the match, as he came back from 3-1 down to lead his opponent by two frames.

Davies and Roebuck maintain British success

Georgia Davies and Joe Roebuck continued Great Britain's success at the European Short-Course Championships by claiming silver and bronze respectively in Poland.

After medals for Hannah Miley, Jemma Lowe, Jess Dickons and Amy Smith over the opening two days, Davies won silver in the 50 metres backstroke. The Commonwealth bronze medallist smashed her Welsh record in the final as she ducked under 27 seconds for the first time, touching in 26.93sec"

Roebuck came through in a dramatic 200m butterfly final to win his first European short-course medal at the fourth attempt. Having qualified second fastest for the final, he looked out of touch at the halfway point, but stormed back in 1min 51.62sec.


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