Sport in Short: Basketball

MEN'S NATIONAL CUP Preliminary round: Liverpool 63 Telford 60.

CARLSBERG LEAGUE Men: First Division: Cheshire 75 Birmingham 95; Derby 95 Sunderland 77; Guildford 65 Worthing 74; London 104 Hemel Hempstead 85; Manchester 87 Oldham 61; Oldham 78 Hemel 84. Second Division: Barnsley 66 Bury 73; Cardiff 87 Coventry 80; Lewisham 83 Plymouth 103; Brixton 81 Middlesbrough 91; Crystal Palace 71 Brixton 73. Third Division: Chiltern 56 Sheffield 71; Guildford 86 Camberley 79; Mid Sussex 47 S London 66; Stevenage 66 Sedgefield 86; Swindon 83 Leicester 59. Women: First Division: Cheshire 45 Sheffield 69; London YMCA 68 Milton Keynes 56; Rhondda 57 Northampton 75; Ipswich 64 London Jets 69. Second Division: Brixton 90 Camberley 35; Doncaster 69 Cardiff 35.