Cricket - England batsman Jonathan Trott has suffered more stress-related problems on his return to first class action and will take another break from the sport to undergo treatment, the country’s cricket board said yesterday. Trott, 32, left England’s Ashes tour of Australia in November after the first test in Brisbane due to a stress-related illness. The right-handed batsman later cited “burnout” as the problem and said he was targeting a return to international cricket.

Golf - Lee Westwood surged four shots clear at the halfway stage of the European Tour’s Malaysian Open yesterday after an eventful second round where Spain’s Pablo Larrazabal was forced to dive into a lake to avoid a swarm of hornets. The former world number one Englishman took his two-day total to 13-under after a six-under-par 66 and put himself in prime position to end an almost two-year trophy drought. The water proved a haven for Spain’s Larrazabal as he encountered the “scariest” moment of his career when he had to dive into a lake after being attacked by hornets on the fifth hole.

Horse Racing - The Jockey Club, which stages some of British horseracing’s most famous events including the Cheltenham festival and the Grand National, announced record financial results this week. The group, the largest commercial operation in the sport in Britain, increased its turnover in 2013 by 11 per cent to a record £166.9 million. Its contribution to prize-money in 2013 reached £18.24 million, up 47 per cent in five years. Total prize money at Jockey Club racecourses in 2013 reached a record £41.6 million.