Weightlifting: Bulgarian-born Boyanka Kostova won a gold medal for Azerbaijan at the European Championships in Norway and is set to reap the financial rewards offered by her adopted nation. Kostova, 22, won her third European gold when she retained her women’s 58kg title, after comfortably beating her nearest rival, Irina Lepsa, of Romania. Poland’s Joanna Lochowska was third. Kostova said she did not know how big her state-funded reward would be, but Azerbaijan often pays huge sums to medallists at major competitions. Two wrestlers who won gold at London 2012 were paid $510,000 each.

Basketball: CSKA Moscow and Fenerbahce Istanbul made good use of home advantage to register winning starts in their best-of-five Euroleague quarter-final series. Six-times winners CSKA beat Red Star Belgrade 84-74 thanks to a fine performance by Serbian playmaker Milos Teodosic while Fenerbahce sank Real Madrid 75-69 after repelling a second-half fightback by the holders.

Swimming: Triple world champion Adam Peaty booked his place at the Rio Games by winning the 100 metres breaststroke at the British trials in Glasgow in a time of 58.41 seconds. The mark, if nowhere near the 21-year-old’s own world record of 57.92 that he set at the same national championships last year, was faster than August’s world championship-winning time of 58.52. “Just qualified for my first Olympic Games, no other feeling like competing for your country at this level,” he said on Twitter.