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BELLE Vue boss Chris Morton believes next Monday's home clash with Coventryis vital in their bid to avoid a relegation scrap.The Aces are looking to bounce back from a defeat at the hands of Swindon in their last Kirkmanshulme Lane clash.Said Morton: "We owe Coventry because they won here earlier in the season but, more importantly, we need the points to help us get off the bottom."

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 LEICESTER Lions are all set to race again after an absence of almost30-years.Planning has been approved by the council for a new stadium in the Beaumont Leys area of the city which will include community facilities.Lions Supporters Club spokesman Chris Popple said: "The Lions will race again in 2010. All the Supporters Club members were present for the decisionwhich is a massive triumph."

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THURSDAY AUGUST 6:

SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Ipswich v Peterborough 7.30, Swindon vWolverhampton 7.30

PREMIER LEAGUE: Redcar v Newcastle 7.30, Sheffield vStoke 7.45

NATIONAL LEAGUE: Bournemouth v Rye House 7.30, Isle of Wight vPlymouth 7.30

 FRIDAY AUGUST 7:

SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Coventry v Wolverhampton 8pm, Lakeside v Swindon 8pm

PREMIER LEAGUE: Edinburgh v Sheffield 7.30, Scunthorpe v Newcastle 7.30,Somerset v Redcar 7.30

NATIONAL LEAGUE: King's Lynn v Mildenhall 7.30,Plymouth v Weymouth 7.30

SATURDAY AUGUST 8:

ELITE LEAGUE PAIRS: Eastbourne 7.30

PREMIER LEAGUE: Berwick v Edinburgh 7pm, Rye House v King's Lynn 6pm, RyeHouse v Birmingham (follows King's Lynn fixture), Stoke v Redcar 7.30

NATIONAL LEAGUE: Weymouth v Newport 7.15

SUNDAY AUGUST 9:

PREMIER LEAGUE: Glasgow v Edinburgh 4pm, Newcastle v Sheffield 6.30, Newportv Birmingham 5pm

NATIONAL LEAGUE: Buxton v Newport 3pm