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BELLE Vue will include two of the world's top three young riders tonight when they face Coventry in the second leg of the Knockout Cup semi-final at Kirkmanshulme Lane (7.30).Aussie Darcy Ward will be fresh from his victory in the World Under-21 final when he guests for the Aces.Lining up with him will be Belle Vue's rising Danish star, Patrick Hougaard,who was third. The Aces have a 12-point deficit.

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KEVIN Wolbert continued his impressive start to his British career with 16-points as Edinburgh went down 50-41 in the promotion play-off at Newcastle.And Diamonds boss George English now admits the Scottish side are favourite sto reach the final.He said: "This leaves us with a fairly big hill to climb on Friday, but on our night we can put in some excellent performances up there too so it's all to play for."

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MONDAY OCTOBER 5

:ELITE LEAGUE GRAND FINAL 1st leg: Wolverhampton v Swindon 7.30

ELITE LEAGUE KO CUP SEMI FINAL 2nd leg: Belle Vue v Coventry 7.30

TUESDAY OCTOBER 6:

PREMIER LEAGUE KO CUP SEMI-FINAL: King's Lynn v Scunthorpe 7.30

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 7:

PROMOTION PLAY-OFF 1st leg: Birmingham v King's Lynn 7.30

CHALLENGE: Poole v Ipswich 7.30

THURSDAY OCTOBER 8:

MIDLAND LEAGUE: Peterborough v Wolverhampton 7.30

CHALLENGE: Bournemouth v USA Dream Team 7.30, Ipswich v Poole 7.30

TOP GUN INDIVIDUAL HANDICAP: Sheffield 7.45