(SPEEDWAY 1)NEWCASTLE took control of the Premier Trophy Final with an impressive 58-36 win over Birmingham in Sunday's first leg.The Diamonds dominated at Brough Park with Rene Bach and skipper Jason King both unbeaten by an opposing rider.But boss George English is keen to stress that the job is far from complete ahead of the second leg at Perry Barr on Wednesday.English said: "22 points is an excellent margin to carry down to the second leg at Birmingham on Wednesday night, but I'm still disappointed that we did not win by more as we lost a good few points with very poor refereeing decisions."But 22 points is it and we're not going to get over-confident as that would be a fatal mistake. We are going into that match the same as any other - we need to win and we'll be going for that."

(SPEEDWAY 2)EDINBURGH'S star reserve Kalle Katajisto escaped without serious injury from a crash at Glasgow - but he will miss his country's World Cup meeting on Monday.Katajisto had feared a broken foot or ankle in the accident which was triggered when his team-mate Tobias Busch and the Tigers' Lee Dicken collided. His place in the Finnish team at King's Lynn will be taken by Scunthorpe's Tero Aarnio Monarchs co-promoter Alex Harkess said: "We are delighted with the news, he is very important to us. He might have to miss a match or two but it shouldn't be a long absence."

(FIXTURES) TUESDAY JULY 27:NATIONAL LEAGUE: Dudley v Scunthorpe (at Wolverhampton) 7.30, Isle of Wight v Weymouth 7.30WEDNESDAY JULY 28:PREMIER TROPHY FINAL 2nd leg: Birmingham v Newcastle 7.30 PREMIER LEAGUE KO CUP Q/F 1st leg: King's Lynn v Edinburgh 7.30 NATIONAL LEAGUE: Bournemouth v Plymouth 7.30 JUNIOR CHALLENGE: Belle Vue 7.30