Badminton: Egelstaff falls in Oslo semi-final

Scotland's Susan Egelstaff defends the women's singles at the Bank of Scotland Scottish International in Glasgow this week, but her hopes of the prefect warm-up disappeared yesterday in a semi-final defeat at the Norwegian International Championships in Oslo.

The Glasgow 28-year-old was the No.2 seed and she cruised into the last four with a 21-11 21-15 quarter-final victory over the Danish No.6 seed, Karina Jorgensen.

But her run of straight games wins came to an end in a disappointing 16-21 15-21 loss to Laris Griga, from the Ukraine. Egelstaff is also the No.2 seed in Glasgow.