HOME INTERNATIONALS: Ireland gave a lack-lustre performance against Scotland on the closing day of the Home International series at Royal St George's, Sandwich, yesterday and finished with the wooden spoon.

Ireland crashed 10-5 as the Scots clinched the title and the Raymond Trophy for the first time in five years. Defending champions England defeated Wales 9½-5½ to take second spot with the Welsh third.

Ireland, who had stunned Wales on Thursday, were always up against it in their match with the Scots and were in trouble early on in the morning foursomes, eventually going down 4-1. Only Irish champion Rory McIlroy and Sean McTernan got a point as they overcame Andrew McArthur and Bryan Fotheringham 3 and 2.

PGA TOUR: Overnight leader Mark Calcavecchia set the early clubhouse target after the second round of the Bell Canadian Open in Vancouver yesterday.

Calcavecchia shot a second round of 67 for a halfway total of 132 and a five-shot lead over Lucas Glover, with Jerry Kelly and Carlos Franco tied at two-under-par 138.

CHALLENGE TOUR: Christian Nilsson opened a five-shot lead after a second round 67 in the Telia Challenge Waxholm, Sweden, in leaving the home player with the perfect opportunity to secure his maiden European Challenge Tour victory this weekend.

Nilsson, on 13-under-par 133, leads from Julien Van Hauwe of France. Davy Jones from Derry is Ireland's best player on 140 after a 69 while Michael Hoey is well back on 147.

SENIORS TOUR: Cork's Denis O'Sullivan leads the Irish challenge after the first day of the Scandinavian Senior Open at the ancient Royal Copenhagen Golf Club in Denmark.

O'Sullivan recorded two birdies and a bogey in his one-under-par 70, while Eamonn Darcy dropped two shots over the closing six holes to finish on level par.

England's Carl Mason, number one on the European Seniors Tour Order of Merit, compiled a bogey-free seven-under-par round of 64 to take a one-stroke lead over South African Gavan Levenson.