CHRIS Paterson admitted that being recognised in the New Year Honours List with an MBE to be “a wee bit strange”, but Scotland’s record cap-holder was as delighted as he was surprised. More...
Cricket Scotland has announced that Kiwi George Worker will be the Scottish Saltires’ professional player for the 12 Clydesdale Bank 40 matches in the 2012 season. More...
Ruby Walsh has had his appeal against a three-day careless riding ban dismissed following a hearing at the British Horse- racing Authority yesterday morning. More...
Ronald Ross has admitted his long-standing ankle problem could curtail his season further despite hitting five goals in two matches. More...
SUBSTITUTE Jesus Navas scored a late goal to send Spain through to the Euro 2012 quarter-finals as Group C winners but only after a mighty scare against Slaven Bilic’s unfortunate Croatia. More...
BY MIDDAY yesterday, they had a Twitter account, an official club badge and some natty pink ‘third kits’. Now all that is needed is a manager and some players and then Club 12 will be sorted. Ready, certainly for a tricky-looking away encounter at Club Killie’s Rugby Park, in what promises to be an...
FERNANDO Alonso delivered a highly-emotional speech following a heart-stopping European Grand Prix victory that put him back in control of the topsy-turvy Formula One world title race. More...
ONE of Scotland’s rising golf stars has defended his decision to opt out of the national set-up to work instead with an English-based coach. More...
IN THE summer of 1990, Charlie Reid played a central role in what became the defining day of the ultimately successful resistance to Wallace Mercer’s attempt for Hibs to be subsumed by Hearts. More...
Frank Lampard last night confirmed he will seek a new challenge when he returns from the World Cup in Brazil after bringing an end to his 13-year association with Chelsea. More...
HAS this year’s FIFA World Cup been the best ever edition of the tournament? Join Scotland on Sunday’s Graham Bean to discuss the last month’s action ahead of tonight’s semi-final between Germany and hosts Brazil. More...
BO’NESS United advanced to the fourth round of the Scottish Cup for the first time in their history after edging a nine-goal thriller in their replay with Elgin City. More...
Rangers chairman David Somers has admitted that the crowd attendance for the Cowdenbeath game at Ibrox was 10,000 less than originally claimed, it has been reported. More...
JANOS Balogh has begun what could become a stampede after agreeing to an early termination of his Hearts contract. More...
CHARLOTTE Dobson conceded that her opening two races at the ISAF World Championships didn’t go to plan – but says she’s a world away from pushing the panic button in Australia More...
Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted Manchester United’s slack European performances will force him to reassess how to approach such games at Old Trafford in future. More...
THE Hearts squad are still awaiting payment of their March salaries after the club failed to pay them on time last week, but any thought that this would have an adverse effect on their play yesterday was dispelled as they stretched their unbeaten run in the Edinburgh derby into double figures. ...
Hillfield Swifts 19s survived a late onslaught from Cavalry Park to claim a 2-1 victory in the SERYFA Bob Bankier Cup final at New Dundas Park, Bonnyrigg. More...
FOR all the talk about racism in football, the main prejudice is against those who play and watch the game: the white working class, writes Stuart Waiton More...
HOCKEY: Kenny Bain was in fine scoring form with a well-taken hat-trick, but the Scots were still held to a 3-3 draw by Austria in Poznan at the weekend in a game that manager Eugene Connolly believed they should have won easily. More...
FORMER Scotland player and coach Sir Ian McGeechan is to lead a review of English rugby in conjunction with one of the architects of Team GB’s Olympic success. More...
EXPERIENCE and patience are not normally associated with teenage amateurs. But, on a day when Royal Liverpool Golf Club required both qualities, England’s Charley Hull and New Zealand’s Lydia Ko easily passed the test. More...
THE Church of Scotland has stated its opposition, writes Hugh McLachlan, but this is not a debate about ethics More...
Susan Partridge and Derek Hawkins are both set to be named in Great Britain’s provisional team for this summer’s world championships in Moscow after finishing as the leading Britons in the London Marathon yesterday. More...
Lionel Messi and Dani Alves both scored again as Barcelona claimed their place in the Champions League quarter-finals with a 2-1 win over Manchester City.
Eibhlin the Highland cow gets a helping hand to look her best ahead of this year’s Royal Highland Show, which runs from 19-22 June at Ingliston, near Edinburgh. More...
ORGANISERS of celebrations to mark the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn this month have been forced to slash ticket prices – after being faced with the prospect of a half-­empty event. More...
A WORLD cup footballer has infuriated Hibs fans by apparently referring to one of their heaviest defeats during a match in Brazil. More...
SUZY Shepherd doesn’t mind admitting she is avaricious. She already had an impressive medal collection from a long and successful career in the game but she wants more. More...
BACK Gillingham today to continue their flying form, which has included dumping Leyton Orient out of the FA Cup in London last Saturday. More...
IN a week which saw growing worries about the problems which will be caused by fielding a Great Britain football team at London 2012, the most succinct and telling comment came from Neil Lennon. “My view is that football is not an Olympic sport,” the Celtic manager said. More...
WITH an overall entry of just 82 (compared with as many as 120 in days of yore) and no-shows becoming more and more of an issue in recent years, it is disturbing to report that I cannot confirm the participation of two of the most prominent entries for this weekend’s 143rd New Year Sprint at...
FIFA president Sepp Blatter insists he would “die” if he witnesses another World Cup goal-line blunder such as Frank Lampard’s disallowed goal for England. More...
AS the Lothians Schools boys’ football season draws ever nearer to the final round of competitive fixtures, the girls, on the other hand, are just beginning to make headway in their participation of the game. More...
JUST before midnight on Saturday, with the Olympic Stadium all but empty save for some volunteers and a few souls left in the press seats, Mo Farah reappeared in the arena he had electrified little more than an hour earlier. More...
OFFICIALS at a housing association have been accused of jeo­pardising the welfare of ordinary families and ordering staff to ignore grievances, The Scotsman has learned. More...
A MAN has been arrested in connection with a series of vandalisms in Aberdeen - including an attack on the city council’s headquarters at the historic Marischal College. More...
DUNDEE UNITED have failed in a bid to sign Mansfield centre-back Ryan Tafazolli. More...
RANGERS boss Ally McCoist is determined to keep left-back Lee Wallace despite reported interest from English Championship club Brighton. More...
NEARLY half of UK motorists back a “zero tolerance” drink drive limit, according to a poll published today by road safety charity Brake. More...
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