SCOTLAND coach Andy Robinson will be accused of taking the conservative option in selecting Dan Parks instead of either Greig Laidlaw or Duncan Weir to steer Scotland into the RBS Six Nations Championship on Saturday. More...
THE brother of Scotland senior side player Richie Gray will make his debut for the Scotland under-20 team on Friday, when second row Jonny Gray lines up against England at Firhill. More...
THERE cannot be many boys playing rugby on the sun-kissed fields of southern Africa who would rather be turning out in a frosty northern European winter, but David Denton was one. More...
TICKET inspectors are to be balloted on strike action over the sacking of two workers accused of gross misconduct. More...
A MAN has been jailed for trying to murder the mother of his child while she was pregnant with another man’s baby. More...
MINISTERS are under growing pressure to set a higher minimum price for alcohol as new figures revealed that their plans will have less impact than previously estimated. More...
IF THE Walker Cup was once referred to as the Walkover Cup due to it being such a one-sided contest in favour of the Americans, heaven knows what we should be calling the Curtis Cup these days. More...
Reigning Edinburgh and District Sunday AFA Premier Division champions Salters FC believe their 3-1 defeat of rivals Sporting Chesser at Saughton 3G will help them at least ensure second place this season. More...
JOHN Hourican – a senior executive from Sir Fred Goodwin’s era at Royal Bank of Scotland – is under growing pressure to forgo a windfall of up to £4.4 million, amid mounting calls for the UK government to introduce a “bonus tax” on payouts handed to financial workers. More...
Six sailors – including the Scottish adventurer Mark Beaumont – were adrift in a life raft in the North Atlantic late last night after their rowing boat capsized, Coastguards said. More...
Ruby Walsh has appealed against the three-day ban he incurred at Cheltenham on Saturday. More...
OVERNIGHT frost on Friday made sure that there was almost a complete wipeout of schools fixtures on Saturday morning and, as if it were needed, provided yet another reminder of how difficult it can be to play rugby at this time of year. Schools fare worse than clubs because nearly all of their...
TENNIS: Millie Stretton, who helped the Royal High School win last year’s Scottish Schools’ Team Championship, again showed her huge promise by winning the Scottish Indoor Under-18 Championships at Newlands. More...
SWIMMING: Lucy Hope (Jedburgh Grammar) and Ryan Brown (Kelso High School) stood out with record-breaking doubles at Brodies Scottish Schools’ Swimming Championships at Dollan Aquatics Centre in East Kilbride. More...
CURLING: Kelso High School’s rink of Callum Potts, Neil Sutherland, Lorna Shaw plus brother and sister Cameron and Amy Bryce won the James Young Trophy at the East of Scotland Schools’ qualifying at Murrayfield ice rink. More...
HOCKEY: A second successive training session for the Scottish girls’ under-16 squad was cancelled at the weekend and coach Bill Robson now has his fingers crossed that the weather will not cause further interruption to the preparation for this season’s international fixtures. More...
FOOTBALL: Bathgate Academy’s Alyshia Walker grabbed two goals and helped South East retain the under-15 Inter Regional Cup with a 4-2 win over West in the final at Toryglen in Glasgow. More...
DEREK Forsyth has been appointed Scotland senior men’s first Scots-born head coach in 16 years. The 53-year-old takes over from Englishman Russell Garcia. Since Grove Menzieshill’s Billy McPherson in 1995, Scotland has been under the coaching aegis of two Englishmen, two Australians and a German. ...
CEDRIC English last night announced he is leaving Scottish champions Carlton after 14 years with the Edinburgh club. The South African-born former Saltires player joined Carlton as overseas professional and was a major influence during a period of unprecedented success. More...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport have announced they intend to publish their ruling on Alberto Contador’s alleged doping at the start of next week. More...
IT HAS just dawned on me, but Tiger Woods has put himself in a no-win situation for the rest of his career due to the aura he once possessed on a golf course. More...
AS THE senior squad settles in for an eight-week winter performance programme in South Africa, the best young golfers in Scotland are about to head out to Abu Dhabi to prepare for the new season. More...
UNSETTLED by a poor run of form, Darren Clarke has parted company with caddie John Mulrooney, the man with whom he won the Open Championship at the age of 42 at Royal St George’s last summer. More...
RICHIE Ramsay warmed up for this week’s Qatar Masters by winning the Emirates Airline Invitational with a ten-under-par 62 over the Yas Links Golf Club in Abu Dhabi. More...
Novak Djokovic dispensed with the band and the raucous dressing-room celebrations. After the longest final in a Grand Slam, it was only fitting that he put on a solo act and then pulled the curtains on another Australian Open. More...
FORMER judo world champion Craig Fallon has retired from competition to pursue a coaching career. The Wolverhampton fighter, 29, claimed the 2005 under-60kg world title, but was unable to replicate that success at the Olympics. Fallon, the 2006 European champion, recently returned to competitive...
Ireland have included five uncapped players among a 32-man squad named ahead of Sunday’s RBS Six Nations opener against Wales. More...
Preston Lodge and Grangemouth – both great current examples of how hard work by volunteers can rebuild a rugby club – are celebrating after they picked up silverware at the weekend. More...
ENGLAND coach Stuart Lancaster found his preparations for the Calcutta Cup match damaged yesterday when his appointment of Chris Robshaw as captain for Saturday’s match at Murrayfield was overshadowed by Delon Armitage’s arrest following an alleged assault in a Torquay nightclub. More...
NEW England captain Chris Robshaw has admitted he has never before set foot inside Murrayfield as he prepares to lead his country out there in just his second Test match. More...
Sir Alex Ferguson is relishing the prospect of his Manchester United side facing the unique challenge presented by Stoke at Old Trafford tonight. More...
FALKIRK manager Steven Pressley may have spent a good chunk of his playing career with Hearts, but Celtic captain Scott Brown reckons Elvis has his young Falkirk side playing like the Hibs team in which Brown made his name. More...
The two form sides in the Third Division meet at Recreation Park tonight, with leaders Alloa putting three fine records on the line against a Peterhead side that have won five of their past six league games. More...
ABERDEEN manager Craig Brown admits practical pragmatism prompted the arrival of veterans Gavin Rae and Stephen Hughes because he may be forced to sell highly-rated teenagers Ryan Jack and Fraser Fyvie. More...
CELTIC last night completed the loan signing of Polish international striker Pawel Brozek for the rest of the season and have not yet given up on adding further attacking reinforcements to Neil Lennon’s squad before the transfer window closes tonight. More...
HERNAN Crespo became the hottest property of a new Indian Soccer League starting next month when the Argentine fetched $840,000 in an auction of players and coaches yesterday. Crespo was snapped up by the Barasat franchise of Premier League Soccer (PLS), which is modelled on cricket’s highly...
STEVE Lomas has fixed-up Celtic youngster James Keatings and Spurs kid Kudus Oyenuga on loan deals through to the summer. More...
WITH just hours remaining until the end of the latest transfer window, the expected exodus from Hearts has not occurred. Fans of the Tynecastle club can breathe a sigh of relief. Not so, however, the Hearts owner. More...
DUNDEE United have confirmed the signing of Slovakian striker Milos Lacny on a 12-month loan deal, subject to international clearance. More...
Former Rangers striker Kris Boyd has signed for Major League Soccer side the Portland Timbers, managed by former Rangers player John Spencer. More...
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