HE HAS done the tourist thing in Scotland. Now Novak Djokovic has his eye firmly back on the prize as he bids to overcome the disappointment of missing out on a non-calendar slam at Roland Garros earlier this month, when, as the laws of tennis dictate, Rafael Nadal asserted his authority in Paris. ...
ANDY Roddick warmed up for Wimbledon, and his first-round tie against Scotland’s Jamie Baker, with a 6-3 6-2 victory over Andreas Seppi to win the AEGON International championship title on Saturday. More...
AGE creeps up on us all and, as the 25-year-old Andy Murray looks ahead to his seventh Wimbledon campaign, he is – in tennis terms – a middle aged man, a member of the establishment. More...
For almost a decade it seemed Roger Federer was guest of honour on finals day at nearly every grand slam event but, over the past 12 months, Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal have conspired to strike him off the guest list. More...
Laura Robson was given a boost on the eve of Wimbledon with the news that she has broken into the world’s top 100 for the first time and climbed from British No 4 to No 2. More...
WE HAVE been warned to expect tears at the start of this year’s ladies singles tournament at Wimbledon. Reigning champion Petra Kvitova yesterday contemplated the emotional fall-out as she curtsies in front of the Royal Box on Centre Court tomorrow, while Kim Clijsters was asked to imagine her...
Greece goalkeeper Kostas Chalkias, who was the oldest player at Euro 2012, and striker Nikos Liberopoulos both announced their retirements from international football at the weekend. More...
SAMIR Nasri’s foul-mouthed rant at a reporter after France’s defeat by Spain was “very, very bad” for his image, coach Laurent Blanc has said. More...
AS SO often in the past, England found the air in a quarter-final of a major championship just too heady to handle. True, their 4-2 defeat by Italy in a penalty shoot-out after a goalless two hours was tight and insufferably tense. More...
ENGLAND’S penalty shoot-out misery continued in Kiev last night as they crashed out of Euro 2012. After Mario Balotelli’s talk of Peter Pan, the semi-finals of a major tournament are becoming the equivalent of Never Never Land for the Three Lions. More...
Former Rangers Director of Football Gordon Smith has called on Charles Green’s newco to withdraw its application to the SPL and volunteer to start again in the Scottish Football League First Division. More...
NOVAK Djokovic has revealed he put the “Jock” in Djokovoic on a restorative trip to Scotland as he prepares to defend his Wimbledon title, a quest the Serbian begins today on Centre Court against Juan Carlos Ferrero. More...
“IT IS a great pity that certain players have chosen this time to attempt to tear up their contracts and walk away from the club. More...
THE bloodletting at Ibrox has begun with the announcement yesterday by Scotland internationalists Steven Naismith and Steven Whittaker that they have no intention of playing for Charles Green’s Rangers newco. More...
ST Johnstone manager Steve Lomas admits excitement is building in advance of today’s Europa League draw. More...
THOSE of a cynical disposition, who regard professional footballers as little more than callous, badge-kissing mercenaries content to flit from club to club while displaying all of the emotional investment (but none of the manners) of a high-class hooker, would have found Steven Whittaker’s press...
WITH doubts remaining over where a newco Rangers would play next season, the governing bodies of Scottish football announced at the weekend that they have held further talks about radical change to the league system. More...
IT IS a bird’s eye view of the past by the pioneers of flight and the veteran aerial combatants of the First World War. An image of Edinburgh Castle, peering out of the mists of time as well as the low clouds of Auld Reekie, is just one of thousands of rare aerial photographs of Scotland launched...
ENGLAND look past the Italians while France wave Au revoir More...
THE man behind a revamp of the Edinburgh International Film Festival that led to it being branded a “disaster” and a “debacle” has been made a patron of the rescued event. More...
TEACHING every child first-aid at school would save thousands of lives a year and dramatically reduce waiting times at Accident and Emergency departments, a top doctor has claimed. More...
A long time ago, a pundit said on television that the only thing that could get a certain horse beaten was the jockey. More...
SLASHING VAT on building repairs and investing extra cash in major infrastructure projects could support more than 6,000 jobs, a Scottish Government minister has claimed. More...
IT IS one of the greatest sea stories of all time and now investigators are travelling to Orkney in an attempt to trace relatives of those who died on the mission to capture the men responsible for the Mutiny on the Bounty. More...
ARMY bomb disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion in the Edinburgh city centre yesterday after four Second World War hand grenades, thought to have belonged to a member of the Home Guard, were discovered in the back garden of a Georgian townhouse. More...
SPARTANS 17s came from behind to beat Edinburgh City 2-1 in the final of the SERYFA Michael Moran Division One League Cup at Ainslie Park. More...
Leith ATHLETIC secured a league and cup double when they won the East of Scotland Under-21 John Murphy Trophy after beating Tranent Juniors 1-0 at Penicuik Juniors Ground. More...
SCOTRAIL is to become the first UK train operator to ban the consumption of alcohol on its trains between hours of 9pm and 10am. It will also refuse to carry people considered too drunk to travel as part of a tough new stance on drink-fuelled anti- social behaviour. More...
IT may have competition this year with next week’s Irish Open also being played on a links but the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open at Castle Stuart will still boast the second strongest field on this season’s European Tour. More...
Jose Manuel Lara was disqualified from the BMW International Open after the Spaniard’s flustered caddie attempted to hide having an extra club in his bag for the first round. More...
Defending champion Tommy Hill turns from hunted to hunter this weekend at the fifth round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at Knockhill after swimming with sharks yesterday. More...
EIGHT-time world champion Sebastien Loeb held a four-second lead over team-mate Mikko Hirvonen as the Citroens dominated the opening day of the New Zealand rally. More...
CHRIS Doak is one of those characters who instantly lights up a room. And yesterday at Macdonald Spey Valley was a perfect case in point. More...
BEATEN but certainly not disgraced. That was the verdict for both Paul Ferrier and Jack McDonald as their brave bids to set up an all-Scottish final in the 117th Amateur Championship came unstuck when they suffered last-four defeats at Royal Troon. More...
It’s unequivocally Match of the Day, weather permitting. Frontrunners West of Scotland go head to head with deposed leaders Dumfries at Hamilton Crescent in a battle likely to hinge on how well the second-placed visitors cope with a West seam attack, which by common consent is the most potent in...
Paul di Resta would like to believe he can fulfil Force India co-owner Vijay Mallya’s ambition of a podium finish this year. More...
Danish Kaneria was banned from English and Welsh domestic cricket for life and described as “a grave danger” to the sport following his involvement in a spot-fixing plot. More...
Instructions on “how to build a bomb in your mother’s kitchen” were found on the computer of a man who blew himself up in a Stockholm street, a court heard today. More...
Rebecca Adlington did not just throw down the gauntlet, she hurled it forcefully at the feet of her Olympic rivals after producing an astonishing 800 metres freestyle at the British Gas ASA National Championships in Sheffield. More...
Your questions answered on the technical glitch affecting thousands of RBS customers in Scotland More...
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