RUSS Kennemore took his Musselburgh strike-rate to 30 per cent when landing the featured Pentland Land Rover Handicap on well-backed Platinum.

JOSEPH O’Brien feels Magician heads into today’s Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh as a relatively unexposed horse – despite him lining up for what will be his sixth race in the Classic.

SAM Judge has been at the centre of a spectacular renaissance at Edinburgh University, and silverware at today’s Arthur McKay Scottish Cup final at ­Peffermill would be the icing on the cake for the student’s ambitious player-coach.

CARL Froch will go toe-to-toe with conqueror Mikkel Kessler tonight determined to overturn his 2010 defeat by the Dane and secure his legacy as one of Britain’s all-time greats.

IT’S not the losing that gets you down, Iwan Thomas admits. It’s hearing about it.

DUMFRIES may be reigning champions and Clydesdale favourites but Uddingston and West of Scotland are both keen to make their mark on this season’s Western Premier Division.

THE FIRST day of the second Investec Test between England and New Zealand was washed out yesterday following persistent rain at Headingley.

MATTHEW Hurst will be given a chance to open the bowling for Arbroath this afternoon as they prepare to host Stoneywood-Dyce in the CSL Eastern Premier Division.

FORFARSHIRE will be minus a potential match winner when they square up to Falkland at Forthill.

FIT-AGAIN Gordon Goudie is ready to put his injury frustrations behind him as the Saltires return to YB40 action with a Bank Holiday double header against Derbyshire and Surrey.

Coatbridge boxer Craig Windsor has been banned from the sport for three years and nine months after admitting to the possession and use of anabolic steroids.

Giving anabolic steroids to horses will become a criminal offence in the United Arab Emirates, Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, who also owns the Godolphin stables where 18 horses have failed tests for the drugs this year, said yesterday.

Captain Alastair Cook believes the spectre of Kevin Pietersen’s return will create healthy competition in England’s batting line-up during the second Investec Test against New Zealand.

Carl Froch has apologised for threatening to “kill” Mikkel Kessler in their IBF super-middleweight fight in London tomorrow night – but will still face 
an investigation by the British Boxing Board of Control.

London Olympic semi-finalist Lee McConnell has announced she will not compete this year as she is expecting her first child with husband Craig Bonthron in early November.

Australia batsman David Warner has been hit with the maximum fine possible after he pleaded guilty to breaching the Cricket Australia Code of ­Behaviour.

Olympic gold medallist Jessica Ennis has confirmed that she will open her 2013 season at Meadowbank in the UK Women’s Athletic League Premier Division next month.

Last year’s Ladbrokes St Leger hero Encke was the highest-profile name among seven further Mahmood Al Zarooni-trained horses to test positive for anabolic steroids

INDIA is mulling a law to deal with spot-fixing in sport following last week’s arrest of cricketers and bookmakers, government officials said yesterday.

Eilish McColgan believes Commonwealth Games standards which are “fair” are driving 
Scotland’s track and field stars to Hampden.