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.

THE GIRO d’Italia had an unexpected day off yesterday when the 19th stage was cancelled because of heavy snow and a potential wind chill of minus 20, but there was no shortage of drama as former winner Danilo Di Luca tested positive for EPO in a surprise test at his home before this year’s race.

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.

FORMER French Open champion Jim Courier has tipped Laura Robson to make the second week at Roland Garros.

RED Bull team boss Christian Horner is hopeful Pirelli can quickly crack the safety issues with their tyres to avoid the prospect of a frightening accident.

COLIN Gregor has played rugby for more than 15 years but there is a good reason why he is ambivalent about never having played at Murrayfield in a full Test match.

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

THE old Windmill theatre, where girls posed naked but immobile as the law required and comedians sought laughs from men in mackintoshes waiting for the girls, used to boast that throughout the war years “we never closed”.

WHEN Sean Maitland made his debut for Scotland and was swiftly propelled into the British and Irish Lions squad, re-opening the debate over the flying-in of New Zealanders to Scotland, there was one individual embedded deep into Scottish culture who allowed ­himself a wry smile.

BEN Foden has lurched from one disappointment to the next this season – but all that will be forgotten if he can help Northampton defeat arch-rivals Leicester to win their first Aviva Premiership title.

HALF his lifetime ago, Jupp Heynckes took his initial steps in football management.

ROSS County manager Derek Adams has extended his contract until the summer of 2016.

Hamilton Academical have appointed Alex Neil as player/manager on a permanent basis.

TOTTENHAM Hotspur winger Andros Townsend has pulled out of the England Under-21 squad for this summer’s European Championship in Israel after being charged by the Football Association with betting offences.

BAYERN Munich can equal Liverpool’s haul of five European Cups by beating Dortmund at Wembley tonight in club football’s most prestigious game.

RANGERS last night said they were unable to comment on reports of an emergency board meeting yesterday.

SCOTLAND Under 19s failed to hold onto a two-goal lead against hosts Belgium, but were still encouraged by their impressive start to the Euro Elite tournament.

ALTHOUGH he is most ­commonly associated with ­Hibernian, Jim McArthur has at least tasted some Scottish Cup glory, when looking on from the Hampden terraces as ­Dunfermline, his boyhood ­favourites, ­lifted the trophy by beating Hearts in 1968.