Football
Rumour Mill: Charles Green| Hibs | Celtic | SFA
In today’s rumour mill: Green cleared of links to Whyte; SFA boss pockets a pay rise; Hibs rocked by McPake and Griffiths injury scares; Stuart McCall has second thoughts about Sheffield United move; plus the rest of the Scottish football news and gossip.
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Lennon ‘tried to talk Commons out of Scotland move’
NEIL Lennon has revealed he tried to persuade Kris Commons not to retire from international football this week and believes the player may yet change his mind and make himself available for Scotland again in the future.
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Simon Pia: Street of dreams beckons yet again
PROSPECTHILL Road has been a veritable Via Dolorosa for Hibs fans through the ages.
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Scottish Cup: Fenlon and Lennon Hampden glory bid
THIS time, they will turn up. This time, they will compete. This time, they will do themselves justice – and justice may just be enough.
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Scottish Cup final: Past a heavy burden for Hibs
WHEN considering Hibernian’s chances in the Scottish Cup final tomorrow, it is impossible not to look to the past, and wonder whether the code can be broken.
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Rugby
Glasgow 2014: Scots going for glory with sevens
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.
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Lineen relishing unearthing Scots gems around globe
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.
Allan Massie: Young talent lighting the way
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”.
1 commentAviva Premiership: Ben Foden seeks redemption
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.
Alex Neil named Accies’ player/manager
Hamilton Academical have appointed Alex Neil as player/manager on a permanent basis.
Golf
Montgomerie - golf’s racism row left players scared
COLIN Montgomerie believes golf’s racism row during the European Tour’s flagship event this week has left players and officials “frightened” to say anything in case they fall foul of the PC brigade.
Drummond says he’s not ready to hang up his hat
ACCORDING to the logo on both his hat and bag, Scott Drummond “loves cars”.
BMW PGA Championship: Molinari leading race
‘LUKE Who’s Back’ has been the slogan for this week’s BMW PGA Championship.
George O’Grady sorry for ‘coloured’ gaffe
THE European Tour’s flagship event continued to be shrouded in controversy after George O’Grady, the circuit’s chief executive, joined Sergio Garcia in making an “unreserved apology” during the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.
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Wentworth: Scott Henry revels on big stage
THE man for the big occasion revelled on his first appearance on the biggest stage on the European Tour.
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Tennis
Jim Courier tips Robson to impress on Paris stage
FORMER French Open champion Jim Courier has tipped Laura Robson to make the second week at Roland Garros.
Last British girl exits French qualifying
Britain’s interest in French Open qualifying came to an end yesterday after Johanna Konta was beaten in the second round by Galina Voskoboeva.
Andy Murray French Open withdrawal a ‘blessing’
Boris Becker regards the injury that has prompted Andy Murray’s withdrawal from the French Open as a “blessing in disguise” for the world No 2 ahead of Wimbledon.
Andy Murray pulls out of French Open
British number one Andy Murray has withdrawn from next week’s French Open after failing to recover from a back injury picked up at the Rome Masters.
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TENNIS: Jacob Fearnley, an 11-year-old tennis star from Merchiston Castle School, is making an early mark by becoming the first Scottish player to be invited to a prestigious tennis tournament in Paris.
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Horse Racing
Platinum powers to well-backed win
RUSS Kennemore took his Musselburgh strike-rate to 30 per cent when landing the featured Pentland Land Rover Handicap on well-backed Platinum.
O’Brien hopeful Magician can conjure up win
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.
Criminal law to combat steroids in UAE racing
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.
Now Encke is mired in Al Zarooni doping scandal
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
Gary Stevens rolls back the years on Oxbow
Oxbow, a 15-1 shot ridden masterfully by 50-year-old Hall of Famer Gary Stevens, cruised to an easy, wire-to-wire victory in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico in America, denying a Triple Crown bid for Kentucky Derby champion Orb.
Snooker
Teenage star Muir gets his big break after qualifying as a pro
TEENAGE Musselburgh snooker star Ross Muir will play on World Snooker’s Professional Tour next season after sensationally qualifying this weekend from Q School at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield.
Muir closes in on berth on snooker’s professional tour
Musselburgh snooker star Ross Muir is only two wins away from turning professional after reaching the Last 16 in Event 2 of Q School at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, defeating Gareth Allen 4-2
Ross Muir shows steel in Sheffield snooker
Former Musselburgh High School pupil Ross Muir is through to the last 32 of Event 2 of Q School at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield after a 4-2 victory over Josh Boileau.
Muir cues up Q school win
Musselburgh snooker ace Ross Muir comfortably secured his place in the second round of Event 2 of Q School in his bid to turn professional at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, writes MICHAEL GALLACHER.
MacGillivray pockets Scots snooker history
Granton’s Craig MacGillivray made it a “Magnificant Seven” Scottish snooker titles this season when he won the Scottish Masters National Championship yesterday, defeating Stirling’s Jim Rushforth 5-2 at The Locarno Snooker Club in Edinburgh.
Cricket
Uddingston and West out to show credentials
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.
Headingley Test hit by opening-day washout
THE FIRST day of the second Investec Test between England and New Zealand was washed out yesterday following persistent rain at Headingley.
Matthew Hurst to spearhead Arbroath attack
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 face Falkland without Colin-Thome
FORFARSHIRE will be minus a potential match winner when they square up to Falkland at Forthill.
Goudie glad to be back in the fray after injury lay-off
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.
Boxing
Carl Froch fired-up for Mikkel Kessler rematch
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.
Carl Froch sorry for threat to ‘kill’ Kessler
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.
Craig Windsor handed ban after doping offence
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.
Boxing: Benson out to prove he should be at Euros
AMATEUR boxer Lewis Benson will not allow the disappointment of missing out on next month’s European Championships to affect his performances in the ring as he bids for gold in Bosnia.
1 commentSimmons vows to ‘clean up’
New Celtic cruiserweight boxing champion Stephen Simmons is already plotting his next title fight after comfortably beating Michael Sweeney at the Emirates Arena during Saturday night’s Fighting Pride of Scotland show, writes NEIL McGLADE.
Commonwealth Games
Glasgow 2014: Scots going for glory with sevens
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.
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Cycling: Funding boost for Edinburgh’s Finlay Young video
EDINBURGH cyclist Finlay Young has been tipped to become a future British Olympian after receiving funding as part of the Bank of Scotland Local Heroes initiative.
Glasgow 2014: Virgin Media in Commonwealth deal
Virgin Media has been announced as the latest partner of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
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Commonwealth Games 2014: Swim centre unveiling
Tollcross International Swimming Centre will open its doors to the public today after a £13.8million refurbishment for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Karen Darke to open Highland Cycle Ability Centre
Paralympic cyclist Karen Darke today opens Scotland’s first dedicated cycling centre for people with physical and learning disabilities.
Athletics
Edinburgh Marathon: Thomas hoping to go distance
IT’S not the losing that gets you down, Iwan Thomas admits. It’s hearing about it.
Cycling: Funding boost for Edinburgh’s Finlay Young video
EDINBURGH cyclist Finlay Young has been tipped to become a future British Olympian after receiving funding as part of the Bank of Scotland Local Heroes initiative.
Lee McConnell to miss year to have a baby
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.
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Glasgow 2014: 1000 youth volunteer roles revealed
ONE thousand training and volunteering places are to be made available to young jobless Scots as part of a Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games legacy scheme, Alex Salmond announced today.
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Jessica Ennis to begin her season in Edinburgh
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.
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Motorsport
Horner hopes tyre changes will resolve safety issues
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.
Speedway: Monarchs inflict first defeat on visitors
Scunthorpe Scorpions fell down on the job at Armadale last night as Edinburgh Monarchs stormed to an easy 56-36 Premier League speedway victory, the first reverse the English outfit have suffered this season.
Paul di Resta signs Aberdeen Asset Management deal
ABERDEEN Asset Management, one of Britain’s leading fund management companies, today announced a new sponsorship deal with Paul di Resta, Scotland’s only Formula 1 racing driver.
1 commentTeenage kicks as Fricke hits Devils back
Teenager Max Fricke was none too happy with the single point he scored against Plymouth Devils at Armadale on Friday, but he provided his own antidote by winning his first race for Edinburgh Monarchs in the return Premier League speedway fixture at the St Boniface Arena just 24 hours later.
Moto GP: Pedrosa tames Le Mans to lead series
Spain’s Dani Pedrosa claimed top spot in the world championship MotoGP standings when he won his maiden French Grand Prix at Le Mans course yesterday.
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