Football
Paul Hartley on Motherwell radar if McCall leaves
Alloa are bracing themselves for a raid for manager Paul Hartley should Motherwell boss Stuart McCall opt to leave Fir Park for Sheffield United.
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Kris Commons retires from international football
CELTIC and Scotland midfielder Kris Commons has announced that he has retired from international football, in order to focus on his family and his club career.
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Scotland squad: ‘Lengthy summer breaks should go’
HAVING failed to qualify for the finals of a major tournament since 1998, Scottish international footballers have all too easily become accustomed to enjoying a lengthy summer break.
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Scottish Cup classics: Eddie May recalls thriller
IT was, they said, the finest cup tie seen at Easter Road since the last meeting between the sides, all of five months earlier.
Anthony Stokes: Celtic must win the double
THE league title is in the bag: a significant achievement but a predictable one.
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Rugby
Rory Lawson given chance of top-flight return
RORY Lawson long ago gave up worrying about whether he was flavour of the month in Scotland, but the Newcastle scrum-half is eagerly looking forward to a return to the Aviva Premiership and a reviving of his battle with Mike Blair.
British Lions: Jonny Wilkinson bid, Stuart Hogg
British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland has ruled out making another offer to Jonny Wilkinson to join the forthcoming tour to Australia.
4 commentsLion Sean O’Brien could play PRO12 final
BRITISH and Irish Lions flanker Sean O’Brien could yet play for Leinster in Saturday’s RaboDirect PRO12 final after making rapid progress in his recovery from a knee injury.
Rugby: Moving matches to Spartans can only boost Edinburgh
Former Scotland Rugby supremo Phil Anderton today insisted any move to a more compact stadium for Edinburgh’s team would have a beneficial effect on fortunes.
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Edinburgh and Glasgow Rugby could soon learn exactly what they must do to secure a place in the Heineken European Cup after next season.
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Golf
Anchored putting: Peter Dawson urges acceptance
IT IS not a matter that has been taken lightly. A 32-page explanation of the “most controversial decision in golf for a long time” is proof of that.
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Sergio Garcia refuses olive branch to Tiger Woods
SERGIO Garcia’s response to being asked by The Scotsman if he had ever discussed his dislike for Tiger Woods with Seve Ballesteros just about summed up how the Sapniard feels about the world No 1.
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Colin Montgomerie backs ban on anchored putting
COLIN Montgomerie last night threw his weight behind the decision to ban anchored putting strokes in golf and urged fellow players not to take legal action in a bid to get it overturned.
Paul McGinley opts for three wild cards
EUROPEAN Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley has increased his picks for next year’s match at Gleneagles to three – one more than Jose Maria Olazabal had at his disposal at Medinah – but the Irishman reckons Martin Laird is facing a difficult task to make the team in Perthshire.
Marc Warren to quit Twitter over Old Firm trolls
MARC Warren, one of Scotland’s leading golfers, has admitted he’s being driven off Twitter by Old Firm trolls, describing abuse he received in the wake of a meltdown in last year’s Scottish Open as “ridiculous”.
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Tennis
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.
Hot-shot Fearnley set for Paris match
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.
Rafa Nadal flattens Roger Federer in Rome
After all these years, Rafael Nadal still knows how to dominate Roger Federer.
Andy Murray slams ‘clueless’ Barry Cowan
ANDY Murray hit out at Sky Sports commentator and former British player Barry Cowan on Twitter yesterday.
Interview: Tim Henman backs Murray on tennis doping
IF you’ve ever wondered just how liberating retirement can be, all you need to do is spend a while chatting to Tim Henman. Throughout his long career, the Englishman looked like he was auditioning for the diplomatic corps.
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Horse Racing
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.
Farhh fetches Group One good news for Godolphin
Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin team received its first significant piece of good news in some time when Farhh emerged a most convincing winner of the JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury yesterday.
Mijhaar gives Atzeni winning debut at Hamilton
ANDREA Atzeni made his first trip to Hamilton Park a memorable one when landing the Ginger Grouse Braveheart Handicap (Listed) on top-weight Mijhaar.
Declaration of War faces stiffest test at Newbury
Joseph O’Brien admits Declaration Of War faces by far the stiffest test of his career in today’s JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury.
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
India considers spot-fixing clampdown
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.
Cricket First Division: Birrell hails Freuchie
FREUCHIE skipper Scott Birrell hailed the killer instinct of his side after their precious cross-Tay triumph over Dundee HSFP.
Cricket: Scotland v Pakistan hit by washout
SCOTLAND’s long wait for an official ODI win against a Test nation goes on after yesterday’s clash with Pakistan was wrecked by rain.
David Warner Twitter rant reported
Cricket Australia has reported David Warner for a breach of its code of behaviour after the New South Wales opening batsman engaged in an argument with a journalist on Twitter.
Cricket: Stuart Broad destroys New Zealand
Stuart Broad produced an irresistible spell of new-ball bowling to kick-start New Zealand’s collapse to 68 all out as England won the first Investec Test by 170 runs.
Boxing
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.
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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.
Burns celebrates as Gonzalez rematch ruled out
ON A night which proved that boxing is, above all, great theatre when played out in a superb setting, no one could have foreseen the highly dramatic denouement to the main show starring Ricky Burns at the atmospheric Emirates Arena in Glasgow.
Ricky Burns says he had upper hand against Gonzalez
Ricky Burns called on all his survival instincts in last night’s WBO world lightweight title victory over Jose Gonzalez at Glasgow’s Emirates Arena.
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Burns vs Gonzalez: Gonzalez quits after ninth
Scotland’s world professional boxing champion Ricky Burns made the third successful defence of his world lightweight title when his opponent Jose “Chelo” Gonzalez of Puerto Rico sensationally quit after the ninth round of a titanic contest in Glasgow last night.
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Commonwealth Games
Scottish independence: BBC pledge £5m despite cuts
BBC Scotland is to spend £5 million on a new range of TV and radio programmes geared to the run-up to the independence referendum and the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014.
4 commentsMaguire excited to see Glasgow 2014 hopefuls
The Irishman who will lead Scotland’s track and field team at Hampden next summer in the Commonwealth Games takes charge of a number of the athletes for the first time for competitive business this weekend.
Badminton: Bankier steps up Commonwealth Games bid
As A world championship silver medallist in 2011 and an Olympian last year, it would be easy to assume that Imogen Bankier’s return to Scotland at the end of last year marked the start of a career wind down. But not so.
British Athletics chief quits after 7 months
BRITISH Athletics head coach Peter Eriksson is devastated to be leaving his “dream job” after just seven months, admitting there is no better role in the athletics world.
Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games ‘huge’ for athletes
LEADING Olympians expect Britain’s top athletes to make Glasgow 2014 a priority next year and Scotland’s athletes to follow London’s success and surf a wave of home advantage.
Athletics
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.
McColgan is happy with standards for Games places
Eilish McColgan believes Commonwealth Games standards which are “fair” are driving Scotland’s track and field stars to Hampden.
Throwers’ best tribute is to raise standard
On a difficult, emotional day, Capital hammer-throwers Susan McKelvie and Andy Frost led a procession of Scots to achieve Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games qualifying standards in the annual Loughborough International in the East Midlands yesterday.
Captain Eilidh Child leads Scots by example
Captain-for-the-day Eilidh Child made it six wins in nine appearances in the Loughborough International with victory in the first match event of the meeting.
Eilidh Child to put speed and technique to the test
FIRST night nerves are an inevitability, Eilidh Child declares, even in the afternoon. With three months of graft on both sides of the Atlantic behind her, the moment of truth for the Olympic semi-finalist comes today in her summer debut over 400 metres hurdles at the annual Loughborough International.
Motorsport
Teenage 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.
Sppedway: Monarchs dare Devils to make a comeback
EDINBURGH Monarchs recovered from a sticky start at Armadale last night to eventually overcome Plymouth Devils 56-36 in a highly entertaining Premier League speedway clash which gives the Capital side plenty of hope of securing a quick double when they travel to the St Boniface Arena for tonight’s return tie.
Fans remember F1 legend Jim Clark at Duns
THE small Berwickshire town of Duns will become a noisy revving shrine to motorsport history this weekend when Jim Clark’s World Championship-winning cars take to the streets he grew up on to launch the 50th anniversary of his first F1 success.
2 commentsSpeedway: Monarchs new man raring to go after injury
PLYMOUTH Devils have made something of a hellish start to their 2013 speedway campaign. They have won just one of their six competitive matches so far, but they make the long trek north to face Edinburgh Monarchs at Armadale tonight with an extremely good looking team on paper – one which Monarchs will not take lightly.
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