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Football
Hearts ‘confident’ tax bill will be paid after latest winding up order
Hearts have expressed confidence in their ability to pay a tax bill which has led to another winding up order being petitioned against the club.
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Dunfermline 1-1 Kilmarnock: Andy Kirk rescues point but Dunfermline still in bottom spot
KILMARNOCK missed the opportunity to return to the Clydesdale Bank Premier League’s top six as Dunfermline claimed a valuable point in their battle against relegation last night.
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‘Hearts always put me down,’ says banished Marian Kello
HEARTS goalkeeper Marian Kello yesterday hit out at key figures at the club, who he accused of “always trying to put him down”. Even before this outburst, Kello had seemed resigned to being frozen out of the Hearts first-team picture.
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Tynecastle test prompts Neil Lennon to warn Celtic of complacency
IF there is anywhere Celtic’s players should be insulated against the kind of complacency Neil Lennon is warning them to avoid at all costs, it is Tynecastle.
Hearts play down liquidation threat after tax bill woes
Hearts are confident of staving off the threat of liquidation by paying their latest outstanding tax bill.
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Rugby
Six Nations: Dan Parks announces retirement from Scotland team Picture gallery
DAN PARKS stunned Scottish rugby on Tuesday by announcing his retirement from the international game with immediate effect.
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Six Nations: World Cup woe against English fuels Max Evans for Calcutta Cup
IF THERE is truth in the adage that “good things come in small packages” Scotland could be on to a winner in their new selection of two of the RBS Six Nations Championship’s smallest wingers for Saturday’s Calcutta Cup match.
Six Nations: Changes imposed on Andy Robinson as lack of depth shows
WHEN coaches make miminal alterations to their teams, it is often said they have “resisted the urge to make wholesale changes”.
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Either a hero or zero, Dan Parks never did it by halves
THERE are players who will always polarise opinions, but few have done so as sharply as Dan Parks in the past eight years.
Lineen welcomes Jackson back into Glasgow side for Scarlets encounter
Scotland fly-half Ruaridh Jackson is to make his return in Glasgow Warriors’ Rabo- Direct PRO12 clash with Scarlets at Firhill tomorrow.
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Golf
Golf: Andrew Coltart claims Paul Lawrie’s resurgence will boost all levels of Scottish golf
PAUL Lawrie’s current purple patch, which has seen him chalk up a seventh title triumph, record four top-10 finishes for the first time in his career and burst back into the world’s top 50, will have a positive effect from the grass-roots up to the top of the tree in Scottish golf, according to one of his former Ryder Cup team-mates.
Changing room chat: Lee Westwood: I swear it just slipped out
LEE Westwood has apologised after his mum heard him swearing on live television at last week’s Qatar Masters.
Golf: Crichton opens with 69
ABERDOUR’S Scott Crichton was the top Scot in the opening round of the South African Stroke-Play Championship at Glendower.
Golf: Ruling bodies show stomach for fight over belly putters
THE R&A has confirmed the use of belly putters has “come to the fore again” in its discussions with the USGA, golf’s other governing body, over the shaping of the game’s future.
Woods: My kids want to see me on TV
Tiger Woods has revealed a new incentive as he tries to climb back to the top – his children want to see him on television.
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Tennis
Tennis: Andy Murray believes an elusive Grand Slam title is now within his reach
ANDY Murray insisted last night that he still has what it takes to win several Grand Slams. The Scot has been in three major finals – two at the Australian Open and one at the US Open – only to lose all three, but is confident that he has already made improvements during the brief time he has had working with new coach Ivan Lendl.
Andy Murray in Edinburgh to give motivational talk at museum event
SCOTTISH tennis player Andy Murray is due to give a motivational talk about his passion for sport at a public event at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh tonight.
Tennis: Juan Monaco in first success since 2007
Juan Monaco defeated Carlos Berlocq 6-3, 6-7 (1), 6-1 in an all-Argentina final at the Vina del Mar VTR Open late on Sunday for his fourth ATP title.
Djokovic sportsman of the year
Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic added to his ever-growing trophy cabinet last night by winning the Laureus world sportsman of the year award at a glittering ceremony in London.
Schools tennis: Collins helps Britain to Winter Cup finals
It’s been a terrific couple of weeks for Ali Collins, of Dunblane Primary School.
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Horse Racing
Horse racing: Musselburgh saves its showpiece jumps card
DESPAIR turned to delight for Musselburgh yesterday as the East Lothian racecourse learned it has been granted an extra fixture slot this Saturday – meaning it can quickly salvage the £90,000 jumps card which was lost to the frost on Sunday.
Ayr treble continues Russell run
Blenheim Brook played a starring role as part of a magnificent treble for trainer Lucinda Russell at Ayr yesterday.
Walsh delighted at ‘get out of jail card’
RUBY Walsh has come in for the plum ride on Zarkandar in Saturday’s Betfair Hurdle after a change to the Newbury card which allows the rider to defer a suspension that originally ruled him out of action this weekend.
Horse racing: Musselburgh frosted out but Punchestown saves the day
MUSSELBURGH suffered a blow yesterday when the East Lothian course’s most prestigious jumps fixture of the season was abandoned due to frost.
Horse racing: Musselburgh is on the money
SOME possible prospects for next month’s Cheltenham National Hunt Festival will be on show at Musselburgh today, with Nicky Henderson just one of the top trainers who is sending a team north to try to lift some of the valuable prizes at the East Lothian track.
Snooker
Snooker: Ronnie O’Sullivan back on song with impressive victory in Berlin
Ronnie O’Sullivan came from behind to beat Stephen Maguire and win the German Masters in Berlin. The former world No 1, just one frame away from a first-round exit on Thursday, won last night’s final 9-7 to land his first ranking title since September 2009.
On-song O’Sullivan eases into last eight
Ronnie O’Sullivan was in devastating form as he crushed Joe Perry to stride into the PartyPoker.net German Masters quarter-finals.
Ding suffers shock early defeat to Yu in Germany
Tour rookie Yu Delu caused a major upset by knocking out Ding Junhui in the first round of the PartyPoker.net German Masters yesterday.
Leslie loses to Perth potter
Bonnyrigg’s Michael Leslie endured back-to-back defeats to Perth’s Scott Donaldson this weekend as the Perth youngster lifted the third ranking events of the season of both the Scottish Under-21 and Main Tour Snooker Series.
Snooker: Neil Robertson crowned Master champion after defeating Shaun Murphy
Neil Robertson was crowned 2012 BGC Masters champion after defeating Shaun Murphy 10-6 in last night’s final at Alexandra Palace.
Cricket
Cricket: No wholesale changes but Ian Bell pays price for slump
Murray believes an elusive Grand Slam title is now within his reach
Tickets £39 to see Scotland’s ODI at Grange
CRICKET fans will have to stump up £39 for a ticket if they want to see Scotland take on England in this summer’s showpiece one-day international in Edinburgh.
Flower takes blame and admits ‘we weren’t ready’
THE repeated failures of England’s world-class batsmen against Pakistan have left England captain Andrew Strauss and team director Andy Flower still searching for answers as to what exactly has gone wrong.
Cricket: Pakistan ease England aside to complete whitewash
England’s miserable Test tour of the Middle East reached an appropriately sorry end with a 71-run defeat, and resulting 3-0 whitewash, against Pakistan.
Cricket: Azhar Ali sets England mammoth runs target
ENGLAND at last saw the back of Azhar Ali, but still need to pull off the second-highest run chase in their Test history to avoid a 3-0 whitewash by Pakistan.
Boxing
Boxing: Josh Taylor
JOSH TAYLOR, the Edinburgh lightweight, is savouring the thought that he will have an opportunity to catch the eye of several influential figures when he leads a five-man Scotland team against England in a ground-breaking amateur international at the St Andrew’s Sporting Club later this month.
Boxing: Gary McMillan out to show he’s no underdog
Edinburgh’s British Masters welterweight champion Gary McMillan has rubbished claims he’ll be a massive underdog when he takes on former world amateur champion Frankie Gavin.
Boxing: McMillan poised for glamour clash with Gavin in Cardiff
Edinburgh’s British Masters welterweight champion, Gary McMillan, has taken a huge step up in class by agreeing to face Birmingham’s Frankie Gavin at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena on February 25 on a show promoted by Frank Warren.
Angelo Dundee: Genius in the corner who galvanised The Greatest
ANGELO Dundee was a brilliant motivator who worked the corner for Muhammad Ali in his greatest fights and willed Sugar Ray Leonard to victory in his biggest bout, writes Tim Dahlberg.
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ANGELO Dundee will also be remembered in Britain for his role in Ali’s defeat of our own heavyweight icon Henry Cooper at Wembley in 1963.
Athletics
Van Commenee gives backing to Child
Great Britain head coach Charles van Commenee has backed Scotland’s Eilidh Child to make an impact at the London Olympics.
Excited Evans to launch athletics career in Glasgow
FORMER Scotland rugby player Thom Evans will make his first competitive appearance in his new sport when he gets his athletics career under way in the 60 metres at the scottishathletics National Senior Indoor Championships this month.
Athletics: Guy Learmonth’s Sheffield stroll
GUY LEARMONTH (Lasswade) was an easy 800 metres winner for Glasgow Cobras in the McCain City Indoor Challenge at Sheffield on Saturday in 1:50.81, front running all the way to beat English rivals Ben Wallis (Guildford) and Rick Ward (Norwich) by 20 metres.
Athletics: Capital athletes converge on Cardiff in search of glory
Outdoors and indoors, Cardiff is the focus of much attention from Capital athletes this weekend.
New Glasgow arena set to stage Aviva match
Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall belonged to Mo Farah last weekend and now the Aviva International Match will return to the city for the next two years.
Motorsport
Di Resta sure of progression with new Force India car
Bathgate’s Paul di Resta lifted the wraps off his new Sahara Force India racer at Silverstone yesterday, and the 25-year-old Scot stated he’s confident he can improve on his 27 world championship points haul from last season.
Formula 1: Paul Di Resta fit and raring to go
PAUL di Resta heads into the new Formula 1 season fitter and happier than he has ever been in his life.
That is primarily due to a change in trainer, with Di Resta now with David Coulthard’s former personal fitness guru Gerry Convy.
New Ferrari isn’t much use in snow
FERRARI were forced to cancel the official launch of their new car yesterday due to heavy snow in Maranello.
Sutil’s anger at ‘coward’ Hamilton in assault case
Former Force India driver Adrian Sutil has labelled Lewis Hamilton a “coward” and says their friendship is over after the McLaren man declined to testify at his trial this week.
Scottish drivers denied in Daytona
MOTORSPORT: Scots duo Allan McNish and Ryan Dalziel were controversially denied victory in the 50th running of the Daytona 24 Hours by just six seconds. American AJ Allmendinger, partnered by England’s Justin Wilson, pipped the Scots in his Riley-Ford.
Other sports
Porty push Midlothian but Premier club holds on
Portobello ladies put up a bold show against Premier League bowls giants Midlothian in the first round proper of The Scottish Cup at the Inveralmond stadium, Livingston, but failed to progress in a 92-83 defeat from the favourites.
Bowls: Foster and Hogg progress in Llanelli
IT WAS another successful day for the Scottish contingent at the Co-operative Funeralcare Welsh Grand Prix, with Paul Foster and Wayne Hogg increasing Scotland’s tally to six going into the second round at Llanelli today.
Bowls: Livingston end 11-year wait for the Premier bowls title
LIVINGSTON men’s indoor bowlers have recaptured the Premier League title following a sparkling performance in beating Falkirk 88-65 in the play-off final in Paisley on Saturday.
Ice Hockey: Rene Jarolin extends Caps deal
EDINBURGH CAPITALS have received a major boost after Elite League top scorer Rene Jarolin penned a 12-month contract extension, keeping him at Murrayfield for the 2012-13 season.
Basketball: Lesley Marshalled by family values as Phoenix net title
ONLY two trophies stayed in the Capital after basketball’s Scottish Cup Finals at the Pleasance at the weekend – but both successes offered much hope for the future.
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