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Scotland took a giant leap towards safety at the Belfius EuroHockey Championships in Antwerp with a convincing 4-2 win over Wales yesterday.

He won £161m on the EuroMillions lottery, donated millions to the SNP, poured cash into Patrick Thistle football club, and bought a stately pile in Largs, but now Colin Weir is hoping his money can help children in Zambia.

Many people firmly believe that Test cricket is fading in popularity and needs to undergo a rethink. In recent months the ICC has brought in an official Test championship to provide ‘context’ to every game and introduced the first four-day Test. These welcome initiatives, however, have had significantly less impact on the longest format of the game than the debut of Jofra Archer in last week’s second Ashes Test. Archer’s battle with Steve Smith was some of the most compelling and riveting cricket seen for many years.

Joe Root has called on England
to take advantage of Steve Smith’s concussion-enforced absence from the Headingley Test, while crossing his fingers Jason Roy does not miss out for the same reason.

This year marks the last ever Pedal for Scotland event, which sees cyclists of all levels and ages taking part in a bike ride challenge between Glasgow and Edinburgh.

How do you like to spend your weekends? I enjoy clearing my head after a busy week at work with a cycle along the coast followed by an afternoon playing on Portobello beach with my wee boy and catching up with friends. Simple pleasures that, like many ­others, I’m grateful for but often take for granted.

Milton of Campsie Bowling Club was only partially successful in extending its opening hours following objections from neighbours.

Andy Murray exited the Wilson-Salem Open in North Carolina this week, losing in straight sets to world number 73 Tennys Sandgren.

Laura Muir will miss next weekend’s UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham in a setback to her hopes of picking up a maiden 1,500m world title in October.

Scotland’s spin-it-to-win-it
tactics paid dividends 
yesterday as they claimed a revenge win over Oman at Mannofield, Aberdeen.

Kash Farooq is hoping a potential Glasgow versus Edinburgh bantamweight British title bout with Lee McGregor could happen before the end of the year.

Amid two years of frustration
and toil, some wrote Lynsey Sharp off as a contender. At times, she was a sceptic herself. No longer, however, is the 29-year-old mired in the middle of the pack. The former European champion has 
resurrected the self-belief to charge ahead and let others take their shot and it was evident in the latest in a string of assured performances at yesterday’s Diamond League in Birmingham.

It felt, Eilish McColgan declared at the time, like being “kicked in the ovaries” for 20 laps that felt like they’d never end. A race where the European Championship medallist had hoped for a smooth pace but where the onset of her period during the warm-up had knocked body, and then mind, off track.

C igarette sponsorship was stubbed out, time was called on using kids as advertising boards for alcohol brands and now we have a gambling firm which has apparently found a conscience and wagered that it is irresponsible for them to indulge in such prominent product placement in a sport watched by youngsters.

Kyle Coetzer was just four runs short of a century in his hometown as Scotland claimed a three-wicket victory over Papua New Guinea in Aberdeen yesterday.

Forfarshire clinched the Eastern Premier title for the first time after a commanding win over Carlton at Forthill.

Andy Murray was beaten by brother Jamie in the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Masters, spelling the end of the two-time Wimbledon champion’s dabble with doubles.