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Scotland's Lyndon Dykes heads at goal during a Uefa Nations League match against the Republic of Ireland (Picture: Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Columnists SFA should be applauded for restrictions on heading the ball – Scotsman comment

England's Harry Kane wears the OneLove rainbow armband during a Uefa Nations League match against Italy in September (Picture: Michael Regan/Getty Images)

World Cup Why victory at the Qatar World Cup will be a hollow one – Laura Waddell

World Cup Greed, abuses and corruption make this World Cup the beautiful game’s nadir

World Cup Fifa's ban on OneLove armband means it's acting like Qatari 'morality police'

Sport Opinion It's a PR clanger what Wills - Prince of Wales - didn't see off the Welsh team

Columnists Pelé's beautiful game can still be found in Scotland – Scotsman comment

Columnists Fifa is wrong. There were many 'better' nations than Qatar to host World Cup

Sport Opinion Qatar thinks homosexuality is abnormal - abnormal is the place hosting World Cup

Football Silent Support Weekend: FA wokery or a necessary move to ensure parents behave?

Rugby Union Townsend’s Scotland Test career ended at 30 - will Russell’s go the same way?

Sport Opinion VAR: Brace yourself for moments of ecstasy hit by coitus interruptus

Columnists The end of refereeing controversies? Aye right – Scotsman comment

Columnists How the beautiful game has changed the English language – Susie Dent

Hibs Ban-gate: 'Everyone’s at it. There’s concerted, relentless cheating in games'

Sport Opinion Franck Sauzee at Hibs: "Like a ballet dancer - one who loved crunching tackles"

Columnists Clarke's Scotland team demonstrates the benefits of good leadership – Scotsman

Sport Opinion Goodwin used to be Scottish football's public enemy No 1 and now it's Porteous

Hearts Scottish fans can't be trusted, Tynecastle proved that, so the football's off

Sport Opinion We wait with intrigue to see what Angeball looks like in a Euro context

Sport Opinion Souness made a specific judgement about the men's game because he loves tackling

Rangers Why Rangers need games between UCL ties rather than following PSV move plans

Sport Opinion Scottish football has reached tipping point with treatment of fans

Columnists Lionesses can inspire Scotland's women to footballing glory – Scotsman comment

Sport Opinion Women’s football: The Lionesses’ brilliant backheeled goal was their Panenka

Columnists Commonwealth Games is proving sport and politics do mix – Christine Jardine MP

Columnists Commonwealth Games has created global ties of friendship out of sins on Empire

Columnists Anyone but England? Now it's Come on England as Lionesses win over Scots

Columnists Cricket Scotland's institutional racism is a wake-up call for us all

Hibs 50 years on from Turnbull's Tornadoes they've really Hibsed it this time

Columnists Wightman's world gold medal is not just a family affair – Scotsman comment

Columnists Chan eil sinn idir ag aithneachadh a’ bhuannachd ann an spòrs

Other Sport Richard Moore: The Tour de France has a Buffalo-shaped hole in it

Sport Opinion Andy Murray has tortured us - benignly - many times. Do it again!

Columnists Well-dressed sporting stars who are already heroes – Scotsman comment

Sport Opinion Have you spotted the black hole in the fixtures? Fans will go off their heads

Football Why Dundee United job is an attractive role after Tam Courts' tenure

Golf LIV Golf money couldn't buy memories created by McIlroy and Grant

Sport Opinion Scotland games not being free-to-air is sad - and scandalous

Golf Dempster: Expect normal golf service to resume after LIV launch

Sport Opinion I think there's something in my eye - Scott Allan has left Hibs

Columnists Football is too beautiful and meaningful to be Superbowlified – Laura Waddell

Columnists Why Scotland should play to win against Ukraine – Scotsman comment

Columnists Why football needs a democratic revolution – Scotsman comment

Sport Opinion Scotland v Ukraine: The eyes of the world are on us and they all want us to lose

Sport Opinion Aidan Smith on new Hibs manager Lee Johnson

Sport Opinion Rangers in Seville: Should we all support them in Europa League final?

Columnists Scotland's footballing renaissance is getting exciting – Scotsman says

Columnists The stars may have aligned for Rangers in Seville – Murdo Fraser MSP

Sport Opinion Moira Gordon: I'm angry people have tarred all football writers with same brush

Columnists Satirical sexism from classic 1980s comedy still hits a nerve – Laura Waddell

Sport Opinion Six-pack or Six Nations? We didn't fail because Russell appeared slightly chunky

Sport Opinion Rugby, golf and cricket have all needed quickening - but football doesn't

Other Sport Richard Moore was my greatest champion, my world has collapsed - Alan Pattullo

International Scotland's World Cup draw comes with a caveat - but I just can't help myself

Columnists Fisher, Forties, Gayfield… the forecast is good for Arbroath FC’s seaside gem

Sport Opinion Waving Ukraine all the way to Qatar would be some gesture

Rangers Rangers civil war is last thing van Bronckhorst needs right now

Rugby Union Triple Crown stats are grim for Scotland side who swapped optimism for rancour

Sport Opinion Man U fans must be thinking wistfully of the Doc - and missing David Moyes

Columnists Bu chòir spòrs aig àrd-ìre barrachd a dhèanamh na tha

Columnists VAR operators should perhaps be paid more money – Scotsman comment

Sport Opinion ‘Nessun Dorma’ means ‘none shall sleep’. Or, if you’re Hibs, none shall score

Football Football can't stop a war - but it can send a message

Rugby Union Fraser Brown: Why changes in the Scotland team for Italy are inevitable

Sport Opinion Film-maker Werner Herzog described Rooney best - 'Half bison, half viper'

Columnists Raith Rovers' regret should be expressed in a tangible way – Scotsman comment

Columnists How even cushioned trainers have made global warming worse – Dr Richard Dixon

Sport Opinion My son wants to go to Hibs v Hearts without me - no-one prepares dads for this

Columnists We could really do without Djokovic vaccine row right now – Christine Jardine MP

Sport Opinion Djokovic: Finding fall guy is hard but fine achievements are being tarnished

Sport Opinion The Scotsman's Sports books of the year 2021

Hearts How a soulless Boxing Day at Hearts v County vindicated SPFL shutdown decision

Columnists 30 minutes’ exercise won’t counteract sitting all day, but light movement helps

Hibs Hibs: Improvements evident, but still no silverware on Hampden trips

Sport Opinion Smokebombs and streakers: Why self-indulgent mischief shouldn't be accepted

Columnists Why Commonwealth Games' volunteering spirit is so important – Tom Hughes-Hallett