Football
Neil Lennon refuses to rule out McFadden move
CELTIC manager Neil Lennon has refused to rule out a summer move for James McFadden. The 49-times capped Scotland internationalist will line up against the champions for Motherwell today as he continues a re-emergence that began when he signed a short-term deal to return him to his first senior club in February.
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Rumour Mill: Rangers| Whyte| McFadden| League talks
In today’s Scotsman Rumour Mill: Craig Whyte has “no case” for control of Rangers; McCoist wants answers before endorsing Mather; Hibs scouting far and wide to replace Griffiths; is James McFadden heading for Celtic; plus the latest on the reconstruction talks.
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Charles Green ally Imran Ahmad leaves Rangers
THE CULL of the Rangers board continued yesterday when Imran Ahmad, the club’s commercial director, left his position.
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Hibernian 3-3 St Mirren: Leigh levels it late
TO be fair to Dundee they have made it more of a tussle than anyone had envisaged but if they have shown their battling qualities in taking the relegation battle into the final three games of the campaign, their rivals, St Mirren, proved they were not completely lacking in that domain either.
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Dundee 1-0 Hearts: Dees still hanging on in SPL
JOHN Brown’s remarkable attempt to pull off mission impossible is still going strong.
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Rugby
Iain Morrison: Lions should go with tried & tested
WARREN Gatland’s squad should be filled with battle-hardened warriors, not those he hopes will suddenly hit the ground running after months on the sidelines.
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Tom English: Lions guessing game almost over
TOMORROW evening Warren Gatland will gather his selectors together for one last meeting before announcing the 2013 Lions the following morning, probably 37 players in number with Sam Warburton largely expected to captain the party in Australia.
Clermont 16 - 10 Munster: Jaunards reach Cup final
CLERMONT have never competed in a Heineken Cup final but they booked their first appearance yesterday evening with a nervy win over Munster in Montpellier.
Richard Bath: Lions bolters key to tour success
WHAT have Jerry Guscott, Derek Quinnell, Tony O’Reilly, John Bentley, Simon Taylor, Allan Tait, Jason Robinson, Ryan Jones, Tom Croft, Will Greenwood, Tom Smith and Jeremy Davidson all got in common?
Kelly Brown in his element at European aces Saracens
SARACENS hold the world record for the number of fans attracted to a club rugby match (83,761) but Twickenham will fall far short of that figure this afternoon when the Londoners take on the might of Toulon in the second Heineken semi-final.
Golf
John Huggan: Merion offers thinking man’s US Open
JUST the other day, the United States Golf Association announced a record entry of 9,860 brave and talented souls for this year’s US Open. Which came as no surprise, as this will be, in so many ways, a special event.
Alex Noren leads Ballantine’s Championship
Sweden’s Alex Noren will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Ballantine’s Championship after a slow third day labelled “an absolute joke” by former Open champion Paul Lawrie.
Golf: Liberton lad in with a shout of the double
LIBERTON’S Anthony Blaney is in the running to complete a Scottish Area Team title double after being included in the Lothians line-up for tomorrow’s friendly against Northumberland at Prestonfield.
James Byrne five clear in Malaysia
BANCHORY’S James Byrne is on course for a second victory of the season on the Asian Development Tour after opening up a five-stroke lead with two rounds to go in the Langkawi Masters in Malaysia.
Louis Oosthuizen in 500-yard drive
LOUIS Oosthuizen already averages more than 300 yards per drive on the European Tour this season, but not usually in the manner he did in the Ballantine’s Championship yesterday.
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Tennis
Rafael Nadal into Barcelona Open final
Seven-time winner Rafael Nadal beat Milos Raonic 6-4, 6-0 last night to reach the final of the Barcelona Open.
Barcelona Open: Rafael Nadal sails into semis
RAFAEL Nadal came through two matches in a few hours to book his place in the semi-finals of the Barcelona Open.
Former world no.1 Moya set for Capital tennis event
FORMER world tennis No. 1 Carlos Moya has confirmed his place in the field for Brodies Champions of Tennis, the first ever ATP Champions Tour event to be held in Scotland and taking place at the home of Edinburgh Accies rugby club from June 20-23.
Wimbledon offers biggest prize pot in tennis
ALL England Club chairman Philip Brook has defended offering the largest purse in tennis history at this year’s Wimbledon Championships.
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Tennis: Mikheeva courting long-term success
Edinburgh tennis starlet Anastasia Mikheeva will not be deflected from long-term goals despite having just achieved one of her most encouraging tournament victories.
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Horse Racing
Racing: Lucy Alexander proving to be a great
Lucy Alexander yesterday claimed a unique double by becoming the first woman to win the Conditional Jockeys’ Championship, as well as the first Scot.
Al Zarooni ‘betrayed Godolphin team trust’
GODOLPHIN racing manager Simon Crisford “deeply regrets” the part he played in hiring Mahmood Al Zarooni.
1 commentRacing: BHA praised for swift action on doping
Confidence of punters going forward. We all talk about trying to get news coverage of racing on to the front pages and, obviously, this has done that but for all the wrong reasons.
Racing: Al Zarooni is banned for eight years
Bookmakers last night warned that the Mahmood Al Zarooni doping scandal is “potentially the biggest threat racing has faced” as the the Godolphin trainer was disqualified for eight years by the British Horseracing Authority.
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Lucinda Russell sets new best with double
TRAINER Lucinda Russell reached a new personal best of 58 wins when recording a 63-1 double with Lone Foot Laddie and Urban Kode on the second day of the Perth Festival, writes Gordon Brown.
Snooker
Dott worries Scots dominance in snooker over
GRAEME Dott fears Scotland’s era of snooker dominance may finally be coming to an end.
Electric shocks spark Graeme Dott fightback
SHAUN Murphy felt the full force of an electrified Graeme Dott as the Scot hauled himself level in their high-stakes Crucible battle.
Poomjaeng goes a little loopy at Crucible
ON A night of comedy and high farce at the Crucible, the joke was on Dechawat Poomjaeng.
Snooker: Graeme Dott last hope of Scot in quarters
JOHN Higgins, Stephen Maguire and Marcus Campbell all crashed out in the first round of the World Championship earlier this week and, if Graeme Dott fails to overturn a 6-2 defcit against Shaun Murphy when their second-round match resumes today it will be the first time in 25 years that there has not been a single Scot in the quarter-finals at The Crucible.
Dechawat Poomjaeng ‘not full shilling’
STEPHEN Maguire said he did not think Dechawat Poomjaeng was “the full shilling” after the Scot lost to him in the World Championship first round late on Tuesday night.
Cricket
Dundee hope to toughen up with arrival of overseas duo
DUNDEE HSFP knew life would be tough when they accepted an offer to replace Fauldhouse in the CSL Eastern First Division this season.
Cricket: Grange open up new era without key man Patel
A FAMILIAR face will be missing tomorrow when Barclays Grange play their first competitive home game of 2013 against Dundee High in the Scottish Cup.
After 12 years at the club, a third of them as a successful skipper, ex-Scotland cap Sanjay Patel has hung up his bat.
Cricket: Japan to tour Scotland
HISTORIC Hamilton Crescent will rack up another sporting first next week.
Cricket: Chris Gayle blasts century in 30 balls
WEST Indies opener Chris Gayle smashed the fastest-ever century yesterday and finished on 175 not out, the highest-ever Twenty20 innings.
Cricket: SMRH post convincing cup win
Batsmen Brayden Tracey and Martin Speirs were in the runs and the bowlers were all on form as SMRH easily saw off West Lothian with a polished team performance in their opening Scottish Cup group match on Saturday.
Boxing
Trainer backing Amir Khan to climb back to the top
AMIR Khan’s trainer Virgil Hunter believes his fighter is now back on the path to world title glory.
1 commentGonzalez says he can claim title in Burns’ backyard
JOSE Gonzalez, the undefeated 29-year-old Puerto Rican charged with trying to end Ricky Burns’ reign as WBO lightweight champion, says that he has no qualms about facing the Coatbridge boxer in his own backyard.
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Commonwealth Games chief sets goals for Scots team video
MORE medals than ever before. More gold medals, in particular, than ever before. And a bigger team than ever before.
Belgrade boxing silver ‘massive’ for Benson
AMATEUR Edinburgh boxer Lewis Benson today described his latest success as “a massive win for me” after beating London Olympian Zdenek Chladek.
1 commentChanging Room Chat: Buchanan | Rory McAllister | Brazil
SCOTTISH boxing legend Ken Buchanan will step onto the world stage again – when he is portrayed on the silver screen.
Commonwealth Games
Glasgow Barras: Will Games fund save the Barras?
GLASGOW’S faltering Barras heart is to get a £3.5 million boost ahead of the Commonwealth Games but is this just a short-term sop to make it look better for the tourists, or a jolt back to life?
Swimming: Craig Benson making early bid for 2014
IT’S not the existence of an average teenager. Craig Benson is getting up for his first training session of the day as most lads his age are getting home from a night out.
Commonwealth Games chief sets goals for Scots team video
MORE medals than ever before. More gold medals, in particular, than ever before. And a bigger team than ever before.
Tom Daley delivers as 2014 venue is given wet run
SUNSHINE outside, T-shirt temperature inside, Union Jacks being waved by a capacity crowd and everyone in the happiest of moods. It was like being back at London 2012 yesterday – or perhaps, replacing Union Jacks with Saltires, it was a foretaste of next year’s Commonwealth Games.
Commonwealth Games: Robbie Renwick out to cash in
IN Delhi three years ago, the cement had barely set at some venues when the Commonwealth Games began. Glasgow 2014 will face no such problems: 70 per cent of the locations were already up and running when the bid was won six years ago, and the refurbished Tollcross Pool is about to join them, 15 months before the Games get under way.
Athletics
Commonwealth Games chief sets goals for Scots team video
MORE medals than ever before. More gold medals, in particular, than ever before. And a bigger team than ever before.
Inside track: Sharp and Child among GB stars at Penn Relays
SCOTLAND’S Olympic track stars Lynsey Sharp (Edinburgh AC) and Eilidh Child (Pitreavie) will both be in action for the first time in the famous American track meeting, the Penn State Relays, in Philadelphia tomorrow.
Athletics: Partridge and Samuels to head to Moscow
SUSAN Partridge and Sonia Samuels have been named on the Great Britain team for the marathon at the World Championships in Moscow in August, British Athletics has announced.
Partridge in Glasgow 2014 frame after marathon effort
WITH over a year to go to the selection deadline, the chase has hotted up for places in the Scottish team for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games after the performances of Susan Partridge and Hayley Haining in yesterday’s Virgin London Marathon.
London Marathon: Susan Partridge Moscow hopes rise
Susan Partridge and Derek Hawkins are both set to be named in Great Britain’s provisional team for this summer’s world championships in Moscow after finishing as the leading Britons in the London Marathon yesterday.
Motorsport
Speedway: Might of the Monarchs on show
Berwick Bandits were blown away like tumbleweed at Armadale last night as they saw their League Cup qualifying hopes sink into the dust like some ageing gunslinger no longer quick enough on the draw.
Speedway: Monarchs must take Bandits seriously
BERWICK Bandits are holed up in the last chance saloon as far as their League Cup qualifying hopes are concerned.
Paul Di Resta praised by Force India chief
Force India deputy team principal Bob Fernley believes Paul Di Resta has proved his mettle this season after coming into it under pressure.
Speedway: Track angers Monarchs No. 1 despite win
EDINBURGH MONARCHS No.1 Craig Cook today blasted the state of the track at Berwick Bandits on Saturday, minutes after the speedway side had clinched a tremendous 48-42 opening League Cup win which has virtually guaranteed their progress to the semi-finals.
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Paul Di Resta so close to first F1 podium finish
BATHGATE’S Paul di Resta narrowly missed out on his maiden Formula One podium when he powered his Mercedes-powered Sahara Force India to fourth in the Bahrain Grand Prix. The race was won by three-time world champion Sebastian Vettel in his Red Bull.
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