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  • Glasgow golfer Laird just misses out on PGA Tour win in Canada

    Glasgow’s Martin Laird had his best finish on the PGA Tour in almost two years as he shared second in the RBC Canadian Open in Ontario.The 33-year-old, a three-time winner on the US circuit, posted a closing five-under 67 for an 11-under 277 and finished

  • Froome signs up to exclusive club

    Chris Froome has signed up for membership to a very exclusive club.The 31-year-old arrived in France this summer as one of 20 men to have won the Tour de France twice, but leaves as one of just eight to have three or more titles.He moves level with Philippe

  • Britons ... a real tour de force

    Chris Froome's third title put the seal on one of the best ever summers for Britons in the Tour de France.Seven stage victories matched the record set when Bradley Wiggins became Britain's first Tour winner in 2012.This year there was the added

  • MacDonald calls for patience from Killie supporters

    Kilmarnock 0, Morton 2JAMIE MACDONALD has called on the suffering Kilmarnock supporters not to rush to judgement on the new-look squad at Rugby Park, insisting they will – in time - see a talented and competitive team.With 11 new players recruited and

  • Donati ready for showdown at Ibrox

    HAMILTON ACCIES 3 ST MIRREN 0 ITALIAN ace Massimo Donati is convinced his big-game experience will help him handle the pressure of a return to Ibrox. The ex-Celtic midfielder marked his Accies debut with a classy goal as the Premier side bounced back

  • Keatings seals victory for Hibs

    HIBERNIAN 1-0 BIRMINGHAM CITYThis friendly will have proved almost as heartening for Hibernian’s former manager as their current one. Alan Stubbs, the man who guided the club to their first Scottish Cup triumph since 1902 last term before joining Rotherham

  • Guardiola ready to renew 'polite' rivalry with Mourinho

    Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola downplayed Monday's renewal of hostilities with Jose Mourinho, scoffing at the suggestion he would not shake his Manchester United counterpart's hand.China is the unlikely setting for the rivals' first

  • Messi in line to face Celtic after all

    Lionel Messi will be available to face Celtic in Dublin on Saturday after all as a result of cutting short his summer break to rejoin the Barcelona squad. The champions of Spain will travel to England today for a training camp at St George's Park

  • BETFRED CUP ROUND-UP

    The Betfred Cup is not going to script. Six of theeight groups are led by teams outwith the Premiershipas the competition gathers momentum. Holders Ross County have still to find their feet inGroup D. True, they managed to salvage a 1-1 draw athome to

  • Hamilton takes the championship lead after victory in Hungary

    Lewis Hamilton has described his dramatic crash with Nico Rosberg at the Spanish Grand Prix as the turning point in his season after moving six points clear of his Mercedes team-mate with a record-breaking victory in Hungary.The defending champion leads

  • Dominant Donati makes dream debut

    HAMILTON ACCIES 3 ST MIRREN 0 ITALIAN ace Massimo Donati is convinced his big-game experience will help him handle the pressure of a return to Ibrox. The ex-Celtic midfielder marked his Accies debut with a classy goal as the Premier side bounced back

  • Angus Groom ready to make waves

    WITH less than 20 days remaining until Glasgow rower Angus Groom makes waves on his Olympic debut, the time is nigh for him to show his class in the boat, according to two-time silver medallist Debbie Flood. After enjoying a breakthrough 2015 which saw

  • Farah prepares for Kenyan 'army'

    Mo Farah is ready to repel an onslaught from an "army" of Kenyan rivals at the Rio Olympics as Great Britain's leading medal hopes ensured they would go into the Games on a high.The double Olympic champion over 5,000 and 10,000 metres headed

  • Pelley plans six-hole events next year

    KEITH Pelley, the chief executive of the European Tour, has insisted that golf must embrace new formats and plans to have six-hole events on the professional circuit as early as next year.The Canadian, who succeeded George O'Grady last year, has been

  • Clydesdale tighten grasp on Western title

    MAJID Haq, the Clydesdale captain, knows his side have taken a significant step towards retaining their Western Premier title after a thrilling two-wicket win over closest challengers Ferguslie.Haq acknowledged the significance of a tense Titwood tussle

  • Watsonians edge closer to league title

    WATSONIANS can now only be their own worst enemies as the Eastern Premier campaign heads towards its final month of action.That was the widespread verdict in the wake of events at the weekend - particularly from Falkland, the team who were soundly thrashed

  • Ronaldo out of Super Cup

    Cristiano Ronaldo will miss the UEFA Super Cup, the Real Madrid forward has announced.Ronaldo, who led Portugal to the Euro 2016 title but suffered a knee injury in the final, is on an extended break on his home island of Madeira.Between visiting his

  • Reform or lose funding, FA told

    UK Sports minister Tracey Crouch has warned the Football Association it could stand to lose government funding if it does not reform.New governance codes are currently being worked on between the government and national governing bodies of sports in the

  • Former favourite Bon Accord is back - but without the sugar

    Former soft drinks giant Bon Accord is set to make a comeback - without the sugar-laden, neon coloured drinks of the past.Once a dominant brand on the Scottish soft drink scene, the company is now four generations on and has been revived for today'

  • Tributes to 33-year-old holidaymaker found dead in Ibiza

    FRIENDS and family have paid tribute to a man who has died in Ibiza. Reports in Spanish media said Christopher Beattie, from Glasgow, was found dead after falling from a block of flats in the island's party hotspot San Antonio. The 33-year-old's

  • Music Review: Rewind festival

    FOUR STARS It was the 1980s again - a huge party happening and no date. Fast forward to now and the reasons for flying solo were rather different from those teenage years - everything from a poorly child to a temperamental boiler. The irony

  • Two bibles up to 200 years old stolen from church

    A pair of bibles up to 200 years old and two foot long have been stolen from a church. The historic items were taken during a break-in to Abercorn Church in Abercorn near South Queensferry. The bibles are thought to be up to 200 years old and

  • Thousands may push back retirement due to economic uncertainty

    Almost one in three people approaching retirement are considering changing their financial plans due to current economic uncertainty, a survey has found.According to financial service firm Prudential, more than 55,000 people aged between 55 and 64 are

  • Award winning Watson wallows in Scottish warmth once more

    He started his week back where it all started receiving an award and, typically, ended it with another as Tom Watson offered a reminder of just why he has been so popular in these parts for more than 40 years.The golfing grandee was only the second man

  • Body found by police searching for missing man

    Police searching for a missing man have found a body. William Clark, 71, known as Billy, was reported missing from the Muirhall Road area of Perth on Saturday. Read more: Police closing in on gang who tried to murder man in Glasgow He was

  • Girl critically ill after being hit by car in Dundee

    An eight-year-old girl is in a critical condition in hospital after being hit by a car. She was struck by a black Ford Ka in St Fillans Road, Dundee, on Saturday night. Read more: Man 'serious but stable' after jet ski collision on Loch Lomond

  • SNP MSP hails influence of European arrest warrant

    More than 500 cases have been heard in Scottish courts as a result of the European arrest warrant (EAW), Crown Office figures show. The European Union (EU) justice measure has also seen 367 people extradited from Scotland to face courts in Europe

  • Music Review: NYSO Junior Orchestra

    FOUR STARS THE National Youth Orchestra of Scotland’s Junior Orchestra got the NYOS summer-season ball rolling on Friday night with a cracking concert in Perth into which the orchestra of 13-year-olds and under packed a hefty calling card of five

  • Man in serious condition after late night hit-and-run

    A MAN is in a serious condition after a late night hit-and-run.The 51-year-old was crossing Abbot Adams Bridge on Main Street in Kilwinning when he was hit by a blue Vauxhall Corsa.The incident happened this morning around 12.30am, and the man was rushed

  • Music Review: Carol Kidd and David Newton

    FIVE STARS Well, well – just when you’re beginning to wonder if the days of five-star reviews for Carol Kidd concerts are in the past, she turns in the performance of this reviewer’s jazz festival. Thursday evening’s concert may only have been

  • Music Review: Diplomats of Jazz

    FOUR STARS For several years, it was a tradition for this reviewer to request a ticket for the Friday afternoon gig at the Royal Overseas League – and to be told that it had sold out days before and there were no spare tickets. So it was great

  • Unionists 'must present options for Scotland's EU future'

    Unionists must present options to maintain Scotland's relationship with the European Union or risk the break up of the UK, a think tank has warned. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) said the UK Government and the Scottish Government

  • Inside Islamic State's global network of terror

    THEY call it “a message in blood”. It is more than two years now since the Islamic State (IS) group’s propaganda section posted a video message with this sinister title showing the beheading of a Kurdish man. Since then there has been an endless

  • Republican National Convention: The audacity of hate

    The day before the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Paul Manafort, was asked if he was worried about violent protests disrupting the event. “Frankly, that impact will probably help the campaign because it’s going to

  • From the dark back streets to the bright lights

    IT may be the lowest rung on the ladder to fame but it worked for Ed Sheeran, Eddie Reader and Justin Bieber. The odd knock-back and a deportation from Spain didn't do much to inhibit the career of Rod Stewart either. They all started their careers

  • Suspended MP Thomson sends plea to Sturgeon over SNP return

    FORMER SNP MP Michelle Thomson has reached out to Nicola Sturgeon in a bid to return to the party fold, despite an ongoing police investigation into her £1.5million property empire. The Edinburgh West MP has written to the First Minister asking

  • Sigourney Weaver hopeful about starring in a new Alien film

    Sigourney Weaver says she is hopeful about reprising her role in a new Alien film. The Hollywood actress, who starred as Ellen Ripley in the original 1979 sci-fi horror and three sequels, said she had discussed a fifth film in the series with director

  • Chris Froome set to win third Tour de France

    CHRIS Froome is set to win the 2016 Tour de France after safely negotiating a treacherous penultimate stage to Morzine, which was won by Spaniard Jon Izaguirre. A day after crashing in similar conditions, Froome remained upright on the long, wet

  • David Moyes signs on at Sunderland for Premier League return

    DAVID Moyes is looking forward to the challenge of succeeding new England manager Sam Allardyce at Sunderland in the Premier League. Allardyce was confirmed as Roy Hodgson’s successor with the national team on Friday, leaving a vacancy at the Stadium

  • Iain Macwhirter: Why Labour control-freaks fear Corbynites

    The Labour Party netted well over £4 million last week in 48 hours as a reported 180,000 registered supporters paid £25 hoping to have a vote in the Labour leadership. Some thousands were weeded out, but the number left was way more than the entire

  • Trident, a trigger for independence

    JOSEPH Goebbels, Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda, once boasted “Even if we lose, we will win, because our ideas will have penetrated the hearts of our enemies”. Never has a prophecy been more true. It came to mind when Theresa May said that she would

  • SNP members face new discipline crackdown

    THE SNP’s 120,000 members face tough new disciplinary rules to ensure they uphold the “values and standards” of the party under plans going before the annual conference.A leaked draft agenda shows that National Secretary Patrick Grady will ask delegates

  • Joe Lewis on the up after move north to Aberdeen

    NEW goalkeeper Joe Lewis was Aberdeen’s hero in their Europa League win in Latvia in midweek and he believes playing for a team at the right end of the table can revitalise his career after years playing for struggling clubs in England.Although Aberdeen

  • Andy Gemmell's Drinks Cabinet: Mac and Wild, London

    Mac and Wild65 Great Titchfield St, LondonWhat is it: The Scottish nation receives a bit of a mixed reputation when it comes to cuisine – from deep-fried Mars Bars and Buckfast, to the finest venison and salmon and on to single malt whisky – the world

  • Cranachan with Scottish raspberries

    We were very lucky to have a car throughout my childhood, due to a family inheritance. Dad bought it in 1952 just before I was born and it remained his ticket to ride until I was in my teens. It was a dusky green Austin Hereford with brown leather bench

  • By Pete Stewart

    Cranachan relies on a number of important ingredients, namely some plump Scottish raspberries, perfectly whipped cream and, of course, the whisky.You can use a single malt, a good blend or even a whisky liqueur.  They all work and bring an extra wee touch

  • No one gets a disease just by being homosexual

    David Robertson (Diversity and Christianity, Letters, July 17) writes about increased health risks associated with homosexuality. He perhaps has in mind higher rates of infection among male homosexuals for some sexually transmitted diseases, notably HIV

  • Let's not bow to the few

    REGARDING unpleasantness experienced by people during the two recent referendum campaigns, a lady from Better Together yelled abuse at my daughter, who was with her baby and toddler, and followed them, still shouting, along Falkirk High Street in the

  • End the post-Brexit nastiness

    I NEVER ceased to be amazed at the continuing ability of unionists to ignore reality. Brian Brown (Post-Brexit Britain, Letters, July 17) writes "English people are just as friendly and considerate as Scottish people.” I have found that most people

  • SNP demands protection for EU exchange students

    THE SNP has stepped up its calls to protect the EU’s student exchange programme after it emerged two Scottish universities were the scheme’s top beneficiaries in the UK. Brexit has put the UK’s participation in the 30-year-old Erasmus programme in doubt.Official

  • John Greig leads call to honour Big Jock

    GREATEST ever Ranger John Greig is leading the calls for Jock Wallace to be inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame on the 20th anniversary of the death of the legendary Ibrox manager.Greig, who was one of the first inductees in 2004, is astonished

  • The door closes on Thatcher's legacy

    ONE of the pillars of Thatcherism, the right of tenants to buy council houses, will finally end in Scotland next week.The Right to Buy (RTB), which saw half a million Scots families purchase their council or housing association home at a discount, ends

  • Scottish Labour leadership rift deepens

    THE rift between Kezia Dugdale and her deputy looked irreconcilable yesterday, after he announced he was supporting Jeremy Corbyn’s re-election as UK Labour leader.Despite Dugdale condemning Corbyn as “not competent”, Alex Rowley confirmed he would be

  • Good week, bad week

    It’s a good week for ... historical sitesAs a child, I was thrilled to live but an ancient stone’s throw from the Antonine Wall.The mighty fortification runs for 37 miles from Bo’ness on the Firth of Forth to Old Kilpatrick on the River Clyde and was

  • Time to become a serial switcher

    The cost of household energy is on the way up again, as providers withdraw their best deals and launch new tariffs in response to rising wholesale energy prices and Brexit uncertainty.But last month saw a record 360,000 people switching supplier in June

  • Film review: BFG

    1982 saw the publication of Roald Dahl’s The BFG and the release of Steven Spielberg’s ET, both tales involving a formative relationship between a child and an otherworldly being. Author and filmmaker share an approach to childhood that is at once wondrous

  • Joanna Blythman: Lovage 9/10

    How do you describe food styles? Indian, Chinese, Thai, French, Italian, such tags are easy to understand, albeit too sweeping to reflect regional nuances. Vocabulary closer to home is trickier. “Seasonal”, “sustainable” and “local” are bandied around

  • Theatre review: Doctor Faustus

    You have to admire Bard in the Botanics (BiB), the Glasgow summer festival that stages ambitious productions of Shakespeare plays and other Renaissance dramas with very limited resources. In addition to its larger cast shows, which play (weather permitting

  • The Mare by Mary Gaitskill (Serpent’s Tail, £14.99)

    A mare will push troublemakers to the edge of the circle, because that’s where the predators are. So Velveteen, an impoverished and lonely young girl whose mother is an immigrant to the US from theDominican Republic, is warned when she begins riding horses

  • Why Big Pharma needs the disinfectant of sunlight

    The pharmaceutical industry makes a huge contribution to the public purse and the medicines produced by its members help millions of patients every year.If it was not for research and development carried out every year by drug companies, new products

  • Preaching love at school

    I READ with interest Peter Swindon’s article (Meet the Scots teachers putting LGBTI issues front and centre in classrooms across nation, News, July 17). I think that is an excellent plan that children be informed about the various sexual inclinations

  • Topic of the week: after the Nice atrocity

    THE impact on the wider psyche of the French people of of the Nice terrorist attack (After the carnage and bloodshed, the questions, News, July 17) as they made their way home from the end of Bastille Day from hundreds of fireworks displays cannot be

  • John Phelps's portfolio

    Our share tips enjoyed another good performance in the stock market last week with virtually all recommendations scoring further advances.But there was one glaring exception in the form of mining giant Anglo-American which was ejected from our 2015 portfolio

  • Culture club

    Those residing in the Georgian townhouses south of the River Liffey must be indifferent to passers-by casing their joints. As a newcomer to the rarefied atmosphere of Merrion Square and its like, it’s difficult to draw the gaze from those doors. Handsome

  • Whatever happened to working-class writers?

    I’m new to this writing game. I was 51 when I went to university to do an MA in creative writing. At sixteen I got a job as a typist, then a filing clerk, an office manager, a paralegal in criminal and family law, a project manager in social services,