THE eyes of the world are firmly on Glasgow, and will soon alight on the array of sporting talent that has gathered from all corners of the globe.

Many - but by no means all - will be wealthy individuals, used to the trappings of stardom, and many more will be modest, unassuming individuals, focused on the pursuit of excellence.

It is fitting, therefore, that while the Dear Green Place was strutting its stuff on our television screens, homage was being paid, 200 miles south, to one of the greatest sporting Scots of all time, one as down to earth as the Lanarkshire mining village from which he was hewn.

Manchester last night hosted the premiere of Believe, a fictional tale based on the legendary Sir Matt Busby, played by Brian Cox. Sir Matt's achievements in the game - and in life, with his triumph over the appalling Munich air disaster of 1958 - are well known, but this film tells a less familiar tale, focusing on his time coaching young footballers in the 1980s.

Sir Matt epitomises the triumph over extreme adversity. Today's sporting stars could do worse than absorb his story.