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Walter Smith: Why I won’t be the Scotland manager again

Walter Smith, the Rangers manager, has revealed why he won’t take charge of Scotland for a second time.

LOCAL HERO: Football helped exiled Scot Graham Tatters survive cancer

Graham Tatters was ready.

SCOTTISH FOOTBALL IN CRISIS: Game is becoming too expensive for average fan

Money, money, money.

SCOTTISH FOOTBALL IN CRISIS: Changing the rules would revive interest

When the number of points awarded for a win in the Premier League changed from two to three in season 1994/95 it was an seismic event for Scottish football.

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Tried and tested: Maurice Johnson insists Graeme Souness and Walter Smith are the men to revive Scotland

The vast distance now separating Maurice Johnston from his native Glasgow has done little to dilute his passion for Scottish football.

For better, for worse . . . the sham marriage of convenience will go on

IT was hard not to smile the other day upon hearing a spokesman for the Rangers Supporters Trust on the radio outlining the reasons why his club would be a worthwhile addition to English football.

Rangers fans ready to place their trust in Spanish model

The left has often been a problem for Rangers in recent times.

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Ally McCoist defends Thierry Henry over cheat allegations and calls for TV replays

ALLY McCOIST has refused to condemn Thierry Henry for the handball which cost the Republic of Ireland a place at the World Cup finals in South Africa next summer.

COMMENT: Repeat cheats destroy sport’s ethos

THE comparison  betweeen rugby and football, a gentleman’s game played by hooligans and vice versa, has become blurred.

FOOTBALL IN CRISIS: SFL chief executive tells his clubs they must adapt if they are to survive in diverse entertainment market

WHAT was that infamous old line again?

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Republic of Ireland 0 France 1: Giovanni Trapattoni rallies troops for Paris return

Giovanni Trapattoni will send the Republic of Ireland into a do-or-die battle with France in Paris this week confident their World Cup dream is still alive.

Brady believes his Republic of Ireland bunch can finally upset big-name nation

Liam Brady is confident the time has come for the Republic of Ireland to end their long wait for a victory over one of European football’s superpowers.

Luke Young’s decision to snub England highlights alaming issue for Fabio Capello

It is the not knowing which will gnaw away at Luke Young.

Rugby Union

Sixty caps on, still no crisis of identity for Australia-born Scot Nathan Hines

Having played against his country of birth on three previous occasions, Nathan Hines could be forgiven for being a bit flippant when asked for the umpteenth time whether it means more to him than other matches.

George Smith the only change in Wallabies side to face Scotland

Any hope in the Scottish camp that it might be a jaded, demotivated Australia team that arrives at Murrayfield tomorrow was swept away yesterday with a Wallaby team announcement that showed just a single change, with George Smith recalled to their starting XV.

SRU’s attitude continues to frustrate the Scottish rugby public

It was impossible not to conclude that Saturday’s turn-out of less than 22,000 at Murrayfield was a clear comment on how the Scottish rugby public feels it has been treated by the governing body’s officials in recent years.

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David Drysdale moves centre stage in year of discovery

For so long David Drysdale was a golfer defined by his past.

Paul Lawrie forced out of Dubai World Championship contention with back injury

Paul Lawrie’s hopes of a place in the Dubai World Championship were dashed last night after the Scot was forced to withdraw from the UBS Hong Kong Open with a back injury.

Montgomerie switches focus to Dubai World Championship

Colin Montgomerie has put personal interest ahead of his Ryder Cup captain’s role this week in an endeavour to qualify for next week’s inaugural Dubai World Championship, writes Bernie McGuire.

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Only sinners in Caster Semenya case are the authorities

The Caster Semenya gender investigation saga reached an unsatisfactory conclusion yesterday.

Friend or foe makes no odds to Martin Campbell at the Bank of Scotland International Badminton Championships

Friendship will be set to one side today when top Scots Martin Campbell and Kieran Merrilees square up to each other in the second round of the men’s singles at the Bank of Scotland International Championships.

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