Other Sports

Froch aiming to knock a dent out of his fight record

25 May 2013

Boxing is a sport in which the combatants will often use their words before resorting to their fists.
Red Bull chief backs action over tyre safety

25 May 2013

Christian Horner, the Red Bull team principal, said last night that he hopes Pirelli can resolve issues with their Formula One tyres quickly to alleviate safety concerns.
Scots claim encouraging win over Dutch

25 May 2013

Scotland concluded their successful Sudirman Cup World Mixed Team Championship campaign with a 3-1 victory over the Netherlands in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, writes Susan Egelstaff.

Payback time as Olympian Carry takes up role with governing body

25 May 2013

LESS than a year after swimming in his third Olympics, the double Commonwealth gold medallist David Carry has been appointed a director of Scottish Swimming – the sport's most successful competitor ever to reach board status.

Gymnastics: Tweddle's career on ice but she is warming to a Glasgow finale

24 May 2013

AS Beth Tweddle travels around schools and gymnastic clubs as part of the traditional valedictory tour undertaken by all Olympic medallists, some people are eager to see her drape the bronze trinket she secured in London around her neck.
Rowing: Umpire Grainger wary of 'warrior mentality' in Clyde race

24 May 2013

Katherine Grainger, the London Olympic gold medallist, is praying for calm waters when the annual boat race between Glasgow and Edinburgh universities is staged over a new, high-profile route on the River Clyde tomorrow.
Racing: Ferguson suffers blues as Telescope misses Epsom

24 May 2013

IF Sir Alex Ferguson, the recently retired Manchester United manager, was planning at day out at the Investec Derby at Epsom next month, he will have to think again.

Sailing: Local favourites face battle to repel Northern Irish challenge as fleets muster for the off

24 May 2013

THE big beasts of IRC Class 1 may receive most of the attention as the 39th Scottish Series gets under way today but competition is certain to be fierce across the board.
Shock promotion beckons after third consecutive win

23 May 2013

Scotland are now on the verge of a remarkable promotion to the top level of the Li-Ning Sudirman Cup world mixed team championships after they recorded a third win of the week over a higher-ranked nation.
Countdown to 2014: Clyne slips in climb to summit but setback will not deter him

23 May 2013

THE car journey from Yorkshire to Edinburgh allowed Alan Clyne time for reflection.

Elsewhere on Herald Scotland

Injury was teenager's dream ticket

23 May 2013

ROSS Muir was forced to abandon a promising football career at the age of 10 when he was being watched by Celtic.
Bolt versus Rudisha contest could be decided by an old athletics tradition . . .

22 May 2013

THE tradition of head-to-head conflict is the stuff of sporting legend.
Grainger anticipating 'great battles' on the Clyde as starter of boat race

22 May 2013

Katherine Grainger CBE, the London Olympic gold medallist, has confirmed she will be in Scotland on Saturday as starter and umpire for the 136th Glasgow-Edinburgh University Boat Race on the River Clyde.

Sailing: Patience on board as fleet sail into town

22 May 2013

A fleet of more than 85 boats is expected to contest the 39th Scottish Series organised by Clyde Cruising Club and staged in Tarbert, Loch Fyne, this weekend, with racing from Friday to Monday and making the most of the Bank Holiday weekend.
Cycling: 'Dangerous descent' but Nibali holds on in Giro D'Italia

22 May 2013

Italy's Vincenzo Nibali fended off several surprise attacks to maintain his grip on the overall lead for a ninth straight day on yesterday's hilly stage of the Giro d'Italia, won by Spain's Benat Intxausti.
Racing: Sprinter Sacre on top of the world

22 May 2013

Sprinter Sacre has impressed all lucky enough to have watched him run this season and, it seems, none more so than the official handicapper who has given the great one a rating of 188, making him the top chaser in the recent Anglo-Irish Jump classifications.