Robert MacIntyre winning a major would not be a surprise and his fearless mentality could propel him to one of the big four titles, says former Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley. Ireland’s McGinley, who has become one of the most astute analysts in the game, believes the Scotsman’s form over the past two years has...
Manchester United let a three-goal lead slip against Championship side Coventry City but still edged through on penalties in an epic semi-final last year. Coventry, managed by former United striker Mark Robins, looked well beaten with less than 20 minutes to play, but Ellis Simms and Callum O’Hare gave the Sky Blues a lifeline. Haji...
Durham, Somerset and Lancashire all won in the One-Day Cup as the revamped top flight of the women’s domestic season got under way. Meanwhile a dramatic game at Edgbaston saw Warwickshire tie with Hampshire following a last-ball run out for the Bears. Another match that went down to the final delivery was between Surrey and...
Channel 5 will show 23 Fifa Club World Cup matches this summer after agreeing a UK sublicensing deal with global rights holder DAZN. The free-to-air broadcaster will show 15 group games, four last-16 ties, two quarter-finals, one semi-final and the final. The remaining 40 matches at the expanded 32-team tournament, which takes place in the...
Jose Maria Olazabal has been named as Europe’s third vice-captain for this year’s Ryder Cup in New York. Olazabal, who captained Team Europe to their last victory on American soil in 2012, returns to his role from 2023 when Europe beat the United States 16½-11½ to regain the Ryder Cup in Rome. The 59-year-old Spaniard...
Devlin was first booked by referee John Beaton for a challenge on Papa Gueye in the 76th minute, with Hearts head coach Neil Crichley disputing that decision as it came after the Aberdeen striker had been flagged offside. The Australia midfielder, 26, was then shown a second yellow, with Critchley saying Devlin would not have...
Hearts fans were left lamenting red cards for Michael Steinwender and Cammy Devlin but are divided about whether head coach Neil Critchley should carry the can for their side falling short against Aberdeen on top of their failure to qualify for the league’s top six. James: Same old at Hearts against a poor Aberdeen side....
Any bid will require government funding and staging the Solheim Cup sits on the UK sports’ major events hosting target list, which also includes the Fifa Women’s World Cup in 2035. Only last month the outgoing chair of UK Sport Dame Katherine Grainger expressed frustration that Britain is not staging more major events over the...
We look back on a dramatic weekend of Scottish Cup semi-final action. Read full article at source...
A five-game journey of cup finals beckons with massive implications for the club, starting with a trip to face Motherwell in their first post-split fixture on Saturday. For all Celtic’s attacking threat here, errors played a part in St Johnstone’s downfall. Valakari is clear on the lessons that need to be quickly learned ahead of...
Queen’s Park had won half of the first 18 Scottish Cup finals when they faced an emerging Celtic side on 12 March 1892. The cup final was played at the home of city rivals Rangers, with new stands being erected at Ibrox to accommodate a then record crowd of 40,000. With the pitch declared playable...
Former Tynecastle striker and manager John Robertson suggested the game “kind of sums up the season” for Hearts. “Close but not quite close enough,” he said on Sportsound. “Close to getting into the knockout stages of the Conference League, close to getting into the top six, close to getting it to penalties today, but not...
West Indies have failed to reach the Women’s World Cup for the first time in 25 years after finishing their qualifying games 0.01 behind Bangladesh on run rate. After restricting Thailand to 166, West Indies needed to chase their target down in 10 overs to overhaul second-placed Bangladesh’s net run-rate advantage. They made a blistering...
Captain Kathryn Bryce’s stunning unbeaten century and three wickets were still not enough to keep Scotland’s World Cup hopes alive as Ireland snatched a one-wicket win with the final ball in Lahore. The Scots needed to win by a big margin, coupled with defeat for Bangladesh against Pakistan on Saturday, to have a chance of...
Kabangu is 27 and his time in football has been a character test, from FC Eindhoven, to Willem II, to Union Saint-Gilloise and now to Hearts on loan, brought in when his name showed up well in the data of the club partner, Jamestown Analytics. Eight goals in 14 games. Not bad, but could be...