The Scottish FA is updating its gender policy in order to ban transgender women competing in women’s football, BBC Scotland has learned. From next season, only those born biologically female will be allowed to take part in competitive matches in the women’s game. The current policy allows transgender women to compete in their affirmed gender...
Scotland goalkeeper Angus Gunn is to leave Norwich City when his contract expires at the end of the season. The 29-year-old, whose father Bryan also played for the club, has played 119 games for the Canaries, 34 of them this season, but confirmed last month that there had been “no communication” about a new deal....
Celtic trio Callum McGregor, Daizen Maeda and Nicolas Kuhn are in the running for this season’s PFA Scotland player of the year award, along with Dundee striker Simon Murray. Maeda and Murray top the Premiership scoring chart with 16 goals each, while Maeda also leads the way for assists, on nine with team-mate Alistair Johnston....
James Delaney BBC Scotland News Getty Images Football’s coming home – or maybe it was here all along. For centuries, those south of the border have laid claim to England being the founding place of the beautiful game. Now a football historian believes the origins of the world’s most popular sport could lie in Scotland....
Richie Berrington (captain), Charlie Cassell, Matthew Cross, Bradley Currie, Jasper Davidson, Chris Greaves, Jack Jarvis, Michael Leask, Chris McBride, Finlay McCreath, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Charlie Tear, Mark Watt Scotland v UAE, 4 May Scotland v UAE, 8 May Netherlands v Scotland, 10 May Scotland v UAE, 14 May Netherlands v Scotland, 16...
Angus Cochrane BBC Scotland News BBC Narisa Rojanamonthien, who adopted rescue dog Crafty, is backing a proposed ban on greyhound racing Once a sport that packed out stadiums across the country, greyhound racing is facing extinction in Scotland. As the nation’s last track shuts its door indefinitely, MSPs are considering a bill that would ban...
“It is obviously something that would be unbelievable but it is not my full focus or my focus at the moment, I am fully focussed on helping Dundee stay in the Premiership and if I do that, and I do my job, then if something like that was to happen then so be it. “Scotland...
Forward Simon Murray, 33, still harbours the ambition of playing for Scotland but insists his full focus remains on helping Dundee stay in the Scottish Premiership. Read full article at source...
And Wallace added: “We need to find a way organisationally, or more likely with external help, to get some fixtures, because other countries are going to keep improving so we need to do the same to stay with them. “I know everyone at Cricket Scotland is working really hard behind the scenes to try and...
England: Kildunne; Dow, Jones, Shekells, MacDonald; Aitchison, L Packer; Clifford, Atkin-Davies, Bern, Galligan, Ward, Aldcroft (capt), M Packer, Feaunati. Replacements: Campbell, Botterman, Muir, Talling, Matthews, Hunt, Rowland, Scarratt. Scotland: Rollie; Lloyd, Orr, Thomson, McGhie; Nelson (capt), Mattison; Young, Skeldon, Clarke, Bonar, Boyd, Gallagher, McLachlan, Konkel. Replacements: Martin, Bartlett, Poolman, Ferrie, Bell, Clarke, Phillips Scott. Referee:...
Mitchell has opted to change his half-backs as Lucy Packer and Holly Aitchison come in for Natasha Hunt and Zoe Harrison. Saracens’ Harrison has impressed in victories over Wales and Ireland to put pressure on Bristol Bears’ Aitchison, who makes her first start at fly-half this Six Nations after being Mitchell’s main starting 10 in...
Scotland’s hopes of progressing at the Women’s World Cup qualifier suffered a blow following a 34-run defeat by Bangladesh in Lahore. Bangladesh and hosts Pakistan each have 100% records after three matches and are well placed to claim the two available spots at the autumn World Cup in India. Scotland face Ireland in their final...
Scotland: Rollie; Lloyd, Orr, Thomson, McGhie; Nelson, Brebner-Holden; Young, Skeldon, Clarke, Bonar, Boyd, Malcolm (capt), McLachlan, Gallagher. Replacements: Martin, Bartlett, Poolman, Ferrie, Konkel, Stewart, Mattinson, Scott. Italy: Ostuni Minuzzi; Muzzo, Sillari, Rigoni, D’Inca; Stevanin, Stefan; Turani, Vecchini, Seye, Tounesi, Duca, Sgorbini, Veronese, Giordano (capt). Replacements: Desiree Spinelli, Emanuela Stecca, Gaia Maris, Valeria Fedrighi, Alissa Ranuccini,...
Scotland bounced back from defeat by Pakistan to earn a 58-run victory over Thailand in Lahore and strengthen their hopes of qualifying for the Women’s World Cup. Captain Kathryn Bryce led from the front with a 58-ball 60 and was well supported by 57 from Megan McColl as the Scots made 206. Rachel Slater then...
A magnificent 91 from captain Kathryn Bryce was not enough for Scotland as they fell to a six-wicket loss to Pakistan at the Women’s World Cup qualifiers. With the match in Lahore shortened to 32 overs after a rain delay, Bryce was bowled from the last ball of the Scottish innings, setting a target of...