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New Zealand next for fired-up Scots in World Cup
Scotland’s women face New Zealand in a crunch clash in the classification round of the FIH Hockey World Cup, four years on from a...
Edinburgh bowler named as Scotland flagbearer for Glasgow 2026
TEAM Scotland has named bowls star Alex Marshall, who was born in Edinburgh, and judoka, Sarah Adlington, as flagbearers for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.
The pair will carry the...
Edinburgh world record holder Kerr aiming for gold at Glasgow 2026
WORLD record holder Josh Kerr has set his sights on a Commonwealth Games gold medal at the Glasgow track where he began competing as...
Meadowbank to host free summer sports days for youngsters
Meadowbank will play host to a series of free sports days for children throughout the school holidays.
The "Go for Gold" events, organised by Edinburgh...
Marshall and Foster going for gold in Glasgow
Alex Marshall MBE is looking forward to his record-breaking eighth Commonwealth Games after making his debut in Kuala Lumpur in 1998.
The 59-year-old is the...
Beth following in footsteps of uncle Alex
Beth Riva watched her uncle, Alex Marshall MBE, at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. In fact, she was there nearly every day. Now...
Games challenge for debutant Wilson
Mary Wilson has had jungle training and the psychiatric nurse has also seen service in the British Army in theatres like Belise, Bosnia, Kosovo,...
Seven up for Scotland men in last Commonwealth Games outing
Ninth/tenth place play-off: Scotland 7, Ghana 2 (at The University of Birmingham)
Scotland men claimed ninth place in the ten-team Commonwealth Games men's hockey tournament with a 7-2...
Scots missing from T20 Commonwealth Games tournament
Sri Lanka's captain Chamari Athapaththu stood in the mixed area at Edgbaston and bravely batting back direct questions after her side had been smashed by ten...
Scotland women anxious for more experience against top level hockey sides
Scotland's vice-captain Katie Robertson admitted she is relishing the prospect of a fifth/sixth play-off in the Commonwealth Games with Canada, ranked No 15 in the...
Costello recovering after bruising battle with Aussies
Amy Costello emerged battle-scarred as Scotland were booked a fifth/sixth play-off game in the Commonwealth Games despite a 2-0 defeat by Australia.
Coach Chris Duncan's squad accumulated...
Forsyth urges his men to move on after being blitzed by Australia
Scotland captain Alan Forsyth urged his squad to move on after they were beaten 12-0 by the ruthless Australian side in their second Commonwealth...
Brave Scots edged by physical Kiwis in key Commonwealth Games clash
The scoreline confirmed that Scotland’s women were edged 1-0 by New Zealand in a bruising battle in Birmingham, but it does not tell the...
Scotland’s women receive new kit ahead of Commonwealth Games 2022
Scotland's women's hockey team were presented with their Commonwealth Games 2022 team shirts ahead of their departure for Birmingham.
Jim Aitken, director of sport and...
Bex Condie says goodbye to international hockey
Bex Condie believes this is the right time to retire from international hockey despite being named as one of five reserves for the Commonwealth...
Forsyth captain of Scotland’s Commonwealth Games squad
Great Britain international Alan Forsyth skippers Scotland in his fourth Commonwealth Games as the Blue Sticks face Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Pakistan...
Exciting Scotland squad picked for Commonwealth Games
The squad is captained by Borders-born Olympic bronze medallist Sarah Robertson and is a blend of experience and youth with nine players making their...
Sarah Robertson is Scotland’s new hockey captain as part of a new long-term strategy
Olympic bronze medallist Sarah Robertson (pictured by Duncan Gray playing for Scotland) has been confirmed as Scotland's new women's hockey captain as the build-up continues...
Testing triple-header for Scotland’s hockey squad in Belfast
Scotland women face a testing triple-header against Ireland from Saturday as they continue to prepare for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in July and...
Letter from Scotland
The birth of Dolly the Sheep at the Roslin Institute on the outskirts of Edinburgh in 1996 was one of the major breakthroughs in...
Letter from Scotland
This week Scotland passed on the Commonwealth baton to Australia’s Gold Coast. Our flag was first into the arena for the opening ceremony on...
Amy an inspiration to netball stars
Scottish netball stars are going for gold in the Commonwealth Games cheered on by one of their bravest fans.
Nine-year-old Amy Reid who lost a...
Table tennis – Craig Oz bound for third Games
Craig Howieson travels to the Gold Coast for his third Commonwealth Games backed by good wishes from headteacher John Wilson plus pupils and staff...
Letter from Scotland
We are just about at the end our harvest season. It’s been two weeks later than usual this year because of the wet summer....
Letter from Scotland
So, the Clydesiders have delivered. The final accounts are in. The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow managed to stay within budget, by a safe £37m...
Letter from Scotland
“At this time of the rolling year I suffer most,” says the ghost in Dickens’ ‘Christmas Carol’ as he compares the world around him...
Letter from Scotland
I’ve been watching the Commonwealth Games from a TV screen in the corner of the staff tent at a Scout Jamboree in Blair Atholl....
Capability Scotland’s song for the Games
Capability Scotland Musicians hit the right note
Fifteen talented musicians from Capability Scotland services across the country, have created their own song to celebrate the...
Lord Provost wishes Edinburgh athletes good luck
The Lord Provost has wished all Edinburgh born athletes the very best for the Commonwealth Games which open this evening.
The Rt Hon Donald Wilson...
Letter from Scotland
For the next fortnight Scotland will be on show to the rest of the world. It’s a frightening thought. What will the big wide...
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