Tag: sport
Warrender Baths to celebrate 125th anniversary
In 2013, Warrender Baths Club is celebrating its 125th year Anniversary. Established in 1888, Warrender is one of Edinburgh and Scotland’s oldest and most prestigious sporting clubs. Our Anniversary year culminates in a Gala...
F1 – Seventh Heaven for Vettel in Abu Dhabi
Newly-crowned world champion Sebastian Vettel showed that he wasn't slowing down for anything or anyone as he took his seventh consecutive win with a dominant display in Abu Dhabi yesterday. He now matches Michael...
Football – Ciftci in brawl
Ciftci grabs official in match brawl
If you want to escape the severe punishment of being banned for as many as 16 matches then the best thing you could do as a footballer is not...
Karate Group still kicking after 35 years!
Lasswade Karate Group was founded in 1979 by a 19 year-old. Jim Collins was a 6th Dan who taught in Midlothian and Edinburgh at various clubs. Jim won numerous titles including being the World...
Heart of Midlothian 0 St Johnstone 2
SPFL, Saturday 2 November 2013 – Tynecastle
After the high of their League Cup quarter final victory over Hibernian at Easter Road on Wednesday evening, Gary Locke’s young Hearts came down to earth with something...
F1 – Webber Matches Pole Record in Abu Dhabi
Red Bull driver Mark Webber today equalled the record number of pole positions achieved by an Australian driver by securing his second of the season and thirteenth of his career. Webber drove an incredible...
Rugby – Edinburgh v Zebre
Edinburgh survive another final minute onslaught to win their second RaboDirect match in succession.
Zebre were the visitors to Murrayfield on Friday night, giving Edinburgh their second home match in a row against Italian opposition....
Rugby club raising money for cancer charity
LOCAL COMMUNITY RUGBY CLUB IS RAISING VITAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT LEADING CHARITY BREAKTHROUGH BREAST CANCER
Boroughmuir Rugby and Community Sports Club (BR&CSC) in Edinburgh are hosting a special breast cancer awareness match to raise vital...
Broughton High School is a community sports hub
The national agency for sport in Scotland, SportScotland , are looking forward to next year's Commonwealth Games. They have set themselves the goal of rolling out Community Sports Hubs across Scotland so that people...
F1 – Vettel Secures Fourth Championship with Win in India
Sebastian Vettel today cemented his place in the all-time greats of Formula 1 with an excellent drive in India which enable him towin the race and ensure his fourth World Drivers' Championship title. The...
Kilmarnock 2 Heart of Midlothian 0
SPFL, Saturday 26 October 2013 – Rugby Park
Back in August, Hearts began the season with a 15 point deficit, the ‘punishment’ imposed by the Scottish Professional Football League for the club entering administration in...
F1 – Vettel Takes Seventh Pole of the Season in India
Sebastian Vettel yesterday demonstrated that his team mate Mark Webber's surprise pole in Suzuka was nothing more than an anomaly as he cruised to take first place on the grid for the Indian Grand...
Men, Women & Thingwies
Mike Smith is our football correspondent with a particular penchant for Heart of Midlothian FC. He occasionally writes about other important matters such as thingwies....
My partner, the delightful M, asked me the other night...
One small step for Hearts
Politicians are prone to use the phrase ‘the green shoots of recovery’. It’s a phrase that might well be applied now to Heart of Midlothian Football Club, although its long-suffering supporters may prefer to...
F1 – Di Resta Future Still Uncertain
A guaranteed seat for the 2014 Formula 1 season is still to be guaranteed for Scottish driver Paul di Resta. The Force India driver made an excellent start to the season, scoring points in...
Hibernian 1-1 Celtic Hibs Hold League Leaders at Easter Road
Hibernian and Celtic today contested a thrilling match at Easter Road, with plenty of action and a share of the points going to both sides in this exciting encounter. It was Hibs striker Paul...
F1 – Vettel Edges Closer to Title with Win in Japan
Sebastian Vettel today all but ensured his fourth consecutive championship with another win in Japan. Vettel's win, his fifth in a row, means that he will claim the World Drivers' Championship at the next race in India as...
F1 – Webber Pips Vettel to Pole in Japan Qualifying
After a series of dominant qualifying sessions by Sebastian Vettel, who has claimed three consecutive pole positions in the last three races, it was Red Bull team mate Mark Webber who prevented the German from making...
F1 – Dominant Vettel grabs fourth consecutive victory
Sebastian Vettel made it four wins from four as he took yet another victory and inched one step closer to claiming his fourth World Championship title in a row. His nearest rival, Fernando Alonso,...
F1 – Qualifying Report: Korea
Sebastian Vettel grabbed his fourth consecutive pole position and sixth of the season to qualify at the front of the grid for tomorrow's Korean Grand Prix. It was a comfortable and fairly anti-climactic end...
F1 – Di Resta to Keep Pushing For Points
With the Korean Grand Prix almost upon us, Paul di Resta is hoping to get back to business by scoring points in the race on Sunday. The Bathgate-born racer hasn't finished in the top...
F1 Preview: Korea – Di Resta Looking to Bounce Back
With a week to go until the Korean Grand Prix, the flyaway season is getting in full swing. It's the time of year when races come thick and fast, with Japan following the week...
Rugby – Edinburgh v Scarlets
Scarlets take the win in a, frankly awful, fourth round RaboDirect match at Murrayfield.
Llanelli Scarlets brought a bunch of fairly vocal supporters with them to Murrayfield to face Edinburgh in a fourth round match-up...
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Football – Injury to Mouyokolo is bad news for Celtic
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Celtic affected by Mouyokolo’s injury
It looks likely that Celtic’s summer new signing Steven Mouyokolo will miss around six months of the season since he completely ruptured his Achilles tendon.
Celtic manager Neil Lennon confirmed...
Football – Hearts 3 Queen of the South 3 – Hearts win 4-2 on...
Scottish League Cup 3rd Round, Wednesday 25 September 2013 – Tynecastle Stadium
Another League Cup tie, another 120 minute drama for Hearts. Last season’s beaten finalists needed penalty kicks to defeat Raith Rovers in the...
Scottish Government welcomes Ryder Cup captains
A year to go until the tournament begins and there was all manner of fuss being made over the cup and the two Ryder Cup Captains today with a steam train to transport the...
The Ryder Cup passes through Edinburgh
There were many people in Waverley Station this morning to greet the 1927 steam train which then proceeded to Gleneagles with VIPs and the Ryder Cup on board.
It will be exactly one year today...
Rugby – Currie v Heriots
Bottom of the Premiership table, Currie, lose another two players to serious injury as Heriots win the cross-Edinburgh Derby at Malleny Park.
The second Edinburgh Derby in the RBS Premiership in two weeks was played yesterday...
Hockey – National League September Spectacular – Day 1
Scottish Hockey held their first in a series of National League 'Big Weekend' events at Peffermill this weekend, and The Edinburgh Reporter was there to cover Day 1. The schedule had been reduced to...