IT is a matter of regret that Scotland does not feature in either the World Cup or Wimbledon final tomorrow, however, a measure of consolation may be derived from the fact that the acknowledged ‘father figure’ of Russian football was of Scottish heritage, writes Jack Davidson.
"The Mountain" is coming to Carmunnock. This is not a statement of topographical fantasy becoming reality but refers to Hafthor Bjornsson’s appearance tomorrow as Chieftain at the village’s international Highland Games. Better known as "The Mountain" for his role as brutal warrior Gregor Clegane in "Game of Thrones", he fully justifies his name tag having recently won the World’s Strongest Man title in Manila.
Director of the Glasgow Tigers speedway team
Warriors “tried hard” to convince the powerful loosehead to remain at Sixways but the Georgian-born forward has signed a deal at Kingsholm.
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the death in South Africa of one of Scotland’s all-time boxing greats, former world flyweight champion Jackie Paterson.
IT is the ninth time the US Open has been staged at Oakmont, Pennsylvania, but when it was first held there, in 1927, the winner was Scotland’s Tommy Armour, by then an American citizen and professional at the Congressional club, Washington DC. He was the 10th and last Scottish-born player to win it.
