http://sport.scotsman.com/NewsFront.aspx?SectionID=6981 Top Stories en-GB Copyright 2007, Johnston Press Plc jpnm.coordinator@jpress.co.uk jpnm.coordinator@jpress.co.uk SS http://sport.scotsman.com/GetFeed.aspx?sectionid=6981&format=rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:03:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://sport.scotsman.com/template/group/images/rss/SS_rss.gif http://sport.scotsman.com 281 70 http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Big-opportunity-for-Scots-but.5845798.jp THERE was a severe look about Andy Robinson on the eve of his first meeting with a rugby superpower as Scotland coach, which may have contrasted with the brighter weather at M http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Big-opportunity-for-Scots-but.5845798.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Roy-Keane-sticks-boot-into.5845832.jp IRELAND'S week of woe continued without mercy yesterday as first Fifa denied them a replay against France, then their former captain Roy Keane launched an astonishing atta http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Roy-Keane-sticks-boot-into.5845832.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Levein-keeps-quiet-but-is.5845792.jp CRAIG Levein has refused to be drawn on speculation linking him with the Scotland manager's job, claiming it would be disrespectful to Dundee United, but is the clear fron http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Levein-keeps-quiet-but-is.5845792.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Tom-Lappin-Bellamy-and-City.5845802.jp A MAN in possession of a fortune spanning several million a year must be in want of a respectable manager. Jane Austen knew that much, even if Mansfield Park disappointingly t http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Tom-Lappin-Bellamy-and-City.5845802.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Jonny-Baird-relishing-Heriot39s-cup.5845830.jp THE son of a Scotland legend is relishing the chance to play against Heriot's in the British & Irish Cup this afternoon after forcing his way into the Nottingham team http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Jonny-Baird-relishing-Heriot39s-cup.5845830.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/39It-was-me-who-left.5845822.jp WALTER Smith believes he relinquished any prospect of a second spell as Scotland manager on the day he walked away from the job almost three years ago. http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/39It-was-me-who-left.5845822.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Glenn-Gibbons-Scotland39s-decline-is.5845824.jp IN THE course of a BBC documentary back in 1985, Bobby Charlton made a statement which, to anyone under the age of, say, 30 nowadays will sound like a fairy tale. http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Glenn-Gibbons-Scotland39s-decline-is.5845824.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Allan-Massie-Supremacy-up-front.5845793.jp WHEN Australia beat Scotland in the autumn of 1984 on the way to their Grand Slam of victories, this was only the second time they had been victorious at Murrayfield. We haven http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Allan-Massie-Supremacy-up-front.5845793.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Assistants-seek-cup-redemption.5845841.jp JOCKY Scott will send his Dundee side out to lift the ALBA Challenge Cup tomorrow to show how well they have knitted together since their high- profile summer spending spree. http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Assistants-seek-cup-redemption.5845841.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Midweek-tour-games-could-restore.5845837.jp THE opposing coaches in tonight's Murrayfield Test match between Scotland and Australia have much in common, but one intriguing enthusiasm they share is a desire for a ret http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Midweek-tour-games-could-restore.5845837.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/TV-review-I39m-A-Celebrity.5845816.jp EVENINGS in front of the television are always a trial when you've got teenage daughters, but the last few weekends have been particularly traumatic. The schedules have be http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/TV-review-I39m-A-Celebrity.5845816.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Kauto-Star-ready-to-show.5845827.jp PAUL Nicholls is confident the testing conditions at Haydock this afternoon will not be a problem for Kauto Star when he makes his eagerly-anticipated return in the Betfair Ch http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Kauto-Star-ready-to-show.5845827.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Final-Curtain-David-Campese39s-last.5845829.jp WHEN rugby union was still strictly an amateur sport, at least in the northern hemisphere, the sublimely gifted Australian wing three quarter David Campese was bound to cause http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Final-Curtain-David-Campese39s-last.5845829.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Wilson-keeps-Rangers-place-due.5845817.jp MADJID Bougherra will miss out on Rangers' attempt to return to the top of the SPL today after again being delayed on his return from international duty. http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Wilson-keeps-Rangers-place-due.5845817.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Title-race-on-hold-as.5845828.jp SHINTY'S big title-deciding weekend was thrown into chaos yesterday when Kyles Athletic refused to switch their "home" clash with Kingussie, 175 miles away to Beau http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Title-race-on-hold-as.5845828.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Barry-Ferguson-warned-by-McLeish.5845811.jp ALEX McLeish has warned Birmingham midfielder Barry Ferguson he runs the risk of losing his regular spot at St Andrew's if he makes a return to international football with http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Barry-Ferguson-warned-by-McLeish.5845811.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Uefa-match-fixing-probe-is.5845808.jp TWELVE matches in the Europa League and three in the Champions League are among "around 200" games being looked at by Uefa as part of an investigation into alleged ma http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Uefa-match-fixing-probe-is.5845808.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Egelstaff-left-to-fly-flag.5845815.jp SUSAN Egelstaff was left to carry home hopes in the singles after she reached the quarter-finals with a battling 17-21, 21-18, 21-15 win over New Zealand's Michelle Chan K http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Egelstaff-left-to-fly-flag.5845815.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Sir-Alex-will-be-39happy39.5845810.jp EVERTON manager David Moyes does not believe Manchester United counterpart Sir Alex Ferguson's touchline ban will have any effect on his fellow Scot. http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Sir-Alex-will-be-39happy39.5845810.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Laryea-Kingston-and-Sol-Bamba.5845807.jp CAPITAL pair Sol Bamba of Hibs and Laryea Kingston of Hearts will go head- to-head at the African Nations Cup in Angola after Ivory Coast and Ghana were drawn together in Grou http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Laryea-Kingston-and-Sol-Bamba.5845807.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Archie-MacWoooof-on-the-week.5845796.jp AS I watched that riff raff by the Taff last week a half remembered line kept popping into the old napper, "Once More Into the Valleys of Death..." I think it was f http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Archie-MacWoooof-on-the-week.5845796.jp Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Rangers-boss-Walter-Smith-rules.5844134.jp RANGERS manager Walter Smith has ruled himself out of the running to become boss of Scotland for a second time. http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Rangers-boss-Walter-Smith-rules.5844134.jp Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:25:57 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Mike-Blair-out-of-Australia.5844037.jp EDINBURGH and British Lions scrum-half Mike Blair has failed a fitness test on his ankle and will miss the Autumn rugby test against Australia at Murrayfield tomorrow. http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Mike-Blair-out-of-Australia.5844037.jp Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:54:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Fifa-will-reject-Ireland-replay.5842678.jp THE Republic of Ireland's furious pleas to have their World Cup clash with France replayed are likely to fall on deaf ears as a Fifa source last night indicated the reque http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Fifa-will-reject-Ireland-replay.5842678.jp Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Scott-Brown-to-sit-out.5844903.jp CELTIC manager Tony Mowbray has revealed Scott Brown will stay on the sidelines until specialists agree the diagnosis on his ongoing ankle complaint. http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Scott-Brown-to-sit-out.5844903.jp Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:18:20 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Smith-has-to-be-No1.5842666.jp WALTER Smith should be at the top of the shortlist for the Scotland manager's job, according to his Rangers assistant, Ally McCoist. http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Smith-has-to-be-No1.5842666.jp Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Henry39s-not-the-first-.5695940.jp THIERRY Henry's blatant handball that sent France on the way to next year's World Cup at the expense of Ireland has sparked a huge row in the international game. http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Henry39s-not-the-first-.5695940.jp Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Alan-Pattullo-Technological-revolution-the.5842694.jp GORDON Smith has faced a hard time in recent days. But the chief executive of the Scottish Football Association can cheer himself with the thought that the innovation he so d http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Alan-Pattullo-Technological-revolution-the.5842694.jp Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Scotland-can-reach-Euro-finals.5842681.jp JOHN Collins would love nothing more than to be in a Polish or Ukrainian stadium in less than three years time watching Scotland make their return to the finals of a major cha http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Scotland-can-reach-Euro-finals.5842681.jp Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Ireland-cries-foul-over-the.5842597.jp THE Irish government has demanded a re-run of Ireland's World Cup play-off with France after Thierry Henry admitted he handled the ball before setting up the winning goal. http://sport.scotsman.com/top-stories/Ireland-cries-foul-over-the.5842597.jp Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT