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A family affair: Why Jake Wightman went to Seb Coe for advice

SUCCESS in athletics can often be a family affair. Scots such as Callum Hawkins and Eilish McColgan have thrived under the tutelage of their parents, while track star Jake Wightman is another who has preferred to turn to his family to coach him to success on the track.




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Life on ice: How Glasgow Clan have rallied to prepare for post-shutdown

MAY is normally a busy month behind the scenes for Gareth Chalmers and the ongoing uncertainty around sport hasn’t changed that a huge amount.




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Thrown a curveball: Gus Mackay on navigating Scottish cricket through Covid-19 crisis

GUS MACKAY was full of good intentions when he agreed to become Cricket Scotland’s new chief executive last October.




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Penev offers grassroots support in Bulgaria

Bulgaria coach Luboslav Penev and his staff encouraged over 120 children taking part in a grassroots event in Sofia designed to increase participation in football and other sports.




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Joy at end of the rainbow for Maltese youngsters

Maltese Premier League club Tarxien Rainbows FC is enriching the lives of a group of youngsters through football with a groundbreaking training scheme for children with special needs.




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Patience the key for Bjørnebye

Now in charge of youth and children's football development at the Norwegian FA, Stig Inge Bjørnebye tells UEFA.com that there are '"no short cuts" to developing young talent.




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No let-up in effort to keep women's football evolving

The latest UEFA KISS workshop on the further development of women's football looked at ways of improving clubs' infrastructures as well as bolstering the foundations of the game.




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Portugal posts mini-pitch project success

The UEFA HatTrick programme has assisted in the construction of over 200 mini-pitches in Portugal since 2007, giving more youngsters the chance to play football in a safe environment.




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New academy key to bright future in Malta

A new youth academy in Ta' Qali for the island's outstanding talents has sharpened the focus of the Malta Football Association as it envisions a bright future for the game.




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Norway to host UEFA Grassroots Workshop

The next UEFA Grassroots Workshop in 2013 will be hosted by the Football Association of Norway, an organisation renowned for its achievements in this vital area of the game.




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Belarus' kids open day proves a success

Over 120 children from the Minsk area enjoyed football-based activities on the day of the Belarus Super Cup match, highlighting the link between grassroots and elite football.




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Stars of tomorrow hope to shine in Solna

Taking place the same weekend as the UEFA Champions League final in May, the Lennart Johansson Academy Trophy gives youngsters from Europe's bigger clubs a chance to impress.




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Latvia's festival of football

Football players and coaches of all levels from across Latvia have been invited by the Latvian Football Federation to take part in football-based activities for UEFA Grassroots Day.




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Development tournament played in Nyon

Women's Under-17 teams gathered in Nyon for a friendly tournament this week, with associations welcoming UEFA's drive to give young players chances for further development.




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Grassie to step down as SRU chairman

Colin Grassie is to stand down as chairman of the board of Scottish Rugby at August’s AGM.




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Edinburgh coach Richard Cockerill benefits from doing his business early

WHETHER through shrewd planning, good fortune or a bit of both, Edinburgh managed to complete the bulk of their business for next season before rugby came grinding to a halt. When precisely play resumes is, of course, unknown and out of their control, but they are at least confident that they will be in good shape to hit the ground running.




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‘Unbeaten all year, it’s hard not to award Leinster title’

DAVE Rennie believes that Leinster deserve to be awarded the PRO14 title, and is convinced that such a solution would be better for player welfare and the integrity of the competition than dragging this season on into late summer or autumn.




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Martin Hannan: When is watching a game worth risking your life over?

WITH the usual proviso that nothing, but nothing, in sport is in any way important when human lives are at stake due to coronavirus, nevertheless I do think it is time for some realism to surface in rugby – and other sports I could name.




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Edinburgh Rugby swoop for Jono Lance and Matt Gordon

EDINBURGH coach Richard Cockerill has taken two vital steps in rebuilding his squad for next season by signing stand-off Jono Lance from Worcester and centre Matt Gordon from London Scottish. With Simon Hickey and Matt Scott leaving at the end of the season, cover for both positions was a priority.




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Back in the Sporting Day: 1995 Scots trample over Les Elephants in South Africa

It was 25 years ago this month that the sporting world witnessed a miracle when the former pariah state of South Africa hosted what many people still consider to be the best ever Rugby World Cup finals.




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Sir Hugh Robertson to lead independent review of World Rugby

British Olympic Association chairman Sir Hugh Robertson has been selected to lead an independent governance review of World Rugby.




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SRU 'very happy' to to host Scottish Cup semi-final between Hearts and Hibs

THE SRU would be “very happy” to host the Scottish Cup semi-final between Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian at BT Murrayfield, the governing body’s Chief Operating Officer revealed yesterday.




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Richard Cockerill looks for homegrown heroes as Edinburgh replenish ranks

Edinburgh Rugby have announced the signing of three Scottish qualified youngsters in Nathan Chamberlain, Ben Muncaster and Dan Gamble on academy deals which will turn into full-time contracts next summer, and head coach Richard Cockerill has promised that three current academy prospects in Rory Darge, Connor Boyle and Sam Grahamslaw will soon be elevated to the senior squad ahead of next season.




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James Cairney: Fans bickering over titles are missing the bigger picture

FOR decades, both Celtic and Rangers have dominated the national conversation when it comes to football in Scotland. The vast majority of issues seem to revolve around the two Glasgow clubs and, predictably, the issue of how to conclude the Premiership campaign has been boiled down to whether or not Celtic should be crowned champions if – as is looking increasingly likely – the 2019/20 campaign is unable to be played to a finish.




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Alison McConnell: Clubs' rift with SPFL will linger long after lockdown

Rangers make Glasgow? Well, they certainly make it interesting.




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Shelley Kerr goes from silverware to seeking a silver lining

IT is less than two months since Shelley Kerr and her backroom staff, along with the domestic players in Scotland’s squad, flew back from Alicante to Glasgow. On the very same day – March 11 – the World Health Organisation accorded Covid-19 pandemic status.




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Graeme Macpherson: Limited expectations and dreaming big key for fans of smaller clubs

THE most important lesson in life is to always travel in hope rather than expectation. That way the almost inevitable disappointment that follows isn’t quite as crushing. A cheery thought for these troubled times.




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James Morgan: Celtic youngsters joining the mega-rich should heed cautionary tales

Speak to anyone involved in Scottish football and they'll tell you that the current crop of Under-16 players coming through the academy systems are among the best they've seen.




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Martin Hannan: Beaumont has to unite north and south if he wants to save rugby

The great North-South divide in rugby was never more in evidence than when the votes were counted for the chairmanship of World Rugby last week. Sir Bill Beaumont stayed in the job, beating Agustin Pichot by 28 votes to 23, but wow, what an outcome in terms of who actually supported the former England and British Lions captain.




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Neil Cameron: Newcastle United are selling their soul to worse than Mike Ashley

WOULD you still celebrate a cup final win for your team if you knew for absolute certain the game had been rigged?




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Rangers dossier has confused SPFL incompetence with corruption

SO, is it a smoking gun after all? Or is it just a damp water pistol?




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Belle Robertson endures in game of great longevity

Belle Robertson has played just one round of golf this year. She’ll double that tally with another today.




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Liam Johnston accepts the new reality for tour pros stuck at home

What do professional golfers do in this coronavirus-induced hiatus?




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Scottish golf courses urged to close as coronavirus takes hold

Scotland’s golf courses have been urged to close in the wake of the Government’s latest measures to combat the coronavirus.




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Link up with an Open champion aids Clare-Marie Macaulay's golf drive

In this country, where the dank, grim days of winter are as short as a resigned sigh, the onset of some decent, dry spring weather doesn’t half raise the morale. Well, it would if the coronavirus wasn’t lurking all over the parish.




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If the 2020 golf season is a wipe out, there are things we won't miss

THERE will be many of us who embrace technology with all the ham-fisted ineptitude of a fumbling, muttering old colonel trying to unravel the stubborn, sticky wrapping of a barley sugar.




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Golf clubs need members 'more than ever' in coronavirus crisis

It wasn’t that long ago that health experts were championing golf as a soothing, morale-boosting haven away from the ravaging rigours of the coronavirus.




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Back in the Sporting Day: 1970, Billy Casper wins the Masters

It was 50 years ago this week that one of the greatest golfers ever to grace the greens set out on his quest to win his first US Masters championship.




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Golf and coronavirus: Why Covid-19 may be the final straw for outdated clubs

To say that amateur golf in Scotland has been slow to adapt to change is putting it kindly. But where the rise of the nomads, the Equality Act, the credit crunch and repeated faltering reform efforts have failed, perhaps Covid-19 will finally be the shock that thrusts the sector into a meaningful if seriously belated overhaul.




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The Open 2020 golf championship cancelled due to coronavirus crisis

THE Open Championship will not take place at all this year.




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Golfers warned to respect lockdown restrictions as government confirms no date has been set to reopen courses

Scottish Golf today revealed that no date has been set for the sport in this country to restart and stressed that lockdown restrictions will remain in place for the foreseeable future.




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Coronavirus: Wizz Air announce plans to resume flights

Low-cost European carrier Wizz Air has announced plans to resume some flights from Luton Airport on May 1.




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We CAN build a bridge to Ireland: firm's plan for eco-link across Irish sea

THE Scottish Government has been formally approached by Swedish architects proposing that a bridge to Northern Ireland can be built ... and combined with 140 wind turbines to power hundreds of thousands of homes.




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Coronavirus: Passengers entering UK 'to be quarantined for two weeks' to halt spread

People arriving in the UK could be forced to quarantine for two weeks to halt the spread of coronavirus under plans for the "second phase" of the Government's response.




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Plan to replace busy Scottish ferry with bridge

It crosses one of the most scenic waterways in Scotland and is the second busiest by volume of passengers in the country.




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Coronavirus: Scottish Government urged to help allocate more space for cyclists on roads

THE SCOTTISH Government has been urged to empower the country’s towns and cities can be transformed into healthier hubs for walking and cycling amid the Covid-19 pandemic.




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Eurostar says its passengers must wear face masks

Eurostar says all its passengers must wear face masks as a safeguard against Covid-19, effective from Monday.




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Coronavirus: UK Government 'actively looking at' quarantining UK airport arrivals

THE UK Government is “actively looking at” quarantining people arriving from abroad as criticism mounts over the country dragging its feet compared to other parts of the world.




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Coronavirus: Visitors to UK face 'two weeks in quarantine'

Quarantining people arriving from abroad is being “actively” looked at, a senior member of the UK Government has admitted, as criticism mounts over the country dragging its feet compared to other parts of the world.




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Coronavirus sparks calls over car use and public transport

SCOTLAND’S towns and cities have seen a “stark decrease” in toxic traffic fumes since the coronavirus lockdown came into force.