19 h. ago Celtic pounced on transfer trend in post Covid era and it's part of why Euro giants now love Scottish players

The Hoops dipped into Japan for the same reason European football's big guns now love a Scot

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9 d. ago Hibs win battle for key player with 'perfect physical attributes for Scottish football'

Popular defender was pivotal figure in third place finish last season

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9 d. ago ‘A bit like a new era’: Lauren James on England’s Euro 2025 ambitions

Chelsea forward on the way her brothers sharpened her skills and how the country can get behind the Lionesses‘I think it was in me from when I was young,” says Lauren James of the fierce competitive drive that has taken her from playing football with her brothers, Josh and Reece, in a park behind their house in Mortlake, south-west London, to England’s opening match of Euro 2025 against France in Zurich on 5 July. The 23-year-old returns from injury as the most likely catalyst for England’s hopes of remaining European champions because she has the skill and tenacity to be one of the tournament’s standout players.“It helped playing with my brothers all the time,” James says as she reflects on a footballing journey when her prodigious talent has blossomed with Chelsea and England while being tested by insidious abuse and racism. We need two interviews to get a little closer to the tangled heart of her story, but her natural reticence and reluctance to open up deserves respect. Co...

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1 week ago Hamish Stewart Wimbledon: Who is Scottish tennis ace, what has he won, rank and where to watch Wimbledon 2025

The Scottish tennis player is taking part in the Wimbledon qualifiers 2025

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1 week ago Hamish Stewart: Who is Scottish tennis player aiming to qualify for Wimbledon 2025? Age, birthplace, rank

The Scottish tennis player is taking part in the Wimbledon qualifiers 2025

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1 week ago Scotland's most valuable footballer 2025: The top 12 Scottish players with the highest transfer value

Here are the 12 highest valued Scottish footballers - Scott McTominay, Andy Robertson and Billy Gilmour

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1 week ago Ryan Reynolds to pounce on former Celtic target as £40m agreement sparks transfer merry

Wrexham are reportedly eyeing a loan move for a former Celtic target, who could be allowed to leave his parent club after the agreed a £40m transfer

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2 w. ago Executions, forced labour and starvation persist in North Korea, UN official says

North Korea has intensified domestic repression in the post-Covid era, says UN official James Heenan

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3 w. ago Still sport of the King: Windsor interest keeps Royal Ascot alive and kicking

As attendances at other meetings decline, the monarch’s presence makes Ascot a soft power asset for BritainAscot will mark the 200th anniversary of the first Royal procession at its showpiece race meeting next week. The intermittent noise of jets on the final approach to Heathrow will be one of the few deviations from the sights and sounds when George IV first trundled his way up the course in 1825. The king and queen will ride in the first of the horse-drawn carriages, their liveried attendants will be upright in the saddle and, as they pass the Royal enclosure, the gentlemen’s top hats will be doffed in the familiar mark of respect.There is little else, in sport or the wider world beyond, that remains just as it was in the immediate aftermath of the Napoleonic wars. Demand for the Royal Ascot experience also remains strong. Following a post-Covid surge, attendances are in decline at both the Derby and Cheltenham’s festival meeting in March. At Royal Ascot 2024, though, the year-on...

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