4 h. ago Grassroots football club director pocketed £15k from charity grants then splurged it on 'day

"It has left some of the members of the foundation feeling a sense of shame that they allowed this to take place"

Economics

4 h. ago 'I suspect the remorse you have is more due to the position you find yourself in than genuine remorse for what you did'

"It has left some of the members of the foundation feeling a sense of shame that they allowed this to take place"

Politics

3 d. ago Grassroots football players five times more likely to be problem gamblers, study finds

New research from the University of Bristol has found that grassroots football players have a much higher chance of developing a gambling problem

Sport

3 d. ago Hamilton Accies could have white knight to avoid administration as moves made to attain majority share in club

Accies have a new director on the board amid 'emergency support' to keep club functioning

Events

3 d. ago Deer Park Golf & Country Club sponsor new kits for Livingston FC Community’s 2017

The group has 193 children actively participating in grassroots football, with ambitions to grow to more than 300.

Politics

2 w. ago Morecambe FC break ties with takeover figure accused of supporting terrorist group

UK government freezes assets of Gurpreet Singh RehalRehal accused of recruiting for Sikh militant groupThe UK government has frozen the financial assets of a key member of Morecambe FC’s ownership group after he was accused of supporting a terrorist organisation in India.Morecambe say they have ceased relations with Gurpreet Singh Rehal, previously described as the head of communications and director of marketing for the club’s owner, Panjab Warriors. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Nice players placed on sick leave after ultras confront team at training ground

Pair verbally and physically abused as they left team busNice to await police report before deciding on responseThe Nice players Terem Moffi and Jérémie Boga have been placed on sick leave after the team were confronted by supporters upon their return from a 3-1 defeat at Lorient.Moffi was given a week’s leave and Boga five days, both effective from Monday, after an estimated 400 fans gathered outside the club’s training centre on Sunday night. The pair were verbally and physically abused as they left the team bus after the travelling party was swamped by ultras unhappy at a sixth consecutive loss in all competitions. The club’s sporting director, Florian Maurice, was also among those targeted. Continue reading...

Sport

2 w. ago Behind every name on this yellow brick road is the story of a brave child that has endured hell

Inspiring stories of children whose dreams have been granted by a local charity are honoured

Politics

3 w. ago Defiant Arne Slot vows to ‘fight on’ after meeting with Liverpool sporting director

Head coach insists he has support of the club’s hierarchyAdmits to ‘very difficult’ 10 minutes in PSV defeatArne Slot has vowed to “fight on” at Liverpool and insisted support from the club’s hierarchy has not wavered following the alarming Anfield defeats by Nottingham Forest and PSV Eindhoven.The Liverpool head coach met the club’s sporting director, Richard Hughes, on Thursday to dissect the Champions League defeat by PSV that extended his team’s dire run to nine losses in 12 games. It is Liverpool’s worst sequence of results since an identical run in 1953-54 and has heightened the pressure on Slot before Sunday’s Premier League trip to West Ham. Continue reading...

Sport

4 w. ago ‘Relationships deteriorated’: Laurent Koscielny on leaving Arsenal and his work at Lorient

Former defender on his challenge as sporting director at Ligue 1 club and using Arsène Wenger as an inspirationReturning to Brittany was the obvious choice for Laurent Koscielny. Having left Lorient for Arsenal in 2010, the former defender is back at the Ligue 1 side as the sporting director.“My wife and I were keen to come back, it’s a beautiful region, and the people are welcoming and kind,” the Frenchman says of the seaside town, known for its annual Celtic music festival and military naval base. Continue reading...

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