4 d. ago Why Colin Gillies showed golf isn't all about playing at the top level

Golf correspondent Martin Dempster pays tribute to record Tartan Tour money-winner

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1 week ago Armando Broja admits it was 'easy decision' to play for Albania over England

Armando Broja had the opportunity to represent England at international level but declined to do so in order to play for Albania - the country where his parents hail from

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2 w. ago Vibrant Six Nations leaves Andy Farrell with tricky decisions on Lions selection

England finished strong while Ireland appear to be fading, but the head coach must avoid an over-reliance on recency biasThe streets of Cardiff on Saturday night made the last days of the Roman empire look positively sedate. There were almost as many puddles of sick outside the Queens Vaults pub as England had scored tries inside the Principality Stadium, the glossy veneer of “Super Saturday” replaced by the dejected, what-just-happened stagger home. Truth be told, the pissed-up paying public weren’t looking too flash either.What a deeply sobering weekend to be a player in red. To lose 68-14 against anyone at Test level is a nightmare; to do so under the roof at home against England is full-on zombie apocalypse stuff. An Aussie dollar or two, then, for Andy Farrell’s thoughts as he left the ground pondering his options for the British & Irish Lions series against the Wallabies this year. As things stand, representatives from Wales will be hard pressed to fill a phone box. Contin...

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2 w. ago Manchester United coach Ruben Amorim drops Ayden Heaven hint

Ayden Heaven has only played three times for Man United but his performance level has got better with each outing.

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2 w. ago Wilson Odobert double takes Tottenham past AZ to keep season alive

Ange Postecoglou can breathe again. The Spurs manager had been hoping that someone would step up to save their season and his salvation arrived in the shape of Wilson Odobert, with a little bit of help from James Maddison.When the England midfielder made it 2-0 early in the second half to add to Odobert’s well-taken first goal for the club, it looked like Postecoglou’s side were cruising to a last-eight showdown with Eintracht Frankfurt. This being Tottenham, however, things are never that simple and a mistake from Odobert allowed Peer Koopmeiners to level the scores on aggregate with 20 minute to play to leave the home crowd fearing the worst. But Odobert kept Postecoglou’s hopes of ending the season with some silverware alive – and perhaps even saved his job – when the Frenchman swept home at the end of a flowing move instigated by Maddison to send Spurs into the quarter-finals of the Europa League for the first time since 2013. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago World's richest footballer worth 30x Cristiano Ronaldo relieved after devastating setback

A member of the royal family of Brunei is the richest footballer in the world, and his net worth is 30 times that of Cristiano Ronaldo despite a lack of playing time at the highest level

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3 w. ago AD FEATURE: This is the only way to make an insurance company do the right thing

Gordon Dalyell from Digby Brown Solicitors discusses how to level the playing field against insurance companies after a road traffic accident

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last month Washington Spirit’s Jonatan Giráldez: ‘In the US everything is related to entertainment’

The 33-year-old coach discusses the differences between working in Europe and the US, losing the NWSL Championship final and moving abroad for the first timeAfter spending all of your career coaching in Spain, since June you have been coaching in the American NWSL, as the head coach of Washington Spirit. Thinking more broadly about the NWSL, what differences have you observed in style of play in this league, compared to European football? “Yes, being honest, it’s different. I think in Spain and Europe, regarding tactical plans, there is a high, high level, and here it is very entertaining, because the style of play [here] is thinking ‘what do I have to do to give my best to the supporters and make the people enjoy?’ Only 25-30% of the games here are won by a difference of two goals. The rest of the games, there’s only one goal difference. That means that the league is very competitive. So this is very difficult if you compare it with my past with Barcelona in Spain because most of t...

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