Category: Scottish Sport

BBC Scotland Report: ‘Hannah Miley: Scottish swimmer announces retirement, aged 32’ Hannah Miley is ready to give other parts of her life priority after choosing to retire from swimming. The 32-year-old former world, European and Commonwealth champion appeared at three Olympic Games. Miley opted for 1 December as the date of her announcement, marking 17 years to the day of her first Commonwealth Youth Games podium appearance.

Scotland are close to securing a world cup play off place after defeating Israel and The Faroe Islands respectively. The mens national team are second in their group and avoiding defeat next month against Moldova should secure A world Cup play off spot. BBC REPORTS: Scotland 3-2 Israel https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58771034 Faroe Islands 0-1 Scotland https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58793557 ASSOCIATED LINKS Scottish National Team Website https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scotland/fixtures-results/ Scottish National Team on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/scotlandnationalteam Scottish National Team on Twitter https://twitter.com/ScotlandNT Scottish National Team on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/scotlandnationalteam/ Scotland National Team You Tube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsaS5aZjlJPJCzNwjEc3waw BBC SPORT SCOTLAND: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/scotland…

Scotland’s womens team added a second world cup qualifying win with a straightforwad victory over the Faroe Islands. Scotland, who opened their account last week with a victory in Hungary are now joint top of the group with Spain. Both teams have 6 points from the first two games.

Scotland have kept alive hopes of qualifying for the 2022 World Cup Finals in Quatar, with an outstanding away win in Austria.

Scotland’s first appearance at a major mens finals in 23 years has ended after the group stage of Euro 2020. After a disappointing first result where Scotland were defeated 2-0 by The Czech Republic, honour and good feeling was restored by a creditable 0-0 draw with England at Wembley. That result set Scotland and Croatia up for a winner take all head-to-head where the victor would progress to the knockout stages of the tournament.

Glasgow City have won The Scottish Womens Premier League for the 14th consecutive season after a close run season with Celtic and Rangers respectively. BBC SCOTLAND REPORT: “Glasgow City won their 14th successive league title by beating Rangers to finish three points clear of Celtic. City needed only a point to finish top of SWPL1 and goals by Hayley Lauder and Niamh Farrelly sealed a 2-0 win. Celtic, who claim the second Champions League slot, were without seven players following a positive Covid-19 test but beat Motherwell 8-0. Kate Nicolson,…

Scottish Athlete Eilidh Doyle has announced her retirement from competitive athletics. Scotland’s most decorated track & field athlete represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and won an Olympic bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. Doyle is also the Scottish record holder for the 400 metres hurdles with 54.09 sec and the indoor 400 metres with 51.45 sec. She is the 2014 European Champion and a three-time Commonwealth silver medalist (2010, 2014 and 2018) in the…