Category: Scottish Sport

Scotland Win Bronze World Women’s Curling Championship 2017

BBC REPORT: Scotland’s women curlers are “capable of a lot more” as they seek to turn World Championship bronze into Winter Olympics gold, says skip Eve Muirhead. Muirhead’s team beat Sweden 6-4 on Sunday to take bronze in Beijing, with Canada beating Russia to win gold. It was their second major bronze of the season, after also finishing third at the European Championships. “As a team I know we are capable of a lot more but we have made a lot of changes this year,” Muirhead said. FULL REPORT: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/39400736…

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Scotland 1-1 Canada 23/03/17

Gordon Strachan’s Scotland side prepared for the crunch tie against Slovenia on Sunday with a 1-1 draw against Canada. By Scotland National Team on You Tube https://www.youtube.com/user/ScotlandNationalTeam Published on Mar 23, 2017 BBC REPORT: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39275702 Steven Naismith scored the equaliser as Scotland laboured to a friendly draw with Canada at Easter Road.

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Six Nations 2017: Scotland 29-13 Wales

BBC SPORT ITEM: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/39054808 A spirited second-half performance at Murrayfield earned Scotland their first Six Nations win over Wales since 2007. For all their superior physicality in the first half, Wales led by only 13-9 at the interval, Liam Williams rounding off a slick move for their sole try. Scotland were dominant thereafter, with Tommy Seymour and Tim Visser crossing the line and stand-off Finn Russell earning 19 points with his kicking. The Scots’ success ended Wales’ run of four consecutive wins in Edinburgh. The result put Vern Cotter’s team…

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Muirhead and Murdoch’s rinks clinch World Championship slots

Eve Muirhead’s rink successfully defended their Scottish National Championship with a 6-4 victory over Hannah Fleming’s team in Perth. The title is their third in a row and ensures a place at next month’s World Championship in Beijing. In the men’s final, David Murdoch’s rink enjoyed a dominant 10-4 triumph over the young rink led by Bruce Mouat. Murdoch’s rink will go on to take their place at the World Championship in Edmonton this April. Read More on this Article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/39090984

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Laura Muir breaks record at British Grand Prix

Scotland’s Muir has already broken two records this year – the European 3,000m indoor record and the British 5,000m indoor record, the latter held for 25 years by Liz McColgan. The 23-year-old demolished the field in Birmingham and her time was just one second shy of Maria Mutola’s world indoor record of 2:30.94. Muir will head to Belgrade for the European Indoor Championships from 3-5 March as favourite in both the 1500m and 3,000m. “I wanted to come away with a win on home soil but to break Kelly’s record,…

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Katie Archibald wins National Pursuit Title

(27/01/16) Katie Archibald eased to victory in the individual pursuit at the UK National Track Championships in Manchester. More Links: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/38775697 CHAMPION!!! Stunning from @_Katiearchibald!!! The @WNTTeam rider catches @EmilyNelson21 to win individual pursuit gold!#TrackChamps pic.twitter.com/PtSa8VcNXA — British Cycling (@BritishCycling) 27 January 2017 The Olympic team pursuit champion needed just six laps to catch Emily Nelson in the final. Jessica Frampton beat Rachel James to sprint gold, while Lewis Oliva and Daniel Bigham won the men’s keirin and pursuit respectively. Britain’s most successful female Paralympian, Sarah Storey, raced the able-bodied…

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Laura Muir smashes a 25-year-old 5,000m record in Glasgow

Laura Muir broke the British indoor record over 5,000m at the Glasgow Miler Meet at the Emirates Arena. Muir’s time of 14 minutes 49.12 seconds beat fellow Scot Liz McColgan’s 25-year-old record by 14 seconds. “I am delighted to get it and it is nice to know now where I am at in terms of the 5,000m,” said Muir, 23. “I’ve been in South Africa training, and the sessions there since we came back were at PB times for 5,000m so I felt good going into tonight’s race.” Muir broke…

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Celtic beat Dons to lift Betfred Cup

Full Report: http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/celtic-beat-dons-to-lift-betfred-cup/ Celtic beat Aberdeen 3-0 at Hampden Park in the Betfred Cup final on Sunday and remain unbeaten in domestic football under Brendan Rodgers. It was the Parkhead club’s 16th League Cup triumph, and their 100th trophy overall, as they defeated the Dons for the third time in 2016/17. Tom Rogic beat Joe Lewis with a terrific low shot into the corner to break the deadlock after 16 minutes and James Forrest doubled the lead before half-time after a strong run into the area. Celtic wrapped things up…

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