Category: Scottish Sport

Murray Caps Dream Season With London Title, Year-End No. 1

Full Report: http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/finale-2016-final-djokovic-murray Andy Murray sealed a storybook conclusion to his 2016 campaign, assuming the mantle of year-end No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings with his first Barclays ATP World Tour Finals title. Murray dethroned rival Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-4 in Sunday’s gripping final. Murray capped a stunning march to the pinnacle of the tennis world with his 24th consecutive match win and fifth straight title. He cemented his place in the history books in becoming the 17th player to finish atop the Emirates ATP Rankings and first Brit…

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Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares end the year with number one ranking

Britain’s Jamie Murray and Brazilian Bruno Soares will end the year as the number one doubles team in the world. French pair Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut saw their number one ranking challenge end with defeat at the ATP World Tour Finals on Friday. They lost 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 10-4 to Henri Kontinen and John Peers in their final group match in London. Herbert and Mahut, who failed to reach the semi-finals, trail Murray and Soares by 25 points. Murray and Soares are assured of topping the ATP doubles team…

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Scottish Women’s Cup: Hibernian win final against Glasgow City

ARTICLE SOURCE/REPORT ON BBC SCOTLAND: >> www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37891305 RELATED LINKS: Website: >> www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/ladies Wikipedia: >> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibernian_L.F.C Hibernian completed a cup double by beating Glasgow City on penalties to lift the Scottish Women’s Cup. Having beaten City to win the League Cup in June, Hibs took the lead with Lisa Robertson’s looping header. Hayley Lauder levelled in the second half, with goalkeeper Jenna Fife unable to keep out her curling shot. Neither side could find an extra-time goal and Hibs recovered from Robertson’s opening miss from the spot to prevail 6-5 in…

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New World Number 1 Andy Murray wins Paris Masters

ARTICLE SOURCE/REPORT ON BBC SCOTLAND: >> www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/37888677 RELATED LINKS: ATP TOUR WEBSITE >> www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/paris/352/overview ANDY MURRAY WEBSITE: >> www.andymurray.com Andy Murray celebrated his rise to world number one by beating American John Isner 6-3 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 to win his first Paris Masters title. The victory brought Murray his sixth ATP title of a memorable 2016. The Scot, 29, also added his second Olympic and Wimbledon titles on his way to the top of the rankings. On Monday he was officially confirmed as Britain’s first singles number one since computerised…

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Glasgow City celebrate winning 10 league titles in a row in style

ARTICLE SOURCE: >> www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/37601575 RELATED LINKS: SWPL WEBSITE >> www.womenspremierleague.co.uk/ GLASGOW CITY WEBSITE: >> www.glasgowcityfc.co.uk GLASGOW CITY WIKIPEDIA: >> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_City_F.C. Glasgow City beat Rangers Ladies 5-3 as they celebrated their 10th successive league title in style. Rangers had former Scotland international Rhonda Jones playing her final game before retiring. However, Leanne Ross stole the headlines with her 232nd competitive goal for the champions, becoming the club’s record goal-scorer. Elsewhere, Hibs beat Spartans 5-1, Celtic won 3-0 away to Aberdeen, and Stirling beat Forfar Farmington 1-0. Glasgow City co-founder and club…

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Murray wins 3rd title in a row

ARTICLE SOURCE: >> www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/37816687 RELATED LINKS: ATP TOUR WEBSITE >> www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/vienna/337/overview ANDY MURRAY WEBSITE: >> www.andymurray.com Andy Murray moved one step closer to becoming world number one by beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3 7-6 (8-6) to win the Erste Bank Open in Vienna. The Scot, 29, asserted his dominance in the first set against Frenchman Tsonga in his 78th singles match of the year. But he faced a revived Tsonga in the second, needing a tie-break to win it. The Briton will replace Novak Djokovic as number one by winning next…

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Laura Muir is Scottish athlete of the year for 2016

ARTICLE SOURCE: >> www.bbc.co.uk/sport/scotland/37815568 RELATED LINKS: TWITTER >> twitter.com/lauramuiruns LAURA MUIR WIKIPEDIA: >> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Muir Laura Muir is Scotland’s athlete of the year, making it back-to-back awards for the British 1500m record holder. The 23-year-old won the Diamond League title and finished seventh in the Olympic final. She broke the 12-year-old UK record set by Dame Kelly Holmes in July, then broke it again by more than two seconds in August. Her time of three minutes 55.22 seconds in Paris beat Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon into second place. Muir, a veterinary…

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Euro Cycling Champs: Katie Archibald wins omnium for second title

ARTICLE SOURCE: >> www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/37742452 RELATED LINKS: KATIE ARCHIBALD TWITTER: >> twitter.com/_katiearchibald KATIE ARCHIBALD WIKIPEDIA: >> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Archibald British Olympic champion Katie Archibald won omnium gold at the European Track Championships, her second title in two nights in Paris. Archibald, 22, dominated the event, with Dutch rider Kirsten Wild second and Belgium’s Lotte Kopecky third. That came 24 hours after she won her third consecutive women’s individual pursuit title, having gained silver in Thursday’s elimination race. The Scottish cyclist won gold in the pursuit quartet at the Olympics in Rio. 21/10/16: European…

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Andy Murray wins Shanghai Masters

(Article by BBC Scotland) ARTICLE SOURCE: >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/37670781 RELATED LINKS: www.andymurray.com ATP TOUR WEBSITE: http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/shanghai/5014/overview Britain’s Andy Murray beat Roberto Bautista Agut in straight sets to win the Shanghai Masters and edge closer to Novak Djokovic in the world rankings. The Scot recovered from a stutter in the first set to win 7-6 (7-1) 6-1 against the Spanish world number 19. Bautista Agut beat Djokovic in the semi-finals, but Murray ultimately eased to his sixth title of the year. Murray, 29, is 915 points behind the Serb for 2016, increasing…

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Slovakia 3 – 0 Scotland

BBC REPORT: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37538763 MATCH STATS: http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2018/matches/round=2000717/match=2017743/index.html Scotland slumped to an emphatic defeat to Slovakia in a calamitous 2018 World Cup qualifier that intensifies the pressure on coach Gordon Strachan. The Scots – who drew with Lithuania on Saturday – fell behind when Robert Mak netted moments after the visitors felt Steven Fletcher was fouled in Trnava. Mak sidestepped Russell Martin for the hosts’ second before Adam Nemec rose unchallenged to head their third. Scotland now sit fourth in Group F, three points behind leaders England.

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