Category: Scottish Sport

(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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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