Today
- Ross County edge out Dunfermline to earn fifth round meeting with Linlithgow Rose or Forfar Athletic
- Celtic could end up playing their fifth round William Hill Scottish Cup tie at either Parkhead or Easter Road
- Tom Rogic set to sign new deal as Celtic fend off Leeds interest
- Arsenal legend Liam Brady says Gunners were always happy for Gedion Zelalem to extend loan deal with Rangers until end of season
- Kenny Miller targets a Scottish Cup run with Rangers this season and praises Martyn Waghorn’s scoring feats
- Motherwell fail to keep hold of Manchester United loanee Liam Grimshaw as Preston move in to sign him
- Hutchie Vale, nursery to the stars, look forward to potential Scottish Cup tie against Celtic
- Start date for "the modern Celtic"... 50 years today since Celtic's first big European win
- Defending champion Andy Murray sets sights on record fifth Queen’s Club win
- Paul Lawrie reaches a silver anniversary on tour
- David Scott, Scottish rugby league's first homegrown senior player of the year
- Hamish Watson, the Edinburgh flanker, is confident his former teammate Roddy Grant will make a successful transition to coaching
- Braehead Clan to set up Hall of Fame
Raffaele De Vita (centre) celebrates his decisive goal
In-fotm Tom Rogic has signed a deal to keep him at Celtic
In Evening Times exclusive Liam Brady tells Chris Jack that Arsenal were always happy to let Gedion Zelalem stay at Rangers
Up for the Cup, Rangers striker Kenny Miller
One that got away... Liam Grimshaw as he will never be seen again
Jason Cummings, the latest player to emerge from football nursey Hutchison Vale who could face Celtic in the fifth round of the Scottish Cup
He’ll never get away with this look at Queen’s club... Andy Murray in training at the Australian Open
Grizzled veteran Paul Lawrie looking the part after 25 years on tour
Davie Scott, the first ever homegrown winner of Scottish rugby league's Dave Valentine Award
Roddy Grant says an emotional recent farewell to Edinburgh supporters but Hamish Watson reckons his former rival for the club's No.7 jersey will make it as a coach
06.05 Radio Scotland sports headlines
Scottish football should introduce strict liability says Falirk director... Ross County to face Linlithgow Rose or Forfar in fifth round of Scottish Cup... Newcastle twice come from behind to draw 3-3 with Manchester United
Radio Five Live sports headlines
Three goals for much improved Man Utd but they are still frustrated as Newcastle twice come from behind to draw... big night for Aston Villa as Remi Gard claims first win as boss... and for West Ham coming from behind at Bournemouth... Middlesborough look set for promotion from Championship after extending lead in Championship as they win and second placed Derby draw... Ross Co move into round five of the Scottish Cup... established England players set to miss out with new coach Eddie Jones understood to have wielded axe... British tennis players Dan Evans and James Wards claims wins in Australian Open qualifiers where play is suspended due to heat.. Mark Selby to meet Ronnie O'Sullivan at snooker's Masters after beating Ricky Walden 6-0
Grandstanding – today’s sports comment
The Rucker offers his view in The National that Gavin Hastings’ son Adam is set for big things, while in The Herald Stuart Bathgate draws some plain-speaking support from PR and marketing guru Viki Mendelssohn in assessing how the SRU’s desire for control could prevent Scottish teams from competing with the English and French. Also in The Herald Neil Cameron contends that today marks the 50th anniversary of the creation of ‘the modern Celtic’ and Doug Gillon gives his venerable verdict on UK Athletics’ anti-doping initiative.
Sporting Twitterati
Nope, this pic is not from Ibrox…
Newcastle United fans unfurl protest banner aimed at Mike Ashley's Sports Direct https://t.co/FxnNAyhlM5
— The Guardian (@guardian) January 12, 2016
Charlton Athletic captain Johnnie Jackson sets an example that may horrify hundreds of footballers around the UK
We are going to reimburse fans who travelled up to support us.I will arrange this with the club + they will let you know how to be refunded
— Johnnie Jackson (@johnnie_jackson) January 12, 2016
My old cricketing team-mate David ‘Bones’ Kuhlwilm sends this international message as he revels in the prospect of getting a rare glimpse of his beloved Stirling Albion as a result of their draw with the Scottish Cup holders last Saturday
Not often I get to watch the Binos live from Oslo. https://t.co/RnNkK7Jpcj
— David Kulli (@Kullibino) January 12, 2016
Charlton Athletic captain Johnnie Jackson sets an example that may horrify hundreds of footballers around the UK
Interesting times down south ahead of the Six Nations opener at Murrayfield as new England coach Eddie Jones makes his mark if TV commentator Alastair Eykyn is to be believed
Some v disappointed, seasoned England internationals kicking the cat this evening by all accounts #eps #newbroom
— Alastair Eykyn (@alastaireykyn) January 12, 2016
Today’s top message
After listening to Heimir Hallgrimsson, Iceland's assistant manager, explaining to last month's SFA convention how his country with a population that is pretty much the equivalent of that of the Kingdom of Fife, spread over a vast area, had qualified for this summer's European Championships, Gordon Strachan, the Scotland manager, seized upon one of his key messages about the way in which youngsters are encouraged to play multi-sports.
The Scotland manager clearly understands the value in terms of skill development and the impression was that he also realised the dangers for youngster, in what is a highly competitive global game, of placing all their eggs in any one basket.
On which note, at the risk of using a very dodgy pun, the example set by Davie Scott, a lad who has proved himself to be as brave as a lion and who won representative honours in rugby union but was reckoned unlikely to be big enough to make it in that sport, serves as further evidence of the benefits of keeping options open.
Perhaps it is not as fundamentally different a choice as Andy Murray had when choosing to stick with racquet sports rather than take the chance of pursuing a football career, but by developing an interest in and then a passion for rugby league the then teenager from Stirling gave himself an alternative if union did not work out. As it happened - and this may not be the case for everyone, but is understandable given the constantly nature of his sport as compared with its stop-start 15-a-side counterpart - he much preferred rugby league as he told me when I first interviewed him ahead of the 2013 World Cup, a campaign in which he earned himself a place in the starting 13 for Scotland's surprise appearance in the quarter-final against mighty New Zealand.
He has gone from strength to strength since as demonstrated by his selection this week as the first ever homegrown winner of Rugby League Scotland's prestigious Dave Valentine Award, as the senior international team's player of the season.
His opportunity may have come from a mere change of code but there are thousands of sports daft youngsters all over Scotland who have the talent to play something other than football who have never had the chance to try the sport at which they might excel.
Gordon Strachan seems to understand that and the hope is that others are beginning to catch on.
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