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Football is being transformed by the sums of money on display, writes Stuart Cosgrove

Stuart Cosgrove: Scottish football’s fight for relevance in the era of big finance

England fans celebrate in the stands after the 150th Anniversary Heritage international friendly match at Hampden Park

COMMENT I'm a Scottish author – people threatened to shred my books in national anthem row

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Hundreds of busses are parked outside Hampden Park as fans begin to flock to the stadium

comment Stuart Cosgrove: A win for football fans and some royal secrecy

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Keira Walsh walks by the Women's World Cup trophy following England's loss in the final to Spain

COMMENT Stuart Cosgrove: Media meltdown over Lionesses is done as the caravan moves on

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A fan watches on during the UCI Cycling World Championships

COMMENT Championships set high bar for us to make Scotland a cycling nation

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It is to the detriment of all female athletes that a moral panic has been used to conceal the real barriers women face in accessing sport.

COMMENT Steph Paton: Trans panic in sport hides the real barriers that women face

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Pitch – conceptualised by Nell Bailey and Ellie Roser – is an exploration of the relationship between football and the queer community

Comment Why we brought our play about football and queerness to Edinburgh

Scottish curling legend Rhona Martin

COMMENT How can a proud curling nation be slipping towards a future without ice rinks?

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comment Fans and players deserve a Hampden fit for purpose and pride

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Clyde against Celtic Colts – but will that latter team soon be bumping others down a tier?

COMMMENT Stuart Cosgrove: The 'colt teams' row is a symptom of Scottish football’s avarice

'Greyhound racing is and always has been a high-risk and gambling-led sport,' Green MSP Mark Ruskell argues

COMMENT If Scotland truly is a nation of dog lovers, it must end greyhound racing

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Scotland's Andrew Robertson celebrates following the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying group A match at Hampden Park against Spain

Scotland's full-backs got their revenge with historic Spain victory

VAR checks a tackle in a match between Rangers and St Johnstone

COMMENT Stuart Cosgrove: VAR and Scottish football are a match made in hell – but we’re safe

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Andrew Robertson is having a mixed season

COMMENT It's hard to be optimistic with Steve Clarke's flanks faltering

Muhammad Ali gets a traditional welcome as he steps down on Scottish soil

COMMENT When Ali came to Scotland: How The Greatest ended up in Paisley

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A fan reacts while watching the Fifa World Cup match between Netherlands and the USA

COMMENT Stuart Cosgrove: Cosying up to England's World Cup team is no Unionist plot

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David Baddiel apologised for

COMMENT Stuart Cosgrove: David Baddiel's apology was sincere but was it offered too late?

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More people are waking up to the reality of why Qatar was awarded this World Cup

COMMENT Stuart Cosgrove: Qatar World Cup is a manifestation of a venal governing body

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St Johnstone’s Fair City Unity ultras have been co-ordinating a Christmas collection

comment Stuart Cosgrove: Football fans across Scotland are taking the initiative on poverty

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Andrew Watson (centre) with his Scotland team-mates

COMMENT Who is Andrew Watson? Google Doodle celebrates life of influential Scottish footballer

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Mark Lawrenson left the BBC with a full-on howl, resentful at almost everything that the BBC has done to modernise

COMMENT Can anyone leave the BBC without slapping back at the corporation?

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The introduction of VAR is unlikely to end the furious debate over refereeing in Scotland

COMMENT Stuart Cosgrove: VAR in SPFL madhouse will usher in a new kind of deranged argument

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Campaigners say football fans are being fleeced out of too much money for a match ticket

comment Cost-of-living leaves football fans behind as match tickets become unaffordable

An independent report found 448 instances of institutional racism within Scottish Cricket

COMMENT For cricket lovers of colour, there is little surprise in this damning report

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Tiger Woods says he fell in love with The Old Course in 1995

comment Any pro will tell you, The Old Course at St Andrews is 'like nowhere else'

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Beauly and Kilmallie are among the areas to host a shinty side

COMMENT Hugh Dan MacLennan: Shinty must strive for skill and spectacle to flourish

Scotland manager Steve Clarke should look to Shaun Rooney

comment Country, club and community: How football serves them all

Jake Daniels is only the second current professional male footballer to be openly gay

comment Player’s bravery should lead to football’s Gay Lives Matter moment

Liverpool fans booed God Save the Queen at Wembley

comment UK national anthem represents the union falling apart before our eyes

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Eilidh Barbour said she had 'never felt so unwelcome in the industry' as at the recent Scottish Football Writers’ dinner

comment Stuart Cosgrove: Is Scottish football the last bastion of misogyny in journalism?

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Eilidh Barbour (left) walked out of the Scottish Football Writers’ Awards

COMMENT Kevin McKenna: Sports journalism is going to change – and women will play massive part

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Scotland women's rugby team

COMMENT Maureen McGonigle: A refreshing plan to build trust and pull down barriers

Portrait of Maureen McGonigle, founder of Scottish Women in Sport. Photograph by Colin Mearns.

Comment Maureen McGonigle: We must stop the brain drain out of women’s sport

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Singer Eddi Reader's grandmother was the captain of the Rutherglen Ladies

comment The inspirational women's football team who would put today's players to shame

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Maureen McGonigle: Here’s hoping more organisations take a tough stand on abuse

COMMENT Maureen McGonigle: Here’s hoping more organisations take a tough stand on abuse

Kamila Valieva falls during the Women's Single Skating - Free Skating on day eleven of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games

Russian iceskater Kamila Valieva was let down by everyone around her

Rhona Martin made history in Salt Lake City

COMMENT Our quirky sport could see Scots dancing to tune of the future

Kamila Valieva is being allowed to compete in the Olympics despite failing a drug test, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport citing her status as a 'protected person'

comment Shona Craven: Olympic ruling sends a harmful message about young athletes

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The first Commonwealth Esports Championships is taking place this year in Birmingham

comment How new technologies can be a good thing for the future of sport

There will be rapists in Scottish football until the culture changes

The Long Read Alistair Heather: There will be rapists in Scottish football until the culture changes

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Footballers David Goodwillie (left), and Mason Greenwood

comment This is the lesson football clubs must take from the David Goodwillie furore

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Maureen Mcgonigle says big hopes have been pinned on Team Muirhead

COMMENT This year's Winter Olympics is a golden opportunity for Scotland's curling team

Only a small core of anti-vax, ‘freedom loving’ and ‘wellness’ cranks have held out from getting the vaccine

COMMENT Letter from Melbourne: Enduring the Novax nonsense at the Australian Open

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Tennis champ Novak Djokovic tweeted out a photo of himself on the courts yesterday after his spell in a detention hotel

comment Shona Craven: Does vaccine sceptic Novak Djokovic deserve a grand slamming?

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Maureen McGonigle founded Scottish Women in Sport

COMMENT 'Progress' was a real step backwards for women's team

Olympic gold medal-winner Kathleen Dawson

comment Why we recognise the fantastic efforts of Scotland's women in sport

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Stuart Cosgrove: Scotland’s triumph was cathartic but we must ask why it took so long

COMMENT Stuart Cosgrove: Scotland’s triumph was cathartic but we must ask why it took so long

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Pakistan duly won a good-natured game and the Scotland team will benefit greatly

Comment This one key move would spur more sporting glory for Scots

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Big names among those in running for Scottish Women in Sport awards

Big names among those in running for Scottish Women in Sport awards

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We’re still a way off from gender balanced leadership in sport

COMMENT We’re still a way off from gender balanced leadership in sport

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What better role models for daughters than their mums?

COMMENT What better role models for daughters than their mums?

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Portrait of Maureen McGonigle, founder of Scottish Women in Sport. .. Photograph by Colin Mearns.27 May 2015.For The National.

COMMENT Maureen McGonigle: Get your nominations in for our women in sport awards

Former Sky Sports presenter Charlie Webster

comment The case of runners abused by their coach shows a need for a duty of care

Kim Little has been called the world's greatest talent in women's football

comment Stuart Cosgrove: The Scot who may be the best female footballer in the world

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