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Dwain Chambers wins 100m Olympic gold Having scraped into the final, Chambers is out in lane 1. Usain Bolt in lane 5 runs so fast that he disappears into thin air after 40 metres – the trail of flames left by his feet engulfing Tyson Gay and Yo...

Wed 09 May 2012 by Sean Gibson | Read more »

Judy Murray: Andy will be ready to shine at Olympics this summer »

Judy Murray in action at Dunbar Tennis Club

Her son is arguably the greatest tennis player Britain has ever produced and now thanks to Judy Murray, the women in British tennis are making a name for themselves. After impressive victories over Portugal, Holland, Israel, and Austria in the Federat...

Thu 15 Mar 2012 by Martin Owens | Read more »

Class Act »

Andy Murray

On Sunday 7 September 2008, Andy Murray lost in straight sets to Roger Federer in the US Open Final. At 21, Murray looked destined for a glittering career, laden with Grand Slam titles. He had beaten Rafael Nadal in that year’s semi-final and it ...

Wed 01 Feb 2012 by Jamie Timson | Read more »

Djokovic denies Murray Down Under »

If Andy Murray's credentials as a Scotsman were ever in doubt, he certainly proved them during his heartbreaking Australian Open semi-final defeat to Novak Djokovic last week. Finding the hardest way to do something, getting so close you can taste it ...

Sun 29 Jan 2012 by Stuart Findlay | Read more »

Mr Lendl could hold the key to a maiden slam victory for student Andy »

As the first major event of the tennis calendar kicks off today, Scotland is yet again daring to dream that we may be on the verge of saluting our first ever Grand Slam singles champion. The country has been here before. But as the first big event of ...

Sun 15 Jan 2012 by Stuart Findlay | Read more »

Murray-mania »

Andy Murray

Until Andy Murray ends Britain’s 75-year wait for a male grand slam singles champion then inevitably he will be seen as an underachiever. Considering the strength of the era that Murray belongs to, it is not a very fair assessment. With every p...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Stuart Findlay | Read more »

Sport Shorts »

Gary Speed dies Wales football manager Gary Speed was found hanged at his home in Huntington, Chester on the morning of Sunday 27 November, having apparently committed suicide. Speed had a long, distinguished playing career, winning the league title ...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Sean Gibson | Read more »

Davis Cup tennis returns to Glasgow again »

Scottish tennis fans will have another chance to see world class matches in Glasgow after the Lawn Tennis Association awarded a third consecutive Davis Cup tie to the city. Great Britain’s Euro/Africa Zone Group I tie with Slovakia will take plac...

Wed 02 Nov 2011 by Stuart Findlay | Read more »

Scots tennis stars run riot in front of Glasgow crowd »

Andy Murray was the star attraction

Great Britain's Davis Cup team last month secured promotion to the second tier of the tournament after an emphatic 5-0 defeat of Hungary in front of a boisterous Glasgow crowd. The city has given itself every chance of becoming a regular host of Davis...

Wed 05 Oct 2011 by Stuart Findlay | Read more »

Scots on track for Davis Cup showdown »

Andy Murray

Scottish tennis ace Jamie Baker could have the chance to be a hometown hero this weekend as the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas rolls into Glasgow for the second time this year. Great Britain will meet Hungary in the Europe/Africa zone Group II third round p...

Tue 13 Sep 2011 by Stuart Findlay | Read more »

Sport Shorts »

Scottish and FA cup finals decided On a feisty weekend for football, Manchester City and Stoke booked their places in the FA cup final. While north of the border, perennial finalists Celtic will meet a Motherwell side taking part in their first Scotti...

Wed 20 Apr 2011 by Jamie Timson | Read more »

Sport Shorts »

Gunners gunned down at Murrayfield As their Scottish counterparts Glasgow complete an historic European away victory over the weekend, Edinburgh stumble to another Heineken Cup defeat against Cardiff at Murrayfield. Five defeats out of six games make ...

Wed 26 Jan 2011 by Jamie Timson, Sean Gibson | Read more »

Davis Cup »

The recent defeat suffered by the British Davis Cup squad at the hands of that well-known tennis powerhouse, Lithuania, has rightly elicited no small amount of wonder on the part of a British sporting public. It has come to expect very little of the na...

Wed 17 Mar 2010 by Liam McCabe | Read more »

Disappointment as Murray misses home tie »

A decision to withdraw from the Davis Cup by Andy Murray has naturally led to great disappointment all over the country. However, this is nowhere more so than in Glasgow, where the tournament is due to be held for the second time. A decision made by t...

Mon 09 Mar 2009 by Camilla Conrath | Read more »

Supporting Heroes »

Andy Murray

Andy Murray has made my life an awful lot easier. In a typical year at Tennis Scotland we spend eleven months frantically soliciting positive media coverage for our sport. This normally involves fighting a losing battle against the wall-to-wall reporti...

Fri 19 Sep 2008 by David Marshall | Read more »

Murray defeated, but at the doorstep of greatness »

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Wed 17 Sep 2008 by Paris Gourtsoyannis | Read more »

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