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Football law has made sectarianism worse claims criminologist

BANNING “offensive” chanting at football matches has made the problem of sectarianism worse, according to a Scots criminologist. Dr Stuart Waiton says the 2011 law...

Scot selling wooden skis at £750 a pair

AN enterprising Scot is making wooden skis that sell for £750 a pair.       Jamie Kunka - the first Scottish ski maker for over 30 years...

Scots curling bosses ban new brooms days before championship

THE Scottish-governed sport of curling is facing “broomageddon” following a total ban on hi-tech brushes. The brooms have outraged many curlers because they use high-tech,...

World curling federation bans controversial “Frankenbrooms”

THE WORLD Curling Federation, based in Perth, has banned controversial “Frankenbrooms” from this year’s Pacific-Asia Championship. The 2015 Championship kicked off on Sunday in Almaty,...

Loch swimming explodes in popularity

AFTER a third successful year playing host to Scotland’s largest open water swimming event, the Great Scottish Swim, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National...

Glasgow Uni discovers earliest images of tennis

TENNIS archivists in the Glasgow University’s Special Collections library have uncovered what they believe to be the earliest images of a game of tennis. They were...

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