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Tommy Haas is determined to produce one of the biggest upsets in Wimbledon history because he knows the chance may never come around again.

Mark McGhee knows he has a job on his hands winning over the Aberdeen squad but the Dons manager is confident everyone at the club will be pulling together in time for the new season.

JIM GANNON suffered the worst possible start to his Motherwell reign as the Steelmen suffered a shock first-leg defeat in the Europa League first qualifying round last night.

After 17 years at Fraserburgh defender Derek Milne has signed a 12-month contract for Deveronvale.

HILTON can move four points clear at the top of Division 2 in the Inverness and District Welfare League if they beat Raigmore Motel at Bught Park tonight.

THE growing number of Scottish exiles plying their trade in England can only be good for the game north of the border.

An astonishing day at Mannofield. Seventeen wickets fell on a pitch which offered hope but no great assistance to the bowlers and somehow Scotland find themselves in a winning position after the first day of the Intercontinental Cup match against Canada.

SCOTLAND’s cricketers have put themselves into a winning position after day one of their Intercontinental Cup match against Canada at Mannofield, with Stoneywood-Dyce’s Jan Stander playing a key role with the ball.

ABERDEENSHIRE’S rise to the top of the SNCL Premier Division is no accident, nor is it an overnight success story, insists captain Matt Hays.

FORFARSHIRE professional Kelby Pickering believes the next fortnight will be the defining stage of his club’s season.

STONEYWOOD-DYCE captain Elton Willemse believes last weekend’s victory at Poloc was long-overdue reward for their efforts this season. He is hoping his side can continue the momentum against SNCL First Division leaders Stirling County at Peoples Park tomorrow.

ARBROATH United are hurting as early-season optimism has evaporated on the back of four SNCL First Division defeats in their last five matches.

THE eagerly-awaited Ashes series between England and Australia starts at Lord’s on Wednesday but an Aussie has already been making his mark in north cricket this season.

BEING spoilt this summer by having a World Twenty20 competition and the last two weeks being filled with Murray mania at Wimbledon, the Ashes series between England and Australia, starting next Wednesday in Cardiff, has somewhat crept up on me.

Paul Lawrie and David Drysdale led the Scottish challenge after the first round of the French Open in Paris yesterday.

Sir Bob Charles’s “Tour of Discovery” of Scotland’s links courses continued at Cruden Bay yesterday but the 73-year-old left-handed winner of the 1963 Open did not play as well as he did at Montrose on Tuesday when he beat his age by two strokes.

JOE WORSLEY has backed his Wasps and England colleague Phil Vickery to recover from a first Test ‘beasting’ when the British and Irish Lions conclude their tour of South Africa tomorrow.

PREMIER Division leaders Fort William have five players out injured for tomorrow's MacAulay Cup quarter-final with Lochaber at An Aird, but welcome back brothers Paul and Chris Bamber.

BRITISH superbike championship leader Leon Camier fears his Airwaves Yamaha team will not have it all its own way at Knockhill this weekend, a circuit which traditionally favours its Honda rivals.

PETER Monteith’s Abragante (8-1) was given a vintage Timmy Murphy ride to lift yesterday’s £14,000 showcase chase at a sun-drenched Perth.

TWO student horse riding champions from Robert Gordon University are gearing up to represent their country as part of Team GB next week.