Sporting News

Jenson Button shrugged off the controversy surrounding the new McLaren as Formula One yesterday hit the track running in typically contentious style.

EUROPEAN champion Dwain Chambers insisted he was taking nothing for granted after taking a first step towards the world indoor 60 metres title in Doha.

EUROPEAN champion Dwain Chambers insisted he was taking nothing for granted after taking a first step towards the world indoor 60 metres title in Doha.

ABERDONIAN Jen McIntosh is targeting a place in Scotland’s Commonwealth Games squad after her double gold medal success in the national team’s recent trip to Delhi for the Commonwealth Shooting Federation championships.

AFTER beating Canada 4-2 in the morning, Scotland’s Ally Fraser led his team to an eighth successive victory last night at the world junior curling championships in Flims, Switzerland.

North cross-country champion Ben Livesey (Forres Harriers) is aiming to beat his personal best time when he competes against 1,400 rivals in Sunday’s Inverness half marathon.

BON Accord MBC and Granite City Wanderers meet in a derby game in women’s hockey’s National League Division 2 on Saturday.

JOHN Higgins will begin the defence of his world snooker championship title against Barry Hawkins.

JENSON Button and Lewis Hamilton acted like two giddy schoolboys on a day when the new term started in Formula One.

ROBERT Gordon’s College has successfully retained the girls’ North District cups at junior and senior level after claiming all the places in the finals of this year’s competitions.

Graeme Dott was more nervous at having to qualify for the world championship than when he won his first Crucible Theatre crown.

The contrasting fortunes for Scotland’s teams at the world junior championships continued yesterday, with the men all but guaranteeing themselves a place in the medal games and the women going down to their sixth loss.