With the final whistle minutes away, Scotland were within touching distance of the Rugby Union World Cup semi-final, the only northern hemisphere team still in contention. But in those last two agnonising minutes Australia scored a controversial penalty to take the semifinal place. Scotland played like heroes and silenced those that had…
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Glasgow 2014 can be the best ever Commonwealth Games
by Lord McConnell • • 4 Comments
In just 196 days, the 20th Commonwealth Games will kick off in Glasgow, the first time the city has hosted the second largest multi-sport event in the world. 12 years on from the original ‘we can do this’ moment in Manchester, 4500 sportsmen and women from 70 teams will compete in front of over 1…
