Bill Lothian

Scotland’s cricketers will go into Sunday’s cricket world league division two match, with UAE in Dundee, secure in the knowledge that they have reached the qualification stage for the next ODI world cup. The World Cup is due to be held in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia in late 2027. Qualification came with a nine […]

Cricket Scotland and the Royal Dutch Cricket Association are leading criticism of the International Cricket Council’s decision to change the format of the men’s 50-over World Cup qualification pathway and tournament format with less than 18 months until the competition begins in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. The two organisations say that if implemented, the […]

Willowbrae, with a team comprising Gino di Ponio, Kris Fraser and Matthew Craig, won the William Purves Funeral Directors sponsored invitation triples held annually at the Whitehouse and Grange bowling club, Hope Terrace. They are pictured receiving their trophy from the company’s Tim Purves. Runners-up were Broxburn while the hosts and Liberton took the semi-final […]

Roller derby club Edinburgh Auld Reekies are extending an invitation to Fringe visitors to experience the sport with an intra-club game organised for Meadowbank Stadium on Saturday, 22 August.

St Serfs tennis club, Goldenacre, held a day of wide ranging festivities to mark their centenary. On court the occasion embraced junior activities, wooden racquet matches and an exhibition involving Jed Alexander and Alex Lalos who helped the St Serf’s men’s first team win VMH Solicitors East Division One this season, against Thistle pair Reuben […]

Tributes have been paid to Stewart Robertson, a stalwart of Watsonian rugby and cricket who has died four days shy of his 86th birthday. In a statement the rugby club noted Stewart had given “35 years of stellar service to life at Myreside” adding: “anyone who has been a member of the club at any […]

Edinburgh’s Jacob Fearnley is straight back into competitive tennis action tonight at the Quebec Challenger event. Fresh from defeating USA’s Mackenzie McDonald 6-4, 7-5 Jacob now plays Canadian Alexis Galarneau (world no 185) whom he overcame in the recent semi-final of the Newport Rhode Island event, a tournament the Scot went on to win.This time […]

Waverley Lawn Tennis, Squash and Sports Club will this weekend name their clubhouse lounge in memory of former Hon President, Jasper Carmichael who died last year, aged 95. A ceremony at the Suffolk Road courts is expected to attract dozens of friends and well wishers to attend. Club president David Ferguson paid tribute, saying: “Jasper […]

Jacob Fearnley is back in the world's top 100 tennis players for the first time since May after reaching the quarter final of the Quebec Challenger tournament with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Canadian, Alexis Galarneau.

Lismore rugby club will be celebrating a 125th anniversary this season with a milestone dinner on 3 October at Surgeon’s Hall. Guest speakers will be former Scotland and Lions prop Iain “the Bear” Milne and Lee Cockburn, a pioneer of the women’s game who turned out in Scotland’s inaugural women’s international against Ireland in 1993. […]