David McArdle

Earthquake shakes homes on west coast of Scotland A tremor with a magnitude of 2.9 on the Richter scale was recorded in Kinloch, Lochaber.

Lochaber no more.
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Big Bash League collision: Sydney Thunder say Cameron Bancroft and Daniel Sams both 'conscious and talking' Cameron Bancroft and Daniel Sams are both

They could have used this as a chance to talk about concussion risks than ball-tampering, but no. www.bbc.com/sport/cricke...

Rangers 3-0 Celtic: Ibrox club condemn incident in which Engels hit by coin Rangers condemn

Beat Rangers performance since the old Queen died and some Muppet has to spoil it www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

Sounds like one of Othello's fantasies.

Nuthatch in the garden. Mansfield losing. Marvelous.

You too James. it's good to not lose sight of the smaller stuff.

Israeli bowlers banned from World Indoor Championships Israeli players are banned from competing in next month's World Indoor Bowls Championships.

This won't go away quietly - www.bbc.com/sport/bowls/...

Taking up weightlifting, which I'd always fancied.

WEST BARS KFC REJOICES AS BOB NEWTON RETURNS.

Chop its horns off. Wipe its arse. Serve it.

If Lavrov is saying it, you can be sure it's true.

Day made...

Parenting, but in the manner of George Michael.

It's a mystery.

We are pleased to announce the documentary on Icelandic cricket will be launched by TRT World at 20:50 (GMT) on 1st January 2025. If you don't have that channel, you can watch it live on their YT channel. Huge thanks to Robin Adams for all his work bringing this project to life.

Max Purcell: Wimbledon men's doubles champion provisionally suspended after anti-doping breach Two-time doubles Grand Slam champion Max Purcell takes voluntary suspension after admitting anti-doping breach.

He fessed up and was then able to control the narrative, unlike certain others. www.bbc.com/sport/tennis...

So farewell then, Doris Stokes

I'm not a boxing fan but this fella Fury seems a bit of a mard-arse.

Good shout! To be fair they don't seem short of volunteers but I will if ever they put out a call.

England 1966 World Cup squad member George Eastham dies at 88 George Eastham, a member of England's 1966 World Cup-winning squad, dies aged 88.

Leddy, Kingaby, Eastham. These three... www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

Always jealous of folk doing parkrun, but my knees would scream at me if I joined them. I'll stay in the warmth and do spin...

Come, all ye faithful.

Arkel v Pressdram, but as a Victorian-era clipping.

Can anyone recall the last day when there wasn't a major world event?

A PhD position in the Sociology of Sport is available at Nord Universitet, Bodo, Norway, Deadline 30/01/2025.
All details can be found via the ISSA website www.issa1965.org/news/

Does this arise if the damages awarded are less than the other side had previously offered? Or is there more to it?

I love the festive smells of Glasgow in the run-up to Christmas.

Who knew you could make a cannabis factory smell festive?

World Athletics offers support to 25 athletes after social media abuse study World Athletics will offer 25 athletes AI protection on some social media platforms after they were identified as highly targeted for abuse.

Oh brave new world, which has such assholes in it - www.bbc.com/sport/olympi...

Excellent. Do you need somebody to sample it?

Prince Andrew will not attend royal pre-Christmas lunch It comes after Chinese businessman Yang Tengbo, who had links to the prince, was barred from the UK on grounds of national security.

That's nice, he's offered to look after the kids.
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