Sport

Glasgow to host UCI Juniors Track World Championships cycling event

Track cycling event at Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome features group rides and races for young visitors

Remember the Olympics last year? Remember how even the hardiest sport skeptics were swept along in a wave of communal feeling as the 10 days of the Games unfolded? Remember how track cycling became the surprise hit of the London 2012 televised…

Hot 100 2012: 10-2

John Tiffany, Andy Murray and Luke Fowler among Scotland's hottest cultural contributors in 2012

The Hot 100 is our list of Scotland’s 100 hottest individuals and groups who’ve made a splash this year, from comic book writers to comedians, artists to actors. If they've contributed to Scotland's cultural landscape in 2012, you'll find them here.

Hot 100 2012: Team GB

A roll call of the Scottish Olympians who helped Britain's Olympic squad to victory

There’s no denying that 2012 was the Year of British Sport (2013 looks set to be the Year of the Lie-Down before it all kicks off again for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow). And yes, yes, the Olympic squad might technically be called Team GB…

Hot 100 2012: Not 100

They’re not hot, and there are only five of them - our pick of those who’ve not had such a good year

Donald Trump The Obama ‘birther’ conspiracist and owner of the only ego visible from space isn’t technically Scottish, but his anti-wind farm stance and opposition to a BBC screening of Anthony Baxter’s documentary You’ve Been Trumped mean he’s…

Behind the scenes at NVA's Speed of Light

Account of walking participation in Edinburgh International Festival event

It’s been described as looking like the movie Tron, a human work of art and a sci-fi sports endeavour, against the most famous silhouette Edinburgh has to offer. Rhona Taylor takes to the hills, and investigates what NVA’s much-talked-about Speed of…

Save up for some summer sporting action

2012 Olympics, Wimbledon and F1 at Silverstone on the calendar

It’s shaping up to be a great summer, with London taking centre stage as the Olympics come to town. And as the eyes of the world are focused on the UK, this could be the year that re-energises our attitudes to sport and helps spectators make the…

The best golf courses in Edinburgh

Edinburgh and East Lothian courses include Musselburgh Links, Turnhouse, Gullane and Muirfield

The game of golf got its first written mention in 1457, when King James II was so worried that his subjects were busy playing golf rather than practicing their archery that he issued an act of parliament, banning the game, with severe penalties for all…

Sports, activities and exercise in Edinburgh

Wide range of public sports and leisure centres in Scottish capital

The people of Edinburgh are an active bunch, and the city has an enviable range of public sports and leisure centres that don’t cost the earth to use. The good news is that most of the facilities run by Edinburgh Leisure offer one-off classes and…

The best places to go horse riding near Edinburgh

Plenty of choice for places to explore the area on horseback

Whether you’re an experienced rider or a complete novice, there’s plenty of choice in and around the city for saddling up and exploring the local area on horseback For sightseeing with a difference, try trekking at Tower Farm Riding Stables in…

Mark Beaumont to give talk at Edinburgh Book Festival

Enduring the elements on two wheels and two feet

It’s been an incredible year for Mark Beaumont. Nine months cycling and mountaineering, solo, down the backbone of America were followed by three months of back-to-back public appearances. But before writing his second book – the first covers his…

Five sport shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2010

From football and tennis to rugby and the Olympics, these shows go for the win.

Edinburgh Festival of Sport

It’s a sad but true fact that the closest many parents come to sporting activity is dropping their kids off at the swimming pool or standing at the touchline on a Saturday morning. Which is why Edinburgh’s Active Schools campaign has just launched its…

How to get fit through jogging, swimming, skateboarding, frisbee and tennis

Hey you! Lazybones! It’s warm outside, which means there’s no excuse for your sofa addiction anymore. Niki Boyle has the best suggestions for getting sporty through spring and summer...

The Blind Side

(12A) 128min If movies could be made out of human foreskins, Kentucky Fried Chickenbuckets and American Football sponsorship deals, The Blind Side is the film the Republican Party would make to fund their next attempt to hang some chads. Based on…

Homeless World Cup Charity 5-a-side Tournament

A charity footie tournament for teams of 5–7 players in aid of The Homeless World Cup Foundation (the cup takes place in Milan this year). Email: info@powerleague.co.uk or call 0141 847 5565 to enter. Powerleague, Kennedy Street, Glasgow, Sun 19 Jul.

In a League of Their Own - the best sports movies ever

The release this month of controversial documentary Tyson and Michael Sheen football drama The Damned Utd reminded us just how unreliable the sports movie can be. So here, in no particular order, are some gold medal contenders and some first round exits

Own Goal - the worst sports movies ever

Legolas the boxer? Sexing up carpet bowls? You’ve got to be kidding. Herein lie some of the worst sports movies ever.

International Scottish Student Festival

A student party with a bit of a twist. This day long festival has been specially put together to celebrate the diversity of international students coming to Scotland. Crammed into the programme of events are various musical workshops (pictured)…

The Wrestler

DRAMA/SPORT ‘What happened, did the price of tights go up?’ a sneering store-manager taunts Randy ‘The Ram’ Robinson (Mickey Rourke) when the impoverished wrestling star comes looking for work. Fighting a losing battle with his own finances, Randy…

Fighters •••• & Real Money •••

SPORT/BOX SET Ron Peck’s 1991 documentary on boxing is a romantic, idealised, even sentimental portrayal of a sport often denounced as brutal and barbaric. Die-hard lovers of boisterous fight night atmosphere may be baffled: any action in the ring…

Air apparent

I am so stupid. I’m shuffling forward on a bench in a King Air plane above Hollister, California. Only now, at 15,000 feet, after a quarter of an hour of shivery anticipation, and a mere stride from an open door to the sky, do I realise the implications…

Kickboxing

It’s nothing to do with overdosing on Buffy the Vampire Slayer re-runs, kickboxing is meant to be a great work out. ‘And let’s face it, would you rather I vent my frustrations at you or focus them onto a well padded target?’ I ask my rather frightened…