http://www.heraldscotland.com/sportScottish Sports News | Herald ScotlandenCopyright 2012 Herald & Times Group all rights reservedSat, 26 May 2012 23:35:02 PDTCopyright 2012 Herald & Times Group all rights reservednoScottish Sports News | Herald Scotlandhttp://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/cricket/surefire-strauss.17705030http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/cricket/surefire-strauss.17705030Laconic, under-stated, well judged: England captain Andrew Strauss bats rather like he talks.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/tennis/paris-match.17702315http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/tennis/paris-match.17702315Andy Murray doesn't speak much French and 12 months ago he got lost on the Metro but with each passing year, he says is learning to like Paris.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/other-sports/gymnastics-glorious-gold.17704935http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/other-sports/gymnastics-glorious-gold.17704935SCOT Dan Purvis helped Great Britain men to their first major tournament gold when they won the team event with an outstanding performance at the European Championship in Montpellier, France.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/rugby/players-on-a-mission-to-rescue-robinson.17701727http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/rugby/players-on-a-mission-to-rescue-robinson.17701727In the days before post-colonial sensibilities kicked in, a rugby trip to the Pacific islands would typically be painted as some sort of missionary venture, so there is a kind of nostalgic sub-text to Scotland's current tour to Australia, Fiji and Samoa.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/irate-els-feeling-the-heat.17705016http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/irate-els-feeling-the-heat.17705016It was a day of carnage and criticism.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/ready-reckoning.17705040http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/ready-reckoning.17705040What will the legacy of Duff & Phelps be?http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/cricket/haq-keen-to-repeat-famous-win.17699226http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/cricket/haq-keen-to-repeat-famous-win.17699226SCOTLAND'S cricketers will today attempt to end a sequence of six defeats at the home of old rivals Durham.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/other-sports/swimming-trials-and-errors.17691788http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/other-sports/swimming-trials-and-errors.17691788Michael Jamieson has experienced how the tide can turn in the London Aquatics Centre and is hoping the Olympic venue will inspire him to a lifetime best this summer.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/tennis/rivals-face-hard-task-to-halt-nadal.17704805http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/tennis/rivals-face-hard-task-to-halt-nadal.17704805Novak Djokovic thinks Rafael Nadal is the favourite; Roger Federer says it is crazy to talk about anyone else being favourite and puts himself behind the top two in the pecking order.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/rugby/aviva-premiership-final-reputations-restored.17704950http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/rugby/aviva-premiership-final-reputations-restored.17704950Harlequins were crowned champions of England for the first time by defeating Leicester in a thrilling Twickenham final – three years after Bloodgate wrecked the club's reputation.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/lessons-for-euro-zone.17705004http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/lessons-for-euro-zone.17705004A combination of the heat and an excellent Swedish team gave Scotland the tough workout coach Anna Signeul wanted ahead of next month's Euro 2013 qualifiers.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/cricket/saltire-star-macleod-leaves-greenock-in-ton-of-trouble.17710680http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/cricket/saltire-star-macleod-leaves-greenock-in-ton-of-trouble.17710680SALTIRES star Calum MacLeod warmed up for today's CB40 action with a sparkling century as Uddingston crushed Greenock in the sunshine at Bothwell Castle Policies.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/other-sports/racing-fortune-hunter.17695407http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/other-sports/racing-fortune-hunter.17695407Bonfire is by Jimmy Fortune's own admission a "Jack the lad" but he could also be the horse that takes the Irishman to the biggest high of his career just two years after one of his biggest lows.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/tennis/serena-back-in-love.17704824http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/tennis/serena-back-in-love.17704824Listen to most experts who are milling around Roland Garros as to who might lift the women's title this year and you might come away feeling rather confused.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/moment-to-remember.17681010http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/moment-to-remember.17681010LIKE Ronny Rosenthal and Peter van Vossen before him, Chris Iwelumo knows he will always be defined by a footballing malfunction.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/rugby/leinster-to-crush-williams-fairy-tale.17704810http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/rugby/leinster-to-crush-williams-fairy-tale.17704810It used to be said that a domestic/European double was beyond the reach and the resources of any Celtic side, but Leinster have developed a knack for doing the impossible in recent seasons.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/other-sports/haining-back-in-the-running.17702374http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/other-sports/haining-back-in-the-running.17702374Four years ago, Hayley Haining didn't know if she was coming or going.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/less-really-can-mean-more.17704820http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/less-really-can-mean-more.17704820Alan Greenspan spent 19 years as chairman of the United States Federal Reserve and, for much of it, folks spent time trying to divine hidden meanings in his words and body language.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/other-sports/f1-blast-from-the-past.17704915http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/other-sports/f1-blast-from-the-past.17704915It has long been easier to admire Michael Schumacher than actually like the fellow, but the stew of emotions among F1 aficionados may never have been more complex than in the wake of his qualifying performance around the streets of Monte Carlo yesterday.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/i-refuse-to-believe-major-players-evaded-paying-millions-in-tax.17704904http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/i-refuse-to-believe-major-players-evaded-paying-millions-in-tax.17704904I want to address the revelation in Wednesday night's BBC Panorama programme that I was one of the people to receive money at Rangers through an employee benefit trust (EBT).http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/other-sports/ennis-on-course-for-record.17705008http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/other-sports/ennis-on-course-for-record.17705008Jessica Ennis has Denise Lewis's 12-year-old British record in her sights after a brilliant end to the opening day of the heptathlon at the Hypo Meeting in Gotzis, Austria.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/other-sports/shinty-premier-teams-wary-of-cup-upsets.17698758http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/other-sports/shinty-premier-teams-wary-of-cup-upsets.17698758The Scottish Hydro Camanachd Cup gets serious on Saturday with the arrival of the Premier League teams in the second round.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/opinion/ah-the-old-footie-album-its-a-habit-thats-sure-to-stick.17686684http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/opinion/ah-the-old-footie-album-its-a-habit-thats-sure-to-stick.17686684THE boy has his first Panini football sticker album.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/opinion/the-tenner-bet.17701826http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/opinion/the-tenner-bet.17701826Perception can have a funny effect on how one picks out a bet, even when it shouldn't (note last week's Tenner Bet for evidence to the contrary).http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/booth-update.17702514http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/booth-update.17702514Carly Booth set her sights on a third victory of the season after rounds of 67 and 71 put her into joint second place at the halfway stage of the UniCredit German Ladies' at Hausern Golf Club near Munich.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/missed-cut-set-to-topple-mcilroy.17702529http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/missed-cut-set-to-topple-mcilroy.17702529There was one consolation for Rory McIlroy as he trudged off the West course at Wentworth last night after a thoroughly dispiriting second round at the BMW PGA Championship.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/tennis/murrays-determined-to-have-a-grand-slam.17702478http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/tennis/murrays-determined-to-have-a-grand-slam.17702478When it comes to grand slam events, and especially when it comes to winning them, experience is invaluable.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/rugby/familiar-foe-stands-between-leinster-and-historic-double.17702150http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/rugby/familiar-foe-stands-between-leinster-and-historic-double.17702150Leinster, a team so long defined by failure, are odds-on favourites to beat Ospreys in the RaboDirect PRO12 Grand Final at their Royal Dublin Showground home tomorrow, a result that would clinch an unprecedented Celtic/European double and cement their reputation as the greatest club side of the modern era.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/can-underdog-drysdale-become-the-top-dog.17702536http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/can-underdog-drysdale-become-the-top-dog.17702536Andrew Oldcorn won it in 2001.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/cricket/cricket-scotland-league.17699353http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/cricket/cricket-scotland-league.17699353WESTERN PREMIER DIVISIONnonadult