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Martin Hannan: I'm beelin' about the Rugby Sevens Commonwealth Games omission

When it was finally confirmed yesterday that Glasgow would indeed host ten sports at four venues for the Commonwealth Games in 2026, I was not...

23.10.2024 1

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Martin Hannan: World Rugby’s law changes approved - but is time on our side? There's several changes to World Rugby in the pipeline.

Earlier this year I wrote about proposed law changes which World Rugby were experimenting with and now it has come to pass that the Executive Board...

16.10.2024 2

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Martin Hannan: Sean Everitt is right not to panic - but he must get Edinburgh firing Martin Hannan: Sean Everitt is right not to panic - but he must get Edinburgh firing.

One of my favourite characters in that brilliant sit-com Dad’s Army was Lance Corporal Jones played superbly by Clive Dunn. His catchphrase of...

09.10.2024 1

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Martin Hannan: Glasgow Warriors can surpass last season's European glory Martin Hannan: Glasgow Warriors can surpass last season's European glory.

Can clubs in different sports in Glasgow learn something from each other? I hope so. After Celtic won the European Cup in 1967, their legendary...

18.09.2024 1

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Martin Hannan: Scotland has too small a player base to waste any player Martin Hannan: Scotland has too small a player base to waste any player.

To get to play for Scotland at the highest level there used to be a fairly defined way of doing so, what is now called the pathway. Back then, and...

04.09.2024 1

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Martin Hannan: Sevens final was advert for sport - Scotland's summer tour not so much The Team GB amalgamation approach seems here to stay especially as the 2026 Commonwealth Games are currently kaput - why do the authorities Down Under not take a lead from football’s Euros and have the various events moved to existing stadia and facilities around Australia? The Commonwealth as a whole should declare an emergency and do everything possible to make sure the 2026 Games ago ahead, even if they have to be postponed to 2027 – it was done for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics for pandemic reasons so why not for the Games in which we get to see Team Scotland. 

France 28, Fiji 7, rugby won. The French were truly magnifique in winning the Olympic Sevens in the Stade de France at the weekend  and Antoine...

31.07.2024 3

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Martin Hannan: Andy Murray's retirement is reminder that sports careers are short

I have participated in, watched and written about sport all my life, and I have so many memorable sporting moments that I simply could not list...

24.07.2024 4

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