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Youths Championship win for Ewan Scott

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Less than a month after losing in the final of the Scottish Boys Championship...

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Spence lands gold in Rome

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Modern Pentathlete Mhairi Spence has the world at her feet....

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GB canoe slalom team win European team gold

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British canoe slalom pair David Florence and Richard Hounslow helped GB strike team gold at the European Championships in Augsburg, Germany....

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Conway wins gold at the British Open

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At the British Judo Open Championships in Crawley there was a fantastic gold medal performance from Sally Conway in the -70Kg category...

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Coming up this week...

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This week the following events include sportscotland institute of sport supported athletes in action......

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The Scots on TeamGB

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Want to know which Scots have made TeamGB and ParalympicGB??...

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Bankier and Adcock win bronze at Europeans

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Scotland's Imogen Bankier and England's Chris Adcock had to settle for a bronze medal to go with their Yonex BWF World Championships silver...

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European Judo Championships

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The Senior European Judo Championships are being held in Chelyabinsk, Russia this weekend (26 - 29 April)...

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Bankier one win away from medal at Europeans

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Imogen Bankier is Scotland's last hope at the European Championships at Karlskrona in Sweden today after teenager Kirsty Gilmour's promising run came to an end last night (18 April)....

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World Silver for Team Brewster

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Losing out to Canada in the World Men's Curling Championship final for the second year running has only made Tom Brewster more determined to succeed....

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Four Scots announced in Paralympics 2012 line-up

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The British Paralympic Association announced yesterday that 20 athletes from the three sports of boccia, judo and powerlifting have been selected for ParalympicsGB...

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Gordon Reid wins Pensacola Open

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Scots wheelchair tennis ace Gordon Reid was in red-hot form in the Sunshine State to win another championship....

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Medal success for Robertson, Gladkov and McKenna

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Scots wrestler Craig McKenna won silver whilst Alex Gladkov and Donna Robertson both took Bronze medals at the British Championships in Sheffield on 24 March 2012...

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McGuire braced for tough test at BT Paralympic World Cup

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British Boccia star Stephen McGuire is relishing testing himself against the world's number one nation for the first time in 2012...

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Brewster keeps Scots in the hunt

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Scotland skip Tom Brewster secured two big wins to keep his rink at the right end of the standings at the World Curling Championships in Basel....

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Burton seeks Olympic judo seeding in Russia

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Euan Burton will make a final attempt to earn a seeded place at the London 2012 Games when he competes at the European Judo Championships...

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Sheldon qualifies for the Junior Europeans

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Scotland's Grant Sheldon booked his place on the GE Great Britain Triathlon team for the European Junior Championships after a second place finish at the 2012 Quarteira Junior European Cup on Sunday...

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Bankier and Adcock lift Finland Open title

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At the weekend, Imogen Bankier and Chris Adcock lifted the Finnish Open mixed doubles title to remain in pole position in the race to represent GB at London 2012....

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Swimmers announced for European Championships

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After a successful British Gas Swimming Championships, five Olympic hopefuls will head to Hungary for the European Swimming Championships as part of their preparation for the Games....

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Bankier faces tough Swiss draw after Yonex All England success

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Imogen Bankier and Chris Adcock's brilliant run at the Yonex All England Open Championships came to an end in the quarter-finals last week at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham...

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Fleming's joy at world title success

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Hannah Fleming and her Scottish women's team beat the Czech Republic 6-5 after an extra end to win gold at the World Junior Championships in Ostersund, Sweden...

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Benson, Miley and Renwick qualify for London 2012

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The trio secure Olympic qualification after success at the British Championships this week (3 - 10 March)...

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Brian Soutar wins in South Africa

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Scots golfer Brian Soutar notched a stunning back-to-back success for Scotland yesterday by winning the South African amateur title....

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