Richard Foster on football, his studies, writing a book & wife Amy Macdonald
By Thomas Duncan
BBC Scotland
6 hours ago
From the section Ross County
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The SPFL are ready to call Uefa's bluff by declaring Celtic as Premiership champions and relegating Hearts. (Daily Record)
Relegating Hearts would not be "a fair and acceptable solution" says Hearts manager Daniel Stendel. (Daily Record…
Another Saturday, another day without live sport.
But we have the next best thing - some classic cricket, thanks to the International Cricket Council, which has opened up its archives for fans to enjoy some of the best matches of yester…
Aberdeen have announced £2m of extra investment and confirmed manager Derek McInnes, his staff, and players have agreed to defer between 10 and 30% of their wages for four months.
Higher-paid, non-football staff are also delaying part o…
Premier League players' "backs are against the wall" over discussions about wage cuts, says Danny Rose.
Top-flight clubs have agreed to propose a 30% cut to ease the financial burden of the coronavirus crisis.
There had been criticis…
Grand Slam-winning former Wales rugby captain Ryan Jones has completed a marathon in his Swansea garden.
Jones is supporting a campaign to raise extra resources for the Swansea Bay University LHB charitable fund during the Covid-19 pand…
Accra Hearts of Oak has denied reports that they have employed Serbian Coach Svetislav Tenasijevic, as its new Head Coach.
This was after the coach was reported to have said that, he would join the phobians when the league resumes.
R…
Leagues across Europe have been told that ending competitions early could result in them forfeiting Champions League and Europa League places.
A letter sent by Uefa states that a plan is being formulated to complete current campaigns ac…
Ross County have placed all their players on furlough leave, but will cover any shortfall to ensure they remain on full pay.
With Scottish football suspended indefinitely since 13 March because of coronavirus, County are the latest club…
Hibernian players and senior staff have agreed to defer salaries by "between 20% and 50%" during the coronavirus shutdown.
The Easter Road club say they have also reached "mutual agreement to furlough the majority of its people".
A c…
The restart date for the Premier League will be pushed back on Friday.
All 20 Premier League clubs will meet via video and it is accepted by all that there is no hope of professional games being played immediately after the current 30 A…
Captains of Premier League clubs have held talks over several days about possible moves to give money to charity during the coronavirus pandemic.
Players across the league have faced calls to take a pay cut, most notably from health sec…
Ah, David Luiz, the man Gary Neville once described as playing like he was being controlled on the Fifa video game. The Brazilian moved across London this summer, bringing with him Premier League-winning and World Cup experience and a touc…
Premier League clubs will ask players to take a 30% pay cut in order to protect jobs as it was announced the season will not resume until "it is safe and appropriate to do so".
All clubs have agreed to put the proposed "combination of c…
Liverpool have put all contract talks and recruitment plans on hold during the coronavirus crisis, meaning a £51m move for RB Leipzig's Germany international striker Timo Werner, 24, has been shelved. (Mail)
Bournemouth striker Callum W…
New Zealand Cricket say their summer matches against Scotland and Ireland are "highly unlikely" to go ahead.
The Black Caps are scheduled to play a Twenty20 and a one-day international in Edinburgh on 10 and 12 June.
They are then se…
Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham is to become a drive-through coronavirus test centre for NHS workers.
The centre is being established on the car parking areas next to the stadium.
Staff will get "tested promptly" to see whethe…
Grand Slam-winning former Wales rugby captain Ryan Jones will run a marathon in his garden on Saturday.
He is supporting a campaign to raise extra resources for the Swansea Bay University LHB charitable fund during the Covid-19 pandemic…
The coronavirus crisis has shown the need for a radical overhaul of rugby union on a global scale, says RFU boss Bill Sweeney.
With unions and clubs thrown into financial turmoil, Sweeney believes the pandemic has highlighted the "fault…
The World Invitational will not take place in 2020 because of the coronavirus but it is planned that the tournament will return in 2021.
The event, which features competitions for men and women with equal prize money on offer for both, …
Two African football legends have condemned comments by two French doctors who recently suggested, in a TV discussion about medical trials for a Covid-19 vaccine, that they be used on Africans first.
Didier Drodga said that the suggesti…
Bayern Munich have fined Jerome Boateng after the defender broke government lockdown rules by leaving Munich to visit his ill son.
In a statement, Bayern said the 31-year-old had "transgressed the guidelines issued by the club by being …
The Belgian Pro League is set to become the first major European league to be cancelled because of coronavirus.
Club Bruges will be declared champions with the current league table set to stand.
There was one match of the regular sea…
Huddersfield's board of directors and head of football operations David Webb have volunteered to take salary deferrals for the next two months.
It is part of a plan to ensure all staff receive full pay during this period, when some will…
QPR manager Mark Warburton says Premier League teams should cut player wages by 50% during the coronavirus crisis to help the NHS and smaller clubs.
Warburton, a former financial trader, believes reducing top-flight wages by half until …
The coronavirus pandemic has caused havoc with Scottish football, forcing difficult decisions and pleas for help from clubs across the country.
With the situation in a state of flux amid the shutdown, BBC Scotland brings you the lates…
Right now in the world, not much is certain and we have no idea when Scottish football will return.
What we do know is that a host of players have contracts, or loan deals, due to finish at the end of May, with some predicting the seaso…
Livingston chairman Robert Wilson has provided a six-figure "contingency fund" to help during the coronavirus pandemic.
Wilson told fans in an open letter the Scottish Premiership club would take a "pragmatic" approach, with football su…
Tony Lewis, the mathematician and statistician who co-devised what became known as the Duckworth-Lewis method for settling weather-affected limited-overs matches, has died at the age of 78.
Lewis and fellow academic Frank Duckworth came…
Brighton's chief executive, technical director and head coach have all taken a pay cut for the next three months.
Former England captain Gary Lineker predicts that many Premier League players will now follow suit.
Clubs have been cri…
The Women's European Championship - set to be held in England in 2021 - will be moved to the summer of 2022.
The tournament was expected to be shifted after the men's European Championship and the Tokyo Olympics were both postponed unti…
When you need a reason for missing something really important, it doesn't come much better than saying you were starring in a World Cup final.
Australia opener Alyssa Healy had some explaining to do when she failed to turn up for jury s…
Sussex chief executive Rob Andrew says clubs must plan for the possibility that no county cricket will be played this summer.
The 2020 season has been put on hold until at least 28 May because of the coronavirus crisis.
And Sussex ha…
Newcastle Falcons' promotion back to the Premiership has been confirmed.
The Rugby Football Union said on Thursday the Championship table would be decided by a "best playing record formula", with Falcons having won all 15 of their leagu…
Naomi Broady says she considered applying to work in a supermarket after Wimbledon was cancelled and the tennis season halted until at least 13 July.
Wimbledon was called off for the first time since World War Two on Wednesday because o…
The Open organisers are considering postponing the 2020 Championships because of the coronavirus pandemic and hope to make a final decision soon.
The event, one of golf's four majors, is due to take place from 16-19 July at Royal St Geo…
Eddie Jones has agreed a contract extension to coach England through to the Rugby World Cup in France in 2023.
The 60-year-old's current contract was due to expire in August 2021, but he had been set for a new deal since leading England…
The sporting calendar may have been obliterated for the foreseeable future by the coronavirus pandemic, but some sports people are keeping busy by joining the fight against Covid-19.
Engineers and experts across different sectors of mot…
Chucking shoes around the garden has become the new normal for Kirsty Law, Scotland's top discus thrower.
And as well as her isolation improvisation, the 33-year-old Scot is throwing herself into the frontline fight against coronavirus.…
Mercedes' revolutionary steering system has been banned for 2021 despite the regulations staying the same over the next two seasons.
The move comes as part of a series of changes made by governing body the FIA to tidy up the rules in re…
London's top football clubs have been asked to help support the National Health Service through the coronavirus crisis, by the city's mayor Sadiq Khan.
The services of team doctors, physiotherapists, paramedics and club facilities are n…
Africa’s leading digital TV operator StarTimes, has launched a Self-evaluation and Reference System, for all people in Africa to evaluate the risk of contracting the Coronavirus.
The system, which can be accessed through StarTimes ON, i…
Charlton Athletic's majority shareholder Tahnoon Nimer says he is not looking to sell the Addicks and has reiterated his commitment to the club.
The Syrian businessman, who took over Charlton in January, says documents showing proof of …
Premier League and English Football League clubs are set to discuss a collective wage deferral agreement at a meeting with the Professional Footballers' Association on Wednesday.
The proposal is one option to help clubs facing financial…
It is "frankly not comprehendible" that professional football is continuing in Belarus amid the coronavirus pandemic, says world players' union Fifpro.
It is the only country in Europe where top-level football is being played.
Eight …
When Bruno Fernandes lifted his finger to his lips to 'shush' Pep Guardiola at Old Trafford, he became an instant hero for Manchester United supporters.
The Portuguese midfielder has made an immediate impact both on and off the pitch fo…
Manager Daniel Stendel has claimed there is a relegation break clause in his Hearts contract. (Daily Record)
The Tynecastle players are willing to take wage deferrals to help their club through the coronavirus crisis. (Daily Record)
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Former Marseille president Pape Diouf has died aged 68 after contracting coronavirus, the club have announced.
The Senegalese was president between 2005 and 2009 when Marseille finished second in Ligue 1 twice and reached two French Cup…
Clean sheets are crucial and there have been plenty of match-saving goalkeepers to have played in the Premier League - but who is the greatest?
That was the subject discussed by Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Ian Wright on the latest ed…
England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler has put the shirt he wore in last summer's World Cup final victory up for auction to raise money to fight coronavirus.
Buttler broke the stumps to run out Martin Guptill and seal a super-over win over Ne…
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