Recently added articles from The Sunday Herald:
MURRAY MAKING IT LOOK EASY Scot displays his full repertoire of drop volleys and passing shots to complete the annihilation of Serbia's Viktor Troicki in just over 90 minutes. Stewart Fisher reports from SW19
Jun 28, 2009; ... BEING allergic to grass courts is an unfortunate condition tohave when you are about to walk out at centre court. Fortunately for Viktor Troicki, he was hardly around long enoughto develop any of the telltale symptoms. In winning 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 injust one hour 36 minutes, Murray's ...
Henman and Hoy help out QUOTES
Jun 28, 2009; ... ANDY Murray revealed last night that a pre-match pep talk fromTim Henman and some post-match jaw-jaw with Sir Chris Hoyaccompanied his progression into the second week at Wimbledon. The Olympic cycling hero looked on from the front row of theRoyal Box as Murray eased through the ...
Scot is treated differently here because he's expected to win THE REACTION Where Henman's matches were always dramatic, Murray is looking increasingly efficient, writes Hugh MacDonald
Jun 28, 2009; ... THEY loved Tim. They respect Andy. There is another difference between Henman of Middle England andMurray of Dunblane. The Centre Court was where Henman's heart was broken. It may still be where Murray realises his dreams. Frankly, there is no reason why Murray ...
Old dogs still in the hunt MEN'S ROUND-UP
Jun 28, 2009; ... EVERY old dog seems to have another day. Well, two of them, atleast. Lleyton Hewitt, at 28, and Andy Roddick, at 27, may be young menbut sport puts years on players. They are considered the veterans asthe Murrays, Nadals and Del Potros surge up the rankings. But they reprised ...
THE CONTENDERS One of Andy Murray's victims in 2005, Radek Stepanek isn't ruling out his own chances this year, finds Stewart Fisher One of Andy Murray's victims in 2005, Radek Stepanek isn't ruling out his own chances this year, finds Stewart Fisher Stepan up the ante
Jun 28, 2009; ... RADEK Stepanek grimaces as he recalls the moment Andy Murrayreally arrived at Wimbledon. It was on No 1 Court, the Czech was theNo 14 seed, and on the other side of the net a 17-year-old kid fromDunblane on his rst appearance at the All England Club wasthreatening to make him look ...
IS TIME REALLY ON MURRAY'S SIDE?
Jun 28, 2009; ... ANDY Murray is 22 years old this year at SW19, but is that young,old or just about right in Wimbledon terms? The common consensus seems to be that if he doesn't win thisyear, his chances will increase as his game develops in the future,but just maybe that idea requires some ...
Women are all too far from Venus THE WOMEN THE WOMEN There seems little to suggest reigning champion's run of 29 sets without defeat at SW19 will end, writes Stewart Fisher
Jun 28, 2009; ... IN ladies tennis, being World No 1 can be a distinctly overratedexperience. Seven long years have come and gone since Venus Williamscould last officially regard herself the best female tennis playeron the globe, but the burning question yesterday remained whetheranyone - with the ...
WIMBLEDON DIARY
Jun 28, 2009; ... WIMBLEDON must be the only place on earth where two is deemed aninsufficient amount of people to conduct an interview. In additionto interviewer and interviewee comes the crucial third-party role ofthe moderator. Not that guy who is in charge of the Church ofScotland, but those brave men ...
Baltacha backs Scottish academy plan
Jun 28, 2009; ... ELENA Baltacha has given her backing to Judy Murray's plans torevolutionise Scottish tennis. Murray has handed in her notice asthe LTA's talent and performance manager north of the border inorder to go it alone and build a new European-style tennis coachingbase in central Scotland, ...
GAME, SET AND CASH CREDIT CRUNCH Crowds, spending and prize money all up as Wimbledon all but escapes effects of the recession, reports Stewart Fisher
Jun 28, 2009; ... CREDIT crunch, what credit crunch? Wimbledon seems to ignore theworldwide recession and carry on regardless. Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds are two of the bailed-outbanking groups who have been criticised for spending lavish sums onhospitality this year, but according to the All ...
O'Gara goes from hero to Test villain
Jun 28, 2009; ... South Africa 28 Tries - Pietersen, Habana, Fourie. Penalties - F Steyn, M Steyn 2. Conversions - M Steyn 2. British & Irish Lions 25 Try - Kearney. Conversion - S Jones. Penalties - S Jones 5. Drop Goal: S Jones. RONAN ...
Gouging response is one in the eye for the sport REACTION South African coach defends thuggery, says Alasdair Reid
Jun 28, 2009; ... SPRINGBOKS coach Peter de Villiers has struggled to gain therespect of the South African rugby public since he took over for hisWorld Cup-winning predecessor Jake White, but last night he invitedthe scorn of the sport's wider constituency as he dismissed SchalkBurger's blatant ...
LION STILL RAMPANT SOUTH AFRICA TESTS It has all changed since his high in 1974 but Andy Irvine remains a great fan of the series. Alasdair Reid talks to the legend
Jun 28, 2009; ... TO see Lions chairman Andy Irvine having a quiet word in the earof Lions coach Ian McGeechan you half suspect he is asking his oldteam-mate for a place in the Test side rather than clarifying somepoint of protocol. The salt-andpepper hair might betray the factIrvine is well into his 50s ...
We'll get used to must-win ethos, says Venus
Jun 28, 2009; ... CELTIC'S new management team have no experience of dealing withthe pressure and expectation of having to win every single fixture,Mark Venus admitted last night. Venus, manager Tony Mowbray's number two, acknowledged theirsuccesses together at Hibs and WBA had been at clubs ...
Gannon pitches in with perfect cv for Fir Park
Jun 28, 2009; ... MOTHERWELL'S resurfaced pitch will suit new manager Jim Gannon ifhe wants to maintain their style of attractive, passing football,according to defender Paul Quinn. Gannon was offered the job by chairman John Boyle on Friday nightand has agreed terms to be Mark McGhee's successor ....
Smith wants further football funds ON THE SPOT
Jun 28, 2009; ... GORDON Smith sounded like a man whose patience had finally ranout. Two years he has been chief executive of the Scottish FootballAssociation, two years of handshakes, meetings and pleasantries:whatever it would take to wring money out of politicians. Two yearsof dealing with ministers ...
Climate bill puts new Forth bridge at risk EXCLUSIVE
Jun 28, 2009; ... GOVERNMENT plans for a new road bridge over the Firth of Forth,airport improvements and coalfired power stations have been throwninto doubt by the target to cut climate pollution agreed by theScottish Parliament last week. Senior civil servants are privately warning that major ...
Conspiracy theories grow as Jackson family demand second post- mortem into singer's death . Star's massive drug habits revealed . Star's massive drug habits revealed . Police want to question doctor again Police want to question doctor again THE MYSTERY
Jun 28, 2009; ... A CORONER may have ruled out foul play but Michael Jackson isdestined to join the list of celebrity icons, not least ElvisPresley and Marilyn Monroe, whose deaths have attracted countlessconspiracy theories. Doctors are awaiting the results of toxicology tests carried outon the ...
"He gave us the freedom to express ourselves in a way the world had never seen before" THE MOURNING
Jun 28, 2009; ... ACROSS the world, from Paris to Peru, from Los Angeles to London,they gathered yesterday to pay tribute to their icon. Some heldcandlelit vigils, others danced in the streets in celebration of theKing of Pop. In Mexico City, Michael Jackson imitators took turns bustingJacksonlike ...
Why we mourn: the loss of an idol and a drama fed by tehnology
Jun 28, 2009; ... IT has been an outpouring of grief like no other in the historyof music. They flocked to the singer's home in LA, the MotownHistorical Museum in Detroit and the O2 arena in London " anywherewith a link to their hero. Such public mourning takes place "at that level ...