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Katie Archibald on her "good" year, Glasgow 2026 and where she finds joy Nearly 12 years after her first Commonwealth Games appearance, at Glasgow 2014, Katie Archibald has become one of the first cyclists to be selected…

It's always a delight to chat to Katie Archibald and in today's
@heraldscotland.bsky.social, I speak to her about her "good" year, selection for Team Scotland for Glasgow 2026 and where she finds joy www.heraldscotland.com/news/2566987...

04.12.2025 10:18 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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'I can't see a single thing about which McColgan should be attacked for. Yet the scale of the abuse directed towards her is astonishing' || @susanegelstaff.bsky.social👇

02.12.2025 12:13 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Archie Goodburn: I'm still just chasing my goals in and out of the pool Last summer, Archie Goodburn was diagnosed with brain cancer. But, 17 months on, the Edinburgh swimmer is in a good place in the pool, in his…

EXCLUSIVE: In today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social, I speak exclusively to Scottish swimmer, Archie Goodburn. “There’s no case study of somebody who's reached a world-class level in sport with brain tumours”, says the 24-year-old.

www.heraldscotland.com/sport/256129...

15.11.2025 08:01 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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'If Jack Carlin had been an athlete in any other sport, he’d likely be contending with superstar status'

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22.10.2025 04:03 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Susan Egelstaff: Scotland has its priorities all wrong when it comes to sport Scotland may punch above its weight when it comes to elite sport but it's the physical activity levels of the general population that really makes a…

Scotland has its priorities all wrong when it comes to sport. My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column on the proposed spending cuts to culture and leisure services and why, when it comes to funding, elite sport should be the least important area

www.heraldscotland.com/sport/255657...

26.10.2025 15:11 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Susan Egelstaff: Of course athletes should be paid for the Ryder Cup and Olympics USA's Ryder Cup players have been criticised for receiving money to play this year, in the same way World Athletics was criticised for giving…

Of course athletes should be paid for the Ryder Cup and Olympics. My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
www.heraldscotland.com/sport/254919...

28.09.2025 08:32 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Susan Egelstaff: Kenyan doping is ruining athletics, so what can be done? The list of Kenyan athletes to have been found to be doping is astonishingly long, and includes women's world marathon record holder, Ruth…

Kenyan doping is ruining athletics, so what can be done? My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

www.heraldscotland.com/sport/253542...

03.08.2025 13:20 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Scotland's greatest-ever road cyclist believes Oscar Onley is 'Grand Tour contender' Philippa York, who raced as Robert Millar and is Scotland's greatest-ever road cyclist, has watched Oscar Onley's Tour de France performance closely…

Yesterday, Oscar Onley finished fourth in the Tour de France. In today's @heraldscotland.bsky.social, I speak to Scotland's greatest-ever road cyclist, Philippa York, who rode under the name of Robert Millar, about her thoughts on Onley

www.heraldscotland.com/sport/253380...

28.07.2025 18:17 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Susan Egelstaff: Move over track riders, there’s a new superstar cyclist on the scene Over the past three weeks at the 2025 Tour de France, Oscar Onley has proven just what a talented rider he is and over the coming years, he has the…

What Oscar Onley has done over the past three weeks at the Tour de France is remarkable. My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column on the newest superstar in Scottish sport

www.heraldscotland.com/sport/253380...

27.07.2025 16:42 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Scotland's greatest-ever road cyclist believes Oscar Onley is 'Grand Tour contender' Philippa York, who raced as Robert Millar and is Scotland's greatest-ever road cyclist, has watched Oscar Onley's Tour de France performance closely…

Yesterday, Oscar Onley finished fourth in the Tour de France. In today's @heraldscotland.bsky.social, I speak to Scotland's greatest-ever road cyclist, Philippa York, who rode under the name of Robert Millar, about her thoughts on Onley

www.heraldscotland.com/sport/253380...

28.07.2025 18:17 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Susan Egelstaff: Move over track riders, there’s a new superstar cyclist on the scene Over the past three weeks at the 2025 Tour de France, Oscar Onley has proven just what a talented rider he is and over the coming years, he has the…

What Oscar Onley has done over the past three weeks at the Tour de France is remarkable. My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column on the newest superstar in Scottish sport

www.heraldscotland.com/sport/253380...

27.07.2025 16:42 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Susan Egelstaff: There's only a year until Glasgow 2026 so why do we know so little? Wednesday marks the one-year-to-go milestone for Glasgow 2026 but despite the Commonwealth Games fast-approaching, why do we still know so few…

There’s only a year until Glasgow 2026, so why do we still know so little? My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column www.heraldscotland.com/sport/253256...

21.07.2025 07:41 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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'A new rivalry has seamlessly replaced Federer and Nadal as the most compelling head-to-head in tennis' 🎾

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03.07.2025 20:32 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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101 years ago today, Scotland's Eric Liddell won 400m gold at the Paris Olympics.

Liddell was named Scotland's most popular sporting hero in a 2002 poll.

@susanegelstaff.bsky.social tells his remarkable story: www.heraldscotland.com/sport/244044...

𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘗𝘈/𝘗𝘈 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴

11.07.2025 12:02 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Jamie Baker on what it takes to run the greatest tennis tournament in the world Former professional tennis player and Tournament Director at Wimbledon, Jamie Baker, is charged with ensuring the world's greatest tennis tournament…

My exclusive @heraldscotland.bsky.social interview with Wimbledon tournament director Jamie Baker about what it takes to ensure the greatest tennis tournament on the planet runs smoothly
www.heraldscotland.com/sport/252359...

23.06.2025 09:51 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Josh Kerr: Getting to the top is the easy part, it's staying there that's tough Josh Kerr has enjoyed a hugely successful first half of 2025 and as he looks forward to defending his world 1500m title in September, he's…

My exclusive @heraldscotland.bsky.social interview with world 1500m champ Josh Kerr about why staying at the top is far harder than getting there
www.heraldscotland.com/sport/252436...

23.06.2025 09:49 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Susan Egelstaff: Is now the time for a woman to break the four-minute mile barrier? Men have been running sub-four-minute miles for decades but as yet, a woman has never broken the iconic four-minute barrier for the mile. That could…

Is now the time for a woman to break the four-minute mile barrier? My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
www.heraldscotland.com/sport/252365...

23.06.2025 09:48 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Susan Egelstaff:Can Eilish McColgan become GB's greatest-ever female marathon runner? Today, at the London Marathon, Eilish McColgan will make her marathon debut. She's already one of Scotland's most successful-ever athletes but can…

Can Eilish McColgan become GB's greatest-ever female marathon runner?
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
www.heraldscotland.com/sport/250876...

27.04.2025 07:48 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Sammi Kinghorn on why the London Marathon is the change she needs in 2025 Sammi Kinghorn knows how tough racing a marathon is. But, seven years after her last one and despite pledging she'd never do a marathon again, the…

Sammi Kinghorn: The London Marathon is the change I need in 2025 | The Herald

www.heraldscotland.com/sport/251150...

27.04.2025 07:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Jumping on Radio Scotland just after 1pm to talk about the Supreme Court’s ruling this morning that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex and what it means for sport and society

16.04.2025 12:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Going on Radio Scotland in the next half hour to talk about the Supreme Court's ruling, that's coming out this morning, about how a woman should be defined in law and how it'll affect the sporting world

16.04.2025 08:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Gavin Rumgay: I've got 18 Scottish table tennis titles - I want more Last month, Gavin Rumgay extended his own record by winning his eighteenth Scottish national table tennis title. But, despite now being in his 40s,…

Gavin Rumgay: I've got 18 Scottish table tennis titles but I still want more
www.heraldscotland.com/sport/250579...

15.04.2025 08:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Susan Egelstaff: 40 years since the epic Taylor-Davis final and it remains magical It's 40 years since Dennis Taylor defeated Steve devoid 18-17 in the greatest World Snooker Championship final ever. Four decades on, it remains as…

40 years since the epic Taylor-Davis black ball final and it remains magical. My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
www.heraldscotland.com/sport/250795...

15.04.2025 08:55 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Hannah Rankin: “I couldn't do these things if I wasn't a little bit nuts" In only her second-ever bare knuckle fight, Hannah Rankin will, today, fight for the world title. Her ambition to become a two-sport world champion…

“I couldn't do these things if I wasn't nuts". In @heraldscotland.bsky.social‬⁩, I speak to Hannah Rankin‬⁩ about her bare knuckle world title fight today

www.heraldscotland.com/sport/250474...

05.04.2025 09:15 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Delighted to be nominated for Sports Columnist of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards alongside a load of great writers. So pleased to see so many nominations for @heraldscotland.bsky.social writers, too

27.03.2025 20:47 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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'If I had to recommend just one female athlete to any young, Scottish girl for her to look up to as a role model, I’d unquestionably choose McColgan'

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10.03.2025 17:44 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Susan Egelstaff: Failed a dope test? Get a good lawyer and you don't need to worry The number one men's tennis player in the world failing a drugs test was always going to be big news but even more controversial has been the…

Failed a dope test? Get a good lawyer and you don't need to worry. My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

www.heraldscotland.com/sport/249552...

23.02.2025 13:58 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Neil Gourley: I want a third British Indoor title, then some major medals Neil Gourley begun the month in almost perfect fashion by running a British Indoor 1000m record which ensures he goes into this weekend's UK…

Neil Gourley: I want a third British Indoor title, then some major medals. My bit in today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social

www.heraldscotland.com/sport/249506...

22.02.2025 13:06 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Susan Egelstaff: Forcing children to be competitive is wrong - give them all medals There's a belief in some quarters that the best way to produce high-achievers is to force children into highly competitive environments from a young…

Forcing children to be competitive is wrong - give them all medals. My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

www.heraldscotland.com/sport/249170...

09.02.2025 14:44 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Carrillo: I'll be Muay Thai world champ but I want to be Scotland's greatest ever too Tomorrow, Nico Carrillo will fight for the ONE Championship Muay Thai world title - a moment he says which has been years in the making. His…

Nico Carrillo: I'll be Muay Thai world champ, and a Scottish great
www.heraldscotland.com/sport/248749...

23.01.2025 21:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0