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Saturday's Scottish gossip

Scottish newspaper gossip

FOOTBALL GOSSIP

Birmingham manager Alex McLeish has vowed to make a fresh approach for Rangers striker Kris Boyd in the summer. (Daily Record)

Rangers manager Walter Smith says DaMarcus Beasley will not allow those who firebombed the USA winger's car to chase him out of Scottish football. (Various)

Scotland coach Craig Levein has introduced a zero-tolerance policy over bad behaviour after allowing banned pair Barry Ferguson and Allan McGregor back into the international set-up. (The Herald)

Barry Ferguson has told Scotland manager Craig Levein he is excited about the prospect of returning to the national squad. (Daily Express)

Darren Fletcher will remain Scotland captain even if former skipper Barry Ferguson returns to the squad. (Daily Mail)

Csaba Laszlo says he does not know why he was sacked by Hearts and has promised to fight the club for compensation. (The Times)

Striker Lukas Jutkiewicz could extend his stay at Motherwell beyond the end of his loan deal from Everton in the summer. (The Herald)

Uefa marketing and events director David Taylor fears Scotland may never host a major football tournament because of a lack of government backing. (The Times)

OTHER GOSSIP

A new governing body for British ski and board sport has already been created after Snowsport GB went into administration, the new organisation being under the auspices of the British Olympic Association. (The Herald)

Emerging PGA Tour star Michael Sim, runner-up in the Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego, is a Scot, his family having travelled to Australia when he was five. (The Sun)

Scotland have appointed former Warwickshire captain Michael Powell, who is cricket chief at Loretto School in Musselburgh, as their high performance batting coach. (The Herald)

Arbroath's Darren Burnett has won the Welsh International Open Bowling Championship, beating England's Simon Skelton in the final. (Various)



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