Motherwell legend Peter Millar has died at the age of 62, just months after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.

THE Scottish Rugby Union has declared 2013 to be a year of development at Test level and that international results will not affect the future of coach Scott Johnson.

SCOTT Johnson set himself a number of clear targets for the summer tour to South Africa and as well as testing out the strength in depth was a desire to instil new belief in Scottish rugby.

Our Lady’s High pupil Adam Fallon won the Boys D discus at the Scottish Schools Track and Field Championships in Grangemouth.

THE cut-and-thrust of the beautiful game will be brought down to a less frantic pace at Fir Park next week with the advent of walking football!

Tannochside Primary School was the venue for a spectacular end of term inter-school hockey festival as more than 100 pupils took part in morning and afternoon sessions.

SCOTT Johnson has dismissed suggestions that his Scotland squad were soft against Samoa and suffered the consequences both in a first Test defeat to the South Sea Islanders and a squad floored by injury.

Newarthill ABC’s Gary McCallum maintained his unbeaten record in Glasgow on Friday with a convincing points victory over Kieron Gray.

New Stevenston kickboxer Jamie McGinnis was determined to become a world champion for his sick son, despite a horrific leg injury.

SCOTLAND have tasked Scott Johnson and Sean Lineen to scour the world and unearth new Scottish talent, but judging by the latest round of debutants selected for Test duty the programme is already working.

THE changing face of South African rugby could not feature a more engaging and quietly ambitious individual than Heyneke Meyer. And the fulfilment this week of a childhood dream will mark another milestone for the Springboks coach.

Henrik Ojamaa’s time at Fir Park came to an end on Friday as Motherwell agreed an undisclosed fee with Legia Warsaw.

SCOTLAND prop Jon Welsh talks to The Scotsman’s Chief Rugby Writer David Ferguson at the national side’s training camp in South Africa.

WATCH an exclusive interview with David Denton and Peter Horne, as David Ferguson travels with the Scotland team on their South African tour.

A Bellshill kickboxing club were bang on target when three of its members lifted medals from the IASKA National Kickboxing championships at Wishaw Sports Centre.

Holytown bowler Caroline Brown took a major step towards Commonwealth Games selection by striking gold twice at last weekend’s Four Nations event.

DALZIEL Rugby Club representatives have been given a different type of training - one that could help them save a life.

SCOTLAND have been forced to postpone naming their team to face South Africa by 48 hours after Edinburgh prop Geoff Cross became the second player to be ruled out of the summer tour.

Scotland claim they will start as underdogs when they tackle Samoa in Durban tomorrow at the outset of the quadrangular tournament that also features hosts South Africa and Italy.

THE Scotland rugby squad has rallied round prop Ryan Grant after he was again overlooked by the British and Irish Lions coaches and insist it will be their loss and Scots’ gain.