MacLeod, Gray to get first caps
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Scotland rugby coach Matt Williams has named lock Scott MacLeod and flanker Scott Gray to make their international debut against Australia on Saturday.
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Walter Smith has been appointed as Scotland&#39;s new coach after signing a four-year deal to manage the Tartan Army. It has long been expected that the former Rangers and Everton boss would be named as Berti Vogts replacement.
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Speedster Jason Robinson will captain England against Canada on Saturday, becoming the first former rugby league player to captain England&#39;s rugby union team.
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The Washington Capitals are within a point of first place.
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ANAHEIM, California  - With no Sidney Crosbys or Alexander Ovechkins lurking among this year's crop of graduating players, it is uncertain whose name will be called first at next month's NHL draft.
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Glasgow, Scotland (Sports Network) - Livingston boss Allan Preston was fired Thursday, while Inverness hired Craig Brewster to be its coach/player.
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Wake Forest, which is ranked No. 1 for the first time in the 99-year history of its program, could have picked up a nose bleed from the altitude, but 6-2 junior guard Justin Gray, a first-team
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England begin the Robinson era on Saturday when coach Andy takes charge for the first time and new captain Jason leads the team out at Twickenham against Canada.
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Scotland host the Faroe Islands and Northern Ireland face Iceland as both countries begin their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign.
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Rangers striker Steven Thompson is hoping he has done enough to fire his way into Alex McLeish&#39;s first-team plans for the Tennent&#39;s Scottish Cup clash against Celtic.
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The NHL salary cap will climb to $50.3 million per team for next season, the league and its players' union announced on Friday.
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Olympique Lyon midfielder Florent Malouda will earn his first cap for France on Wednesday after coach Raymond Domenech named him in his starting line-up for the friendly against Poland.
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Nicklas Backstrom and 26 other prospects will begin competing Saturday for a spot in the Capitals' training camp, which begins Sept. 14.
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The Bruins are expected to make their choice for captain (hint: his first name begins with a ``Z") public next week, most likely with a day or two to go before the start of the regular season Oct. 6 in Tampa.
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Rangers' new signing Sotirios Kyrgiakos is set to make his Scottish Premier League debut against bottom of the table side Livingston.
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AFP/File - Jason White was named Scotland captain for the forthcoming Six Nations Championship by coach Frank Hadden on Tuesday.
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HOCKEY Brian Gionta , New Jersey's leading scorer last season, and four other veterans signed with the Devils yesterday after the NHL gave the team $3.5 million in salary-cap relief by placing veteran forward Alexander Mogilny on the long-term injury exception list. Defensemen Paul Martin and Dave Hale , backup goaltender Scott Clemmensen, and center Erik Rasmussen signed one-year contracts ...