Lookie-lookie, an ace in Tenerife

RARELY has the bitter-sweet quality of sport been so vividly illustrated as it was on Saturday when that Italian dropped the goal which defeated Scotland in their final Six Nations championship match. In a twinkling, the chalice so joyfully topped up with fresh hope by last week's heroics against England was dashed from Scottish lips. Yet again, the 'Salute These Tartan Heroes' headlines had been replaced by the ones reading: 'Night of Shame'. Strictly speaking, of course, t

Highs and lows are stitched into the fabric of sport and those who would observe the scene with any degree of intensity must be prepared to put up with them.

Last week's Uefa Cup match between PSV Eindhoven and Tottenham Hotspur had it all. When ...