RECENT Scotland women's football manager Shelley Kerr, political and finance expert Geoff Aberdein and leading European researcher Geoff Nichols have joined the Observatory for Sport…
David Ferguson15 January 2021
THE VALUE of sport is most obvious not in sport itself but in wider society, across health and wellbeing, education and the economy. And no-one knows…
David Ferguson16 November 2020
THE OSS board and staff were saddened by the death of key adviser, inspiration and guiding light, Iain More, after a long and courageous battle…
David Ferguson15 November 2020
SPORTS across Scotland have welcomed extra funding announced by sportscotland to help sport recover from the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown, and urged all to help…
David Ferguson4 September 2020
COVID-19 will ravage the sport, leisure and recreation in Scottish communities, with a raft of facilities expected to either never re-open or close in 2020-21.…
David Ferguson9 August 2020
By DAVID FERGUSON THE COVID-19 lockdown was expected to create long-term health and wellbeing issues, but the extent of that impact is beginning to emerge…
David Ferguson23 July 2020
By Ryan Brown Following a lot of behind-the-scenes work involving the Scottish Government’s Active Scotland division, sportscotland and a range of partners across Scottish sport…
David Ferguson30 June 2020
GREGOR Townsend and Shelley Kerr, the Scotland rugby and women's football head coaches respectively, will share their thinking on the impact on Scottish sport of…
David Ferguson23 June 2020
What is the emotional culture at your club - fun-loving or apathy? Are there too many paid 'professionals' in Scottish sport? How do sports cope…
David Ferguson10 June 2020
