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CIS: Carabins de Montréal
NCAA: University of Minnesota Golden Gophers
Clarkson Cup (CWHL): Calgary Inferno
Isobel Cup (NWHL): Boston Pride
Finland: JYP Naiset
Germany: ECDC Memmingen
Russia: Tornado Moscow Oblast
Sweden: Luleå HF
Switzerland: ZSC Lions
Japan still has the original handwritten diary of Fujiwara no Michinagi, the de facto ruler of the country 1000 years ago. Unesco. If you ask me there's a crying need for an English translation of Midō Kanpakuki, as it's called, to go along with Ōkagami and Eiga monogatari. There was a seminar on translating it at the University of Heidelberg in 2014.
The Barque Tay on the River Clyde, by William Clark of Greenock. Source.
Alloa Athletic visit Cappielow.
The situation. This could be Morton's last game against Alloa for a good long time. The Wasps are dead last, and although they still enjoy a mathematical possibility of avoiding relegation, that should evaporate by the end of March. Still, Alloa's string of three consecutive seasons in the Championship has been their best showing in the senior leagues in their history. They finished 8th in 2013-14 (and swept Morton), 9th last year (and won the playoffs to stay up), and are now 10th.
[Morton win 4 - 1. Goals by McManus (2), Forbes, and Johnstone. Morton cannot finish tenth.]
Clyde. I'm pulling for Clyde to win promotion to League One. Today they visit East Stirlingshire. [East Stirlingshire 2 - 4 Clyde.]
Hoops. You could make a division out of SPFL teams that wear hoops: Celtic (green and white); Hamilton Accies (red and white); Partick Thistle (red and yellow); Morton (light blue and white); Alloa (black and yellow); Forfar (dark blue and light blue); East Stirlingshire (broad black and white); Queen's Park (narrow black and white). The owner of the barque Tay is evidently an East Stirlingshire supporter.
When did your club last defeat Rangers?
Falkirk March 18, 2016
Hibs Nov 1, 2015
St Johnstone Sept 22, 2015
Motherwell May 31, 2015
Queen of the South April 9, 2015
Raith Rovers Feb 8, 2015
Celtic Feb 1, 2015
Alloa Dec 3, 2014
Hearts Nov 22, 2014
Dundee United April 12, 2014
Forfar Aug 3, 2013
Peterhead April 20, 2013
Annan March 9, 2013
Inverness CT Oct 31, 2012
Kilmarnock Feb 18, 2012
Stirling Albion Oct 6, 2012
St Mirren Dec 24, 2011
Aberdeen Nov 28, 2009
Dunfermline Jan 7, 2007
Livingston April 13, 2002
Dundee March 14, 2001
Partick May 4, 1993
Morton April 9, 1988
Hamilton Accies Jan 31, 1987
Ayr United Oct 11, 1975
Arbroath Feb 2, 1974
East Fife Oct 13, 1973
Stenhousemuir April 10, 1972
Clyde March 31, 1970
Berwick Rangers Jan 28, 1967
Cowdenbeath Sept 17, 1949
Queen's Park March 3, 1948
Albion Rovers March 31, 1923
Dumbarton Dec 1, 1894
Ross County, new Airdrieonians, Brechin, Stranraer, East Stirlingshire, Elgin, Montrose: never
The SPFL or Bayern Munich -- Which Is Greater? Scottish clubs have faced this German powerhouse nineteen times. Hearts have a win and a loss against them; Aberdeen a win, a loss, and two draws; Celtic a loss and a draw; Rangers a win, four losses and four draws; Raith Rovers have two losses. Grand total: 3 wins, 9 losses, 7 draws. Bayern Munich is greater than the SPFL.
CAF Champions League, First Round, second leg:
Étoile du Sahel [2 - 0] Olympique Club of Khouribga
MO Béjaïa [2 - 0] Club Africain
[Étoile du Sahel advance, but Club Africain are out.]
Also:
Yesterday it was UCD [1 - 3] Waterford United
Today Östersund visit Allsvenskan rivals GIF Sundsvall for a training match. [ÖFK win 1 - 2.]
Largs Thistle [3 - 1] Blantyre Victoria
Elazığspor [2 - 0] Karşıyaka
Tomorrow in the Faroes: B68 [1 - 4] B36. Loser buys a round of B52s.
Tomorrow: Gainare Tottori [1 - 1] Blaublitz Akita
Help add the word "hibsing" to the Oxford Dictionary.
An Edo Period robe incorporating Indian sarasa patchwork. Source.
Werner Lehmann has a whole series of ceramic narrenschiffs at the Janzen Galerie in Dusseldorf.
Mrs Agnes Smith, WWII Greenock shipyard forewoman, strikes an Oor Wullie pose. See more photos of women working on the home front.
Queen of the South travel to Cappielow for the game postponed from March 5th because of Morton's Scottish Cup 1/4-final.
The situation: both Morton and Queen of the South trail Raith in the raith for fourth plaith. Morton are ten points out, QoS eight. The loser of today's game is not going to make it to the playoffs, and probably not the winner either. An eighth plaith finish for Morton is not out of the question. St Mirren are one point behind them, Dumbarton three. Ninth place Livingston are eight points back of Morton.
Morton's leading goalscorer is Denny Johnstone with 11 goals in league play. QoS's is Derek Lyle with 10. Declan McManus has been chosen Championship Player of the Month for February.
Fegs, Highlanders. Since joining the SFL from the Highland League in 1994, Inverness CT and Ross County have gone from strength to strength. Both currently play in the Premiership. Inverness are the Scottish Cup holders and Ross County just won the League Cup. Contrast Elgin City and Peterhead who followed them from the Highland League in 2000. Elgin City have never made it out of the fourth tier. Peterhead have spent eight years in the fourth tier, and eight in the third tier. Presently they hold second place in their division and could earn promotion to the Championship in May. So we should watch them. Today: Peterhead [0 - 0] Stranraer.
The SPFL or Formartine United -- Which Is Greater? Formartine United, of Aberdeenshire, began in 1948, and joined the Highland League in 2009. Since then they have participated in three tournaments against SPFL clubs. In the 2013-14 Challenge Cup they beat East Stirlingshire 2 - 0, then Elgin City 5 - 1, before falling to Annan Athletic 4 - 0. In the 2014-15 Scottish Cup they were defeated by Berwick 2 - 0. In the 2015-16 Scottish Cup they beat Clyde 2 - 0 before being eliminated by Cove Rangers of the Highland League. They have won three out of five against the SPFL. Formartine United is greater than the SPFL.
[Morton win 3 - 2. Morton goals by Johnstone (2) and McMullan. Morton take over fifth place.]
AFC Champions League this midweek:
FC Tokyo [0 - 0] Jiangsu Suning
Sanfrecce Hiroshima [3 - 0] Buriram United
Shanghai SIPG [2 - 1] Gamba Osaka
Guangzhou Evergrande [2 - 2] Urawa Red Diamonds
[Halfway through the group stage only Urawa are positioned to advance.]
Airdrieonians play a friendly against FC Edmonton, who are touring Scotland ahead of the NASL season. [FCE win 1 - 2.]
Tomorrow Mohun Bagan host Yangon United in AFC Cup group stage action. [Mohun Bagan win 3 - 2.]
Inverness CT and Hibs settle their Scottish Cup 1/4-final tie tomorrow. [Inverness CT 1 - 2 Hibernian.]
Cross-promotion runs aMuK as Lübeck's famous Holstentor gate serves as a billboard for Die Musik- und Kongreßhalle Lübeck. Source.
Nihonbashi Street, 1922. Source. Nihonbashi (i.e. Japan Bridge) is the starting point when you are measuring the distance from Tokyo to somewhere else.
Das Narrenschiff Bookstore in Basel, Switzerland. Source.