Andy Robinson, the one-time head coach with England, has told the Scottish Rugby Union he is the man to lead Scotland out of the wilderness and on towards the World Cup in New Zealand in 2011.

As the deadline approached for applications for the job as head coach to the Scotland team, Robinson is thought to have contacted the governing body claiming he was the man they needed.

The reason for Robinson's late application is believed to have been for family reasons, but this situation has been resolved.

Snooker: Graeme Dott meets Mark Selby in the second round of the World Championship in Sheffield. Dott has suffered domestic problems and also broke a wrist while playing football last October.

He has been playing well recently, but Selby hopes to put the brakes on the Scot's revival. "I played him in Beijing and he beat me 5-1. Hopefully he won't play as well as he did there. I'm really looking forward to it."

CURLING: Scotland's Vicky Sloan and Keith MacLennan suffered their first defeat at the World Mixed Doubles Championship in Italy, losing 6-3 against Canada. The Scots face England today.

Cricket: There was mixed fortunes for Greenock, with one player coming and another being turned away. The Australian Cameron Borgas will spend the season as professional with the Glenpark club.

He will make his Saltires debut against Middlesex at Lord's on Sunday after Cricket Scotland came to an agreement with the SNCL club which will enable Borgas to play in all eight of the Saltires FP Trophy matches.

On the downside, Greenock were upset when their overseas amateur, wicket-keeper batsman, Aam Lockhart-Krause, was deported back to Australia. Immigration officials at Glasgow Airport turned him away because he had the wrong paperwork.

n Andy Robinson wants to lead Scotland to the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand