In Case You Missed It: The easiest of Mail Sport from the previous seven days

Just like the soccer season simply completed, all good issues should come to an finish. Josh Taylor might have stopped in need of calling time on his boxing profession after his defeat towards Ekow Essuman on the Ovo Hydro final Saturday however there might be no denying the downward trajectory the Prestonpans fighter is going through, as Calum Crowe detailed in his post-fight evaluation.

Former lightweight champion Taylor had spoken earlier than the battle of his dream of changing into a world champion at welterweight however after Saturday’s defeat, his third loss in a row, the 34-year-old should certainly realise he’s a diminished drive within the ring. 

Whereas Taylor’s grand comeback went off the rails, one other irresistible drive have been reclaiming their place within the huge time – Livingston FC.

The Livi Lions scored 4 targets with out reply in Monday night time’s Premiership play-off second leg in Dingwall to relegate Ross County and take their place within the Premiership. 

As John McGarry defined, Livingston revel of their function because the group everyone likes to hate. With their plastic pitch and up-and-at-em angle, no membership will look ahead to visiting Almondvale, and Livi would not have it some other approach.

A brand new period started in Glasgow this week, as the American consortium led by Andrew Cavenagh and 49ers Enterprises lastly accomplished their takeover of Rangers. The brand new house owners have acquired a 51% stake and invested an preliminary £20m into the Ibrox membership, their acknowledged being to take the Govan aspect again to the very high.

With so many modifications afoot at Rangers, John McGarry is fortunately readily available to reply the burning questions across the takeover, equivalent to what the brand new cash shall be used for, the boardroom ins and outs and what this implies for the hunt for a brand new supervisor at Ibrox.

Saturday marked the sixtieth anniversary of Scottish motor sport legend Jim Clark profitable the distinguished Indy 500, in the identical yr as he claimed the System One world championship and the Tasman Sequence, a feat which marked him out as doubtlessly essentially the most expert driver of all time. 

Hugh MacDonald’s function seems again on that unimaginable 12 months for the Scot, with the Jim Clark Belief producing a brand new exhibition celebrating his life and accomplishments.