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Grangemouth Stags kicked off 2020 with an away trip to Blairgowrie last Saturday.

Grangemouth Flag Football Club have learned the teams they will face in the Scotland’s biggest Flag Football tournament, Flagging New Year this weekend.

If I had told my school pals 30 years ago that the World Darts final would one day see a mammoth £500,000 cheque handed to the winner, who turned out to be a Scotsman with an English accent, mohican haircut and snakes painted on either side of his head, one or two eyebrows may have been raised.

Freya Ross is getting back out on the run this weekend for the East of Scotland in the Inter District Championships at Stirling.

St Margaret’s Primary School are Scottish Junior NBA champions – one of two Falkirk schools to reach the final stages of the Championship.

Sparta Boxing Academy fighter Kaiden McGuire has had an exhausting run of action – but a fair taste of success too as 2019 draws to a close.

Denny Warrior Kevin Traynor won his second professional bout of the year in Aberdeen on Saturday night.

Cricketer Callum Grant has been selected for the Scotland Under 19 squad to take part in the Under 19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa next month.

Our latest sideways glance at the world of rugby nationally, internationally and a lot closer to home.

In a show of strength for Falkirk Primary School basketball – Bonnybridge PS (Memphis Grizzlies) and St. Margaret’s Polmont (Dallas Mavericks) cruised through to the final stages of Scotland’s Jr NBA.

Sparta Academy’s top boxers were in action against elite opponents from England in a Scotland v England show at the Plough in Stenhousemuir last month.

Two of Falkirk Fury’s women teams made it through to the Scottish Cup final, with the U18 junior side clinching their place in a nailbiting finale.

Falkirk Fury senior women suffered late Scottish Cup heartbreak as they were beaten 46-64 by Edinburgh Kool Kats.

Sarah Inglis retained her half-marathon title at the Run Barbados Marathon Weekend where over the 3 days she also won the mile and finished runner up in the 10k.

NBA star Marko Milic visited the Falkirk edition of the Jnr NBA competition at the end of the last month and was blown away by the standard on show from the primary schools.

Sparta Boxing Academy took two gold medals and three silver from the Scottish Novice Championships last month.

Braes Blazers Netball Club hosted their now annual netball festival last month.

Sony Centre Fury Senior Men suffered a key loss in their Championship bid with a final-second loss on the road to title rivals St.Mirren.

Grangemouth trained Duncan Scott is the busiest man in swimming but wouldn’t have it any other way as he builds towards Tokyo 2020.