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Hearts AGM rejects Roman Romanov as club director
A MOTION to reappoint Roman Romanov as a director of Hearts was unanimously voted down from the floor at the club’s annual general meeting this morning.
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Fedotovas unsure of UBIG implications for Hearts
HEARTS director Sergejus Fedotovas admits he is still unsure what the implications will be for the club should majority shareholder UBIG officially confirm its “indication” of insolvency.
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Norwegian group in Kaunas for Hearts bid talks
A CONSORTIUM of Scandinavian businessmen vying to take control of Hearts have dispatched a legal team to Lithuania to thrash out a deal for the club.
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James McPake: Leigh Griffiths will haunt Celtic
James McPake today claimed Scottish Cup rivals Celtic will be as fearful of Hibs hotshot Leigh Griffiths as the Easter Road outfit are of Hoops hitmen Gary Hooper and Anthony Stokes.
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Axed Gordon Smith rues lack of Hearts game time
GORDON SMITH today claimed he wasn’t given a proper chance to establish himself at Hearts as he prepares to drop into the First Division to revitalise his career. The 22-year-old striker is now a free agent after the Edinburgh club decided not to offer him a new contract.
8 commentsHeriot’s baffled by lack of game time for Penn-forcer
The forgotten man of Edinburgh Rugby has finally upped sticks and moved back south, leaving a string of questions unanswered as to why he never received a single opportunity at RaboDirect PRO12 or Heineken European Cup level.
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Hibs captain says semi fightback shows backbone
It IS the first rule of any dressing-room. Whatever goes on within those four walls remains there. But today Hibs skipper James McPake admitted he wished there had been a “fly-on-the-wall” camera to capture what happened in that inner sanctum at Hampden during those 15 half-time minutes against Falkirk in the Scottish Cup semi-final.
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Gordon Smith relishing fresh start after Hearts
STANDING with tear-filled eyes deep in the bowels of Hampden Park, Gordon Smith knew his Hearts career was over. His team-mates were preparing to take the field in the League Cup final and yet the striker was out in the corridor, suited and booted, immersed in his own world. It was his lowest ebb; the moment he realised he was finished at Tynecastle.
Murray lends his voice to Woods-Garcia spat
TOP golf commentator Ewen Murray has called for Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods to “put an arm around one another” for the good of the game.
Back to roots
LEITH Customs Excise & Revenue Golf Club is hoping to mark a milestone by returning to its roots.
Celebration
LINLITHGOW Golf Club is hosting a hickory event on Saturday as part of the West Lothian club’s centenary celebrations.
Thanks Boss
TWO Edinburgh golfers have timed holes-in-one to perfection after winning a limited-edition BOSS watch.
Man and boy
TANTALLON’S Calum Hill is doubling up for Lothians in the Scottish Area Team Championship this year. A member of the men’s team that reached the final at Crail last weekend, he’s also been picked for the boys’ equivalent next month.
Harrison win league for the first time
HARRISON secured a place in the record books by winning the Edinburgh Municipal Clubs Winter League for the first time.
Rugby: Edinburgh assistant advert begs question
eDINBURGH Rugby have taken the unusual step of advertising for an assistant coach before the vacant head coaching role has been filled.
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Edgaras Jankauskas and Julija Goncaruk exit Hearts
HEARTS assistant manager Edgaras Jankauskas is to leave Tynecastle just a year after returning to Edinburgh, the club have confirmed.
21 commentsMussy suffer cup knockout
Musselburgh ATHLETIC slumped to a 4-1 defeat in their Fife and Lothians Cup quarter-final at Camelon.
Hanlon insists Hibees are focused on Celts – not 5-1
Paul HANLON today revealed he and his Easter Road team-mates have consigned last season’s Scottish Cup debacle to history, claiming their full focus is on winning Sunday’s final against Celtic.
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Iain Milne wants Edinburgh to stay at Murrayfield
Edinburgh Rugby were today urged to put down even firmer roots at Murrayfield Stadium by Iain Milne, one of the team’s most distinguished players of the amateur era.
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Gallacher won’t rely on Ryder wild card
LOTHIANS star Stephen Gallacher reckons Paul McGinley’s wild-card change for next year’s Ryder Cup has made it harder for him to get in the team for Gleneagles.
Tynie take Colin Greenhill Trophy
Tynecastle 16s are the first winners of the Colin Greenhill Memorial Trophy after a 5-2 triumph over Leith Athletic 97s at Bonnyrigg Rose’s New Dundas Park.
Holecko signs new Caps deal
Edinburgh CAPITALS today announced the return of gritty Slovakian ice hockey forward Peter Holecko for a third season with the club.
Nip and tuck, but Slateford pull through
Edinburgh champions Slateford have progressed to the second round of the Scottish Inter County Top Ten Championship with a fine show to beat Kingswood of Glasgow 8-0.
Hibs’ Alan Maybury will seize the day at Hampden
At 34 years of age Alan Maybury may be the elder statesman at Easter Road, but today the veteran defender admitted he’s as excited as any of his teenage team-mates as he looks forward to Sunday’s Scottish Cup final against Celtic.
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Hearts paying for years of excess
LESSONS are being learned the hard way at Hearts as Vladimir Romanov’s years of largesse threaten to undermine the good work of those left holding the baby at Tynecastle.
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James McPake could miss Hibs Scottish Cup Final
James McPAKE’S hopes of leading Hibs into their second successive Scottish Cup final are fading, Easter Road boss Pat Fenlon revealed today.
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Hearts close in on deal for Danny Wilson
HEARTS are close to signing Danny Wilson permanently on a long-term contract, the Evening News can reveal. Talks between player and club are at an advanced stage and both parties are near an agreement to keep the Scotland internationalist at Tynecastle.
45 commentsKirk calls City loss ‘an injustice’ as Hibees slip to defeat
Hibernian Ladies Manager Willie Kirk today described his side’s weekend loss to Glasgow City “an injustice” given their performance at Albyn Park, Broxburn.
Anthony Brown: Underdogs yet again, but steelier version of Hibs have better chance
No other local paper in Britain can have had as many major cup finals to cover in the last year, and it’s these frenzied build-ups that ensure an additional buzz for us embattled souls on the Evening News sports desk. This Sunday, for the third time in 53 weeks, the eyes of the Capital will be fixed on a showpiece match at the national stadium, each one played out with a different narrative.
10 commentsTaiwo eager to prove old boss wrong
TOM TAIWO reckons lifting the Scottish Cup this weekend would be the perfect way to answer his critics.
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Rugby: Moving matches to Spartans can only boost Edinburgh
Former Scotland Rugby supremo Phil Anderton today insisted any move to a more compact stadium for Edinburgh’s team would have a beneficial effect on fortunes.
5 commentsEuro D-day looms for Scots clubs
Edinburgh and Glasgow Rugby could soon learn exactly what they must do to secure a place in the Heineken European Cup after next season.
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SPL lawyers to monitor Hearts’ UBIG situation
THE Scottish Premier League today warned Hearts they will watch events in Lithuania forensically after sparing the club relegation to the First Division.
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Hibs’ Scott Robertson battling for cup final spot
Hampden has been heaven and hell for Scott Robertson, the ecstasy of winning the Scottish Cup soured by the ignominy of being “hooked” barely half-an-hour into this season’s semi-final as First Division Falkirk threatened to end Hibs’ dream of glory for yet another year.
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Hearts could still face penalty over UBIG future
HEARTS received a stay of execution from the Scottish Premier League yesterday and remain a top-flight team. League officials decided that the club’s parent company, Ukio Bankas Investment Group, being named on a list of insolvent companies in Lithuania last Thursday did not breach SPL rules on insolvency. Consequently, the Edinburgh club avoided a points deduction which would have relegated them to the First Division.
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Scotland call-ups for Leigh Griffiths and Tony Watt
SCOTLAND manager Gordon Strachan has urged the clutch of untested newcomers in his squad not to let a potentially career-enhancing opportunity pass them by against Croatia in Zagreb next month.
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Hearts to stay in SPL but face 15-point deduction
HEARTS will begin next season in the Scottish Premier League – but with a 15-point deduction if majority shareholder UBIG is declared insolvent.
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John Robertson confident Hearts will stay in SPL
HEARTS’ all-time top goalscorer John Robertson is confident the club will not be relegated from the SPL this season but has accepted it is inevitable they will begin next term with a points deduction.
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Edinburgh Rugby could share ground with Spartans
Edinburgh Rugby and Spartans Football Club are exploring the possibility of a ground-share at Ainslie Park Stadium, the Evening News has learned.
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Hearts fans will stand by us, says Gary Locke
GARY LOCKE predicted Hearts fans will stand by their team no matter what as the Scottish Premier League prepared to meet today to discuss the Edinburgh club’s fate.
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Hibs boost as James McPake and Tim Clancy back
Hibs are set to receive a double boost ahead of Sunday’s Scottish Cup final, with both skipper James McPake and Tim Clancy ready to rejoin Pat Fenlon’s squad in training tomorrow.
8 commentsBasketball coach happy with Luxembourg trip
Scotland’s senior men’s basketball team played three challenge games against Luxembourg in Luxembourg over the weekend and emerged with one win, a narrow defeat and a lot of credit as they start to prepare for next year’s Euro C Championships against a team who will contest Euro B.
E&L weather the storm to beat Stirling
Edinburgh & Leith are back in business after battling both the elements and a competitive Stirling County East team to beat the visitors 124-112 in the Scottish Cities & Counties bowls match at Bainfield.
Victory in Scottish Women’s Road Race champs Taylor-made for Jen
Jen Taylor of the Capital-based Velo Ecosse team chalked up an impressive win in the Scottish Women’s Road Race Championships in Aberdeenshire yesterday, writes COLIN RENTON.
Teenage star Muir gets his big break after qualifying as a pro
TEENAGE Musselburgh snooker star Ross Muir will play on World Snooker’s Professional Tour next season after sensationally qualifying this weekend from Q School at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield.
Throwers’ best tribute is to raise standard
On a difficult, emotional day, Capital hammer-throwers Susan McKelvie and Andy Frost led a procession of Scots to achieve Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games qualifying standards in the annual Loughborough International in the East Midlands yesterday.
Sonians grab second spot in Sevens
Watsonians finished second in the overall Kings of the Sevens title race to Melrose, following the final event at Jed-Forest on Saturday.
7 commentsSeven-year run ends as Royal Burgess fall to Silverknowes
SILVERKNOWES got the new Edinburgh Summer League season off to a stunning start by inflicting a first home defeat on Royal Burgess in nearly seven years.
Young gracious in defeat as McKechin claims crown
CLASSY Clara Young refused to blame a headache for her defeat in the final of the Scottish Women’s Championship at Longniddry, writes MARTIN DEMPSTER.
Fifers foil the Lothians in Area Team bid
LOTHIANS lost to hosts Fife in the final as the record 13-time winners produced their best effort in the event’s new format in the GolfKings Scottish Area Team Championship at Crail.
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