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Andrew Smith: Can the Africa Cup of Nations disentangle itself from off-field politics?
ONLY one of the winners from the past nine championships, Tunisia, will be competing in the latest Africa Cup of Nations. Consequently a number of the “daddy” teams from the continent – Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa and Cameroon, will not. Meanwhile, three new entrants will take their bow: co-hosts Equatorial Guinea, Niger and Botswana. The tournament then, despite being 45 years old, has a young feel to it. Which shouldn’t stop us being grown up about it. Not when Africa has matured enough for a measure of parity to be sought with standards elsewhere.
‘Independent’ report into Hearts stadium was by fan
A FRESH row has broken out over a bid by Heart of Midlothian FC to persuade Edinburgh City Council to build the club a new stadium after it emerged one of Heart’s own shareholders had written a controversial report supporting the idea.
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SPL to make ruling on Hearts wages at start of next month
THE Scottish Premier League will make a ruling at the start of next month on Hearts’ repeated failure to pay their players salaries on time. The SPL board of directors yesterday considered the formal complaint lodged by PFA Scotland last Friday on behalf of the Hearts players who, for the third successive month, have not received their wages on the scheduled date.
Aidan Smith: I see a red door and I want it painted (by) Black
I DID a double-take when I read the headline: “Hearts star Black works as a painter.” A check of the date revealed it wasn’t April 1st, so it seemed genuine.
Aidan Smith: I see a red door and I want it painted (by) Black
I DID a double-take when I read the headline: “Hearts star Black works as a painter.” A check of the date revealed it wasn’t April 1st, so it seemed genuine.
Aidan Smith: I see a red door and I want it painted (by) Black
I DID a double-take when I read the headline: “Hearts star Black works as a painter.” A check of the date revealed it wasn’t April 1st, so it seemed genuine.
2 CommentsWebchat: Moira Gordon on the wages dispute at Hearts
Scotland on Sunday football writer is online from 1pm to discuss the current wages dispute at Hearts.
Glen and Stewart set to Hearts exit
GARY GLEN and Jonathan Stewart are the latest Hearts players who will be allowed to leave Tynecastle for free next month if they can find another club. Both are out of contract next June and can move on as part of cost-cutting measures.
Former team-mate Jackie McNamara is convinced skilful Aussie has the game to stop Celtic star
RYAN McGOWAN faces possibly the most challenging afternoon of his fledgling career tomorrow. Out of position, on the wrong side of the field, away to Celtic, his task will be to nullify the threat of the rampant James Forrest.
Taouil insists Celtic clash will lift squad
MEHDI Taouil insists Hearts won’t struggle for motivation when they face Celtic tomorrow – because they should be inspired by playing at Parkhead.
Elliot, Thomson, and Balogh to exit as Hearts look to cut costs
CALUM ELLIOT, Jason Thomson and Janos Balogh will be the first players allowed to leave Hearts as new director of football John Murray begins implementing cost-cutting measures.
Hearts players finally get part of overdue wages
HEARTS players have received a portion of their overdue wages after Ukio Bankas Investment Group, the club’s parent company, processed a payment of around £1000 for each player. UBIG officials are now attempting to source the remaining funds to complete salary payments which were originally due on November 16.
34 CommentsInternet paedophile jailed for preying on girls as young as nine
A FORMER staff nurse who posed as a teenage lesbian to prey on almost 50 young girls online was jailed for six years and eight months yesterday, and is to be monitored for life.
Hearts fans plan to boycott games at Hibs and Celtic over ticket prices
HEARTS fans are considering boycotting forthcoming away matches at Celtic and Hibs because of new ticketing measures which will see them pay more than 25 per cent extra to attend the games.
92 CommentsGary Mackay: Never underestimate the lift a victory can give squad
Saturday’s win over Inverness was absolutely massive in lifting the gloom at the club.
3 CommentsOpposition slams council funding of Tynecastle study
City leaders have been accused of breaching council rules by allowing officials to share the costs of a £30,000 study with Hearts into a new community stadium without approval by councillors.
3 CommentsStill unpaid, but Hearts hold fire on taking action
Hearts’ band of unpaid players are so far continuing to remain patient with the club over the latest wages saga, despite the delay moving into an 11th day.
38 CommentsSergio will not take Auchinleck lightly
HEARTS manager Paulo Sergio was satisfied with yesterday’s William Hill Scottish Cup draw which pitted his side against Junior side Auchinleck Talbot.
Scottish Cup draw in full: juniors handed Tynecastle tie
Ayrshire junior outfit Auchinleck Talbot have been paired against SPL side Hearts in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.
16 CommentsGary Mackay: We need quality in squad not quantity
It’s extremely hard to get too excited about the future of the club while it’s in such a state of flux. Everybody’s hoping things take a positive turn, but this sort of stuff doesn’t sort itself out overnight, especially with the concerning level of debt we have.
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Wednesday 15 February 2012
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