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Football
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Aidan Smith: What exactly did Hibs do at that Dublin training camp?
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Scottish Cup final: Cavalcade of colour from capital’s sides
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Scottish Cup final: As it happened
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Tom English: ‘If this verdict stands it is going to be an indelible stain on the history of Rangers’
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Interview: John Yorkston, Dunfermline chairman
Rangers administration: Duff & Phelps ‘hopeful’ that Taxman will agree to CVA
RANGERS administrators are working to a date of Wednesday 13 June for the creditors’ meeting that could determine whether the Ibrox club has a future in its current form.
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USA 5 - 1 Scotland: Donovan grabs hattrick as Scots routed in Florida
CRAIG Levein suffered his heaviest defeat as Scotland manager as the United States cruised to a 5-1 win in tonight’s friendly in Jacksonville.
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Rangers administration: End game nears for fallen icon
Alphabet spaghetti of CVAs and EBTs could be coming home to roost but debate rages over SPL’s sanctions
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Green shoots: Billy Stark on David Wotherspoon
Excluded from Pat Fenlon’s cup-final squad, David Wotherspoon remains a valued Scotland U21 player, says Andrew Smith
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Scholarship at Stirling offers second chance to young footballers
IT’S been four years in the making. Four years since Stirling University decided to expand their sports scholarships programme to include football, four years since they entered the East of Scotland league and four years since they set in motion a gameplan that would see success measured in more ways than medals.
Tom English: ‘A mammoth investigation, so vast that it is without parallel in the history of the Scottish game’
Time waits for no man, least of all the football authorities in Scotland and the business of the investigation into the alleged double contracts at Rangers, a process that began in March and which is now seeing the Scottish Premier League coming under heavy pressure to put on its black cap and start doling out some justice.
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Republic of Ireland 1-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina: McGeady is star of Irish win but Fahey out of Euros
SHANE Long gave the Republic of Ireland a morale-boosting victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina in their last home game before the European Championship finals but midfielder Keith Fahey was ruled out of the tournament through injury.
Norway 0-1 England: Winning start for Roy Hodgson
ENGLAND manager Roy Hodgson was satisfied after beginning his reign with a 1-0 victory in Oslo.
Ashley Young earned England their first win over Norway since 1980 with a clinical finish after only nine minutes
3 commentsRangers administration: Seeds of club’s destruction sown by Fergus McCann
THE cast list took on the proportions of a Cecil B DeMille production. Yet BBC Scotland’s investigation into Rangers’ monetary meltdown, The Men Who Sold The Jerseys, made no reference to the man who can be held, at least indirectly, responsible.
10 commentsBrazil 3 - 1 Denmark: Hulk crushes Denmark to highlight the Euro task ahead
HULK scored two goals in the first half to help Brazil beat Denmark 3-1 at the start of a four-match tour ahead of the London Olympics.
After disappointment of his disallowed goal at Tynecastle, Pope hopes for final restitution
That afternoon in January could have been the highlight of Gordon Pope’s football career. With seconds of the Scottish Cup fourth round tie at Tynecastle remaining and Hearts leading 1-0, the Auchinleck Talbot defender’s effort crossed the line. He knew it as he spun away to celebrate taking the tie to a replay. Unfortunately the assistant referee disagreed and flagged for offside.
Football roundup: Swiss roll over understrength German side
Switzerland stunned Euro 2012 contenders Germany 5-3 in a friendly in Basel, with Eren Derdiyok grabbing a hat-trick against a makeshift German defence.
USA vs Scotland: Craig Levein’s rich pickings for Brazil bid
‘I’VE just got too many good players’, the Scotland coach tells Andrew Smith
SPL Play-offs: Dumbarton stand ready to move up
Dumbarton hold a 2-1 advantage going into today’s play-off final second leg against hosts Airdrie United and stand on the brink of First Division football for the first time since Murdo MacLeod was their player/manager 17 years ago.
Keith Knox aiming to sound the last post for Albion Rovers
Stranraer opened the door to Second Division football with their 2-0 win over Albion Rovers on Wednesday night and manager Keith Knox is hoping that his men now walk through it by securing promotion at Coatbridge today, writes Craig P Stewart.
Champions League final: This win means everything, says Frank Lampard
FRANK Lampard hit one of Chelsea’s four successful penalties and the 33-year-old, who joined from West Ham in 2001 and captained them last night in John Terry’s absence, savoured the club’s glory night.
Blackpool 1 - 2 West Ham: Ricardo Vaz Te nails it for Hammers
FORMER Hibernian winger Ricardo Vaz Te scored a £90 million goal to fire West Ham into the Barclays Premier League after a dramatic play-off final at Wembley yesterday.
Matchwinner’s ‘blessed’ journey from Leith to Wembley
Ricardo Vaz Te admitted to feeling “blessed” after his late strike sealed West Ham’s promotion to the Barclays Premier League as they beat Blackpool 2-1 in the npower Championship play-off final at Wembley.
Harry MacLean: Ibrox has it easy after the iniquity of Dens
THOSE Rangers supporters who believe their team has been victimised with the 12-month registration embargo that stood on appeal last week might care to consider the fate of the last Scottish club to enter administration.
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Rangers takeover: I’ll care for Bears, says Charles Green
FROM the moment Charles Green opened his mouth at his introductory press conference last Sunday morning it was obvious that this was a man who will never be stuck for a word or two.
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Juventus: Return of the old lady
CONSIDER this story: the most famous and most successful club in a country’s domestic football history becomes embroiled in a huge cheating scandal which ends with the club being disgraced, some of its officials ejected from football for ever and its main director hauled through the courts, as well as past league titles being taken away from them and the club ordered to be relegated.
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Colin Cameron: Emotions to the fore on very special day
THAT was actually quite emotional. I had a wee moment to myself as I soaked it all up because it’s different when you are sitting in the stands.
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Paul Kane: The lack of stomach was gut-wrenching
AS A fan you can accept defeat, but it was the manner of the defeat yesterday that was really gut-wrenching for the Hibs supporters.
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Scottish Cup final: How the players rated
THE Scotsman delivers its verdict on how the players performed on the big day
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Scottish Cup final: Leigh Griffiths critical of referee
BURIED beneath his beeling over referee Craig Thomson’s hand in Hibernian’s horrific Scottish Cup final hammering by their greatest rival was an admission from Leigh Griffiths that the better team won. But, oh, was that smothered by the slaughtering the striker meted out to the official.
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Scottish Cup final: Departing Hearts hero leaves marvellous memories
THE Hearts fans were spoiled: spoiled for goals, spoiled by the ease of the job and spoiled for heroes. But, even on a day when so few did anything wrong, it was clear that one or two had an elevated status.
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Scottish Cup final: Pat Fenlon slams players for lack of hunger, will to win and workrate
ON THE biggest day of his football life, and possibly the most important in the history of his club, Pat Fenlon’s players offered nothing. They capitulated in the face of their greatest rivals and lent the other half of the capital bragging rights for the rest of the century.
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Scottish Cup final: Paulo Sergio future remains up in the air
ON A day when his team answered every question that was put to them, Paul Sergio failed to come up with an answer of his own.
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Scottish Cup final: Hibernian 1 - 5 Hearts: Hearts pounding has hapless Hibs in hiding video Picture gallery
FOOTBALL’S capacity for cruelty was rarely more evident than at Hampden where Hearts didn’t so much win the Scottish Cup as annex a club’s spirit.
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Bayern Munich 1 - 1 Chelsea (Chelsea win 4-3 on pens): Didier Drogba penalty clinches Champions League victory in shoot-out Picture gallery
ROMAN Abramovich may have provided the resources, but it was another Russian Chelsea resembled last night as they won their first Champions League: Rasputin. This was a Chelsea that just couldn’t be killed off.
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Rangers takeover: Ally McCoist dazed and confused by SFA report
Manager is stunned by revelations about former Rangers regime but rails against logic of punishing fans and staff
Rangers takeover: Powerbrokers left with nowhere to hide by damning report
ON Friday the Scottish Football Association published the written judgment from its Judicial Panel Disciplinary Tribunal Hearing into Rangers and Craig Whyte.
Rangers takeover: Fundamental flaw in Kennedy plan
ASIDE from the profound “quantum” issues, the Blue Knights and Brian Kennedy bid for Rangers contained one fundamental, but overlooked, flaw that surely would have resulted in its ultimate failure
Aberdeen 0 - 0 St Mirren: Darren Mackie a goal short of the perfect goodbye
Aberdeen boss Craig Brown admitted that his side’s 0-0 draw with St Mirren summed up the frustrating nature of their season – but paid tribute to striker Darren Mackie, who captained the side in his last Dons outing with a man-of-the-match display
Dunfermline 1 - 2 Kilmarnock: Seventh sealed for Killie
Having managed just one home win all season in the SPL, relegated Dunfermline were just four minutes from doubling that total when their season-long defensive frailty caught up with them yet again.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 - 0 Hibernian: Inverness finish in style
IF THIS is to be the prelude to a glorious date with destiny for Hibernian, no Easter Road regulars will care that it was a hopelessly unsatisfying last fling of the season in the SPL.
Derby pioneers: How Hearts helped Hibs in the late 19th century
Shunned by Scottish football due to their Irish roots, Hibs finally found an unlikely ally in Hearts
Ayr Utd 1-3 Airdrie Utd (agg. 1-3): Diamonds make the cut
A dramatic 90 minutes at Somerset Park peppered with tetchy incidents saw Ayr United relegated to the Second Division and Airdrie presented with the opportunity to finally prevail in the league play-offs at the fifth time of asking when they take on Dumbarton next week.
Arbroath 0-0 Dumbarton (agg 1-2): Grindlay is reluctant hero for Sons
Dumbarton keeper Stephen Grindlay refused to take the plaudits for making a number of good saves to help Sons to the play-off final.
Albion Rovers 2-0 Elgin City (agg. 2-1): Rovers overturn deficit to progress
A DRAMATIC late goal saw Rovers overturn their first-leg deficit and progress to the Second Division play-off final after a thrilling encounter, writes Martin Kelly at Cliftonhill.
Aidan Smith: Half-time cup of tea, Ern?
The headline read: “Cup + Local Rivalry = Excitement.” That was Hearts programme editor Davie Laing’s welcome for what was my first capital clash for the infernal silver pail. He wasn’t wrong that day – 1971, fourth round – and he’s not been wrong since.
Blue moon rising
Manchester City are on the cusp of glory and no-one is happier than club legend Willie Donachie
Gary Mackay: ‘It’s a day to embrace’
There’ll be no pre-match pints for Gary Mackay on a day he’s eager to make the most of
Gordon Strachan: Dad would’ve loved this game... he was desperate to see the hoodoo end
Whether Hibs win or lose on Saturday, they’ve given Gordon Strachan priceless memories, he tells Ewing Grahame
My cup final: Alex Salmond
This year’s Scottish Cup Final is a truly unique occasion. There is nobody alive on the planet today who can possibly claim to have witnessed a capital city derby Scottish Cup Final.
1 commentMy cup final: Andy Murray
NO matter where he goes, no matter what he does, there will always be a part of Andy Murray that belongs to Easter Road.
As injuries mount, preparation for World Cup begins with USA friendly
AS FAR as Craig Levein is concerned, the qualifying campaign for Brazil in 2014 starts in Florida later this month.
Pressley’s penalty cause
WHEN Hearts won the cup in 1956 and in 1998, they had been underdogs. In 2006, against Gretna, they could not have been firmer favourites, writes Moira Gordon. It was a Hearts side that had been tipped to challenge for the title and had actually been leading the race before managerial upheaval cast a shadow. They had still finished second, splitting the Old Firm and were littered with quality internationals. Their opponents were a team from the Second Division, debuting in a Hampden final.
Coming off the ropes to seek redemption at last
THE ageing, creaking fighter knew he was nearing the end. He knew his best days were behind him and that his chance of landing the title he had so desired was probably gone. But then he changed his trainer and something started to stir. He took an early pounding from a loose-cannon Italian but outlasted him. He brushed aside a Portuguese journeyman to set up a bout against the most feared boxer on the planet, a fighter they said might be the best ever. There was a theory he had a glass jaw, but how to find it when you were being pummelled by relentless combinations? Yet he did, bunkering down and taking a pounding but landing three savage blows himself. And so, suddenly, the ageing fighter has a one-off shot for the title. It’s on the German favourite’s home patch so it won’t be easy, but it would make for a terrible climax if it were.
Fulton’s caring, sharing captaincy
FULL-TIME couldn’t come soon enough. From the moment Colin Cameron converted the second-minute penalty against Rangers in the 1998 Scottish Cup final, the men from the capital would have welcomed the final whistle with open arms, writes Moira Gordon.
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- Rangers takeover: triple penalty punishment enough, says Johnston
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- Scottish independence: SNP flip-flops over Nato
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