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Nacho Novo: Allegedly received �1.2 million via EBT. Picture: Jane Barlow

Glenn Gibbons: Unmerited EBT pay-outs highlight Ibrox profligacy

NOBODY who watched the BBC’s compelling investigation into the Rangers scandal this week could have taken long to reach the conclusion that the Ibrox club’s former owner, David Murray, had managed to take the concept of profligacy to a new level; that is, to an unprecedented depth.

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Pat Fenlon walks among his dispirited players. Picture: Ian Rutherford

Stuart Bathgate: Back to square one as spineless Hibs throw in towel

ALTHOUGH everyone connected with Hibernian will want to put Saturday out of their minds as soon as possible, that will be easier said than done. Cup finals are billed as one-off occasions in which form goes out the window but this one merely showcased the deficiencies from which Hibs have suffered all season.

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'I would have liked to see Alex Dunbar picked for the tour' (SNS)

Allan Massie: Five-second ruck rule would bring end to boring impasse

THE word is that the IRB will rule that a ball held at the back of a ruck must be played within five seconds, though I haven’t seen official confirmation of this.

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Hannah Miley: Two more competitions to go before biggest test of them all

SIXTY-NINE days to go. Not that I’m really counting but every time I go into Robert Gordon’s University they have an Olympic countdown clock so I can’t really miss it.

Chelsea's Didier Drogba in training yesterday. Picture: Reuters

Frank Malley: Old guard primed to deliver Abramovich’s Holy Grail

IN THE nine years Roman Abramovich has owned Chelsea, the chances are barely a week has gone by without him ruminating on how to win the Champions League.

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Paul Murray has hinted that he has not given up on buying club. Picture: SNS

Stuart Bathgate: No justice when equality has gone out the window

IN PRINCIPLE, Neil Lennon is entirely right to state that Rangers should not be treated as a special case by the football authorities. Equality before the law is one of the basic tenets of justice and nearly everyone, including Ally McCoist, would agree with the Celtic manager. At least in the abstract.

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Administrators announce Bill Miller is the preferred bidder. Picture: Robert Perry

Tom English: Bill Miller set to enter a very strange land

ON A day of many statements, the first of them came in early morning when Rangers announced their intention to pay tribute to their 12th man – the long-suffering supporters – by retiring the number 12 jersey forever more. It was a heartfelt gesture of thanks, a measure of appreciation more redolent of schmaltzy American sport than hard-nosed Glasgow football. He’s not making the decisions yet, but you could imagine Bill Miller, the “Tennessee tow-truck tycoon” as he has come to be known in these parts, approving of the sentiment. Rangers will be forever Govan, but the club has moved closer to wrapping itself in the Stars and Stripes under the ownership of a man who, it’s safe to assume, knows a lot more about the history of NASCAR than he does about the legend of Nacho Novo.

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