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Germany's Alexander Zverev looks on as he plays against Slovakia's Alex Molcan during their men's singles match on day five of the Roland-Garros Open tennis tournament at the Court Philippe-Chatrier in Paris on June 1, 2023. (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP) (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images)

Aidan Smith: We still don't know who's going to replace the Big Four in tennis

Hibs suffered their own 7-0 disaster against Malmo.

Aidan Smith: Call Farage, we need another Brexit to get our clubs out of Europe

Callum Paterson scores Sheffield Wednesday's fifth goal in their comeback which - sorry Man City - was the story of the week.

The choice is tight little grounds like Luton or Grealish’s tight little shorts

Kevin van Veen, Motherwell's deadly striker, is in contention for players' player of the year

Forget Celtic trio - there's only one man who should win player of year award

Sir Alex Ferguson turned Aberdeen into the best football team in Europe before going on to great success at Manchester United (Picture: Rusty Cheyne/Allsport/Getty Images)

Why Alex Ferguson is still the greatest manager – Scotsman comment

A now iconic image - Aberdeen skipper Willie Miller lifts the European Cup Winners Cup aloft on 11 May 1983 after victory over Real Madrid in Gothenburg

Mark McGhee: “Fergie didn't use a hairdryer, it was a pyroclastic blast"

Will Dundee still be celebrating when the final whistle blows tonight? (Picture: Euan Cherry / SNS Group)

Scottish football is the most exciting in the world (for one day, at least)

Sky Sports have not selected any matches not involving Celtic or Rangers after the Premiership split. (Rob Casey / SNS Group)

Sky Sports will show your team, just as long as they’re playing Old Firm

Falkirk and Inverness do battle at Hampden in a repeat of the 2015 Scottish Cup final - and the number of fans is likely to be much lower this time around.

Welcome to Hampden, here's your seat - actually just take the whole row

Joasia Zakrzewski finished 14th in the 2014 Commonwealth Games marathon (Picture: Kai-Otto Melau/Getty Images)

Ultra-marathon runner smashes mile world record. Or does she? – Scotsman comment

Livingston Skatepark could become a listed building (Picture: Greg Macvean)

Skateboarding now has a venerable history – Scotsman comment

Scotland celebrate their win over Canada at the World Championships.

Scotland's curling world champions are an inspiration to the nation

Hearts manager Robbie Neilson and Hibs boss Lee Johnson will do battle once again next weekend.

Hearts can’t afford to not finish third, Hibs can’t afford more derby failure

Joy unconfined as Ryan Christie, John McGinn and Scott McTominay celebrate the epic Scotlad victory over Spain

The Spanish complaints are the paella pot calling the kettle black

Scotland manager Steve Clarke sought to dampen down the excitement following the 2-0 defeat of Spain (Picture: Steve Welsh/PA)

Steve Clarke is giving a masterclass in good leadership – Scotsman comment

Scotland's Scott McTominay celebrates scoring his second goal against Spain with team-mate Kieran Tierney (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)

Scotland blew away our winter blues with amazing win over Spain – Laura Waddell

See Naples and make like you're half dead. Harry Kane, back on his feet, celebrates a famous victory

Stop crawling, Harry! You'll get grass stains on your socks!

The limited edition Scotland top is priced at £90. £25 more than the current home top for adults.

Stephen Mcilkenny: The SFA are robbing fans over new Scotland kit

VAR technology has created considerable controversy in Scotland (Picture: Steve Welsh/PA)

Don't mention the VAR? Scottish football in uproar over controversial decisions

Despite the introduction of VAR scrutiny over referees has increased. (Photo by Alan Harvey / SNS Group)

Scottish football's 150 days of VAR tedium - and why there's no end in sight

Rangers manager Michael Beale has entered into the debate about the future of Scottish football and suggested everyone "gets in a room" to discuss it.

Every avenue to improve Scottish football has been explored - just stop it

Hibs fans belt out "Sunshine on Leith" in memory of Ron Gordon.

Sunshine on Leith is greatest anthem but I don't want to hear it every game

Finn Russell has been in inspired form for Scotland during the Six Nations.

Barring a stinker against Ireland, Finn Russell is surely the 6N's top player

Motty wasn't sheepish about what he didn't like in the modern game

Why is a national final of the national sport not viewable by the nation?

'S e Kara Hanlon tè dhe na snàmhadairean as fheàrr ann an Alba.

Tha leasan cudromach anns na Geamaichean Eileanach

Rangers were not impressed by the condition of the McDiarmid Park pitch last month.

Aidan Smith: Why Michael Beale tripped over a divot

Morelos celebrates scoring at Tynecastle in typical Alfredo fashion - with a typical response from the home stands.

Aidan Smith: McCann has called out Morelos but did something similar

Scotland line up to sign Flower of Scotland at a recent rugby match at BT Murrayfield.

Flower of Scotland tingles the spine and unpicks the lining of your Barbour

Andy Murray's powers of retrieval were displayed once again at the Australian Open.

Sorry Pele, but Andy Murray's just trumped you for greatest sporting moment

Tha sgeulachd air leth timcheall iomain ri innse, ach gu mì-fhortanach bha am prògram “Giving It Stick” far an targaid. (Dealbh: BBC Scotland)

Tàmailteach nach deach sgeulachd cheart na h-iomain innse

Gareth Bale's retirement sparked instant claims that he's been the all-time greatest British footballer

Gareth Bale the greatest-ever British footballer? You're havin' a taff

Gregor Townsend has been linked with the role of France attack coach. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Gregor Townsend is entitled to seek a new role but timing is awful for Scotland

Hibs manager Lee Johnson takes his team to Motherwell this afternoon.

Often, the manager who slags off his players is quickly out of a job

Aidan's programme and ticket stub from "the greatest game in history".

For 50 years, I've kept it on instruction - Hearts 0-7 Hibs

The swagger, the arrogrance, the ticker-tape, those flashing thighs - who didn't love Argentina in '1978 and who doesn't want them to win the World Cup again?

Less brand, more bandito - why Scots like Argentina

Hibs defender Ryan Porteous exchanges words with Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos during a match in 2018.

Rangers v Hibs is great welcome back. For previous, for intrigue, for danger

Those grizzled gunslingers Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani are out of the World Cup after the greatest group-stage finishes in the history of the tournament

The World Cup is reclaiming every bit of time-wasting. Let's do it here

Scotland's Lyndon Dykes heads at goal during a Uefa Nations League match against the Republic of Ireland (Picture: Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

SFA should be applauded for restrictions on heading the ball – Scotsman comment

Fans of Freiburg in Germany made clear their feelings about the Qatar World Cup earlier this year (Picture: Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)

Greed, abuses and corruption make this World Cup the beautiful game’s nadir

England's Harry Kane wears the OneLove rainbow armband during a Uefa Nations League match against Italy in September (Picture: Michael Regan/Getty Images)

Why victory at the Qatar World Cup will be a hollow one – Laura Waddell

Iran's players stayed noticeably silent as their national anthem was played ahead of the World Cup game against England (Picture: Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Fifa's ban on OneLove armband means it's acting like Qatari 'morality police'

Prince William, Prince of Wales during a visit to England's national football centre at St George's Park.

It's a PR clanger what Wills - Prince of Wales - didn't see off the Welsh team

Pele is hoisted on the shoulders of his teammates after Brazil's 4-1 victory in the 1970 World Cup final against Italy (Picture: AP photo, file)

Pelé's beautiful game can still be found in Scotland – Scotsman comment

The specially built Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Doha, Qatar, will host several World Cup matches (Picture: Qatar 2022/Supreme Committee via Getty Images)

Fifa is wrong. There were many 'better' nations than Qatar to host World Cup

Qatar thinks homosexuality is abnormal - abnormal is the place hosting World Cup

Silent Support Weekend is deemed necessary because last year 390 parents in England were banned from touchlines. (Photo by Fiona Goodall/Getty Images)

Silent Support Weekend: FA wokery or a necessary move to ensure parents behave?

Gregor Townsend and Finn Russell repaired their relationship during lockdown but the fly-half has been dropped from Scotland's autumn squad. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Townsend’s Scotland Test career ended at 30 - will Russell’s go the same way?

The VAR nerve centre which will settle all Scottish football disputes from this Friday (aye right).

VAR: Brace yourself for moments of ecstasy hit by coitus interruptus

Referees receive VAR training at Hampden Park (Picture: Alan Harvey/SNS)

The end of refereeing controversies? Aye right – Scotsman comment

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson lifts the Premier League trophy at Old Trafford in May 2013 (Picture: Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

How the beautiful game has changed the English language – Susie Dent

Jim Goodwin and Ryan Porteous shake hands, just before the Aberdeen manager called the Hibs player a cheat and landed himself in big trouble.

Ban-gate: 'Everyone’s at it. There’s concerted, relentless cheating in games'

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Franck Sauzee celebrates alongside Hibernian team-mate John Hughes.

Franck Sauzee at Hibs: "Like a ballet dancer - one who loved crunching tackles"

Under Steve Clarke's leadership, Scotland are getting results (Picture: Rafal Oleksiewicz/PA)

Clarke's Scotland team demonstrates the benefits of good leadership – Scotsman

Ryan Porteous doesn't need to be hooded-up to fulfill the role of Scottish football's bogeyman.

Goodwin used to be Scottish football's public enemy No 1 and now it's Porteous

Kenny Dalglish introduces Queen Elizabeth II to members of the Glasgow Select XI before the match against a Football League XI at Hampden Park. The match was in aid of the Silver Jubilee Appeal.

Scottish fans can't be trusted, Tynecastle proved that, so the football's off

Scott Arfield and John Lundstram celebrate Rangers return to the Champions League.

We wait with intrigue to see what Angeball looks like in a Euro context

Graeme Souness with some other men at a men's game, just before getting down to analysing the finer points of men's football.

Souness made a specific judgement about the men's game because he loves tackling

Giovanni van Bronckhorst. (Photo by Steve Welsh/Getty Images)

Why Rangers need games between UCL ties rather than following PSV move plans

Ticket issues have been raised by fans this season already. (Photo by Ross MacDonald / SNS Group)

Scottish football has reached tipping point with treatment of fans

Fans at Aylesbury United WFC celebrate England's victory in the Uefa Women's Euro 2022 final (Picture: Steve Parson/PA)

Lionesses can inspire Scotland's women to footballing glory – Scotsman comment

Tom Daley carries the Queen’s Baton during the Opening Ceremony of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham (Picture: Elsa/Getty Images)

Commonwealth Games is proving sport and politics do mix – Christine Jardine MP

Alessia Russo celebrates her wonder goal for the Lionesses in the Euros semi-final.

Women’s football: The Lionesses’ brilliant backheeled goal was their Panenka

England's Ellen White celebrates their side's win over Sweden in the semi-final match in Sheffield (Picture: Naomi Baker/Getty Images)

Anyone but England? Now it's Come on England as Lionesses win over Scots

A water-skier tales part in the Birmingham 2022 Queen's Baton Relay ahead of the start of the Commonwealth Games (Picture: Nick England/Getty Images for Birmingham 2022 Queen's Baton Relay)

Commonwealth Games has created global ties of friendship out of sins on Empire

Cricketer Qasim Sheikh speaks at a press conference as an independent review found numerous examples of 'institutional racism' in the Scottish game (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

Cricket Scotland's institutional racism is a wake-up call for us all

The Rocky road for Bushiri at Hibs continued with the player being fielded in the Premier Sports Cup despite being banned, ending the club's involvement in the competition

50 years on from Turnbull's Tornadoes they've really Hibsed it this time

Jake Wightman wins gold for Britain in the 1500m at the World Athletics Championships. (Picture: Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)

Wightman's world gold medal is not just a family affair – Scotsman comment

Tha an t-seann chluicheadair criogaid Freddie Flintoff a’ feuchainn ri òigridh a thàladh chun gheama (Dealbh: BBC)

Chan eil sinn idir ag aithneachadh a’ bhuannachd ann an spòrs

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Britain's then prime minister Boris Johnson looks up as he delivers a speech in front of 10 Downing Street in central London. Picture: Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images

Boris Johnson sensationally quits as MP amid Partygate probe accusations

The fourth episode of The Steamie for 2022 is now live. Picture: JPI Media/Shutterstock

The Steamie: Is the SNP's independence push running out of steam?

Hamdan Aslam died at St Kentigern’s Academy in Blackburn of natural causes, police have said

Teenager, 14, who died at Scottish secondary school had heart condition