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O’Neill’s absence will not affect transfers
MATTHEW LINDSAY SHAUN MALONEY dismissed concerns that Martin O’Neill’s health issue will prevent Celtic from strengthening their squad further in the final weeks of the summer transfer window after their William Hill Premiership win over Kilmarnock...
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End of the line?
CHRIS DOCHERTY grows tired of people blaming the calamity of youth development in Scotland on self-serving managers and the influence of Brexit. SFA head of men’s elite strategy for three years, Scottish football, he believes, is hiding behind...
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SFA scrap KMI panel after two seasons
THE SCOTTISH FA have abolished the Key Match Incident Review Panel set up to look at major on-field refereeing decisions. Established in September 2024, a three-person panel consisting of one independent member, one laws of the game expert and one...
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Celtic confirm ‘small procedure’ for O’Neill
MARTIN O’NEILL has undergone a “small procedure” in hospital, as confirmed by Celtic. Responding to speculation, the club released a statement confirming the news yesterday afternoon. The Parkhead manager, 74, is expected to be released from hospital...
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Rangers rushing to finalise deal for attacker
CHRIS JACK RANGERS are pushing to complete a deal for Japanese winger Daisuke Yokota in time for their Europa League clash with Jagiellonia Bialystok tomorrow night. It is understood Yokota will pen a long-term contract after a fee in the region of...
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O’Neill wants left-back cover after Celtic beat Dundee
MARTIN O’NEILL admitted he is trying to sign cover for Kieran Tierney in the left-back position. The William Hill Premiership champions defeated Dundee in their league opener last night, but it was not a vintage performance as they edged a narrow...
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O’Neill hails McGregor as future Celtic manager
MJOSH McCAFFERTY ARTIN O’NEILL has tipped Celtic captain Callum McGregor to one day manage the club after resolving uncertainty surrounding his future. In the closing weeks of last season, McGregor warned the Parkhead hierarchy that if they did not...
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Ibrox men fail to deliver the perfect
D1 1EREK McINNES’ reign at Rangers got off to a disappointing start for him at Tannadice last night when the Ibrox club were held to a draw by Dundee United in their opening William Hill Premiership match of the new season. Fans of the Glasgow giants...
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SRU chief sacked over conduct
SCOTTISH Rugby Union chief executive Alex Williamson has been sacked following an internal investigation into his conduct. It is understood the probe centred on claims Williamson had entered into an undisclosed relationship with an SRU...
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Scottish FA to take strong stance against Infantino’s World Cup sell-off scheme
SCOTTISH FA president Mike Mulraney and chief executive Ian Maxwell will take part in an emergency UEFA summit called to discuss FIFA plans to sell off stakes in its major competitions to private investors. FIFA president Gianni Infantino has written...
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Celtic seal Hogh deal for record transfer fee
KASPER HOGH revealed the sight of Celtic’s green-andwhite hoops left him “really excited” as the striker spoke about his move to Parkhead. The 25-year-old Denmark internationalist has joined the Scottish champions on a four-year deal, with the option...
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Vrancken: Players must believe in special night
WOUTER VRANCKEN revealed there are players pushing for a spot in his starting XI for Hearts’ Champions League second-leg tie with Sturm Graz, while Christian Borchgrevink is a doubt for tonight’s fixture. Hearts will be looking to achieve one of their...
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McLeish says ref comment was ‘tongue in cheek’
CRAIG McLEISH has insisted his televised remark regarding referee Sean Murdoch was a “tongue-incheek” comment after St Mirren’s loss to Dunfermline. The Paisley boss had twice asked who Murdoch had played for as he was shown replays of Samuel Ramos’...
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Del in the dock
RANGERS boss Derek McInnes is set to begin the season in the stands after being hit with a four-match ban for his comments on Celtic’s controversial penalty at Motherwell towards the end of the previous campaign. The then-Hearts boss described the VAR...
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Fix this before someone dies
AN independent review into events at last season’s Scottish Cup quarter-final between Rangers and Celtic at Ibrox has said that disorder at the match must be treated as Scottish football’s ‘Wembley 2021 moment’, as it warned of two ‘near-miss’ moments...
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Nelms: Every step has been taken for new stadium
MANAGING DIRECTOR John Nelms claims Dundee have “done everything asked of us and more” in the bid for a new 12,500-seat stadium at Camperdown Park. The Tayside club have stated that all necessary documentation has today been submitted to Dundee City...
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Wily Fox gets first Major title of career at Birkdale
WELL, that was a nail-nibbler. When Bob Charles became the first New Zealander to land the Claret Jug back in 1963, he had to do it in a play-off. At Royal Birkdale last night, it looked like Ryan Fox might have to do it the hard way too. In the end,...
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Gordon announces his decision to retire
HEARTS and Scotland goalkeeper Craig Gordon has announced his retirement from football at the age of 43. Gordon has called time on a 24-year professional career which brought 84 international caps, six league titles, four Scottish Cups – the first of...
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Scot plays it smart as he plots route
THE sight of yellowing baked out fairways at an Open Championship often gives it a nostalgic, 1970s feel. All that is missing are big sideburns, flares and medallions on hairy chests. Here at Royal Birkdale, the sun continues to blaze, everything is...
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Rose relives his finest hour at Royal
THE parched, sun-seared links of Royal Birkdale look and feel like a yellow brick road. There will be a golfing wizard at the end of it come Sunday, too. It’s running so fast, the eventual champion will probably get three points on his licence as well...
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Jota to return to Celtic training next week
CELTIC winger Jota will return to Lennoxtown next Monday. The Portuguese attacker has been sidelined for 15 months with an anterior cruciate ligament injury. Jota has received specialist treatment in his homeland and is due back on the grass at the...
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O’Neill to hold contract talks with McGregor
MANAGER Martin O’Neill is set to hold talks with Callum McGregor about his future after the Celtic captain switched agents. McGregor has been consistently linked with a move to Saudi Arabia and hinted in April that if the Parkhead club did not match...
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The Fixture
Graeme McGarry joins the fans coming together to end this shameful behaviour at football Stephen Kerr MSP
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McIlroy leads the way
FOOTBALL banning orders are set to be strengthened in Scotland in a targeted crackdown on pyrotechnics, pitch invasions and the throwing of missiles. Ministers will introduce legislation in the Scottish Parliament in an effort to clamp down on the...
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McGregor takes up coaching role at Ibrox
RANGERS have confirmed the arrival of Allan McGregor as the club’s new goalkeeping coach. His predecessor, Sal Bibbo, had left following one season in Glasgow to join Frank Lampard’s Coventry City. McGregor started work last week as part of Derek...
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Duran to be Celtic’s first signing of the summer
MARTIN O’NEILL has revealed that Colombian forward Camilo Duran is about to become Celtic’s first new signing of the summer. After undergoing a medical, the 24-year-old will join the champions for a fee in the region of £6million following a fruitful...
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All the President’s men?
UNITED STATES President Donald Trump has confirmed he had personally asked FIFA president Gianni Infantino to “review” a red card shown to US striker Folarin Balogun. FIFA announced on Sunday that the automatic one-match ban for Balogun’s dismissal...
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Belgium rage at FIFA U-turn on Balogun suspension
FIFA’S decision to allow Folarin Balogun to play in the United States’ World Cup last16 clash with Belgium has been welcomed by Donald Trump, while the Belgian Football Association said it was “astonished” and “investigating all potential...
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AYR UNITED HIGH FLYERS
Chairman ready for next adventure after two-seater plane trip to World Cup
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Fearnley felled
RANGERS are on the trail of Partizan Belgrade captain Vanja Dragojevic as Derek McInnes looks to bolster his midfield options for the second time this summer. McInnes added former Sunderland captain Dan Neil to his ranks earlier this week as the...
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Keeper hails cup record as Buddies sign him up
ST Mirren have announced the signing of goalkeeper Jacob Chapman on a two-year deal. The 25-year-old arrives from Sky Bet League One side Huddersfield on a contract which runs until the summer of 2028, with the option of a further year. Chapman spent...
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Pandur can lead way for Rangers, says McInnes
DEREK McINNES is confident keeper Ivor Pandur can lead the way for Rangers after he completed a £6 million switch from Hull City. We reported on Monday that the Croatian was set to put pen to paper at Ibrox. Current No.1 Jack Butland will head the...
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Pandur set for Rangers as Butland joins Hull
RANGERS are set to complete a £6million move for Hull City goalkeeper Ivor Pandur as Jack Butland prepares to head in the opposite direction this summer. Pandur has been identified as the man who will wear the No.1 jersey at Ibrox this term under the...
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Scotland’s excruciating stint in limbo only prolongs painful trip
WHILE history rarely repeats itself, it sometimes rhymes. When Scotland lost to Brazil in their final at Italia ’90, Costa Rica’s win over Sweden ended any prospect of finishing in the top two of Group C. Automatic qualification for the knockout stages...
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THE DAY SCOTLAND WERE THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD
WITH Scotland facing Brazil overnight in their final Group C match, for our early edition we have reprinted a piece from June 2013 on the last time we took on the samba stars on the biggest stage in football FIFTEEN years ago today almost 33 per cent...
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Clarke wants Scots to show they belong in knockout rounds
SECURE a point against Brazil, and Scotland’s national team can indulge themselves with some mutual backslapping. Lose by two, three or four goals to the fivetime world champions, and players will slink off the Miami pitch and return to their North...
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Neymar: Brazil’s prince who never
AFTER months of speculation and conjecture, Neymar will play his first game of the World Cup for Brazil against Scotland on Wednesday. It is hard to say if the news should be reported with a grim sense of foreboding for Steve Clarke’s team or construed...
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New MBE Macari still determined to make a difference
WATCHING his country win their first World Cup match in 36 years in the wee small hours of last Sunday morning rounded off a gratifying few days for Lou Macari. The national team’s emotional Group C victory over Haiti in the Boston Stadium in...
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Clarke wants repeat of middle-game performances
SCOTLAND’s last meeting with Morocco offered a telling insight into the nation’s acceptance of failure at the World Cup finals. On June 23 1998, Craig Brown’s team faced the North African nation in Saint-Etienne. The two teams needed a win to secure...
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Christie vows to keep tears to himself this time
N AN eerie, Covid-decimated football stadium in Belgrade, Scotland returned from the international wilderness by winning a penalty shoot-out against Serbia to qualify for a first major tournament in 22 years. Contrary to popular belief, Ryan Christie...
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Dykes determined Scotland stand
LYNDON DYKES looks the way he does for a reason. A battle-hardended nation, they take no prisoners in Serbia and prior to travelling to Belgrade for the penalty shootout which ended 23 years in the international wilderness for Scotland, the striker...
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Tartan Army are winning on and off the park in Boston
BACK at the World Cup after a 28-year absence, Scotland are winning games on the pitch and friends on the streets. People could get used to this. Leaving Boston to return to the team’s Charlotte training base yesterday, the news cycle rolled with the...
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Clarke won’t allow critics to rain on Scotland’s parade
TWO things can be true at the same time. It is right to feel that Scotland winning a game at the World Cup finals is a marvellous thing, a generational event. It is equally fair to feel that the team can play better, that they can use all their...
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Clarke wants his men to make their mark on the big stage
N his 1881 essay Virginibus Puerisque, Robert Louis Stevenson coined the saying which could have been written to describe Scotland’s national football team at major tournaments. “To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive,” said Stevenson in...
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McLean: I’d trade magic moment at Hampden to beat Haiti
THE anniversary of the finest Scotland goal of all time passed quietly. On June 11, 1978, Archie Gemmill foxed and flummoxed a Dutch defence to finish off an act of individual brilliance so feted it became a scene in Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting and...
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Infantino has lost control of his World Cup of chaos
N 1928, Jules Rimet persuaded his FIFA colleagues that the idea of a football World Cup might have some mileage. The charismatic Frenchman envisioned a tournament which would unite nations, promote comradeship and fair play, and bring people together...
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McGinn vows to keep feet on ground in US
JOHN McGINN harbours a few regrets from the Euro 2024 experience. When Scotland flew to their training base in GarmischPartenkirchen, the midfielder wanted to make an impact in Germany by delivering perfect performances, rousing results and a slice of...
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O’Neill agrees to remain in charge at Celtic Park
MARTIN O’NEILL has agreed to become the permanent manager of Celtic. The interim boss led the Parkhead side to a league and Scottish Cup double. And he has now secured an agreement for a one-year contract with the option of another 12 months after...
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Miller time
CALVIN MILLER is “dying to get started” after completing his move to Heart of Midlothian. The 28-year-old attacker joined the Gorgie side from Falkirk yesterday on a threeyear deal for an undisclosed fee. He praised his former club and manager John...
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Fletcher backed to hit the mark
FOR the majority of the Tartan Army, the inclusion of Tyler Fletcher in Scotland’s World Cup squad came like a bolt from the dark blue. But for those who have watched him closely, guiding him on his journey as he has worked relentlessly to make the...
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John McGinley
Celtic have simple choice to make, but it shouldn’t be this easy
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Celtic end derby hoodoo at last
AS Emma Lawton strode across the technical area, threw off her shirt and screamed in frustration, the smart money would have been on Rangers continuing their long winning sequence against Celtic. By that stage of the game – approaching the hour-mark –...
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Willie Collum
Head of refs backs call to give penalty to Celtic on review show
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Four more years
IAN Maxwell says the Scottish FA are not taking a gamble on Steve Clarke after handing the Scotland manager a new four-year contract. Weeks of speculation over the future of the 62-year-old ended when the governing body confirmed the news of an...
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FIFA to be investigated over World Cup ticketing
FIFA’S ticketing practices for the 2026 World Cup are to be investigated by chief legal officers in the United States. The attorneys general of New York and New Jersey insist FIFA must answer questions after allegations of “artificially inflating...
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Shankland in dreamland
LAWRENCE Shankland completed a dream transfer to Rangers yesterday – then admitted the move has been a “long time coming”. The Ibrox club confirmed the signing of the 30-yearold striker from Hearts, after four prolific years at Tynecastle where he was...
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Celtic renew interest in two targets
CELTIC have resurrected their interest in January transfer targets Kasper Hogh and Jakob Breum. The Parkhead club are holding discussions with Martin O’Neill and other candidates for their managerial vacancy this week. Shaun Maloney has been...
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Sinisalo forever grateful to O’Neill for show of faith
GOALKEEPER Viljami Sinisalo has paid tribute to interim Celtic manager Martin O’Neill ahead of this afternoon’s Scottish Gas Scottish Cup final against Dunfermline Athletic. Sinisalo praised O’Neill for having a positive impact on his life and said he...
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Burnley eye up managerial candidate on Celtic’s radar
CELTIC face competition in their pursuit of another potential candidate to replace title-winning manager Martin O’Neill. Heavily linked with the Parkhead post, Motherwell boss Jens Berthel Askou has joined French club Toulouse. And now Burnley have...
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Lisbon Lion Craig reveals Alzheimer’s diagnosis
JIM CRAIG, an integral member of Celtic’s European Cup-winning team of 1967, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. One of just three living icons from the Lisbon Lions side crowned champions of Europe, the former rightback won seven Scottish...
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Clarke contract won’t be left up in the air
STEVE CLARKE expects his contract situation to be resolved before Scotland board a flight to America for the World Cup finals. Clarke’s current deal expires after the national team face Haiti, Morocco and Brazil in their first appearance at a World...
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Hearts’ supporters group calls for inquiry
THE Federation of Hearts Supporters Clubs has released a statement calling for an immediate inquiry into the conclusion of Heart of Midlothian’s 3-1 defeat to Celtic on Saturday. The title decider at Celtic Park saw fans of the home side invade the...
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‘He always looked on the bright side of life’
THE last time I met Scott Hastings for coffee, I scraped the side of my car on the rusty gate on his driveway. “I’ll give you the bill for taking the last of the paint off it next time I see you,” he joked. How I wish he could. I knew his cancer had...
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Trophy available Two previous owners, free to a good home (must pick up today)
Title decider special
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Hearts’ fan owners want higher standards
HEARTS’ fan owners have expressed “extreme concerns” over refereeing decisions in the William Hill Premiership title run-in after a last-gasp VAR call boosted Celtic’s hopes. Kelechi Iheanacho netted from the spot nine minutes into stoppage time to...
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Guts but no glory yet in Gorgie as
HEARTS’ impossible dream of being crowned Scottish champions for the first time in 66 years remains very much alive despite the capital club failing to clinch the William Hill Premiership on an evening of raw emotion at Tynecastle tonight. Those...
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McInnes keen to make Champions League norm for Hearts
HEART of Midlothian fans are in some sort of purgatory until the next two matches decide their fate. The fact that the club ensured a top-two finish over the weekend was somewhat overshadowed by the anxiety of Celtic closing the gap to one point with...
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