Herald Sport
Magnificent Maeda keeps
THE giant tifo which the Celtic supporters unfurled in the North Curve at Parkhead before kick-off in their William Hill Premiership match against Rangers yesterday afternoon urged Callum McGregor and his teammates to “fight it out until the end”. The...
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Giffnock Soccer Centre
Grassroots champions call on government to help out community clubs
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Bartley bows out
MARVIN Bartley resigned as Livingston manager before claiming the club had moved the goalposts on the arrangement that saw him step into the role. Bartley and assistant Neil Hastings revealed they had been told they would need to reapply for their...
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Rohl can no longer defend the
WE are still two weeks and three matches out from the deadline that Rangers manager Danny Rohl set in February. It may technically not be the end of the season, but the end of Rangers’ Premiership bid is as good a time as any to discuss the subject...
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Braga trying to keep feet on ground
CLAUDIO BRAGA was like most Hearts supporters when he sat down to face the media after a momentous three points in the William Hill Premiership title race. A beaming smile while taking it all in, exchanging looks with others experiencing the same...
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Shankland delivers the killer blow to Rangers’ title chances
T is 40 years now since Hearts crashed to that excruciating, inexplicable and infamous 2-0 defeat to Dundee up at Dens Park when they needed just a draw and a point to be crowned Scottish champions. A stunning 2-1 win over Rangers at Tynecastle last...
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Kelechi the killer
MARTIN O’Neill believes a draw between William Hill Premiership title rivals Hearts and Rangers would be the best result for Celtic after they kept themselves firmly in the threehorse race with a “very edgy” 2-1 victory away to 10-man...
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Calum Ward
has gone from third-choice stopper to season’s best ... all thanks to trust
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Celtic set to bring in head of fan engagement
CELTIC have moved to bridge the gap between their board and supporters after a difficult season which has resulted in discord and a series of protests. Fans of the Parkhead club have been vocal in wanting change, with principal shareholder Dermot...
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Berthel Askou misses out on manager of the year
MOTHERWELL boss Jens Berthel Askou is a notable omission from the PFA Scotland SPFL Manager of the Year award shortlist. The three nominees are Hearts’ Derek McInnes, Falkirk’s John McGlynn and Stenhousemuir’s Gary Naysmith. McInnes, who won the...
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Saracchi catches the eye
CELTIC intend to pursue a permanent deal for Marcelo Saracchi, but only once a new manager is in place, it is understood. Saracchi, 28, joined the Parkhead club on loan from Boca Juniors last summer. The left-back has registered 23 appearances across...
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Gerrard: Tavernier can walk away with his head held high
JT. Captain. Leader. Legend. The banner that was once unfurled at Stamford Bridge to thank John Terry for his service to Chelsea would not look out of place dedicated to James Tavernier at Ibrox. The visit of Hibernian next month will mark the...
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Hearts leave it late to seal crucial derby victory at Easter Road
HEARTS supporters have savoured a few sweet victories over Hibernian during the 150 or so years the Edinburgh clubs have been squaring up to each other. Have any of them ever tasted as delicious as this momentous 2-1 triumph at Easter Road yesterday...
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Celtic withhold Rangers tickets in response to Ibrox violence
WHILE uncertainty surrounds the eventual winners of the SPFL Premiership, the most competitive title race in years always offered the certainty of one thing. A rancorous and toxic conclusion. When two teams go head to head for a coveted league trophy...
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Forrest signs one-year extension at Parkhead
MARTIN O’NEILL stressed that the “immense” James Forrest has fully earned his new contract at Celtic and that sentimentality played no part in the club’s decision to retain the long-serving winger for next season. The 34-year-old, who has become the...
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Long-serving skipper to leave Ibrox at end of season
LONG-SERVING captain James Tavernier has announced he has decided to leave Rangers at the end of this season. The 34-year-old right-back has scored 144 goals in 562 appearances since moving to Govan from Wigan in 2015. After becoming a less frequent...
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Valakari’s side return to top flight at first time of asking
ST Johnstone sealed their immediate return to the Scottish Premiership with a convincing 2-0 win over Dunfermline at East End Park. Simo Valakari’s side knew that victory would be enough to seal promotion back to the top flight, following their...
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Stewart hits back at ‘petty and pathetic’ Hampden ban
MICHAEL STEWART has warned of a “dangerous precedent” set by the Scottish FA over his Hampden ban - branding the fallout “petty and pathetic”. The Premier Sports pundit was banned from the Scottish Cup semi-finals last weekend for criticising the...
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Ryan Porteous
loving glamour of life in LA... but his heart will always belong to Leith
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Mazoyer has job on hands to repair Celtic the brand
BAD ideas are expensive. If you’re looking for evidence of that, you ought to start with Meta (formerly known as Facebook), who ploughed tens of billions into its ‘Metaverse’. After finding out people didn’t want to simulate their weekly supermarket...
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Davis Cup winner Murray announces retirement
JAMIE MURRAY has announced his retirement from professional tennis. The elder brother of threetime Grand Slam singles champion Andy Murray has officially hung up his racquet, aged 40. The Davis Cup winner wrote on Instagram: “My tennis journey comes...
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‘I remember Courtois was surprised I wasn’t playing ... it was difficult to explain to him why’
T’S a few days before the summer transfer window closes and Nico Raskin sees his phone light up: Russell Martin is calling. Away on international duty with Belgium, days after he had been frozen out of the Rangers squad, banished from training and...
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Rangers to discuss refereeing concerns with other Premiership clubs next week
RANGERS will host a meeting of Premiership clubs in Glasgow on April 23 to discuss concerns over the standard of refereeing. The Ibrox club recently informed their Fan Advisory Board of discussions with head of referees Willie Collum over a desire for...
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Rob Robertson Scotland Women’s team should have a female coach Stephen McGowan
VAR isn’t helping Scottish referees reach World Cup
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John Rankin
New Ayr interim boss on drama of Hamilton job and strain it took on his marriage
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Right back to square one
CELTIC are braced for more injury woe ahead of the title run in after Colby Donovan was referred for tests. Already missing rightbacks Alistair Johnston and Julian Araujo, academy graduate Donovan was pulled out of the Scotland Under-21 squad after a...
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Ultras group to return to Celtic Park
CELTIC have confirmed that the Green Brigade will return to Celtic Park this weekend, ahead of the club’s game against St Mirren. The ultras group has been banned from attending matches since last November, following an incident in the Premiership...
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O’Neill still not settled on strongest starting XI
CELTIC manager Martin O’Neill admitted that he still does not know his best starting XI after his side cut the gap on William Hill Premiership leaders Hearts to three points with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Dundee at Dens Park. Yang Hyun-jun...
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Sarah Rhind
Former keeper on her 14-year battle with heroin addiction and new book
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Commercial chief exits Ibrox after four months
RANGERS’ chief commercial officer has left the club just months after taking up his position. The Rangers Review revealed in December that the former CEO of the Aviva Stadium in Dublin David French had been appointed to the role at Ibrox following a...
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Top prospect Watson signs pro deal with Glasgow
GLASGOW WARRIORS winger Fergus Watson has signed his first professional contract with the club, who have branded him ‘one of Scotland’s most exciting young backs’. The 20-year-old has penned a two-year deal as he becomes the fifth player to graduate...
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Clarke rolls dice but same old story as friendly ends in defeat
TAKING his lead from Einstein’s definition of madness, Steve Clarke tried a different approach this time. He pitched in some lesser-known faces, he tweaked the formation, threw two strikers up front and tried to give them some support. Whatever...
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Clarke on Squad lookout for 55 Scotland goals players
STEVE CLARKE will name a provisional squad of 55 names for Scotland’s World Cup squad before a FIFA deadline of May 11. World football’s governing body stipulate that qualifying nations must submit an interim pool of players before whittling the group...
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City slickers
CELTIC loan right-back Julian Araujo has been ruled out for seven to eight weeks by injury. The Mexico internationalist returned to parent club Bournemouth for treatment to a thigh issue after missing the recent Premiership games against Motherwell...
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Special report Graeme McGarry
With racial abuse creeping back into Scottish football, investigates how national game can unite rather than divide
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Johnston hopeful of return in time for split
ALISTAIR Johnston has revealed he has targeted a Celtic return in time for the Premiership split. The Canadian defender’s season has been ruined by a series of hamstring injuries, which eventually required surgery. He’s currently with the Canadian...
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Rangers not looking for sporting director
RANGERS do not plan to appoint a sporting director and will instead continue with the football structure that oversaw the January window. Chairman Andrew Cavenagh, who sacked sporting director Kevin Thelwell and CEO Patrick Stewart on the same day in...
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Naismith: Clarke future will be clear before USA
STEVEN Naismith is sure that Steve Clarke’s future will be sorted out before the World Cup, whether that means he is staying on as Scotland manager or not. Clarke sparked a debate over whether or not the Scottish FA should award him a new contract...
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Blair proud after landing All Blacks coaching role
FORMER Scotland captain Mike Blair says he is “proud and honoured” after being appointed to the All Blacks coaching staff. Blair will work as attack coach under former Glasgow Warriors boss Dave Rennie, who will succeed Scott Robertson as All Blacks...
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O’Neill: No more room for slip-ups in title race
MANAGER Martin O’Neill does not think Celtic are out of the title race, but admits they must win all of their seven remaining William Hill Premiership fixtures to retain the league championship. It comes after his side suffered a damaging 2-0 defeat...
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SPECIAL REPORT
How blocked pathway and Brexit has forced SPFL’s young talent to go south
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Canada boss says chat with Rohl did not help issue
CANADA manager Jesse Marsch has held talks with Danny Rohl to try to smooth over Derek Cornelius’ situation at Rangers – but admits he failed. The defender is out of the picture at Ibrox currently. He moved on loan from Marseille back in September...
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Inside your 12-page Thursday Sport... Chris Jack How Fernandez bounced Euan Robertson back to become key player at Ibrox
Warriors need to support Smith to remain at top table
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Rangers considering warm weather training camp
RANGERS are considering a warm weather training camp next month to gear up for the closing stages of the Premiership title race. Danny Rohl’s side moved to within three points of league leaders Hearts with victory over St Mirren on Sunday. Celtic sit...
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Rangers keep up the pressure with hard-fought win in Paisley
R1 ANGERS have moved to within three points of Premiership leaders Hearts after a narrow victory over St Mirren. Tuur Rommens scored the only goal to see off the Buddies. Thelo Aasgaard saw a late effort ruled out for offside as Rangers held on. It...
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O’Neill hails job Berthel Askou has done with Motherwell
THAT Jens Berthel Askou has been linked with the soon-to-be vacant Celtic job is hardly the shock of the century. The Dane has put together an admirable body of work in less than a year at Motherwell. Martin O’Neill agrees. Clamour for the 74-year-old...
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Bring on the inquiry
BRIAN Wilson, the Celtic interim chairman, last night expressed his disappointment at the comments made by Jo Farrell, the Police Scotland chief constable, in the wake of the disorder at Ibrox on Sunday and welcomed the SFA investigation into the...
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Roll up, roll up as new tour chief Rolapp takes centre stage and sets his stall out at Sawgrass Dons make surprise approach for Robinson
ABERDEEN have made an approach to speak to St Mirren boss Stephen Robinson about becoming their new manager. The Dons have been searching for a replacement for Jimmy Thelin for more than two months, with Peter Leven having been in interim charge since...
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Indian Wells
Draper eager to test himself against ‘greatest ever player’ Djokovic
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Could AI be the answer to curbing crowd trouble?
THE DEBATES about whether Rangers fans or Celtic supporters were responsible for the crowd trouble which suddenly erupted in the immediate aftermath of the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup quarter-final in Govan on Sunday afternoon have been more ferociously...
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Police condemn shameful scenes as fans clash
HUNDREDS of thousands of pounds of damage was caused to Ibrox as a result of the sickening crowd disorder which broke out following the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup quarter-final between Rangers and Celtic yesterday, it has emerged. Hundreds of away...
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Forrest determined to stay in game
IN modern football, one-club men are about as rare as hen’s teeth. James Forrest has spent his entire 16-year career at Celtic, registering more than 550 appearances across all competitions. With his contract expiring at the end of the season, the...
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Celtic keen on Just and Chaiwa this summer
CELTIC are interested in Motherwell winger Elijah Just and Hibernian midfielder Miguel Chaiwa. The Parkhead club will overhaul the first-team squad after an unsettled season on and off the pitch. Up to 18 players could be shipped out to clear the...
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Super sub Nygren keeps Celtic in
F1 2 OR many, Celtic’s midweek trip to face Aberdeen at Pittodrie paled in significance to their upcoming Scottish Cup tie with Rangers on Sunday. Albeit they were on the ropes on more than one occasion in the North East, goals from Kieran Tierney...
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Blain restored to Cricket Scotland Hall of Fame
JOHN BLAIN has praised Cricket Scotland’s “moral courage” after seeing his suspension from the organisation’s hall of fame overturned. Blain was inducted in 2019 but saw the honour temporarily put on hold three years later amid historic allegations of...
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Rangers fans baying for blood will damage title bid
ALL four of the clubs in contention for the Scottish title at the moment have strengths which make onlookers believe they can finish first come May and weaknesses which leave observers fearing their challenges will falter during the final weeks of the...
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Four-goal derby thriller
PULLING apart the Celtic and Rangers players who had squared up to each other at the end of the William Hill Premiership match at Ibrox yesterday was not how Martin O’Neill envisaged spending his 74th birthday. Yet, the Northern Irishman, who was eager...
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Say anything
The inside story of how Clyde’s radio phone-in became an Old Firm institution
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Lee Miller
Former Hearts striker says sky’s the limit as his old club fly high
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O’Neill takes aim at VAR after appeal for Trusty red is dismissed
MARTIN O’NEILL has blasted the way that VAR is being used in Scotland, saying that soon, on-field referees will not be needed at all, following Celtic’s failed appeal to have Auston Trusty’s red card against Hibernian overturned. The central defender...
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Celtic call for VAR review after Trusty appeal fails
CELTIC have called for an urgent review of how VAR is deployed in Scottish football after failing to overturn Auston Trusty’s threematch ban. The centre-back will miss his side’s next three William Hill Premiership matches after an appeal against his...
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McGregor admits outside noise is taking toll
THE problems at Celtic this season have been mounting up like a pile of letters in a dead man’s mailbox. While a first home defeat to Hibernian in 16 years on Sunday may not have damaged their William Hill Premiership title hopes beyond repair, it...
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Ten-man Celtic lose ground in title race in home defeat
KAI ANDREWS’ late winner secured a memorable 2-1 victory for Hibernian over Celtic at Parkhead in the William Hill Premiership yesterday afternoon. It took Felix Passlack 24 first-half minutes to break the deadlock as he nodded home from Nicky Cadden’s...
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Kyziridis finding balance in life away from the pitch
THERE has been increased attention on Alexandros Kyziridis, on and off the pitch. After a blistering start to his Heart of Midlothian career, teams started to pay closer attention to the Greek winger, trying to force him away from cutting inside and...
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Souttar delighted to sign Rangers extension
JOHN SOUTTAR insists he always made it clear he wanted to stay at Rangers despite a new contract taking a long time to conclude. The defender had been due to see his contract expire at the end of this season and was free to talk to any interested...
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O’Neill can’t believe he is seeing in 1000 games after false start at Wycombe
AS he approaches his 1000th game in football management against Stuttgart this evening, Celtic boss Martin O’Neill reflected on not so simpler times when he quickly lost out on getting the Wycombe Wanderers job back in the late 1980s. “I remember it...
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Gassama can be game changer
YOU didn’t have to be a trained psychologist to catch a glimpse of what was going through Djeidi Gassama’s head as he trudged off the park against Motherwell almost a week a go. His face said it all. In the 74 minutes that he played, he touched the...
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Araujo won’t forget Rugby Park bedlam anytime soon
THERE are not many things in life, let alone football, that eclipse a lastminute goal. Celtic have become masters of winning games in the dying embers this season. Their quality has rightly been questioned at certain junctures, but one cannot deny the...
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Chermiti hat-trick blows title race
P4 2 ERHAPS the £9m that Rangers lavished on Youssef Chermiti back in September will prove to be money well spent after all. The Portuguese striker has been targeted for abuse by the Ibrox club’s supporters at times during what has been a difficult...
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Elliot on the road to recovery after his life-saving operation
FOUR weeks since a sevenhour liver transplant operation saved his life, Calum Elliot wants to express his gratitude. He is thankful to the staff at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, from the surgeons to the nurses to the cleaners, for their patience...
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Clarke rules out switch of allegiance for Barnes
SCOTLAND manager Steve Clarke has given a definitive update on a potential call-up for Newcastle United’s Harvey Barnes, insisting that the 28-year-old is concentrating on his England future. Having made a friendly appearance for the country of his...
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