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Edgaras Jankauskas and Julija Goncaruk exit Hearts

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:13:11 GMT

HEARTS assistant manager Edgaras Jankauskas is to leave Tynecastle just a year after returning to Edinburgh, the club have confirmed.

Hearts close in on deal for Danny Wilson

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:28:11 GMT

HEARTS are close to signing Danny Wilson permanently on a long-term contract, the Evening News can reveal. Talks between player and club are at an advanced stage and both parties are near an agreement to keep the Scotland internationalist at Tynecastle.

James McPake could miss Hibs Scottish Cup Final

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:28:00 GMT

James McPAKE’S hopes of leading Hibs into their second successive Scottish Cup final are fading, Easter Road boss Pat Fenlon revealed today.

Hearts paying for years of excess

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:17:03 GMT

LESSONS are being learned the hard way at Hearts as Vladimir Romanov’s years of largesse threaten to undermine the good work of those left holding the baby at Tynecastle.

Hibs’ Alan Maybury will seize the day at Hampden

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:12:01 GMT

At 34 years of age Alan  Maybury may be the elder statesman at Easter Road, but today the veteran defender admitted he’s as excited as any of his teenage team-mates as he looks forward to Sunday’s Scottish Cup final against Celtic.

Tynie take Colin Greenhill Trophy

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:08:42 GMT

Tynecastle 16s are the first winners of the Colin Greenhill Memorial Trophy after a 5-2 triumph over Leith Athletic 97s at Bonnyrigg Rose’s New  Dundas Park.

Hanlon insists Hibees are focused on Celts – not 5-1

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:57:59 GMT

Paul HANLON today revealed he and his Easter Road team-mates have consigned last season’s Scottish Cup debacle to history, claiming their full focus is on winning Sunday’s final against Celtic.

Mussy suffer cup knockout

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:56:52 GMT

Musselburgh ATHLETIC slumped to a 4-1 defeat in their Fife and Lothians Cup quarter-final at Camelon.

Hearts could still face penalty over UBIG future

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:04:32 GMT

HEARTS received a stay of execution from the Scottish Premier League yesterday and  remain a top-flight team. League officials decided that the club’s parent company, Ukio Bankas Investment Group, being named on a list of insolvent companies in Lithuania last Thursday did not breach SPL rules on insolvency. Consequently, the Edinburgh club avoided a points deduction which would have relegated them to the First Division.

Hibs’ Scott Robertson battling for cup final spot

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:02:37 GMT

Hampden has been heaven and hell for Scott Robertson, the ecstasy of winning the  Scottish Cup soured by the ignominy of being “hooked” barely half-an-hour into this season’s semi-final as First  Division Falkirk threatened to end Hibs’ dream of glory for yet another year.

SPL lawyers to monitor Hearts’ UBIG situation

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:55:17 GMT

THE Scottish Premier League today warned Hearts they will watch events in Lithuania forensically after sparing the club relegation to the First  Division.

Taiwo eager to prove old boss wrong

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:48:59 GMT

TOM TAIWO reckons lifting the Scottish Cup this weekend would be the perfect way to  answer his critics.

Anthony Brown: Underdogs yet again, but steelier version of Hibs have better chance

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:48:41 GMT

No other local paper in Britain can have had as many major cup finals to cover in the last year, and it’s these frenzied build-ups that ensure an additional buzz for us embattled souls on the Evening News sports desk. This Sunday, for the third time in 53 weeks, the eyes of the Capital will be fixed on a showpiece match at the national stadium, each one played out with a different narrative.

Kirk calls City loss ‘an injustice’ as Hibees slip to defeat

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:47:21 GMT

Hibernian Ladies Manager Willie Kirk today described his side’s weekend loss to Glasgow City “an injustice” given their performance at Albyn Park, Broxburn.

Scotland call-ups for Leigh Griffiths and Tony Watt

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:41:53 GMT

SCOTLAND manager Gordon Strachan has urged the clutch of untested newcomers in his squad not to let a potentially career-enhancing opportunity pass them by against Croatia in Zagreb next month.

Hearts to stay in SPL but face 15-point deduction

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:53:39 GMT

HEARTS will begin next season in the Scottish Premier League – but with a 15-point deduction if majority shareholder UBIG is declared insolvent.

Gary Mackay: Club chiefs must steady our ship in the summer

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:44:42 GMT

I think it pretty much sums up what has happened to our club that a year after scoring the opening goal in the most momentous game in our history, Darren Barr, one of the last remaining players from that 5-1 win over Hibs, played his last game after becoming the latest victim to the worrying situation now gripping our club.

Michael Weir: Unbeaten run gives us plenty of confidence

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:43:16 GMT

With less than a week until our big occasion at Hampden, Pat Fenlon will be delighted with our recent run of late, which has seen us finish best of the rest in the table. Remaining undefeated after the split is most pleasing.

Hibs end league campaign in style

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:41:39 GMT

Black clouds hung over Edinburgh, but there was sunshine on Leith as Hibs clinched their third win in just six days, completing their post-split fixtures without defeat for the first time and ensuring themselves of the perfect send-off for Hampden.

Big day as Marius Zaliukas bows out for Hearts

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:38:17 GMT

FEARS, tears and souvenirs. The result of Hearts’ last SPL match of the season was almost insignificant compared with the last few minutes.