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Rumour Mill: Rangers| Paul Hartley| Anthony Stokes

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:00:07 GMT

Paul Hartley for Motherwell? Rangers fans anger, Stokes to sign new Celtic deal, and more.

Kris Commons retires from international football

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:17:38 GMT

CELTIC and Scotland midfielder Kris Commons has announced that he has retired from international football, in order to focus on his family and his club career.

Scottish Cup classics: Eddie May recalls thriller

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:14:31 GMT

IT was, they said, the finest cup tie seen at Easter Road since the last meeting between the sides, all of five months earlier.

Scottish Cup final: Pat Fenlon knows final team

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:06:15 GMT

HIBERNIAN manager Pat Fenlon has revealed he knows the team he wants to send out in Sunday’s Scottish Cup final – and insists it will be a line-up to “take on” Celtic.

Scottish Cup final: Paul Hanlon seeks atonement

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:03:08 GMT

AS an 11-year-old boy, Paul Hanlon went to Hampden Park to watch the Scottish Cup Final, in which his beloved Hibs lost 3-0 to a Henrik Larsson-inspired Celtic.

Kris Boyd still has Scotland squad call-up hopes

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:31:24 GMT

HIS name was missing when Gordon Strachan named his 28-strong squad for next month’s World Cup qualifier against Croatia but Kris Boyd, still the all-time top goalscorer in the SPL, hasn’t given-up hopes of adding to the 18 caps he earned before “retiring” from international football during George Burley’s tenure as Scotland boss.

Mehdi Taouil to leave Hearts

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:20:09 GMT

HEARTS continued to cut costs yesterday when they announced that Mehdi Taouil is to leave the club this summer.

Anthony Stokes: Celtic must win the double

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:25:54 GMT

THE league title is in the bag: a significant achievement but a predictable one.

Paul Hartley on Motherwell radar if McCall leaves

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:40:36 GMT

Alloa are bracing themselves for a raid for manager Paul Hartley should Motherwell boss Stuart McCall opt to leave Fir Park for Sheffield United.

Motherwell striker Michael Higdon open to move

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:28:58 GMT

Michael Higdon has told Motherwell he may have to move on from Fir Park if he is to cash in on the best season of his career.

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.

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.

Rumour Mill: Hearts| Rangers| Celtic| Motherwell

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:02:11 GMT

Hearts dodge relegation, Rangers could face new probe, Leigh Griffiths wants to stay at Hibs, and more.

Leigh Griffiths: Future up to Hibs and Wolves now

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:31:59 GMT

On-loan Hibernian striker Leigh Griffiths has told parent club Wolves he does not want to return to Molineux.

Hibernian v Celtic: Seville highlight for Lennon

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:20:26 GMT

WITH the season’s league duties done and Sunday’s Scottish Cup final against Hibernian looming, Neil Lennon has been looking back ten years to a milestone in his playing career: the Uefa Cup final against Porto in Seville.

Scottish Cup final 1972: Unlucky Hibs beaten 6-1

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:17:43 GMT

The goalie in the second-greatest Hibernian team never to win the Scottish Cup is not keeping too well and the other day had to go into hospital.