‘The Scottish Cup can save Tony Mowbray’s head … Or cut it off,’ warns Celtic legend Lubomir Moravcik

Gordon McIlwham, one of Scotland’s more unlikely Calcutta Cup heroes, revealed last night that he could not celebrate fully the greatest moment in his career, because he feared his wife was about to give birth in the Murrayfield stand.

SPL admit Rangers could win the championship in the final Old Firm game of the season at Parkhead

Neither Rangers nor Celtic have won the championship in a derby since the notorious game in 1999, when Rangers clinched it at Parkhead amid chaotic scenes including referee Hugh Dallas being struck on the head by a coin.

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Walter Smith delighted with Rangers’ consistency as team stretch unbeaten run to 20 games

Rangers eased back to 13 points clear in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League last night and their 2-0 victory over Kilmarnock also completed a commendable milestone.

St Mirren 0 Motherwell 0 – Andy Dorman misses openings as Paisley side fail to make superiority count

This was a night of missed opportunities.

Kilmarnock 0 Rangers 2 – One takeover won’t be happening at Ibrox

There is one takeover that Rangers are making virtually impossible.

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Ayr United 1 Partick Thistle 0

THEY say fortune favours the brave and the Ayr United manager Brian Reid must surely fall into that category.

Raith Rovers 2 Ross County 1

An old-fashioned game of two halves ended with promotion hopefuls Ross County dropping vital points as Gregory Tade’s late winner gave Raith a morale-boosting win.

Airdrie United 1 Dunfermline Athletic 1

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Like it or not, the Wags are here to stay

Now here’s what someone is liable to call a post-feminist conundrum: Wags or not?

Why Arsenal are still in the running for English football’s biggest prize

Maybe it’s karma.

Manchester United can give their season a booster injection today, but Wayne Rooney can’t do it all himself

The League Cup is a handy competition because it comes nearly three months before the end of the season and can, depending on how you’re fixed, salvage an entire campaign or inject some much needed vitality.

Rugby Union

Dan Parks hopes there will be more cheerers than jeerers in crowd when he returns to Murrayfield on Scotland duty

Neutral observers have deemed him the best player on the pitch in his two comeback matches, but Dan Parks still claims to be unsure of whether he can expect a better reception from home supporters at Murrayfield on Saturday.

One way or another, Andy Robinson is not afraid to play the Auld Enemy card …

Ever since his appointment as Scotland coach, this first meeting with England seemed set to make for a strange week for Andy Robinson, but he gave every impression of revelling in it when naming his team yesterday.

Hodge recalls his rich haul: Scotland’s hero of a decade ago hoping for another Calcutta Cup to remember

If stand-offs were stand-up comedians, Duncan Hodge would be Rich Hall; a laconic individual with a penchant for delivering dry-as-Nevada drolleries and never employing half a dozen words where one or two will suffice.

Golf

Project will invest £1m to help talented amateurs turn professional

The five-year sportscotland plan has won the backing of the former Ryder Cup captain Bernard Gallacher, who has agreed to become a member of the board of the independent company that is in the process of being established to manage the investment.

Scots professionals up there with the best of them . . . shame they can’t putt

What is with Scottish professional golfers and putting?

COMMENT: Players becoming pillocks of society and pariahs of virtue

What on earth is happening in the douce world of golf?

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Baltacha win gives British game a much-needed shot in the arm

TENNIS Elena Baltacha gave British tennis something to get excited about yesterday when she qualified for the main draw at the prestigious BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.

Egelstaff off to a flying start

badminton Susan Egelstaff, the Scottish champion, produced one of her best matches against Japanese No.1, Sayako Sato, yesterday and is now set to rise up the rankings with a place in the final last 16 of the women’s singles at the Yonex All-England Super Series in Birmingham.

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