Football

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  Hampden blow for Hibs as McPake fails in bid to be fit

  HIBERNIAN will be without their captain, James McPake, for tomorrow's William Hill Scottish Cup final against Celtic after the defender was ruled out with a back injury.

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  Weak at the knees . . . but not because Hibs are in a final

  AT the age of 60 and with dodgy, creaking knees, Jackie McNamara recently played some of the best football of his life.

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  Lennon's mind exercised by Wanyama ban

  NEIL Lennon has criticised the disciplinary rule which means Victor Wanyama is suspended for tomorrow's Scottish Cup final because of only two bookings in the previous rounds.

• Bayern juggernaut will be hard to stop

  THE inclement weather, the London rush hour traffic and an intervention from an affable big Scotsman all disrupted Bayern Munich's Champions League final press conference at Wembley yesterday.

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  Klopp prepares to 'climb Everest' with Dortmund

  JUERGEN KLOPP may be Herr Charisma but don't expect him to take up a position with the Ruhr tourist board any time soon.

• Forrest aware of harsh reality of profession he's excelled in

  THE stunning bluntness of the statement is made somehow more powerful by being delivered by the cherubic figure sitting at the top of the table, auditioning as a picture of innocence.

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  A career which was spent in green and white still a colourful memory

  I have known older Hibernian fans to near-weep at the mere mention of Pat Stanton.

• And there's more . . .

  The Champions League final, the William Hill Scottish Cup final, the rematch of Carl Froch and Mikkel Kessler, the French Open, the Monaco Grand Prix; it's probably fair to say the coming weekend is not lacking in blockbuster sporting events.