Lewis Ferguson sets out Celtic battle plan as Aberdeen star wary of 'top side' backlash

Helen Flanagan turned heads in a stylish suit as she headed to a breakfast event in Manchester.

Emmerdale's Paige Sandhu has confirmed that her character's time in the village is almost up.

Tottenham Hotspur icon Rafael van der Vaart has had his fair share of excitement since retiring as a footballer.Van der Vaart’s glittering career saw him win two league titles with Ajax, over 100 caps for the Netherlands and represent Real Madrid and Spurs in his prime.The 39-year-old’s last club was Danish side Esbjerg fB, where he eventually called time on his 18-year career back in 2018.But the former attacking-midfielder did not wait around idly for long, launching his darts career just a year later in April 2019 with a fine win after joining the British Darts Organisation.Van der Vaart made his debut at the Denmark Open in Esbjerg where he went toe-to-toe with Thomas Anderson.He defeated his opponent 4-2 but was given a quick reality check as he suffered a 4-0 defeat in the next round to Mogens ‘Turbo’ Christensen - a former semi-finalist in the event.Earlier that year, the Dutchman made waves in the darting world by appearing alongside compatriot and legend Michael van Gerwen at the Promi-Darts World Championship in Germany.What change of careers within sport surprised you the most? Let us know in the comments section.Want to be on the ball with all of the latest football news?Well then sign up for the brilliant Daily Star football email newsletter!From the latest transfer news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox - don't miss a thing.It only takes a matter of seconds.Simply type your email address into the box at the top of this article and hit 'subscribe'.And that's it, job done.

drug over the weekend. Elle Vickers, 18, and her friend Ellen Baldwin, 19, believe they were injected with a drug after they noticed they were left with bruises in "intimate areas" on Saturday, February 12.

Lord Alan Sugar.The Apprentice boss has said he was "now always looking over my shoulder" after three anti-Semitic letters were sent to him, with one saying “I would like to murder all f***ing Jews in Britain, Alan”.The letters, with the address typed and stuck to the front, were opened by Lord Sugar's assistant at his company and referred to the police.Patrick Gomes, 70, has denied sending the letters but was found guilty at an earlier trial of religiously aggravated harassment, putting those targeted in fear of violence.He was jailed for three years and six months at Chelmsford Crown Court on Wednesday and was handed an indefinite restraining order not to contact Lord Sugar.Adam Pearson, prosecuting, said that one of the letters said there was “no anti-Semitic element within the Labour Party” then “went onto say the author of the letter was a Jew hater”.previously thanked police in Essex for “helping to shine a light on the fact that this type of behaviour is simply not acceptable” after the man was found guilty.Gomes sent three letters to one of Lord Sugar’s businesses in Loughton between October and December 2018, Essex Police said, which contained anti-semitic abuse.Each letter was addressed directly to Lord Sugar and included abusive, threatening and offensive language, with them being derogatory towards the Jewish religion.Gomes was arrested at his home on March 19, 2019 after his DNA and fingerprints were found on one of the letters.Officers then found other discriminatory letters by Gomes, and the address they were sent to in his address book.There's MUCH more where that came from! Want all the jaw-dropping stories from the world of showbiz and up to the minute news from TV and soaps?Well, we've got you covered

the Australian now looks set to be moved on from the role.The 2021 season ended in a controversial manner, with Red Bull's Max Verstappen taking glory from under the nose of a resurgent Lewis Hamilton on the last lap.As destiny was decided at 200 miles per hour, angry Hamilton fans questioned some of the decisions by Masi, as did Hamilton's Mercedes team.With the build-up to the new season intensifying, and crafty teams revealing their new designs ahead of a season that brings in a raft of rule changes, a huge amount of excitement and scrutiny is going to be focussed on those in F1's top positions.Masi came under criticism a number of times last season, not just for the incident in the final race. Teams and drivers complained of a lack of clarity and consistency applied to wheel-to-wheel racing rules.So why are F1 fans calling for Michael Masi to go ahead of the 2022 season?F1 fans are questioning Michael Masi's position due to a controversial decision made at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last year.When Lewis Hamilton entered the final lap of the race, he was world champion, set to become so for a record eighth time.

Jake Paul tattoo in an attempt to catch the attention of the YouTuber turned boxer has been left red-faced.Mairis Briedis called out Paul and got a warning to the Problem Child tattooed on his thigh in January but has been unable to secure a fight with the unbeaten social media star since.Instead he is now set to defend his IBF cruiserweight world title in Australia later this year against Jai Opetaia, according to News.com.Meanwhile, Paul has yet to even acknowledge Briedis' challenge as he flirts with the possibility of switching to mixed martial arts in the future.Briedis, who's only professional loss came against Oleksandr Usyk in 2018, showed off his tattooed warning to Paul back in January after calling him out.The 37-year-old Latvian got the message "Jake's bad karma" and a deer's head inked on his thigh as part of his attempts to secure a big money fight.At the time, he told iFL TV: "I saw Jake had a tattoo that said 'karma' and thought I could combine it with my deer logo."It looks very nice, that's why we're even speaking, this year I've had a lot of ideas for what I need to do, I don't know what's happened.Who should Jake Paul's next opponent be? Let us know in the comments section below."This is my life, my choice, my body, and it's like poker, I've gone 'all in'."The tattoo is a crazy thing for me, for my family, but we will see what happens, I hope my crazy things will become true."This is very serious, this is a crazy tattoo, but I will do everything to get my goal and I wish my dreams would happen."However, his attempts to catch Paul's attention fell on deaf ears, although Paul has yet to confirm his next opponent since moving to 5-0 in December with a knockout win over Tyron Woodley.He has so far hinted

teenager from Victoria, Australia has caught himself a £42,000 prize pot after winning a fishing competition down under. The GoFish competition, held in Victoria's Nagambie town, saw over 883 Murray Cod caught with a total length of 40,629.3 centimetres for all cod caught.A total of 2,250 fish were caught, measuring to a whopping 89,131.6 centimetres, as well as an impressive total of 2,594 beers consumed over the course of the tournament.But ambitious anglers were chasing more than beer tallies, with their eyes on the £42,000 ($82,000 Australian) up for grabs, given to whoever caught the largest cod on the day.The honour this year went to 18-year-old Jono Moore, who nabbed the largest Murray cod just 20 minutes into his participation in the competition.Speaking to ABC, Moore said he had been fishing with his dad since before he could walk and he kept pursuing it in the ensuing years.He said: "Me and my mates, we go out pretty much every weekend just fishing everywhere from Mitchelton all the way town to Murchison."The impressive 105 centimetre catch gave the competition winner a clear shot at the prize pot, but was anxious when others confronted him with rumours of a bigger catch elsewhere.Moore said: "It was pretty hectic.

Don’t worry, that’s just Jessica Biel! The 39-year-old actress looked totally different as she was spotted on-set in costume for her latest role playing the axe-killer. Candy Montgomery on Tuesday February 15. Jessica was the spitting image of the infamous Texas killer, while she walked around on-set in her Candy costume.

Priscilla Presley, 76, finally has a daughter-in-law! Her son Navarone Garibaldi, 34, got married to his girlfriend Elisa Achilli, 22, after dating for four years on February 15. Priscilla revealed on Instagram that the couple said “I do” during a romantic outdoor ceremony at Schloss Hünigen hotel in Konolfingen, Switzerland. The businesswoman and actress, who shares Navarone with ex Marco Garibaldi, was among family and friends in attendance.

If you have not watched the first five episodes of Love Is Blindseason 2, bookmark this for later or proceed with caution. The second season of Netflix's hit dating experiment is certainly not lacking in drama. The first five episodes were released last week, and already fans are all about following this season's love triangles and biggest shockers. Perhaps the most jaw-dropping moment thus far happened early on when Kyle Abrams shocked Shaina Hurley by proposing with his mother's engagement ring after the pair had expressed some fundamental religious differences — he is an atheist, she is a Christian. Shaina surprisingly accepted the proposal, but it was clear from her on-camera reaction that she was very conflicted.

Marley Watkins up for the season - as injury is set to prematurely end his current Aberdeen loan. The Dons boss has confirmed the Welsh international has injured a tendon in his hamstring and faces eight to 10 weeks on the sidelines.

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Aberdeen Eight more heat than others.Dons stars were hammered after they first broke the household ruling by going for a meal and then into a city centre pub.They were condemned by everyone from the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon down but earlier this week Rangers were praised by the Scottish Government for taking swift action against Jordan Jones and George Edmundson after they also disregarded the two household ruling.Neil Lennon accused Holyrood chiefs of double standards and now McInnes has echoed his Celtic counterpart.The Aberdeen boss said: “While we were wrong at the time and rightly criticised, I haven’t seen the same condemnation that was aimed towards us right across the board for anybody else.

Aberdeen future could be in doubt after the on-loan forward was ruled out for up to 10 weeks. The 30-year-old, at Pittodrie from Bristol City until January 31, was carried off during the William Hill Scottish Cup defeat to Celtic on Sunday.

Derek McInnes admitted his defenders were "spooked" by Celtic's slick attacking play as they fell to a 2-0 defeat in the Scottish Cup semi-final.Two first-half strikes from the Hoops proved the difference as a beautiful curling effort from Ryan Christie preceded Moi Elyounoussi's tap-in.The 30-year wait to bring the game's oldest trophy back to Pittodrie now continues into the current season, with Celtic facing Hearts in next month's final for last campaign's competition.And McInnes reckons his defenders needed to be braver against the Scottish champions if they wanted to end that wait on Sunday afternoon.Speaking to Premier Sports, he said: "I thought we actually started in possession and we had three or four good moments early in the

Celtic and Aberdeen are preparing to meet for the second time in a week. This time, they face each other in the Scottish Cup semi-final, with the winners facing either Hearts or Hibs in the final.Neil Lennon's men twice came from behind in the Premiership on Sunday, but an injury-time penalty from Lewis Ferguson meant it finished 3-3.

Celtic ahead moments later. Lewis Ferguson kept his cool to make it 3-3 from the spot in injury-time, and Aberdeen boss McInnes says his side deserved the point.

Scottish Cup double this term.To do that first of all they must see off Treble-chasing Celtic in Sunday's semi-final from last season’s competition.Lewis is adamant the Dons are heading to the national stadium confident, knowing they have momentum and belief.The climax of the last competition and then the new one means that Hearts, Hibs, Celtic and the Dons could lift the famous old trophy twice in the same campaign.Lewis believes that is a goal that is more than achievable for Derek McInnes’ side.He said: “We won’t get too ahead of ourselves yet but we certainly feel that we’re capable of that.“We go into every game expecting to win, so there’s no reason that can’t happen.“But we’ve got a massive semi-final to deal with first and then the

Lewis Ferguson calmly slotted home his second spot-kick of the afternoon to cap a 3-3 draw and consign Neil Lennon's side to another title race blow at the end of a difficult week.

Aberdeen stars to prove they belong on the big stage by beating Celtic after admitting his side “fluffed our lines” in the curtain raising flop to Rangers.The Dons boss is desperate to end an eight-game losing streak against the Hoops in the north east.Victory would see rejuvenated Aberdeen draw level with Neil Lennon’s stuttering side.And after taking the opportunity to jump Hibs into third by beating Hamilton on Tuesday, McInnes has now urged his side to take the next step.The Dons are hopeful of having Jonny Hayes and Ryan Edmundson fit after both hobbled off against Accies while Curtis Main and Mikey Devlin could return from injury.And McInnes said: “When you’ve got opportunities throughout the season it’s important to take them.