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Jack Ross admits the current crop of Hibs talent may not be with him next season to take another tilt at the Scottish Cup. The beaten finalists ended the campaign on a sour note with defeat to St Johnstone but have impressed in the Premiership this season with a third place finish.

Steve Clarke again and muscle his way into Scotland’s Euro 2020 squad. But that disappointment won’t stop him cheering on his country when they take on the Czech Republic in their group opener next month.

Steve Clarke's 26-man squad for next month's European Championships alongside Aberdeen-bound team-mate Declan Gallagher and can now look forward to be part of the pool for the games with Czech Republic and Croatia at Hampden either side of a trip to Wembley to face England.

Join thousands of others who have signed up to our Record Sport newsletter.“I always wanted to get the number nine jersey for St Johnstone and be the main striker.”Chris Kane has persevered, persisted and, at times, shown the patience of a Saint since first making his debut in November 2013.His attitude throughout his McDiarmid Park career has been exemplary and the years of hard work are deserving of this season’s success.Always the team player and never one to bask in the spotlight, it has been particularly pleasing for Perth fans to watch him star on the grandest of stages in recent times.The 26-year-old’s latest career highlight arrived at Hampden Park in Sunday’s Scottish Cup last four tie against St Mirren.

Rangers so he could be judged every single weekend. And he’s determined to come up with another impressive performance this Sunday when he hopes to take the Buddies past St Johnstone and through to the final of the Scottish Cup.

Rangers defender was forced off in the closing stages of his side’s emphatic 4-1 weekend win over Celtic after sustaining an injury.With his country’s Euro opener against England just five weeks away, fears grew over Barisic as he left the Ibrox pitch appearing to be in considerable pain.The 28-year-old has undergone medical scans on the issue and the initial diagnosis seems to be positive ahead of the major matches in the summer which also include a showdown against Scotland at Hampden.Croat chiefs expect their left-back to be ready for the tournament and an FA spokesman confirmed: “From our side we can say that after his MRI scan, it did not show any serious muscle injury, so we definitely expect him back for the Euros.”The results are a

John Kennedy is in a great position to be appointed as the permanent Parkhead boss claims Gordon Strachan. The likes of Eddie Howe are being linked with the job but Strachan believes that if the Hoops' key targets are unavailable Kennedy has a chance to make his case.

Scottish Cup Final as part of a "gateway event". The national clinical director hopes a return to the Covid-19 levels system will allow for large events to trial the return of supporters.

Scottish Cup’s ability to cement instantaneous legendary status.The Great Dane’s been there, done that and got the T-Shirt – it’s literally still hanging in his game’s room.

Steve Clarke insisted his squad will "fight for their country" until the bitter end as they twice equalised against Austria to make a solid start to qualifying for the 2022 World Cup. Sasa Kalajdzic's double in the second half had threatened to leave the Euro 2020-bound Scots three points behind their main rivals in Group F after just one game despite defender Grant Hanley levelling with a header after the opener.

St Mirren heroes at Love Street as a ball boy.Fifteen years later he was proudly lining up at Hampden Park in the stripes ready to represent his boyhood club in a national cup final.Today marks eight years since that momentous trip to Glasgow for the Saints, which started poorly but ended so sweetly after the Paisley club beat favourites Hearts 3-2.Having gone a goal behind early on, goals from Isma Goncalves, Steven Thompson and Conor Newton ensured Danny Lennon’s side lifted the League Cup for the first time in the club’s history.And speaking to Express Sport exclusively from his home in Iceland earlier this week, McAusland believes the incredible win was extra special for the two boyhood Buddies in the squad that day.“It’s my best memory

SPFL gaffers find time to respond to a prisoner doing a 25-year stretch?Or a young guy on remand who made a grave mistake and is awaiting sentence?But incredibly, in the build up to Sunday's Betfred Cup Final at Hampden, Livingston’s boss will ensure every letter he receives from a Scottish jail gets a reply.We all know Martindale’s story by now.When Livingston last won this trophy in 2004, he was being locked up for six-and-a- half years for cocaine trafficking.It changed his life and after being rehabilitated behind bars he’s managed to build a new one for himself and his family.Martindale’s success is proving to be inspirational, not just to people who know him within the game but criminals he has never met before.He has shown that if

Betfred Cup final heartache after a shocking Kemar Roofe tackle forced him off at Ibrox as Rangers won 1-0 to stretch their lead at the top of the table to a massive 23 points.Roofe was booked by referee David Munro and Saints boss Callum Davidson insisted there was no malice in the challenge - but that will be scant consolation for the Perth midfielder, who is now racing against time to make the February 28 showpiece at Hampden against Livingston.Davidson, who missed the 2014 Scottish Cup triumph through injury, played on for 10 minutes before hobbling off and his manager said: "It's one of those, I don't think there was any malice in the challenge, but it doesn't look great," he said.

Rangers 10 years ago at Pittodrie.With the Ibrox club neck and neck with Celtic at the top of the table, they HAD to beat Aberdeen to stay in the race.The Dons certainly weren’t going to make it easy for them – and that’s how it turned out.But Walter Smith’s side emerged from the Granite City with a priceless 1-0 win – thanks to a moment of magic from the Croatian talisman.Jelavic’s stunning overhead kick will live long in the memory of Rangers’ fans.He’d already cemented his place in their hearts with an Old Firm winner at Hampden in the League Cup Final a month before.But Jelavic admits that his goal against the Dons was every bit as important because it kept them on course to be champions.His strike in April 2011 was Rangers’ second

he resigned from the club.The Northern Irishman quit his post after last night's 2-0 defeat to Kilmarnock, following a successful spell spanning almost four years.Last season he guided 'Well to a third-place finish in the Scottish Premiership, earning the club European football for the first time since 2017, and he also allowed fans the chance to cheer on their team at Hampden in both cup finals in the 2017/18 season.And former fan favourite Moult, who memorably bagged a deadly double as 'Well beat Rangers 2-0 on their way to the League Cup final that year, tweeted to say Robbo was "one of the best" he's worked with.The striker is still at Preston North End in the English Championship following his transfer from Motherwell in 2018 and he

Motherwell side who reached the Scottish Cup and League Cup finals in the same season in 2017/18.Now the Buddies full-back is determined to bring a similar positive lift to Paisley as his new side go up against on-form Rangers tonight for a place in the League Cup semi-finals.The 31-year-old, who captained the Steelmen to a 3-0 win at Hampden Park over Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup semi-final, believes this year it would mean more than ever to Saints supporters who have endured a strenuous 2020 on and off the pitch.Tait told Express Sport: “Getting to the final of the Betfred Cup was massive for Motherwell and then we went and got to the Scottish Cup final as well.“The community around Motherwell at that time was fantastic, everyone came

Robbie Neilson has praised the ‘brilliant’ Hearts fans for ensuring they’ll be quids in despite missing out on a Scottish Cup Final cash injection.The Jambos take on Celtic at Hampden in the Final in just over two weeks’ time, but it’s set to be played behind closed doors due to Covid restrictions, therefore depriving both clubs of a ticket revenue windfall.However, the Gorgie faithful have decided to donate the cash they would have spent on going to the game to the Foundation of Hearts.The news comes soon after the club posted their annual financial results, and despite their demotion to the Championship and no gate money having come in since March, they still managed to post a profit of £473,000.That was despite having to shell out

Rangers in the last eight.Tait has enjoyed cup runs in Scotland before, captaining Motherwell to a 3-0 win over the Dons in the Scottish Cup semi finals at Hampden in April 2018.And he insists the knockout format can help St Mirren go all the way this season."I'd love to get my hands on some silverware," he told Express Sport."When you're in the moment going on cup runs and getting into finals you think it's going to happen all the time."That's just not the case, especially for the smaller teams in the league."It would be fantastic for the football club to win it, but we won't get too far ahead of ourselves."Cup football throws up a lot of crazy results.

Neil Lennon didn’t know if he was capable of finding answers.Now, with a wealth of experience and a glut of trophies behind him, he doesn’t have a shred of doubt that he’ll get it right.That Scottish Cup semi-final loss to the Staggies at Hampden in 2010 left Lennon in far more pain than he’s feeling now.He’d taken over a broken Tony Mowbray side and wondered if he was the man who could fix it.The level of success he’s had as Celtic’s manager since then would suggest that Lennon found answers.

Jamie Walker's career. And he didn’t think he’d have to wait seven years for the next opportunity to make amends.Despite an early Ryan Stevenson strike, the Buddies roared back to take a 3-1 lead thanks to goals from Esmael Goncalves, Steven Thompson and Connor Newton, meaning Stevenson’s late second was too little, too late.Hearts, of course, have the Scottish Cup Final – from last season – to look forward to next month when they take on Celtic on December 20.

Steve Clarke reckons there will be a huge scramble to be part of the Scotland squad next summer.But the national boss is confident no matter who makes his final group won’t be at the Euros to make up the numbers.Clarke’s men might have missed out on securing top spot in their Nations League group after consecutive 1-0 defeats to Slovakia and Israel but the main objective was achieved as his side ended 22 years of hurt to qualify for a major championship with success in Serbia.The Hampden gaffer used 23 players in six gruelling days on the road – and he has others such as James Forrest and Ryan Fraser to come back.Clarke has rejuvenated the national set up in less than 18 months and has gone from struggling to get a side on the park to