[VIDEO PICK: Off the Post] In his first game since joining Hibernian on a six-month loan, goalkeeper Mark Oxley scored inits Scottish Championship opener, a 2-1 victory over Livingston at Easter Road, with a punt that bounced over opposing keeper Darren Jamieson. Jamieson misjudged the bounce and could only watch as the ball went into […]
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UEFA Hands Celtic UCL Lifeline
Celtic on Friday was handed a UEFA Champions League lifeline when Europe’s governing body awarded the Scottish champ a 3-0 victory against Legia Warsaw in the second-leg of the teams’qualifying series after the Polish club fielded an ineligible player. Legia had won Wednesday’s game 2-0 en route to what it thought was a 6-1 series […]
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UCL Qualifiers: Besiktas, Zenit Through; Celtic Shocked
Former Chelsea striker Demba Ba scored a hat trick on Wednesday as Besiktas beat Feyenoord, 3-1, in Istanbul to send the Turkish giant into the UEFA Champions League playoff round on theback of a 5-2 aggregate win in the two-game series. Elsewhere, Scottish champ Celtic slumped to a humiliating 6-1 series loss to Polish club […]
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A Great Scottish Goal
[VIDEO PICK: Golazo] Scotland is missing out on the World Cup again but in a friendly against Brazil-bound Nigeria Charlie Mulgrew scored aworld-class goal. The 28-year-old Celtic defender was facing away from the goal when he struck with an amazing flick that stunned Nigerian keeper Austin Ejide. The goalearned a 2-2 for Scotland, which last […]
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Little comes up big for first-place Seattle
[NWSL: Week 3] The Seattle Reign won its third game in a row to open the 2014 NWSL season with a 2-0 win over the expansionHouston Dash thanks to a pair of first-half goals from Scotswoman Kim Little, who leads the NWSL with four goals. Boston earned its first win andclimbed out of the basement […]
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What They're Saying
“I’m expecting quite a lot of people will pay just the £1 ($1.60), we’re kind of budgeting on that basis. We hope a lot of people who haven’t seen Albion Rovers before will come along just outof interest. That was the objective.” — John Devlin, chairman of Scottish fourth division team Albion Rovers, on the […]
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Ten-Man Milan Survives Ajax Test
AC Milan progressed to the UEFA Champions League round of 16 thanks to a 0-0 draw with Ajax at the San Siro, which was enough to finish second in Group H behind Barcelona. The Italian giant wasforced to defend for nearly 70 minutes after being reduced to ten men in the 22nd minute when Riccardo […]
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Kaka: UCL Win Provides Milan Confidence Boost
Following his team’s 3-0 win against Celtic at Parkhead on Tuesday, AC Milan playmaker Kaka noted that the crucial away victory could be a catalyst for the Serie Aclub’s flagging confidence. Milan is currently 13th in Serie A, having just snapped a seven-game winless streak. “Tonight’s victory is extremely important regardless of ourprevious results. It […]
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Klinsmann on a game of two halves
[SCOTLAND-USA: Reaction] There were few positives to take away from Friday’s 0-0 at Scotland. Jurgen Klinsmann likedwhat he saw from subs Aron Johannsson and Brek Shea after a first half not to his pleasing. For Scotland, the result wasgreeted positively, especially given the fact it had lost to the USA, 5-1, in their previous meeting 17 […]
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U.S. Player Ratings: Bradley Tops In Tepid Display
By Ridge Mahoney Improvement after a tepid first half didn’t produce a goal, and the U.S. settled for a 0-0 tie with Scotland Friday night in Glasgow. The attack obviously suffered without Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey, both injured, with Sacha Kljestan playing for the first time in the holebehind striker Jozy Altidore. The back […]