Ian Cathro is out as Hearts manager days before the start of the Scottish league season. Joe Daly will be in interim charge for the opener against champion Celtic on Saturday. It wasCathro’s arrival that resulted in American Perry Kitchen losing his starting job and eventually his captaincy. He has since moved to Denmark.
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Dutch authorities investigate Euro 2017 terror threat
Dutch authorities were investigating a post on a chat room used by the Islamic State threatening a match at the UEFA Women’s Tournament that will be played in the Netherlands. The match in question isthe July 19 game in Utrecht between England and Scotland.
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MLS: Loons like Scotsman Nicholson's skill set
MLS’s summer transfer window opened on Monday and Minnesota United made the first announcement since its opening with the signing of Scotsman Sam Nicholson, a 22-year-old midfielderfrom Hearts. “We are really pleased to have addeda player with the skill set of Sam,” said MNUFC head coach Adrian Heath. “He’s a player who can cut inside […]
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U.S. Abroad: Unwanted at Hearts, Kitchen joins Randers
Fortunes of Americans abroad often change quickly upon a coaching move. Less than a year after he was named Hearts captain, 25-year-old Perry Kitchen exited the Edinburgh club, signing withDanish Superligaen club Randers FC when it became clear he didn’t have a future at Tynecastle Park. In naming Kitchen Hearts captain six months after he […]
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Europa League: Rangers humiliated in first-round exit
It took six years for Scotland’s Rangers to return to Europe and just six days for its exit in the first round of the Europa league, falling to Luxemburg’s Progres Niederkorn, which hadn’t won asingle European game in 13 previous attempts before Tuesday’s 2-0 win gave it a 2-1 aggregate win.
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Mexicans Pena and Herrera sign with Rangers
Carlos Pena and Eduardo Herrera became the latest Mexican players to move to Europe when they signed three-year deals at Scotland’s Rangers. It paid $5 million to acquire the pair fromGuadalajara and UNAM. Other signings by new manager Caixinha: fellow Portuguese Bruno Alves, Fabio Cardoso, Daniel Candeias and Dalcio, Aberdeen captainRyan Jack and Colombian youngster […]
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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Scots wha hae! Thoughts on the sad and ominous decline of Scottish soccer
By Paul Gardner I note, with considerable exasperation tempered by sadness, that Scottish soccer is experimenting with a marvelous new scheme for eliminating diving from theirgame. That Scottish soccer vitally needs something to save it from obscurity, something to save its very soul … which, let it be remembered was once a guiding light for […]
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Hearts manager Cathro casts doubts about Kitchen's future in Edinburgh
After a year and a half at Hearts, Perry Kitchen’s future at the Scottish club is in doubt. He was stripped of his captaincy after Ian Cathro took over as manager, and new signingChristophe Berra will be captain next season. “Naturally he’s not had a great time personally, having not been in the side as […]
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PFA chairman says Scottish game is 'rife' with illegal gambling
The dichotomy is not unique to Scotland, where players and coaches and executives are banned from wagering on soccer despite heavy sponsorship of teams and leagues and competitions by bettingcompanies. Many teams and leagues around the world sell shirt sponsorships and other marketing assets to shops and companies that take bets on soccer. Yet according […]