Sean Clare’s first goal for Hearts edged them past Livingston and into the fifth round of the William Hill Scottish Cup.The former Sheffield Wednesday midfielder curled home a first-time finish inside three minutes of the second half to earn Hearts a 1-0 win at Tynecastle.The victory also allowed Hearts some redemption after their 5-0 defeat at the hands of Livingston last month.The visito...Full Story »

New Celtic striker Timothy Weah grabbed a debut goal as the Hoops kicked off the latest stage in their quest for a treble-treble with a 3-0 win over Airdrie at Parkhead.PSG loanee Weah – son of former World Player of the Year George – was introduced with 20 minutes left and put the seal on the William Hill Scottish Cup holders’ fourth-round victory with a finish his father woul...Full Story »

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp hailed a “world-class” Mohamed Salah after the Egypt international brought up his 50th Premier League goal in a 4-3 win over Crystal Palace.The forward’s two goals made it 50 in 72 matches – the same as former Reds favourite Fernando Torres, an out-and-out striker – and a record only bettered by Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Andrew Cole and Ala...Full Story »

Edinson Cavani and Kylian Mbappe both scored hat-tricks as rampant Paris St Germain stormed to a 9-0 victory over rock-bottom Guingamp in Ligue 1.The win saw the runaway leaders emphatically avenge their shock Coupe de la Ligue quarter-final defeat at the hands of Guingamp 10 days ago, with Neymar (two) and Thomas Meunier also on the scoresheet.The result also restores PSG&rs...Full Story »

Motherwell manager Stephen Robinson took the blame for their William Hill Scottish Cup exit after his team failed to get going in a 2-1 home defeat by Ross County.Last season’s runners-up fell at the first hurdle thanks to Brian Graham’s quickfire double early in the second half as the striker twice converted crosses from Declan McManus.Substitute Jake Hastie’s stoppage-time he...Full Story »

First-half strikes from Jason Kerr and Tony Watt steered St Johnstone to a comfortable William Hill Scottish Cup victory over Hamilton.The Dons duo took advantage of goalkeeping errors from Scotland Under-21 international Ryan Fulton in a match overshadowed by the fall-out after vitriolic abuse was hurtled at under-fire Accies manager Martin Canning by a section of the Lanarkshire club...Full Story »

Lowland League leaders East Kilbride saw their Scottish Cup adventure come to an end after a 4-0 fourth-round defeat to Inverness at the Caledonian Stadium.Kilbride had gone into the game on the back of 11 successive wins, and having not conceded in 408 minutes, but found themselves 3-0 down inside half an hour.Jordan White, who netted a hat-trick in the 6-1 rout of Edinburgh City in the previou...Full Story »

Partick Thistle reached the fifth round of the William Hill Scottish Cup with a 4-1 defeat of Stranraer.The hosts took a 17th-minute lead when Aidan Fitzpatrick got on the end of Joe Cardle’s through-ball and beat goalkeeper Max Currie with a low shot.The Championship strugglers doubled their lead when Cardle scored with a deflected shot five minutes into the second half.League One Stranra...Full Story »

Brian Graham’s double sent Motherwell crashing out of the William Hill Scottish Cup as Ross County won 2-1 at Fir Park.The Ladbrokes Championship leaders bounced back from successive defeats to record a well-deserved win over last year’s double cup runners-up.Ross McCormack made the first appearance of his second spell with Motherwell following his loan move from Aston Villa but he l...Full Story »

Daryl Horgan notched a brace as Hibernian comfortably brushed aside Elgin 4-0 to reach the fifth round of the William Hill Scottish Cup.Florian Kamberi opened the scoring for the Ladbrokes Premiership side before Horgan netted his first.Kamberi spurned a chance to make it 3-0 when he saw his 31st-minute penalty saved, but Stevie Mallan took over spot-kick duties and duly converted when...Full Story »

Auchinleck Talbot continued their dream William Hill Scottish Cup journey with a shock 1-0 win over Championship neighbours Ayr.Auchinleck, last season’s Scottish Junior Cup winners, dispatched five teams to reach the fourth round – matching their previous best run in the competition – and more than held their own against their high-flying rivals who made the 15-mile trip to Be...Full Story »

Buoyant Shrewsbury manager Sam Ricketts saluted his battling side as they sprung a fine FA Cup shock by beating Stoke City 3-2.Goals from James Bolton, Fejiri Okenabirhie and Josh Laurent completed a stunning comeback victory for the Sky Bet League One side after the Championship hosts squandered a comfortable 2-0 half-time lead.“I’m extremely proud of the players,” said Ricket...Full Story »

Sheffield Wednesday caretaker boss Steve Agnew was thrilled with his side’s reaction as they earned an FA Cup fourth-round trip to Chelsea by beating Luton 1-0 on Tuesday night.The Owls bounced back from a 3-0 defeat at Hull on Saturday to edge out their Sky Bet League One hosts thanks to Atdhe Nuhiu’s goal, moments after half-time of this third-round replay.Agnew said: “I&rsqu...Full Story »

Josh Laurent scored a late winner as Shrewsbury produced a remarkable turnaround to dump Stoke out of the FA Cup with a stunning 3-2 comeback victory in their third-round replay.The Sky Bet League One side were 2-0 down at half-time but recovered in spectacular style, scoring three goals in 10 second-half minutes to send their Championship hosts crashing out at the bet365 Stadium.It spoiled what...Full Story »

Southampton will be without a host of first-team players for the FA Cup third-round replay with Derby, including suspended trio Yan Valery, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Charlie Austin.Full-back Valery serves a one-match ban after being sent off at Leicester on Saturday, while midfielder Hojbjerg and striker Austin complete four and two-game suspensions respectively.Maya Yoshida is at the Asian Cup ...Full Story »

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer lauded David De Gea after a breathtaking display at Tottenham that underlined to the Manchester United caretaker manager that he has the “best goalkeeper in the world”.Sunday’s encounter between the two bookmakers’ favourites to permanently succeed Jose Mourinho as Red Devils boss lived up to the billing at Wembley, where Marcus Rashford’s subli...Full Story »

Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde is targeting a second successive league and cup double this season as his side get set to face Levante in the Copa del Rey.A repeat of last season’s achievement could be on the cards, with Barcelona top of LaLiga and in the last 16 of the cup, where they face a trip to Estadio Ciudad de Valencia on Thursday.Valverde rejected the suggestion that a run in the ...Full Story »

Manchester United caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will get to test his mettle against Arsenal in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Arsenal will host Manchester United in the fourth round of the FA Cup, with Manchester City at home to Burnley. Newport's reward for beating Premier League Leicester is a daunting drip to Middlesbrough, while Oldham - victors over Fulham at Craven Cottage - ...Full Story »

Boss Jurgen Klopp denied disrespecting the FA Cup after much-changed Liverpool were dumped out by Wolves.Ruben Neves’ thunderbolt sealed a 2-1 third-round win for the hosts after Divock Origi had hauled Liverpool level.Raul Jimenez opened the scoring after James Milner’s first-half error and Wolves travel to Stoke or Shrewsbury in the fourth round.Klopp made nine changes, including h...Full Story »

Ruben Neves fired Wolves into the fourth round as they dumped Liverpool out of the FA Cup.The midfielder struck to clinch a 2-1 win at Molineux just after Divock Origi cancelled out Raul Jimenez’s first-half opener.It was Liverpool’s second straight defeat after their 2-1 loss at Premier League title rivals Manchester City.Reds boss Jurgen Klopp made nine changes and gave debuts to t...Full Story »