Lawrence Shankland scored his 25th goal of the season as in-form Hearts moved 14 points clear in third place with a 2-0 victory over Motherwell.After a nondescript first half Shankland set the hosts on their way to an eighth successive win with a header in the 67th minute.Substitute Kenneth Vargas then wrapped up the points with a fine finish in stoppage time.Motherwell made a promising start wi...Full Story »

Mohamed Salah scored on his Premier League return as Liverpool eased to a 4-1 win at Brentford.Coming off the bench for his first appearance since injuring a hamstring on duty with Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations, he netted his side’s third goal moments after making a brilliant assist for Alexis Mac Allister to make it 2-0.Darwin Nunez had opened the scoring with a superbly-taken chip t...Full Story »

Philippe Clement will look to focus on finishing after Rangers missed a host of chances in their 3-1 win over Ross County at Ibrox.The Gers had to win by three clear goals to leapfrog Celtic at the top of the cinch Premiership and it looked on when striker Cyriel Dessers opened the scoring after five minutes.The Light Blues struck the post twice but the second-bottom Dingwall side, with Don Cowi...Full Story »

Rangers moved level on points with cinch Premiership leaders Celtic with a 3-1 win over Ross County but their profligacy prevented them going top.The Light Blues took the lead in the fifth minute through striker Cyriel Dessers and the home side then hit the woodwork twice amid an onslaught.However, the second-bottom Staggies, with Don Cowie in charge for the first time following the departure of...Full Story »

John Mousinho saluted goalscoring heroes Myles Peart-Harris and Abu Kamara as League One leaders Portsmouth came from behind to beat Cambridge 3-1.Kusini Yengi won and converted a penalty to cancel out Danny Andrew’s opener, before Peart-Harris – signed on loan from Brentford in January – and Kamara scored in the second half to earn the points before Yengi gave way to top score...Full Story »

Crawley boss Scott Lindsey was critical of referee John Busby’s decision to awarded Walsall a first-half penalty in his side’s 1-1 League Two home draw against the Saddlers.Busby adjudged that Jack Earing was tripped by Jay Williams seven minutes before the break, but Lindsey felt the decision was unjust.Former Crawley midfielder Isaac Hutchinson sent goalkeeper Corey Addai the wrong...Full Story »

Fleetwood scored a last-gasp equaliser to earn a 1-1 home draw with Reading.Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu tapped home on the goal line deep in added time after the Royals had taken the lead through Lewis Wing’s stunning opener.After 15 minutes, a Fleetwood ball into the box was nodded on by Jayden Stockley to Promise Omochere whose header was tipped over by Royals goalkeeper David Button.Reading&...Full Story »

Williams, 21, is shining bright for Bilbao this season with five goals and 10 assists in 24 appearances across all competitions. Arsenal and Chelsea have sent scouts to watch Athletic Bilbao star Nico WilliamsChelsea fans believe Williams would be an upgrade compared to Raheem Sterling and Mykhailo Mudryk According to transfer insider Fabrizio Romano, the Gunners and the Blues have sent repres...Full Story »

Cancer survivor Sebastien Haller inspired hosts Ivory Coast to their third Africa Cup of Nations title with a late winner to seal a 2-1 comeback victory over Nigeria in Abidjan.Five of the last six host nations to reach the final had been crowned AFCON champions, but the Ivory Coast’s appearance in this edition at one point looked unlikely, their 4-0 group-stage defeat to Equatorial Guinea...Full Story »

Erik ten Hag praised Scott McTominay as an example for others after the super sub sealed Manchester United’s belief-boosting win at fellow Champions League hopefuls Aston Villa.Sunday’s clash between fifth and sixth at Villa Park began with Rasmus Hojlund – the winner when these sides met on Boxing Day – scoring in his fifth straight Premier League match.United lost their...Full Story »

Hearts booked a Scottish Gas Scottish Cup quarter-final clash with Morton after a first-half blitz powered them to a 4-1 victory at Airdrie.Lawrence Shankland was yet again the key man for Steven Naismith’s side, with the captain bagging a brace to take his tally for the season to 24.Shankland fired the Jambos in front and despite a positive response from the home side, the game was soon a...Full Story »

Super sub Scott McTominay’s thundering header secured Manchester United a late, hard-fought 2-1 victory away to fellow Champions League hopefuls Aston Villa.This felt like a match that the sixth-placed Red Devils could ill afford to lose given Unai Emery’s men were a place higher in the standings and able to extend an eight-point cushion to an eye-watering 11.In-form Rasmus Hojlund b...Full Story »

The match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Brentford ended with Brentford securing a 2-0 victory. Christian Norgaard gave Brentford the lead in the 35th minute with a close-range header from a corner. Ivan Toney extended Brentford's lead to 2-0 in the 77th minute by turning in Vitaly Janelt's low cross. HITC's report states that Arsenal had scouts observing Wolverhampton Wanderers winger ...Full Story »

Scott Brown claimed referee Willie Collum crumbled under a “pressure decision” when he did not send off Fabio Silva in Rangers’ 2-0 win over cinch Championship side Ayr at Ibrox.The Portuguese forward had been booked in the first half of the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup last-16 tie where the home side took the lead after 10 minutes through a Borna Barisic strike which deflected in...Full Story »

Oscar Cortes shone in his first Rangers start as the Light Blues made their way into the quarter-finals of the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup with a 2-0 win over Ayr at Ibrox.The 20-year-old Colombian winger, on loan from French side Lens with an option for the Rangers to buy, had a couple of efforts on goal before he set up Borna Barisic’s low drive, which deflected in off Somerset Park midfie...Full Story »

Derek McInnes was pleased as Kilmarnock continued their excellent form by defeating Cove Rangers to reach the quarter-finals of the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup.After surviving an early scare, the hosts broke the deadlock on the stroke of half-time when Marley Watkins netted for the second time in as many matches.The second half was much more positive for Killie, and they would eventually put the g...Full Story »

Manager Nick Montgomery hailed the performance of Martin Boyle after the player inspired Hibernian’s 3-1 Scottish Gas Scottish Cup win at Inverness as they booked their place in the quarter-finals.The Australia international starred as he scored in between Myziane Maolida’s opener and Elian Youan’s late strike as the Premiership outfit blitzed Caley Thistle in the second half t...Full Story »

Ian Baraclough praised goalscorer Matty Taylor after he fired Cheltenham to victory at Cambridge.The Robins lifted themselves within five points from safety in League One after a first win on their travels since December, after losing by a single goal at Northampton, Bolton and Derby.Taylor has scored in each of his two appearances since signing from Forest Green in the January transfer window.&...Full Story »

Josh Rees plundered a second-half hat-trick as Dagenham crushed National League basement-boys Oxford City 7-1.Rees had already gone close when Ryan Hill ran on to Inih Effiong’s pull-back and blasted the ball past goalkeeper Marcin Brzozowski to give the home side a fifth-minute lead.Daggers had to wait until nine minutes before the break to extend their advantage when Frank Vincent found ...Full Story »

Aberdeen interim manager Neil Warnock admits there is plenty of work to do despite watching his side ease into the Scottish Cup quarter-finals with a 2-0 victory over Bonnyrigg Rose.Bojan Miovski’s clinical first-half double was the difference between the sides but, with captain Graeme Shinnie rested after the interval and a number of changes made on the hour mark, the second-half performa...Full Story »