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Dunfermline and Partick Thistle played out a cagey draw under the lights at East End Park. Tony Watt gave Thistle an early lead as he took advantage of a stray back-pass from Dylan Lobban. Andrew Tod’s brilliant strike levelled things up going into the break. Both sides had chances to steal the points in the second-half, and will rue the missed opportunities to move further up the Scottish Championship table. Sam Cleall-Harding missed out through injury, being replaced by Aar

Hibernian equalled a record set almost 80 years ago as they went 17-games unbeaten with a comprehensive 4-0 victory over Dundee. James McKenzie reports from Easter Road. Rocky Bushiri opened the scoring for Hibs in the first-half, fantastically volleying home from a corner. Dundee started the second-half brighter, but the Hibs substitutes were impactful, Kieran Bowie coming off from the bench and firing past Trevor Carson for a two-goal cushion. Bowie added a spectacular seco

Image credit: Clive Brunskill, Getty Images The Masters season of the tennis year really felt like it finally got underway this past two weeks in California as Indian Wells took place on the outdoor hard courts. Big players with disappointing starts to the year on the men’s side had chances to make amends and really get their season going with a Jannik Sinner shaped hole being left in the draw, the Italian currently serving his 3-month ban for doping offences, a scandal that

Image: Getty Images The first slam of the season has come and gone, with a familiar name repeating the same feat for a second consecutive year on the men’s side, and a wiley veteran finally securing the title that has alluded her on the women’s side. The Australian Open brought with it many fascinating stories, such as Edinburgh’s Jacob Fearnley gate-crashing Nick Kyrgios’ grand homecoming by handing the Aussie a first-round exit. Young guns such as Joao Fonseca, Learner Tien

Celtic restored their three point lead at the summit of the cinch Premiership as a James Forrest brace secured the victory at Dens Park, James McKenzie reports. James Forrest celebrates his goal (Image – Vagelis Georgariou) James Forrest was rewarded for his Hampden heroics with a start in place of Yang Hyun-jun, his first start since November 28th, and he didn’t waste his opportunity in the first-team as he lashed home a brilliant first-half volley to put the Hoops ahead. Du

Paulo Bernardo extends Celtic’s lead (Image – BBC Sport) Celtic showed a ruthless edge to their game in the second-half as they hit three goals past Livingston to return to the top of the cinch Premiership, James McKenzie reports. After remaining resolute in the first-half, Livingston fell away in the second as a Reo Hatate shot deflected in off of Jamie Brandon four minutes after the restart. In the 72nd minute Paulo Bernardo grabbed Celtic’s second from the bench as he capp

The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to the United Arab Emirates on Saturday as UFC 294 was held at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. The stacked card was headlined by the second meeting between Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski’s Lightweight Championship rematch, with co-main event Kamaru Usman vs Khamzat Chimaev also providing a tasty matchup for fight fans. Islam Makhachev celebrates first round KO over Alexander Volkanovski (Image – Eurosport) Muin Gafurov vs

Ollie Watkins hit a hat trick as the gulf in quality between the two sides showed in a tough evening at Easter Road, James McKenzie reports. Hibs fans would have no doubt had their mouths watering at the prospect of facing English Premier League side Aston Villa in the play-off round and they earned that by seeing off Swiss side Luzern 5-3 over to legs. Scotland national team star John McGinn would also return to Easter road for the first time since leaving for Villa Park bac

A late double from Cammy Devlin sent Hearts into the next round of qualifying for the Europa Conference League, James McKenzie reports. Hearts went into Thursday night’s encounter with Rosenborg knowing a 2-goal swing in their favour would be needed. A first-half demolition from the Norwegians had them 2-0 up in the first leg before Lawrence Shankland struck with 10 to play to reduce the arrears required in the return leg. If Hearts had their work cut out for them already the

Hibs put the weekend woes to bed, bouncing back with a 3-1 win against FC Luzern, James McKenzie reports. Lee Johnson’s Hibernian bounced back from an opening day defeat to record an impressive 3-1 victory over FC Luzern in the Europa Conference League third qualifying round. Expectations were mixed amongst the Easter Road faithful, and eyebrows were raised at the very attacking eleven named by Lee Johnson as well as the inclusion of new signing Dylan Vente. Hibs came out of

“James Wilson, he’s one of our own” was the chant from the away end at full-time as the 17-year-old’s late equaliser cancelled out Mykola Kuharevich’s opener. Dwight Gayle had a number of chances in the first-half, but Craig Gordon was his equal, including a fantastic one-handed stop to keep out the former Newcastle United forward. Hibernian would take the lead in the second half as substitute Kuharevich forced it over the line after Marvin Ekpiteta headed off the cross-bar.

Hearts lost their way in the second-half as Heidenheim peeled away to a 2-goal victory at Tynecastle in the Conference League. Hearts started with a swift press and almost hit the fronts after just two minutes, Blair Spittal picking the pockets of Lennard Maloney which allowed Lawrence Shankland a gift of a chance, but he smashed it straight at Kevin Muller in the visitors’ net. A chance that perhaps came a little too early in the game for the Jambos. Hearts continued the fas

Celtic turned the screw in the second-half in a 4-goal show against Hearts as they went 3 points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership. James McKenzie reports from Tynecastle. Hearts came hot out of the blocks and at times had Brendan Rodgers’ side on the ropes in the first-half. However, Celtic struck out of nothing early in the second period as Kyogo Furuhashi fired into the net after an unfortunate ricochet from a Daniel Oyegoke clearance. A rapid-fire second follow

Dwight Gayle’s first Edinburgh Derby goal gave Hibs their first derby victory since April 2023 in a chaotic Boxing Day clash. Hibs took the lead after Josh Campbell’s header took a fortunate deflection off of Kye Rowles. Fortune would then swing in Hearts’ favour as a timely equaliser came just before half-time, Shankland’s header taking a massive deflection off of Rocky Bushiri to divert it past Jordan Smith. Substitute Dwight Gayle would grab the headlines as he provided th

Jack Iredale’s first Hibernian goal was the derby day decider as Hibernian jumped to third in the table with a 2-1 victory over Hearts. The start was frantic, with Martin Boyle slotting past Craig Gordon to give Hibs the early advantage. Hearts responded almost immediately as Jorge Grant picked up the scraps from a defensive mishap and lashed it past Jordan Smith to bring his side level. Iredale was the match-winner, scoring a peach of a volley from just outside the box to gi

Super sub Graham Carey scored a fantastic winner late in the game as St Johnstone set up a Scottish Cup semi-final clash with Celtic. Livingston were flying in the first-half, and some big chance from Robbie Muirhead and Andrew Shinnie really should have been converted had it not been for some big saves from Andy Fisher. The second-half was dull and dragged on until Graham Carey produced bullet in the blue as he lashed in off the crossbar from 30 yards to book St Johnstone a