Dumbarton seized a first-leg lead in their cinch League One play-off final against Spartans with a 2-1 victory at the moreroom.com Stadium.Tony Wallace and Finlay Gray struck in the first half to put Dumbarton in command before Ayrton Sonkur halved the deficit ahead of Friday’s return game in Edinburgh.Wallace prodded home from close range after 21 minutes after Gallagher Lennon’s ef...Full Story »

Blair Henderson’s hat-trick helped Spartans breeze into the cinch League 1 play-off final after a 5-1 victory at Peterhead wrapped up a 7-2 aggregate success.Henderson’s late penalty gave Spartans, in their first season at senior level, the edge after the first leg in midweek and Cameron Russell put them ahead on Saturday after just three minutes, tucking home after some confusion in...Full Story »

Dumbarton edged into the Scottish League One play-off final as a 0-0 draw away to Stirling was enough to secure a 2-1 aggregate win in their semi-final clash.The Sons had early chances for Tony Wallace and Gallagher Lennon before Dale Carrick fired narrowly wide for Stirling in the 20th minute.Michael Ruth had a shot cleared off the line for Dumbarton before Callum Crane went close at the other ...Full Story »

Blair Henderson scored a late penalty as Spartans squeezed a slender advantage from their cinch League 1 play-off semi-final first leg against Peterhead.Spartans, in their first season at senior level, had fallen behind after just eight minutes when Peterhead’s Conor O’Keefe burst clear and lobbed goalkeeper Blair Carswell.But Paul Watson slid home the equaliser from a corner in the ...Full Story »

Mohamed Salah warmed up for Sunday’s FA Cup quarter-final against Manchester United with a record-breaking goal in Liverpool’s 6-1 Europa League demolition of Sparta Prague at Anfield.Jurgen Klopp’s side were already virtually guaranteed a quarter-final place after their 5-1 first-leg victory but four goals in the opening 13-and-a-half minutes started the rout.They were only th...Full Story »

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Darwin Nunez scored the 1,000th goal of Jurgen Klopp’s reign in Liverpool’s comfortable 5-1 Europa League win over Sparta Prague but it was not quite the perfect warm-up for Sunday’s title clash with Manchester City after another injury blow.The Uruguay international finished the last-16 first-leg tie with another on the stroke of half-time but it was his first in the 25th minu...Full Story »

Scotland goalkeeper Craig Gordon made his first appearance in 13 months as Hearts scrambled into the fifth round of the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup following a stoppage-time Frankie Kent winner away to cinch League Two side Spartans.The Jambos looked set for a smooth afternoon against their Edinburgh counterparts when Kenneth Vargas opened the scoring in the 13th minute but a stunning equaliser fr...Full Story »

Rangers moved clear into second place in Europa League Group C with what turned out to be a nervy 2-1 win over Sparta Prague at Ibrox.The two sides fought out a goalless draw in the Czech Republic last month but it took only 11 minutes for Brazilian striker Danilo to get the breakthrough before midfielder Todd Cantwell added a second in the 20th minute.The visitors smartened up after the break h...Full Story »

Philippe Clement praised his revamped Rangers side for their second-half response against Sparta Prague which earned a valuable Europa League point.With Borna Barisic and Dujon Sterling injured and Ridvan Yilmaz not in the European squad, the new Gers boss had no natural left-back available which meant a change to a back-three with prolific attacker Abdallah Sima playing left wing-back.The visit...Full Story »

Rangers played second fiddle to Sparta Prague for most of their Europa League clash in the Czech Republic before leaving with a point in a goalless draw.Philippe Clement’s tenure as Gers boss began with a convincing 4-0 win over Hibernian at Ibrox on Saturday but he had to rely on keeper Jack Butland to keep the home side at bay in the first half of the Group C match in which the visitors ...Full Story »

Tottenham have accepted an offer from Spartak Moscow for Davinson Sanchez. Spartak are due to finalise personal terms with the Colombia international this week. Sanchez has also been interesting LaLiga clubs, but his agents have confirmed he's open to moving to Moscow this summer. Spartak are sad to have offer €15m to land Sanchez. The defender made 205 appearances for Spurs after jo...Full Story »

Spartans have replaced Albion Rovers in the Scottish Professional Football League after Blair Henderson’s penalty earned them a 1-0 victory at Cliftonhill.The Lowland League champions have become Edinburgh’s fourth team in the SPFL after securing a 2-1 aggregate win over the cinch League 2 bottom club in the Pyramid Play-Off final.The defeat ends more than a century of uninterrupted ...Full Story »

SPARTAK MOSCOW have trolled Cristiano Ronaldo over the Manchester United forward's struggle to find a new club. The 37-year-old has told the Red Devils he wants to QUIT this summer to play Champions League football. Pain again. But not for us this time. https://t.co/3ifQw7tIcl pic.twitter.com/6RO0nWzHts— FC Spartak Moscow (@fcsm_eng) July 16, 2022 Manchester United ace Cristia...Full Story »

Jamie Vardy’s penalty miss kept Leicester’s Europa League hopes in the balance after a 1-1 draw with Spartak Moscow.Aleksandr Selikhov saved the striker’s second-half spot kick to deny the Foxes a crucial Group C victory.Daniel Amartey had earlier cancelled out Victor Moses’ shock opener but frustrated Leicester were left to rue a huge missed opportunity.Boubakary Soumare...Full Story »

Steven Gerrard is pleased Rangers’ Europa League hopes are still in their own hands following a 1-1 draw with Brondby.After losing 2-0 at home to Lyon and 1-0 away to Sparta Prague in their opening two Group A fixtures, the Light Blues beat the Danish side 2-0 at Ibrox last month.But they had to come from behind to snatch a point in the reverse fixture on Thursday night.With seconds remain...Full Story »

Rangers manager Steven Gerrard was not surprised to hear claims that Glen Kamara had been targeted by schoolchildren at Sparta Prague – but admitted he had not noticed himself.Boos were audible when Kamara touched the ball, more than any other Gers player, as Sparta recorded a 1-0 Europa League win.The treatment came months after Ondrej Kudela, of Sparta’s city rivals Slavia, was ban...Full Story »

Glen Kamara’s lawyer claimed Sparta Prague should be ’embarrassed’ by the treatment dished out to the Rangers midfielder in a stadium filled with schoolchildren.Kamara was booed every time he got the ball months after Ondrej Kudela, of Sparta’s rivals Slavia, received a 10-game ban after UEFA found him guilty of racially abusing the Rangers player.The Letna Stadium was or...Full Story »

Glen Kamara was routinely booed in a stadium full of schoolchildren and then sent off as Rangers fell to a 1-0 Europa League defeat against Sparta Prague.Kamara was clearly targeted by some of the 10,000 fans six months after being subjected to abuse by Slavia Prague defender Ondrej Kudela, which earned the Czech Republic defender a 10-game UEFA ban.The Letna Stadium was originally meant to be s...Full Story »