14 h. ago Rangers win ref watch sympathy as 'bad luck' compounded by Celtic penalty

Dermot Gallagher and Jay Bothroyd reviewed the major decisions from games at Ibrox and Rugby Park

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33 h. ago Celtic win in added time amid fan protests while Rangers board back Martin

Iheanacho on spot with almost last kick at KilmarnockRangers fans voiced anger after home loss to HeartsThe debutant Kelechi Iheanacho scored a last-gasp penalty as mutinous Celtic fans were left celebrating a 2-1 victory over Kilmarnock that moved them back to the top of the Premiership.After a summer in which the club were widely deemed to have failed to adequately bolster their squad in the summer before crashing out of the Champions League at the hands of Kairat Almaty, angry supporters held a crisis meeting last week and decided to boycott the opening 12 minutes of the Rugby Park fixture. Around half of the travelling fans opted against partaking in the late-entry protest while the others eventually filtered in to witness the remainder of an underwhelming, goalless first half from Brendan Rodgers’ side. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago Telling twist in Premiership title odds after Hearts' seismic win over Rangers

Jambos now second favourites for league after ending Ibrox hoodoo

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53 h. ago Forget Rangers ... Hearts and Derek McInnes deserve so much credit for win as two major decisions pay off

Some key takeaways for visitors after statement win at Ibrox

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57 h. ago Furious fans turn on Russell Martin as Hearts continue Rangers’ misery

Rangers 0-2 Hearts: A fifth Scottish Premiership game without a win piled more pressure on Martin

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3 d. ago The only way Celtic dissenters can force change aired and Raskin's only shot to win battle with Martin at Rangers

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3 d. ago Rangers boss Russell Martin addresses £8m question, Jesse Marsch chat and Hearts title challenge

After short-lived respite, Martin now needs first Rangers league win

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4 d. ago Liverpool handed huge boost as forgotten star returns after three months out

Stefan Bajcetic has had bad luck at Liverpool of late after suffering a hamstring injury while on loan at Las Palmas, with the midfielder now returning to training in a bid to impress Arne Slot

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1 week ago A Short History of Stupidity by Stuart Jeffries review – comfortably dumb?

From Shakespeare’s fools to Donald Trump, this exhilarating read considers stupidity in its many formsStupidity, no question, can be just as rich and subtle as its opposite. Three and a half decades on, I still sometimes meditate on what a school friend of mine said in a here’s-a-profound-thought tone of voice: “I’d rather be stupid than happy”.In this clever book, Stuart Jeffries starts out at a double disadvantage, though. First: he has an excellently snappy title but it’s open to question whether stupidity can be said to have a history in any meaningful sense. The quality of stupidity is just, sort of, there; and there’s lots of it. Could you write a history of happiness, or bad luck, or knees? You’d be on firmer ground, as he recognises, historicising the concept of stupidity: a short history, in other words, of “stupidity” – how successive societies and thinkers have defined and responded to reason’s derr-brained secret sharer. As an intellectual historian w...

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2 w. ago Motherwell are dominating games like Celtic and Rangers, but we're hurting not to win, says captain

Paul McGinn was frustrated not to take three points from Kilmarnock

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2 w. ago Who will win Rangers vs Celtic? Our writers deliver predictions for huge derby showdown at Ibrox

It's the first derby of the season with Russell Martin already under pressure and both sides coming in off the back of Euro nightmares

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2 w. ago Threave Rovers gear up for Scottish Cup with convincing win over Cambuslang Rangers

A 4-0 win at Meadow Park means the Castle Douglas side are second in the West of Scotland League second division with 13 points from a possible 15.

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2 w. ago I struggle with letting go of things. How can I move on for a calmer life? | Leading questions

Well-meaning people might say you need closure, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. But this isn’t always necessary – or possible – for moving onRead more Leading questionsI struggle with letting go of things. Distressing situations, that occurred 40 years ago and more, still regularly pop into my mind and stress me out. I don’t seem to be able to move past them and forget them. Even small irrelevant things annoy me and get me worked up. How can I either forget them or stop them raising my blood pressure? I seem to continually be stressing about insignificant things that I can’t change anyway. Can you suggest some techniques to move on and lead a calmer life?Eleanor says: Since you said a lot of these are small or insignificant upon reflection, I’ll assume we’re not talking about big traumas, or the kinds of insults a person shouldn’t aspire to forget. I assume they’re the kinds of sour memories we all have: bad luck, bad slights. Being yanked backwards through time to tho...

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2 w. ago Who will win Club Brugge vs Rangers? Our writers deliver predictions for Champions League playoff return

The Light Blues face a huge task to turn this tie around and land the £40m jackpot and our top team have had their say

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3 w. ago Inside Katie Price's 'cursed' Mucky Mansion after she warned new owners of 'bad luck'

Katie Price is known for her former glamour modelling career as much as her so-called Mucky Mansion these days, and it's clear it caused her plenty of stress over the years

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4 w. ago Who will win Rangers vs Club Brugge? Our writers deliver predictions for Champions League playoff first leg

Russell Martin kicks off a massive week at home to the Belgians with £40million on the line over 180 minutes

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