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Sport - Capital City Press

Scots amateur side left bemused as Serie A champions look set to use their badge in EA FC 

A SCOTS football team has jokingly threatened to send in the lawyers after the rumoured badge for a world-famous team in EA FC 25 bears a striking resemblance to...

Big summer for Scottish football as para-football teams head abroad

SEVERAL of Scotland’s para-football teams are also preparing for international activity ahead of the nation's big summer for...

Ghanaian Celtic superfans receive gifted chicken from anonymous donor, duly name it Haggis 

A GROUP of Celtic superfans in Ghana have been gifted a chicken by an anonymous donor – which...

From pitch to courtroom: Former Scottish football star joins legal firm

A SCOTTISH legal firm is employing a former footballer and current FA official to lead on its business...

Scottish national amputee footballer completes 26-mile challenge

AN ambitious amputee from Scotland’s national amputee football team has completed his gruelling 26-mile, six-club challenge . Scotland goalkeeper...

Kris Renton recalls the nervous thrill of lining up against Real Madrid superstar Gareth Bale as a 16-year-old . . . but the Cowdenbeath...

BY ALAN TEMPLE - @CCP_Sport KRIS RENTON lined up against Gareth Bale at the age of 16 but readily admits he considered his days of...

Hibs boss Neil Lennon’s comments in press conference before his suspension

HIBERNIAN head coach Neil Lennon insists the demands for success at Easter Road pale in comparison to Glasgow’s pressure-cooker football environment as he launched...

‘Fondest memories’ entice ex-Partick Thistle keeper Ryan Scully back to Dunfermline after Morton frustrations

RYAN SCULLY is hoping to bring back the good times after leaving Morton to return to Dunfermline. The former Partick Thistle keeper joined the Pars...

Craig Levein slams ‘rubbish’ David Vanecek after hooking below-par striker in dismal 2-1 defeat against Dundee

BY ALAN TEMPLE - @CCP_Sport CRAIG LEVEIN has branded David Vanecek’s display against Dundee as ‘rubbish’ after substituting the striker just 30 minutes into Hearts’...

‘I have had a lot of knock-backs and always got back up’, Sean Clare insists unorthodox route into the professional ranks has ensured he...

BY ALAN TEMPLE - CCP_Sport HEARTS midfielder Sean Clare is adamant his circuitous, testing route into the professional game has steeled him to handle the...

Neil Lennon sees echoes of Chelsea World Cup winner N’Golo Kante in ‘omnipresent’ Belgian Stephane Omeonga

BY ALAN TEMPLE - @CCP_Sport HIBERNIAN head coach Neil Lennon has underlined the similarities between loan capture Stephane Omeonga and World Cup winner N’Golo Kante after...