Good morning folks. And it is a good morning isn’t it? Forget pawing away at the snooze button and trying to muffle that pesky cockerel into a cock-a-doodle-don’t, getting oot and aboot at the crack of dawn really is a measure of a person’s resolve. It’s easy to sit up to 3am supping wine and blethering about this, that and the other but dragging yourself out of your crypt before 6 in the morning on a Monday requires the kind of sturdiness that used to be the reserve of the ancient mariner. At The Herald we’re a hardy crew so here we are, providing you with all the relevant bits, bobs, odds and sods from the day’s sporting scene, allowing you to flatten your tousled hair, throttle that rooster and wipe your bleary een.
Today's top tales
- Goal shy Rangers don't need to panic, says Kenny Miller.
- Celtic put pressure on Aberdeen with routine Ross County win.
- Lee Clark to be unveiled as Kilmarnock manager.
- Scotland's walking wounding hoping to be patched up for Italian job.
- Prospect of Champions League could keep Shay Logan at Aberdeen.
- Tom Rogic set for new deal at Celtic.
- Error count costs Scotland dear in Six Nations set back.
- Stevie Hammell fears for Motherwell future as slide continues.
- Rangers get lucky in Alloa.
Radio Blah Blah: The word on the wireless
06.05 Radio Scotland sport headlines
Lee Clark will be the new manager of Kilmarnock ... Scotland coach Stuart McCall has revealed that Hibernian’s John McGinn is being considered for a call up to the national side ... Aberdeen look to close gap on Celtic with trip to Inverness ...Welsh Open snooker starts with John Higgins defending title.
06.35 Radio Five Live sport headlines
North London gets to grip with Premier League as Arsenal and Spurs bolster title challenge ... England's cricketers lose final Test to South Africa ...Jonathan Joseph scored a hat-trick in England’s 40-9 win over Italy ... Anthony Joshua will fight for his first World title in London in April by challenging heavyweight champion Charles Martin ... defending Rugby League Superleague champions Leeds are bottom of the current table after losing to Widnes 56-12.
Don't panic
The goals will come, says Kenny Miller.
Getting the job done
More routine than remarkable but Celtic continue to set title pace.
Killie Calling
Lee Clark set for Kilmarnock hot seat
A few sair yins
Scotland's black and blue boys hoping to be patched up for Italy
Logan's run to Champions League?
Champions League could keep Shay Logan at Aberdeen
Count me in?
Tom Rogic could be set for a new deal at Celtic
That sinking feeling
All's not well at Motherwell as Stevie Hammell expresses concerns
Back to basics
Scotland are counting the cost of Six Nations blunders
Jammy Dod-Gers?
Rangers snatched a late draw at struggling Alloa Athletic
Love is in the air
Scottish youngster Donald Love made his Man Utd debut on Saturday
Read all about it. Today's back pages
The Herald leads on Kenny Miller remaining confident that Rangers will rediscover their firepower up front while the Evening Times splash on the prospect of Tom Rogic signing a new deal at Celtic. The National, meanwhile, have gone with the Highland fling as Inverness manager, John Hughes and midfielder, Ross Draper, offer differing views on the destination of the Scottish Premiership title.
Grandstanding - sports comment
In his Monday musings, Matthew Lindsay suggests that threat of a breakaway European super league will amount to nothing - but Celtic are right to fear changes to the Champions League qualification process
In the Evening Times, Alison McConnell passes her expert eye over Celtic matters and says the questions still hang over Ronny Deila's team
Sporting Twitterati
Arsenal haven't won the Premier League since the stovepipe hat was still in fashion. Well, maybe not that long but it must feel like that for the Gunners fans who last savoured a title triumph way back in 2004. The weekend win over table-topping Leicester moved them within two points of the Foxes and one Arsenal legend is now demanding the ultimate glory.
It's time to act like champions, play like champions & become champions. @arsenal #COYG #believe
— Thierry Henry (@ThierryHenry) February 15, 2016
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