Rangers today clinched the Irn-Bru Third Division title to complete stage one of their journey back to the top of Scottish Football.

Portsmouth’s home match against Hull became the first npower Championship fixture to fall victim to the weather as it was postponed due to a frozen pitch this morning.

Holders Celtic will face Peterhead in the William Hill Scottish Cup fourth round in January following today’s draw at Hampden.

The day’s programme of games in the UK has been decimated by heavy rain.

The “vast majority” of Britons support a Greek proposal to return marbles removed from the ancient Parthenon for display in Athens during the Olympics, the Greek government’s top games official said.