Madjid Bougherra has promised to apologise to referee Calum Murray for his behaviour in the stormy Scottish Cup tie against Celtic.

Kris Boyd has revealed he has agreed to join former Celtic manager Gordon Strachan at Middlesbrough.

The Football Association of Ireland must do the decent thing and allow former Derry City player James McClean to sign for Lincoln City immediately, according to top Irish agent Gerry Carlile.

Zimbabwe promised to withdraw its soldiers from diamond fields in the east, an official newspaper reported – a week after a rights group alleged the military was committing killings and abuses in the area.

Rangers manager Walter Smith admits every single player is still up for sale this summer.

ZIMBABWE’s government has ordered all state schools to slash their fees as it struggles with an economic crisis desperately crying out for massive foreign aid, a local official newspaper said yesterday.

Rangers midfielder Kevin Thomson has written off any chance of playing again this season.

Zimbabwe’s prime minister has left the country for medical treatment after he was injured in a car crash that killed his wife, state media reported today.

President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will meet today for talks aimed at implementing a power-sharing agreement for Zimbabwe signed in September but stalled by disagreements over Cabinet posts.

Zimbabwe health authorities said 425 people have died in a cholera outbreak and they are concerned it will worsen with the onset of the rainy season.

Kris Boyd insists he could have averted Rangers’ shock European exit had he been given a start against FBK Kaunas.

The presidential run-off pitting President Robert Mugabe against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will not be held in the next few weeks as required by law, the head of the electoral commission said in an interview published today.

A RECOUNT of disputed legislative seats has confirmed opposition control of Zimbabwe’s parliament and should be completed today, allowing the release of results from last month’s presidential election, state media reported.

Results so far from a recount of disputed seats confirm the opposition’s majority in parliament, a government-run newspaper reported today as a top US envoy called for international intervention against state-sponsored violence.

Zimbabwean authorities said today they would recount the votes from nearly two dozen parliamentary races as the ruling party sought to overturn election results that cost it control of the legislature for the first time.

President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party is demanding a recount of votes and a further delay to the announcement of presidential election results, the state-controlled Sunday Mail newspaper reported.

Zimbabwe’s Electoral Commission belatedly began announcing official results of elections today in which the opposition claimed to have beaten President Robert Mugabe.

Zimbabwe‘s President Robert Mugabe signed into law new regulations forcing foreign- and white-owned businesses to hand over 51% control of their operations to blacks, the official media reported today.

Zimbabwe’s ruling party and the opposition movement have reached a draft political accord which should help smooth the way for presidential and parliamentary elections next March, state media reported today.

BAKERIES in Zimbabwe remained closed yesterday and shop shelves wereempty of bread despite a 300% rise in the official price of a loaf.

Nine white farmers could face up to two years in jail for refusing to leave their properties to make way for blacks under Zimbabwe’s land redistribution scheme, the state Sunday Mail newspaper reported.

Fears were growing for Scottish rally driver Colin McRae tonight after a helicopter crashed on land near his home.

Two people died in stampedes at the exit gates of Zimbabwe’s annual agriculture show, which was packed with crowds lured by scarce snack foods and soft drinks and stalls selling cheap Chinese toys and consumer goods.

Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell is optimistic that Shunsuke Nakamura will extend his stay at Parkhead.

Rangers are keen to sign French international Julien Faubert, according to his agent.

The spokesman for Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader was assaulted by security forces as he tried to leave the country, a party official said.

Rangers could face the wrath of UEFA after a video of supporters apparently singing a sectarian song during their match against Osasuna was posted on the internet.

Paul Gascoigne has backed Walter Smith to lead Rangers to the Bank of Scotland Premier League title next season – because his players will be terrified of letting him down.

AC Milan general director Ariedo Braida has admitted the Italian club could be ready to make a cut-price summer move for Chelsea’s Frank Lampard.

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan admits watching a video of Champions League opponents Manchester United was “not too clever” ahead of the crucial tie on Tuesday.

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan is set to reluctantly allow Alan Thompson to leave the club in January.

Hundreds of surfers formed a circle in the waves off Australia’s eastern coast and cast sprigs of wild flowers into the Pacific Ocean today to honour “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin.

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan will consider missing out a pre-season tour of the US next summer to save the fitness of players.

Ronaldinho insists Brazil are no one-man team.

ZIMBABWE yesterday accused the US of stepping up its campaign to oust President Robert Mugabe with “tantalising” offers of aid to ease the suffering of the southern African nation’s largely impoverished population.

Former Manchester United midfielder Quinton Fortune has confirmed a meeting with Celtic on Friday – but stressed talks were strictly informal.

Celtic striker John Hartson has agreed to stay with the Hoops for a further season.

Celtic midfielder Stilian Petrov has set his sights on a move to the Barclays Premiership for next season.

Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc has reportedly launched a withering attack on Parkhead team-mates and fans.

A SCOTTISH girl of 11 who collapsed at school is being treated for the effects of heroin.

Graham Gibbons is riding at the top of his form and having partnered a winner for Tim Easterby at Catterick on Saturday completed a 134-1 double for the Malton trainer at Musselburgh 24 hours later.

Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell has branded suggestions that manager Gordon Strachan is under pressure as “ludicrous”.

Celtic defender Bobo Balde has apologised to James Wesolowski for the challenge which broke the Leicester midfielder’s leg in the friendly at the Walker’s Stadium on Tuesday.

President Robert Mugabe’s government is winding up a so-called urban renewal campaign that has destroyed the homes and livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans, a State-run newspaper reported today, hours before the arrival of a UN envoy to investigate the drive.