Rangers manager Walter Smith expects his two veteran defenders David Weir and Christian Dailly to sign new deals with the Ibrox club when they return for pre-season training.

Aberdeen 2 Rangers 0

St Mirren 0 Rangers 3

Walter Smith refused to concede the Clydesdale Bank Premier League title to Celtic despite watching Rangers’ hopes suffer another blow at Motherwell.

Motherwell 1 Rangers 1

Rangers 3 Dundee United 1

Hibernian 0 Rangers 0

Rangers assistant manager Ally McCoist insists David Weir remains “extremely doubtful” for tomorrow’s UEFA Cup semi-final second leg against Fiorentina.

Rangers have ruled David Weir out of their plans for Thursday’s UEFA Cup semi-final second leg against Fiorentina.

Celtic 3 Rangers 2

Celtic defender Gary Caldwell returned from suspension to take over from Bobo Balde for the last Old Firm derby of the season at Parkhead.

Rangers skipper Barry Ferguson returns from a one-match ban for the Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash with Celtic at Parkhead on Sunday.

Rangers 0 Fiorentina 0

St Johnstone 1 Rangers 1, after extra time (Rangers won 4-3 on penalties)

Celtic 2 Rangers 1

Sporting Lisbon 0 Rangers 2 (Aggregate score: 0-2)

Walter Smith has challenged his players to match the expectations of their travelling army of fans as Rangers bid to reach the UEFA Cup semi-finals for the first time.

Rangers manager Walter Smith has no fresh injury worries ahead of tomorrow’s UEFA Cup quarter-final second leg against Sporting Lisbon.

Dundee United 3 Rangers 3

Rangers 0 Sporting Lisbon 0

Rangers 1 Celtic 0

Barry Ferguson, Allan McGregor, Christian Dailly and Lee McCulloch all return from injury for Rangers’ SPL clash with Celtic at Ibrox today.

GARY CALDWELL insists Celtic must ignore the hype and the prophets of doom and focus on the fact they are now nine games from glory.

Scotland 1 Croatia 1

Rangers trio Barry Ferguson, Lee McCulloch and Christian Dailly have withdrawn because of injury from the Scotland squad to play Croatia on Wednesday.

Rangers 2 Werder Bremen 0

Panathinaikos 1 Rangers 1

Rangers manager Walter Smith has a couple of injury doubts ahead of Sunday’s Scottish Cup tie against Hibernian.

RANGERS took a major step towards ending their trophy drought by sweeping aside Hearts to book a place in the CIS Insurance Cup final at Hampden last night.

Rangers have signed Scotland international Christian Dailly from West Ham until the end of the season.

Southampton manager George Burley praised his patched-up defence, as Stern John’s third goal in two games led them to a 1-0 victory over Cardiff.

WHEN SCOTLAND were drawn against World Cup finalists Italy and France in the European Championship qualifiers the only consolation the Tartan Army could find was that their team often thrived in the role of underdogs.

Scotland 3 Ukraine 1

Scotland manager Alex McLeish was forced to drop injured Paul Hartley and Gary Caldwell from his plans for the Euro 2008 qualifiers against Ukraine and Georgia today.

Veteran defender Christian Dailly has been recalled by Scotland for this month’s Euro 2008 qualifying Group B fixtures against Ukraine and Georgia.

Scotland manager Alex McLeish has confirmed that both Garry O’Connor and Barry Robson feature in his plans for the national team.

Scotland boss Alex McLeish has called up uncapped Rangers pair Alan Hutton and Charlie Adam for the friendly against Austria and must-win Euro 2008 qualifier against the Faroe Islands.

Chelsea moved to within three points of Barclays Premiership leaders Manchester United for at least 24 hours with a 1-0 win at Charlton.

A characteristic Frank Lampard strike gave champions Chelsea a 1-0 lead at the break against struggling Charlton at The Valley.

ALAN CURBISHLEY has a major job on his hands — possibly the biggest of his managerial career — to stop West Ham’s troubled season from spiralling out of control.

Anthony McNamee’s overhead kick late in the first half was enough to dump woeful West Ham out of the FA Cup and book Watford a place in the fifth round.

West Ham 0 Manchester City 1

IT is unfortunate for Alan Pardew, the West Ham manager, that the club’s new owner Eggert Magnusson is not a man to disguise his feelings.

Ukraine 2 Scotland 0