Cardiff 0 Stoke 2 (after extra-time)

Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti kept faith with the team he named yesterday which meant a start for striker Daniel Sturridge, who has scored for the club in the last two rounds of the FA Cup.

Gabriel Agbonlahor ensured Aston Villa avoided more Carling Cup humiliation with his third-minute goal sufficient to overcome Cardiff at Villa Park.

Scotland today called up Gavin Rae for their World Cup qualifier with Holland.

Arsenal 4 Cardiff 0

Cardiff midfielder Gavin Rae today earned a recall to the Scotland squad for next week’s get-together at St Andrews.

Scotland manager George Burley has suffered five call-offs ahead of Wednesday’s friendly international against Northern Ireland.

Cardiff boss Dave Jones expects Robbie Fowler to be “honest and truthful” in assessing his fitness ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup final.

Gavin Rae has refused to give up on Cardiff’s play-off hopes despite tonight’s trip to Wolves being a “must-win” clash.

BARNSLEY forward Kayode Odejayi made amends for his FA Cup semi-final misery with a double strike in his side’s crucial 3-0 win against promotion-chasing Watford on Wednesday.

Barnsley 0 Cardiff 1

Scotland 1 Croatia 1

Scotland boss George Burley will delay selecting his line-up for the friendly against Croatia until after his players train tomorrow.

Robbie Fowler is determined to play a major role in Cardiff’s Premiership promotion bid after agreeing a two-year deal with the Bluebirds.

ROBBIE FOWLER yesterday joined Cardiff and admitted sweet-talking chairman Peter Ridsdale persuaded him to drop down a division into the Coca-Coca Championship.

Rangers midfielder Gavin Rae is planning a move to England when his contract expires at the end of the season.

Rangers 4 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0 (Rangers win 5-2 on agg)

Rangers powered their way through to the last 16 of the UEFA Cup after a comprehensive 4-0 win over Hapoel Tel Aviv at Ibrox.

Rangers 5 Dundee United 0

KRIS BOYD’S penalty secured all three points for Rangers at Motherwell in a Bank of Scotland Premier League game marred by a brawl and two red cards.

Rangers manager Paul Le Guen tonight claimed he was being undermined by Barry Ferguson and had no option but to strip him of the captaincy.

Rangers fans will today find out manager Paul Le Guen’s reasons for controversially stripping Barry Ferguson of the captaincy.

Barry Ferguson will not captain Rangers in tomorrow’s Bank of Scotland Premier League game at Motherwell, amid reports he has been stripped of the captaincy.

Rangers 1 Celtic 1

Rangers midfielder Gavin Rae skippered the team to a win over Partizan Belgrade in the UEFA Cup on Thursday but is bracing himself for a return to the bench against Celtic tomorrow.

RANGERS go into the draw for the last 32 of the UEFA Cup today as winners of Group A after a 1-0 win over Partizan Belgrade at Ibrox.

OUTGOING Rangers manager Alex McLeish thanked the Ibrox players and supporters for the perfect end to his reign.

Hibernian 1 Rangers 2

Celtic 0 Rangers 0

Celtic 0 Rangers 0

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan had no hesitation in starting with Stilian Petrov in the final Old Firm game of the season despite the Bulgarian’s decision to hand in a transfer request on Friday.

Dundee United 1 Rangers 4

Rangers manager Alex McLeish is facing a selection crisis for the Bank of Scotland Premier League visit of Dundee United.

Rangers manager Alex McLeish admits losing Bob Malcolm for the Hogmanay clash with Dundee United is a blow.

Rangers goalkeeper Ronald Waterreus and defender Michael Ball return to the squad for the Bank of Scotland Premier League trip to Hearts.

Rangers midfielder Gavin Rae has had to postpone his long-awaited comeback following knee surgery after developing a problem in his other leg.

MARTIN O’NEILL claimed yesterday that Celtic are worthy Old Firm favourites - but denies that victory for his side tomorrow would decide the destination of the championship.

Rangers are set to be without striker Dado Prso and defender Maurice Ross for the second successive game when they travel to Dundee on Sunday.

Rangers supporters will throw their backing behind Alex McLeish’s decision to put Craig Moore on the transfer list and strip him of the captaincy.

Celtic have withdrawn from the race for Dundee striker Nacho Novo after Rangers manager Alex McLeish insisted the next move for the Spaniard would be decided by the player himself.

Rangers have suffered a fresh blow with Gavin Rae set to miss the start of next season with a knee injury.

Livingston 1 Rangers 1