DR STUART NEILSON dislikes tying his shoelaces, walking through crowded streets, and refuses to take off his jumper on sweltering sun holidays because he hates the feeling of air on his bare skin.

Britain’s Anna Edwards showed you can’t keep a good thing down yesterday by winning the €50,000 Millstreet International Horse Show Grand Prix.

Irish construction services group Siteserv has gained overwhelming shareholder approval for its sale to one of Denis O’Brien’s investment firms.

Dundee United 3 Dunfermline 0

Second-half goals from Joe Ledley, Georgios Samaras, Anthony Stokes and Scott Brown helped Celtic to a 4-0 win against 10-man Dundee United and into a semi-final of the William Hill Scottish Cup against either Hearts or St Mirren.

Dundee Utd 0 Celtic 4

Tony Pulis was relieved to see Stoke progress to the FA Cup quarter-finals yesterday but furious at Rory Delap’s early dismissal.

Crawley 0 Stoke 2

Stoke named a strong-looking side for today’s FA Cup fifth-round tie with Crawley.

Rangers plunged deeper into crisis after crashing out of the Scottish Cup as goals from Gavin Gunning and Johnny Russell secured a 2-0 win for Dundee United at Ibrox.

Serial killer Donald Neilson, who was known as the Black Panther, has died in hospital in Britain, prison officials said.

Logistical problems and other concerns have led Madonna to abandon her plan to build a girls-only school in Malawi, it was revealed today.

CRAWLEY winger Sergio Torres fired in a stoppage-time winner to dump npower Championship side Derby out of the FA Cup and hand the non-league side a maiden fourth-round tie at Torquay last night.

SVEN-GORAN ERIKSSON spoke of the pride he felt for his Leicester players after they held big-spending Manchester City to a 2-2 draw in an FA Cup third clash at the Walkers Stadium yesterday.

A CONFERENCE in Rome yesterday observed, via satellite link, a revolutionary hip replacement operation at Mayo General Hospital.

West Brom 3 Leicester 0

A NEW ZEALAND teenager who says she auctioned her virginity online for NZ$45,000 (€22,000) to raise tuition money did not break any laws but it might be risky for her to follow through on the deal, police warned yesterday.

ROY KEANE remains bullish about his Ipswich side’s chances of making the Championship play-offs despite admitting disappointment at yet another draw.

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan made four changes as the Clydesdale Bank Premier League leaders faced Hearts at Tynecastle today.

SUPERMARKET chain ALDI said that its sales in Ireland soared by 21% last year as it increased its market share to almost 5%.

HEARTS target Chris Porter consigned the Edinburgh club to defeat at Fir Park as Motherwell continued their return to form last night.

Hearts 2 Rangers 1

It took Obama’s advert to attract viewers to the baseball world series final. Conor Ryan reports from Washington DC.

JEAN Claude Darcheville and Nacho Novo both claimed a double to fire Rangers to their 10th consecutive Clydesdale Bank Premier League win as Walter Smith’s men showed theirtitle credentials.

Hearts 0 Hibernian 1

Rivals MyTravel and Thomas Cook today announced plans to bring together the two firms, creating a tour operator with nearly 33,000 staff.

Hearts midfielder Paul Hartley will miss the Bank of Scotland Premier League visit of Motherwell.

Hearts keeper Craig Gordon has denied that his failure to accept the captain’s armband during the draw with St Mirren was a snub to the Tynecastle club.

JOHN COLLINS enjoyed a memorable first win as Hibernian boss as his side reached the CIS Insurance Cup semi-finals in a one-sided Edinburgh derby at Easter Road.

Hearts midfielder Saulius Mikoliunas will miss the Bank of Scotland Premier League visit of Kilmarnock through suspension.

SCOTLAND suffered their first defeat of the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign with a 2-0 reverse in Ukraine.

Ukraine 2 Scotland 0

HEARTS’ European hopes were hanging by a thread after losing 2-0 to Sparta Prague in their UEFA Cup first round, first-leg tie at Murrayfield.

TWO sendings off and three late goals ended Hearts’ Champions League dreams as Valdas Ivanauskas’ team slumped to a 3-0 defeat in Athens last night.

Hearts will be without striker Roman Bednar for the second leg of their Champions League third-round qualifier against AEK Athens in Greece.

Hearts 1 AEK Athens 2

Hearts interim head coach Valdas Ivanauskas has included Andy Webster in his initial 18-man squad for the Tennent’s Scottish Cup final against Gretna.

Hearts captain Steven Pressley will be rested for the Bank of Scotland Premier League trip to Rangers on Sunday.

HEARTS will be in the Champions League qualifiers next season for the first time after a tension-filled 1-0 win over Aberdeen at Tynecastle.

HEARTS interim manager Valdas Ivanauskas hailed midfielder Paul Hartley as the “best player in Scotland” after their 3-0 win over Celtic left the Edinburgh club one victory short of securing Champions League football next season.

NO explosives were found on board a plane after a major passenger airport was closed yesterday due to a security alert on a Ryanair flight bound for Dublin.

A bomb alert on board a Ryanair flight today was given to the plane's captain in the form of a note in a magazine, Strathclyde Police Assistant Chief Constable John Neilson said.

Celtic 1 Hearts 0

Celtic 1 Hearts 0