Jim Duffy insists his sympathies are with Graham Rix after the pair were sacked by Hearts yesterday.

HEARTS will wait until the summer before rebuilding their management team after parting company with head coach Graham Rix and director of football Jim Duffy.

Hearts chairman and acting chief executive Roman Romanov claims sacked head coach Graham Rix was only appointed in the first place because there was nobody else available.

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Hearts head coach Graham Rix is disappointed with the decision to stage the all-Edinburgh Tennent’s Scottish Cup semi-final at Hampden Park.

HEARTS head coach Graham Rix praised his side for grinding out three points in a dramatic game at Livingston in the Bank of Scotland Premier League.

RANGERS chairman David Murray will step up his efforts over the next 48 hours to bring in Paul Le Guen as the club’s new manager.

Hearts have appointed Jim Duffy as director of football until the end of the season.

Hearts defender Robbie Neilson has added to the confusion surrounding team selection for the 1-1 draw at Dundee United last week by claiming he was “rested” by head coach Graham Rix.

GRAHAM RIX has vowed to carry on as Hearts head coach despite refusing to deny suggestions owner Vladimir Romanov is picking the team.

Graham Rix has vowed to carry on as Hearts head coach despite refusing to deny suggestions that majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov is picking the team.

Vladimir Romanov’s spokesman Charlie Mann could not give assurances that Hearts head coach Graham Rix has complete control over first team selection.

Hearts head coach Graham Rix has paid tribute to former chairman Wallace Mercer, who died yesterday afternoon.

Hearts head coach Graham Rix insists the club are moving closer to adding to the signing of midfielder Lee Johnson from Yeovil.

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Hearts striker Calum Elliot has signed a new three-and-a-half-year deal with the club.

HEARTS head coach Graham Rix’s faltering tenure at Tynecastle suffered another setback when the Scottish FA’s General Purposes Committee meeting to assess his suitability for the post was adjourned for the second time.

Hearts captain Steven Pressley has urged dissenting supporters to judge first team coach Graham Rix and the players at the end of the season.

Former Wimbledon and Nottingham Forest manager Joe Kinnear claims he has been approached by Hearts to take over their newly-created director of football post.

HEARTS head coach Graham Rix is anticipating a “rip-roaring atmosphere” at Tynecastle for his first home game in charge of the Jambos against Livingston in the Bank of Scotland Premier League.

Hearts first-team coach Graham Rix insists he would welcome the appointment of Craig Brown as director of football at Tynecastle.

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Hearts Supporters Trust chairman Martin Laidlaw claims Tynecastle shareholders are “extremely unhappy” with the appointment of new first-team coach Graham Rix.

Hearts have confirmed the appointment of Graham Rix as first-team coach at Tynecastle.

HEARTS are refusing to be drawn on speculation linking Graham Rix with the managerial vacancy at Tynecastle.

Bobby Robson is still interested in becoming the new Hearts manager as Graham Rix’s name entered the frame for the job.

Twenty six years ago, he topped off the most incredible climax in FA Cup final history. What ever happened to Alan Sunderland? Tony Leen tracked him down in Malta.

THE family of an Iraqi civilian allegedly unlawfully killed by British troops while in custody won a “historic” human rights ruling yesterday which opens the way for an independent investigation into his death.

The leader of the UK train drivers’ union claimed today he had lost day-to-day control of his organisation because of a bitter power struggle with his executive.

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THERE is no way of knowing for certain whether the arrow of political correctness has penetrated the shoulder, let alone the heart, of professional football. Somehow you very much doubt it. There remains something distinctly primeval about the game.

JEAN TIGANA’S rollercoaster three-year reign at Fulham came to an abrupt and dramatic end last night as chairman Mohamed Al Fayed finally disposed of the man he once hailed as “the maestro.”

Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp has admitted the prospect of playing in the Premiership is one which fills him with fear.

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A Briton has been arrested in southern Russia for travelling without a visa.

Graham Rix admitted he was devastated by the death of David Rocastle.