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Sponsors of Scottish football club jailed after being revealed as leaders of £12m cocaine trafficking ring
World
5/7/2026

Sponsors of Scottish football club jailed after being revealed as leaders of £12m cocaine trafficking ring

Two Lanarkshire businessmen who publicly projected success through sponsorships and luxury branding were unmasked as organisers of an £11 million cocaine trafficking network after EncroChat messages exposed their operation. Despite maintaining a respectable corporate image, greed and excess drove their criminal enterprise. Their prison sentences reinforce a warning: organised crime eventually collapses under scrutiny, regardless of wealth, image or influence.

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TOI World
Title-chasing Hearts clear crucial hurdle as Shankland shatters Rangers’ hopes
Sports
5/4/2026

Title-chasing Hearts clear crucial hurdle as Shankland shatters Rangers’ hopes

A three-horse race looks like it has been reduced to two. This most magical of Hearts seasons has edged closer to delivering the ultimate prize, an outcome that would shake Scottish football to its very foundations.This was a game Rangers and their manager Danny Röhl dare not lose. They did, courtesy of a stirring second-half comeback from Hearts. Rangers now trail the Edinburgh club by seven points in the Scottish Premiership. The Hearts lead over Celtic has been restored to three with the same number of fixtures to play. ‘We shall not be moved’ first rang out here when Hibernian were beaten in dramatic fashion in early October. Those supporters believe it now, all right. Continue reading...

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Guardian Sport