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Football

Scotland are in Lithuania preparing for their opening Euro 2012 qualifier tomorrow night.  It's Craig Levein's first competitive match in charge.   Scotland won 2-1 on their last trip to Lithuania but some members of the squad may have some more painful recent memories.  Rangers were eliminated from the 2008/09 Champions League second qualifying round by FK Kaunas at the S. Darius & S. Girenas stadium, the venue for this game.

EURO 2012 QUALIFYING

FRI 3RD SEPT

7.15PM

S.Darius & S.Girenas Stadium - Kaunas

LITHUANIA v SCOTLAND

The transfer window may have closed but Aberdeen could make another signing after adding Andruis Velicka to their squad.  The Dons say they are hopeful of bringing in defender Nikola Vujadinovic on loan fron Italian side Udinese.  The Serbian born Montenegrin impressed on trial at Pittodrie last week.  Aberdeen concluded the paperwork before Tuesday’s deadline but the move depends on the 24 year old receiving a work permit. 

The draw has been made for the 3rd round of the Co-operative Insurance Cup.  The ties will be played on either Tues 21st or Wed 22nd September. 

3rd round draw

Rangers v Dunfermline

Kilmarnock v Hibs

Aberdeen v Raith Rovers

Falkirk v Hearts

Celtic v Inverness Caley Thistle

Ross County v Dundee Utd

St Johnstone v Queen of the South

Brechin v Motherwell

The road to Hampden starts on the 25th September with the first round of the Scottish Cup.  Buckie and Cove, the top 2 teams in the Highland League last season, do not enter the competition until the next round. 

Scottish Cup 1st round draw

Civil Service Strollers v Wigtown and Bladnoch
Rothes v Nairn County
Golspie Sutherland v Fort William
Beith v Linlithgow Rose
Glasgow University v Burntisland Shipyard
Edinburgh City v Clachnacuddin
Hawick Royal Albert v Dalbeattie Star
Fraserburgh v St Cuthbert's Wanderers
Coldstream v Forres Mechanics
Deveronvale v Inverurie Locos
Edinburgh University v Brora Rangers
Newton Stewart v Preston Athletic
Huntly v Girvan
Vale of Leithen v Keith
Lossiemouth v Whitehill Welfare
Gala Fairydean v Sunnybank
Selkirk v Bo'ness United
Bye: Wick Academy

Tennis

Andy Murray coped with near-100 degree temperatures to reach the second round of the US Open tennis last night. He needed less than two hours to beat Slovakia's Lukas Lacko in straight sets.  The fourth seed will face Jamaican Dustin Brown next.  Not such good news for Elena Baltacha, who went out in the second round in straight sets to Wimbledon semi-finalist Petra Kvitova.

Golf

Europe captain Colin Montgomerie has named his team for the Ryder Cup.  9 players had qualified automatically - leaving Montgomerie to select three wildcards.  He's picked Irishman Padraig Harrington, England's Luke Donald and Italian Edoardo Molinari, who impressively won the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles to complete a Scottish double following his earlier triumph at Loch Lomond.   It means England's Paul Casey and Justin Rose miss out.  Europe play the US at Celtic Manor in October.

Cricket

Scotland's cricketers won't be touring Zimbabwe for an ICC Intercontinental Cup match in October.  It's after advice from the governments in London and Edinburgh.  Scotland are currently second in the Intercontinental league, and must hope  the ICC allow them to move the match to a neutral venue.

Motorsport

Lewis Hamilton is back on top of the Formula One drivers' championship with six races to go.  He won the Belgian Grand Prix, ahead of Mark Webber and Robert Kubica. But Jenson Button's title hopes have suffered a blow.  He was forced to retire early after a crash with Sebastian Vettel.

Athletics

The Peterhead Marathon Oil 10k attracted more than 80 runners at the weekend.  Ross Fulton from the Aberdeen Amateur Athletics Club recorded the quickest time of 34 minutes 51 seconds.  CLICK HERE FOR FULL RESULTS