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Football

It's Scottish Cup weekend as 16 teams compete for a place in the quarter finals.  Aberdeen are at home to Queen of the South determined to avoid an upset. The holders Celtic go to Inverness and Rangers host Dundee Utd. 

Peterhead make the long trip to Berwick in the Third Division aiming to bounce back from Tuesday's defeat at Alloa.  Fraserburgh also have a lengthy journey to face Fort William in the Highland League.

John Terry and Rio Ferdinand WON'T come face to face when Chelsea play Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday.  Terry won't play because of injury, and it means the pair won't have to shake hands before the game. The Chelsea defender denies racial abuse charges relating to a situation with Ferdinand's brother, Anton.

Rugby

Edinburgh wing Lee Jones will make his Scotland debut in their rugby union Six Nations opener with England on Saturday.  Head coach Andy Robinson has made eight changes from the team which began their most recent Test, which was a 16-12 World Cup loss to England in October.  Also included are Jim Hamilton, Ross Rennie, David Denton, Chris Cusiter, Dan Parks, Nick De Luca, and Rory Lamont.

England's team will have three uncapped players in their starting fifteen, as they look to win at Murrayfield for the first time since 2004.

Golf

The Qatar Masters has been reduced to a 54 hole event.  Day two was disrupted by high winds, with more than half of the field not even starting their second rounds.  Aberdeen's Paul Lawrie will hope to make an impact over the weekend. 

Tennis

Andy Murray will miss Britain's Davis Cup tie against Slovakia in Glasgow next weekend.  It's so he can recover from what's being called "a few minor injuries" picked up in Australia - where Murray reached the Australian Open semi-finals.  Britain are looking to get off to a winning start after being promoted back into Group One of the cup's Europe-Africa Zone.

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