BBC Scotland previews the Scottish League Cup final between St Mirren and Celtic.

BBC Scotland's chief sportswriter, Tom English, dissects Wilfried Nancy's start as Celtic manager with the Premier Sports Cup final looming.

Some in Scotland are unhappy after Scott McTominay missed out on shortlist for the 2025 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.

The BBC will broadcast Scotland's first World Cup match since 1998, when they take on Haiti on 14 June, plus their final group match against Brazil and England's group match against Ghana.

England are handed World Cup kick-off times which suit UK audiences - but Scotland fans face later finishes during next summer's tournament.

Scotland will play their World Cup Group C games in Boston and Miami, with the opener against Haiti on 14 June at Gillette Stadium at 02:00 BST.

Scotland head coach Steve Clarke reacts to being drawn into Group C for the 2026 World Cup alongside Brazil, Morocco and Haiti.

⚽ Draw begins in Washington DC at 5pm GMT / 12pm local ⚽ Draw explainer | Qualifiers | Follow on Bluesky | Mail John We will soon know who landed a "group of death”, though third place qualification from groups does rather reduce the deadliness. Will Unwin has been pruning his permutations. David Hytner hopes the draw can be about the football. Let’s hope so, too. It can sound corny when players and managers talk about fulfilling childhood dreams at the World Cup. But the emotion during qualification has been real. The scenes, for example, when Scotland secured their first spot at a finals since France 98 with the epic Hampden Park victory over Denmark will live for ever. And how about when Cape Verde got there with the home win over Eswatini? Africa had five places for Qatar 22. They now have a guaranteed nine. It will be 10 if the Democratic Republic of the Congo win their playoff final against New Caledonia or Jamaica. Continue reading...

⚽ All the latest updates heading into the weekend’s action ⚽ Premier League: 10 things to look out for | Email David Here’s England boss Thomas Tuchel talking about the prospect of being drawn against Scotland. Yes, such a group could happen. “If it happens, it happens and we make the most of it. It will be a nice story. I have no wishes on opponents. I think if you wish for something and think you are superior, it’s close to arrogance and you don’t want to be arrogant. We want to respect everyone.” Continue reading...

England and Scotland will know their World Cup opponents on Friday, but there will be a wait to discover where they will play.

As Scotland sign off 2025 with their second win of the year, BBC Scotland ponders what we have learned about the side in the last 12 months.

⚽️ Premier League and La Liga updates from 19.30pm GMT ⚽️ Live scoreboard | And mail Will “Happy Birthday from here in chilly Poland!” writes Phil Lacy. “For my birthday in 2005, my uncle procured a ticket for the FA Cup 3rd round match at Old Trafford, where we were among the thousands of Exeter City fans watch United’s 2nd XI fail to turn up. Terrible game on a technical level, but incredible memories, like babby Cristiano Ronaldo getting a Conference clogging after coming on. Continue reading...

⚽ Champions League updates from the 8pm GMT kick-off ⚽ Live scoreboard | Latest table | And you can mail Michael Back to more serious matters. Sean Ingle has spoken with various stat gurus as he attempts to answer two questions: 1. How much stronger the Premier League is now compared with 2015, when Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were at Real Madrid and Barcelona, and Pep Guardiola was masterminding Bayern’s destruction of Arsenal? Continue reading...

Scotland qualifying for their first men's World Cup in 28 years has "inspired" the women to do the same for the 2027 finals, says head coach Melissa Andreatta.