Arbroath won promotion to the Scottish Championship in style with a 4-0 victory over third-placed Stenhousemuir.
The Red Lichties struck three times in eight minutes either side of half-time, with Sam Stanton bagging a brace, to secure the League One title.
Fraser Taylor was also on target in that goal blitz and Andy Winter struck on the hour to take Arbroath 11 points clear of Cove Rangers with three games remaining.
Cove got their promotion bid back on track with a 3-1 win at bottom club Dumbarton.
Rangers had lost their last two in a four-game run without a victory, but took control with first-half goals from Dylan Lobban and Fraser Fyvie.
Although already-relegated Dumbarton reduced the deficit early in the second half through Kristian Webster, Lobban grabbed his second with nine minutes left.
Queen of the South beat 10-man Montrose 2-1 at Palmerston Park for a third straight win to keep themselves in the top four.
Adam Brooks gave the home side an early lead, with Montrose midfielder Terry Masson sent off late in the first half for a second caution.
Jordan Allan struck a second just after the hour, with Montrose getting a late consolation from Blair Lyons.
Alloa beat Annan 1-0 with a second-half goal from Magnus MacKenzie, while late strikes from Luke McCarvel and Robbie Cole saw Kelty Hearts win 2-0 at Inverness.
In League Two, Peterhead kept themselves on course for the title with a 1-0 win over Spartans.
Cammy Smith’s goal midway through the first half proved decisive.
East Fife sit four points back after a 2-0 win at bottom club Bonnyrigg Rose, who finished with 10 men and slipped closer to the relegation play-off.
Nathan Austin put the visitors ahead early in the second half, with Bonnyrigg forward Ryan Porteous sent off just after the hour for two cautions.
East Fife substitute Adam Laaref scored a second in stoppage time, leaving Bonnyrigg seven points adrift with three games left.
Edinburgh City beat promotion rivals Elgin 2-0 at Meadowbank with goals in each half from Malik Zaid and Innes Lawson.
A brace from Ryan Shanley helped Stirling beat Stranraer 3-1 to keep alive their own top-four hopes while strugglers Clyde and Forfar battled out a 1-1 draw at New Douglas Park.
Jamie Vardy reflected on an “amazing” and “rollercoaster” career with Leicester after scoring a landmark 200th goal in his 500th and final appearance for the Foxes.The 38-year-old former England striker reached the goal milestone in the 28th minute of Leicester’s home match with Ipswich when he latched on to James Justin’s through ball and expertly slipped it be...
Mikel Arteta apologised to Arsenal supporters for failing to deliver on his dream of ending the club’s two-decade wait for a Premier League title.Declan Rice’s second-half strike fired Arsenal to a 1-0 win over Newcastle and confirmed their place in the Champions League next season.However, the Gunners failed to launch a serious challenge to Liverpool this season and are set to finish ...
Interim boss Liam Fox welled up with tears as he reflected on his “pride” at leading Hearts to four straight wins before departing his boyhood club as they prepare to confirm Derek McInnes as their new manager on Monday.With McInnes set to bring his own backroom staff with him from Kilmarnock, it was announced on Saturday that Fox – a childhood Jambo who started both his playing ...
Chelsea boss Sonia Bompastor heaped praise on her side’s new celebrity investors after multi-millionaire entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian and his wife, tennis great Serena Williams, flew over for their FA Cup final triumph at Wembley.Sandy Baltimore scored a brace either side of a Catarina Macario goal as Chelsea sealed an unbeaten domestic treble with a 3-0 victory over Manchester United in fron...
Declan Rice’s second-half strike fired Arsenal to a 1-0 win against Newcastle at the Emirates and a place in next season’s Champions League.Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya kept his side in the match with a string of fine saves prior to the interval before Rice delivered from range with 55 minutes gone.Arsenal’s victory moves them five points clear of third-placed Newcastle with jus...
Marco Silva says Harry Wilson will “want to play Brentford every week” after he stung the Bees for a second time this season with the winner in Fulham’s 3-2 west London derby victory at the Gtech Community Stadium.Wilson, who had his contract extended until next summer this week and also scored a stoppage-time double in Fulham’s 2-1 win over Brentford in November, replicate...
Tony Docherty thanked Lyall Cameron for an outstanding career at Dundee after the midfielder signed off in style with a double in victory over St Johnstone.Cameron, who penned a pre-contract with Rangers in February, inspired a 2-0 win that eased the Dark Blues away from the relegation play-off place.The 22-year-old netted after 28 minutes and rounded off a man-of-the-match display with a stoppage...
Nuno Espirito Santo and his Nottingham Forest players dedicated the 2-1 win over West Ham which kept their Champions League hopes alive to stricken team-mate Taiwo Awoniyi.Striker Awoniyi is recovering from emergency abdominal surgery, having been placed in an induced coma, after colliding with a goalpost in last weekend’s Premier League home draw against Leicester.The 27-year-old revealed o...
Michael Wimmer says he is delighted with how Motherwell have ended the season after wrapping up their William Hill Premiership campaign with a 1-1 draw at Ross County.The Steelmen trailed to a Ronan Hale goal on the half-hour mark but improved drastically in the second half and dominated the game in Dingwall.That pressure eventually told, with Moses Ebiye heading in an equaliser with seven minutes...
Dundee secured William Hill Premiership football next season as the departing Lyall Cameron hit a brace to guide them to a 2-0 win at relegated St Johnstone.The 22-year-old penned a pre-contract in February to join Rangers but there were no commitment issues on show from Cameron.He was the star man as Tony Docherty’s team eased away from the relegation play-off place with a well-derserved su...
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