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Tears and triumphs - being a Scotland international's dad
Five domestic medals and representing your country. A career to be proud of, certainly. What could top it? Your son emulating your success, of the case for Derek Ferguson, the former Rangers and Scotland midfielder whose son Lewis has become something of a cult hero in 25-year-old Bologna captain and midfielder helped end the club's 51-year wait for a major trophy with victory in the Coppa Italia final against AC now link the Scotland cap with Juventus, but Ferguson senior has urged his son to enjoy his recent success for now."I cried like a big baby at the final whistle," Ferguson told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound. "I just burst out greeting."When I hugged him, I wouldn't let him go. He's probably not used to that. To see the joy in his face and his team-mates, because they're a great bunch of lads."Some players go through their whole career and they don't win anything. You've got to savour these moments."I get a big excited. That's the best night, best footballing night or day of my life. I won a few cups, a couple of league titles, but I never felt anything like that. It was just a special moment."We were allowed on to the park, which was quite surreal. The Bologna fans were still in, they were still singing. We've got some great pictures. He's very happy where he is. Extremely happy." Ferguson and fellow Scotland internationals Billy Gilmour and Scott McTominay, of Serie A winners Napoli, all featured in Scotland's recent friendly double-header with Iceland and Liechtenstein, as did Motherwell 18-year-old Lennon midfielder impressed in Vaduz as the Scots won the second of the two games 4-0, following a 3-1 home loss to has a year left to run on his contract at Fir Park and the windows for Well to receive a good fee for him are running out."The style of footballer that he is, I think he's made to measure for Italy," Ferguson said."I've watched Lennon as a 16-year-old, he's added to his game already this season, so he's improving. You can just see he's going to thrive."Miller's father, Lee, a Scotland striker himself who featured for Aberdeen, Dundee United and Heart of Midlothian, hinted that his son is open to moving abroad."They're being given an opportunity, they're being given a platform to go and express themselves and they've been shown a lot of faith abroad," he said of the Scots abroad."It's only going to benefit the national team in years to come." 'No firm bids' for Lennon Miller Miller senior revealed that Lennon had "asked questions" of the foreign-based Scots when on Scotland duty."He's confident in his own ability, but he's not arrogant with it," Miller said. "It's good to see him in this environment and thriving in it."He's mature enough to go and kick on in his career and he needs to do that himself. I'm more confident that he would go over there and thrive. I think it would take his game to another level."That's the way he plays. He organises, he takes the ball under pressure. It was proud for me as a dad watching it, seeing him being himself and not changing for anyone."Miller admits he is "a bad spectator" when watching his son as he gets "nervous, excited, anxious". Where he may be watching him in the coming season is unclear."He's back in at Motherwell training tomorrow," he said."We'll just wait and see what happens, but he just ultimately wants to play football. Yes, he wants to further his career and there's been lots of chat about different clubs."In terms of decision-wise, we'll sit down and weigh up the pros and cons about different things coming, but ultimately there's not been a firm bid put in place for Lennon."
CNN
04-06-2025
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- CNN
Ex-Hotel Guard: Cassie Said She Wanted Assault Video To 'Go Away' - Laura Coates Live - Podcast on CNN Audio
Ex-Hotel Guard: Cassie Said She Wanted Assault Video To 'Go Away' Laura Coates Live 46 mins Eddy Garcia, a former security officer at the InterContinental Hotel, gave evidence about his involvement in a 2016 video of Combs that shows him physically assaulting his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura. Garcia said he accepted $100,000 from Combs in exchange for video footage. Derek Ferguson, the former chief financial officer for Combs' record label, testified this afternoon about how he helped Combs manage his finances.
Daily Mail
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
I watched rerun of Aberdeen's 2018 cup final defeat to Celtic on morning of Coppa Italia ... because I never wanted to feel that bad again
Bologna captain Lewis Ferguson has revealed how re-watching Aberdeen's painful 2018 Scottish League Cup final defeat to Celtic inspired him to a historic Coppa Italia triumph in Rome on Wednesday. The Scotland midfielder skippered the Serie A side to their first trophy in 51 years as they defeated AC Milan 1-0 at the Stadio Olimpico thanks to Dan Ndoye's second-half strike. And the 25-year-old confessed that he screened a rerun of the Hampden showpiece on the morning of the game to remind himself how bad it felt to come out on the losing side - and ensure that it didn't happen again. Ferguson, who was a teenager in the Dons side that lost out to Ryan Christie's winner, said of this week's happier occasion: 'It means a lot. I played in one final before in Scotland and I lost. 'I remember the feeling after that game and this morning I rewatched that game to feel how I felt all those years ago. I used this for motivation for tonight. It means so much.' Ferguson, son of former Rangers star Derek and nephew of Ibrox interim manager Barry, played the full 90 minutes of this week's Coppa Italia showdown, with the Rossoblu making history and securing a Europa League spot for next season in the process. Bologna's triumph provided a glorious end to a difficult 12 months for Ferguson, who suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in April last year that cruelly denied him his chance to represent Scotland at Euro 2024. He returned last November to play a part in Bologna's first appearance in the Champions League since 1965, or European Cup as it was known back then, but his momentum was then stalled by muscular issues he picked up in February and April. 'Obviously I had a serious injury,' Ferguson told a post-final press conference in Italian. 'I worked hard for six or seven months, even more, and when I came back I had to work even more 'Then I hurt myself again, and then again. So it has been a difficult year, but I'm happy now. I'm here and tonight I played in a historic match.' Under Ferguson's captaincy, Bologna have enjoyed a record-breaking period. Manager Thiago Motta led the team to a fifth place finish in Serie A last season with a club-record points total. At the same time, Ferguson scooped the prestigious Bulgarelli Number 8 award for midfielder of the year after scoring six goals, which saw him surpass Denis Law as the most prolific Scottish scorer in the Italian top-flight. Motta's subsequent move to Juventus, and the sales of key players Joshua Zirkzee and Riccardo Calafiori to Manchester United and Arsenal respectively, meant that few predicted Bologna would maintain those same standards in the 2024-25 campaign. Instead, they have gone one better, with new coach Vincenzo Italiano keeping his team in the top-four race all season and now leading them to some elusive silverware. 'We have grown a lot in the three years I have been here,' added Ferguson, who was left with a bloodied nose in the final after taking a boot to the face in the first half. 'Every year we raise the level of our game and our work ethic. Last year we made history, we achieved a record points total and qualified for the Champions League. 'Today we made history, too, and we're happy. Now we need to push even more.'
