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Daily Record
6 hours ago
- Sport
- Daily Record
Celtic Premiership fixtures 2025/26 in full and it's Aberdeen and Rangers out the gate for the champs
The Hoops know what lies ahead in their quest for five-in-a-row as Brendan Rodgers targets a record-breaking 56th title The wait is over and Celtic fans can now start marking their calendars for the year ahead. The SPFL has this morning released the full fixture list for the 2025/26 Premiership campaign - and the champions kick off their title defence at home to St Mirren on Sunday, August 3 in front of the TV cameras. Kieran Tierney is already in the door but the green-and-white faithful will be hoping to see plenty more new faces by the time the curtain-raiser comes around. Just like Flag Day, the first away trip for Brendan Rodgers' five-in-a-row chasers at Aberdeen will also be beamed live by Sky Sports. The first clash with Rangers will take place at Ibrox on Sunday, August 31 as the Double-winners look to lay down an early marker at the home of their bitter rivals. Rangers will then visit Celtic Park for the Ne'er Day derby before Celts head back to Govan on the weekend of February 28/March 1. Dates and kick-off times are subject to change due to TV selection. With no winter break, the festive fixtures are always a gruelling period for Premiership clubs - especially as Celtic will be juggling domestic commitments with European matters. The Parkhead giants will have to overcome a two-legged play-off to secure Champions League football for a fourth successive year - or else drop into the Europa League. Celtic Premiership fixtures 2025/26 in full AUGUST St Mirren (H) - 03/08/25 (Sky Sports, 16:30) Aberdeen (A) - 10/08/2025 (Sky Sports, 12:30) Livingston (H) - 23/08/2025 Rangers (A) - 31/08/2025 (Sky Sports, 12:00) SEPTEMBER Kilmarnock (A) - 13/09/2025 Hibernian (H) - 27/09/2025 OCTOBER Motherwell (H) - 04/10/2025 Dundee (A) - 18/10/2025 Heart of Midlothian (A) - 25/10/2025 Falkirk (H) - 29/10/2025 NOVEMBER Dundee United (A) - 01/11/2025 Kilmarnock (H) - 08/11/2025 St Mirren (A) - 22/11/2025 Hibernian (A) - 29/11/2025 DECEMBER Dundee (H) - 03/12/2025 Heart of Midlothian (H) - 06/12/2025 Falkirk (A) - 13/12/2025 Aberdeen (H) - 20/12/2025 Livingston (A) - 27/12/2025 Motherwell (A) - 30/12/2025 JANUARY Rangers (H) - 03/01/2026 (Sky Sports, kick off 12.30pm) Dundee United (H) - 10/01/2026 Heart of Midlothian (A) - 24/01/2026 Falkirk (H) - 31/01/2026 FEBRUARY Aberdeen (A) - 04/02/2026 Livingston (H) - 11/02/2026 Kilmarnock (A) - 14/02/2026 Hibernian (H) - 21/02/2026 Rangers (A) -28/02/2026 MARCH Motherwell (H) - 14/03/2026 Dundee United (A) - 21/03/2026 APRIL Dundee (A) - 04/04/2026 St Mirren (H) - 11/04/2026 Post-split dates Matchday 33 - 25/04/2026 Matchday 34 - 02/05/2026 Matchday 35 - 09/05/2026 Matchday 36 - 13/05/2026 Matchday 37 - 16/05/2026 Matchday 38 - 17/05/2026 Tune in to Hotline Live every Sunday to Thursday and have your say on the biggest issues in Scottish football and listen to Record Sport's newest podcast, Game On, every Friday for your sporting fix, all in bitesize chunks.
Daily Record
6 hours ago
- Sport
- Daily Record
The Scottish Premiership fixtures for season 2025/26 in full
The new SPFL campaign gets under way on August 2 and here is every league game of the season There's a new Scottish Premiership season on the horizon and yet again it promises to be a classic. Last term saw Celtic win their fourth league crown in a row and they will begin their quest for a fifth at home to St Mirren - the same opponents when they were presented with the trophy at the end of last season - to open the new term. The Sky Sports cameras will be there for Flag Day but that comes on Sunday, August 3 - 24 hours after the opening games of the 2025/26 Scottish Premiership season. Kilmarnock host Livingston in the first fixture of the new campaign with Rangers heading to Motherwell for a tea time kick off, again in front of the Sky Sports cameras. Newly-promoted Falkirk host Dundee United in their first game back in the top flight while there's a cracker for TV on Monday night with new Hearts boss Derek McInnes heading to his old club Aberdeen. 2025/26 Scottish Premiership fixtures AUGUST Kilmarnock v Livingston - 2/8/25 Motherwell v Rangers - 2/8/25 (5.30pm, Sky Sports) Falkirk v Dundee United - 3/8/25 (2pm, Sky Sports) Dundee v Hibs - 3/8/25 Celtic v St Mirren - 3/8/25 (4.30pm, Sky Sports) Hearts v Aberdeen - 4/8/25 (8pm, Sky Sports) Dundee United v Hearts - 9/8/25 Hibs v Kilmarnock - 9/8/25 Livingston v Falkirk - 9/8/25 St Mirren v Motherwell - 9/8/25 Rangers v Dundee - 9/8/25 (5.45pm, Premier Sports) Aberdeen v Celtic - 10/8/25 (12.30pm, Sky Sports) Celtic v Livingston - 23/8/25 Dundee United v Aberdeen - 23/8/25 Falkirk v Hibs - 23/8/25 Hearts v Motherwell - 23/8/25 Kilmarnock v Dundee - 23/8/25 St Mirren v Rangers - 23/8/25 Aberdeen v Falkirk - 30/8/25 Dundee v Dundee United - 30/8/25 Hibs v St Mirren - 30/8/25 Livingston v Hearts - 30/8/25 Motherwell v Kilmarnock - 30/8/25 Rangers v Celtic - 31/8/25 (Sky Sports, kick off 12 noon) Aberdeen v Livingston - 13/9/25 Dundee v Motherwell - 13/9/25 Falkirk v St Mirren - 13/9/25 Hibs v Dundee United - 13/9/25 Kilmarnock v Celtic - 13/9/25 Rangers v Hearts - 13/9/25 Celtic v Hibs - 27/9/25 Dundee United v Kilmarnock - 27/9/25 Hearts v Falkirk - 27/9/25 Livingston v Rangers - 27/9/25 Motherwell v Aberdeen - 27/9/25 St Mirren v Dundee - 27/9/25 OCTOBER Aberdeen v Dundee - 4/10/25 Celtic v Motherwell - 4/10/25 Dundee United v Livingston - 4/10/25 Falkirk v Rangers - 4/10/25 Hearts v Hibs - 4/10/25 Kilmarnock v St Mirren - 4/10/25 Dundee v Celtic - 18/10/25 Hibs v Livingston - 18/10/25 Kilmarnock v Hearts - 18/10/25 Motherwell v Falkirk - 18/10/25 Rangers v Dundee United - 18/10/25 St Mirren v Aberdeen - 18/10/25 Aberdeen v Hibs - 25/10/25 Dundee United v St Mirren - 25/10/25 Falkirk v Dundee - 25/10/25 Hearts v Celtic - 25/10/25 Livingston v Motherwell - 25/10/25 Rangers v Kilmarnock - 25/10/25 Celtic v Falkirk - 29/10/25 Dundee v Livingston - 29/10/25 Hibs v Rangers - 29/10/25 Kilmarnock v Aberdeen - 29/10/25 Motherwell v Dundee United - 29/10/25 St Mirren v Hearts - 29/10/25 NOVEMBER Dundee United v Celtic - 01/11/2025 Falkirk v Kilmarnock - 01/11/2025 Heart of Midlothian v Dundee - 01/11/2025 Livingston v St Mirren - 01/11/2025 Motherwell v Hibernian - 01/11/2025 Rangers v Aberdeen - 01/11/2025 Aberdeen v Motherwell - 08/11/2025 Celtic v Kilmarnock - 08/11/2025 Dundee v Rangers - 08/11/2025 Falkirk v Livingston - 08/11/2025 St Mirren v Hibernian - 08/11/2025 Heart of Midlothian v Dundee United - 09/11/2025 Aberdeen v Heart of Midlothian - 22/11/2025 Dundee United v Falkirk - 22/11/2025 Hibernian v Dundee - 22/11/2025 Kilmarnock v Motherwell - 22/11/2025 Rangers v Livingston - 22/11/2025 St Mirren v Celtic - 22/11/2025 Dundee v St Mirren - 29/11/2025 Hibernian v Celtic - 29/11/2025 Kilmarnock v Dundee United - 29/11/2025 Livingston v Aberdeen - 29/11/2025 Motherwell v Heart of Midlothian - 29/11/2025 Rangers v Falkirk - 29/11/2025 DECEMBER Aberdeen v St Mirren - 03/12/2025 Celtic v Dundee - 03/12/2025 Dundee United v Rangers - 03/12/2025 Falkirk v Motherwell - 03/12/2025 Heart of Midlothian v Kilmarnock - 03/12/2025 Livingston v Hibernian - 03/12/2025 Celtic v Heart of Midlothian - 06/12/2025 Dundee v Aberdeen - 06/12/2025 Hibernian v Falkirk - 06/12/2025 Kilmarnock v Rangers - 06/12/2025 Motherwell v Livingston - 06/12/2025 St Mirren v Dundee United - 06/12/2025 Aberdeen v Kilmarnock - 13/12/2025 Dundee United v Motherwell - 13/12/2025 Falkirk v Celtic - 13/12/2025 Heart of Midlothian v St Mirren - 13/12/2025 Livingston v Dundee - 13/12/2025 Rangers v Hibernian - 13/12/2025 Celtic v Aberdeen - 20/12/2025 Dundee United v Hibernian - 20/12/2025 Heart of Midlothian v Rangers - 20/12/2025 Kilmarnock v Falkirk - 20/12/2025 Motherwell v Dundee - 20/12/2025 St Mirren v Livingston - 20/12/2025 Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian - 27/12/2025 Aberdeen v Dundee United - 27/12/2025 Dundee v Falkirk - 27/12/2025 Livingston v Celtic - 27/12/2025 Rangers v Motherwell - 27/12/2025 St Mirren v Kilmarnock - 27/12/2025 Dundee v Kilmarnock - 30/12/2025 Falkirk v Heart of Midlothian - 30/12/2025 Hibernian v Aberdeen - 30/12/2025 Livingston v Dundee United - 30/12/2025 Motherwell v Celtic - 30/12/2025 Rangers v St Mirren - 30/12/2025 JANUARY Celtic v Rangers - 03/01/2026 Dundee United v Dundee - 03/01/2026 Falkirk v Aberdeen - 03/01/2026 Heart of Midlothian v Livingston - 03/01/2026 Kilmarnock v Hibernian - 03/01/2026 Motherwell v St Mirren - 03/01/2026 Aberdeen v Rangers - 10/01/2026 Celtic v Dundee United - 10/01/2026 Dundee v Heart of Midlothian - 10/01/2026 Hibernian v Motherwell - 10/01/2026 Livingston v Kilmarnock - 10/01/2026 St Mirren v Falkirk - 10/01/2026 Aberdeen v Livingston - 24/01/2026 Dundee United v St Mirren - 24/01/2026 Falkirk v Hibernian - 24/01/2026 Heart of Midlothian v Celtic - 24/01/2026 Motherwell v Kilmarnock - 24/01/2026 Rangers v Dundee - 24/01/2026 Celtic v Falkirk - 31/01/2026 Dundee United v Heart of Midlothian - 31/01/2026 Hibernian v Rangers - 31/01/2026 Kilmarnock v Aberdeen - 31/01/2026 Livingston v Motherwell - 31/01/2026 St Mirren v Dundee - 31/01/2026 FEBRUARY Aberdeen v Celtic - 04/02/2026 Dundee v Motherwell - 04/02/2026 Hibernian v Dundee United - 04/02/2026 Livingston v Falkirk - 04/02/2026 Rangers v Kilmarnock - 04/02/2026 St Mirren v Heart of Midlothian - 04/02/2026 Celtic v Livingston - 11/02/2026 Dundee United v Aberdeen - 11/02/2026 Falkirk v Dundee - 11/02/2026 Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian - 11/02/2026 Kilmarnock v St Mirren - 11/02/2026 Motherwell v Rangers - 11/02/2026 Dundee v Livingston - 14/02/2026 Falkirk v Dundee United - 14/02/2026 Hibernian v St Mirren - 14/02/2026 Kilmarnock v Celtic - 14/02/2026 Motherwell v Aberdeen - 14/02/2026 Rangers v Heart of Midlothian - 14/02/2026 Aberdeen v Dundee - 21/02/2026 Celtic v Hibernian - 21/02/2026 Dundee United v Kilmarnock - 21/02/2026 Heart of Midlothian v Falkirk - 21/02/2026 Livingston v Rangers - 21/02/2026 St Mirren v Motherwell - 21/02/2026 Dundee v Hibernian - 28/02/2026 Falkirk v Kilmarnock - 28/02/2026 Heart of Midlothian v Aberdeen - 28/02/2026 Livingston v St Mirren - 28/02/2026 Motherwell v Dundee United - 28/02/2026 Rangers v Celtic - 28/02/2026 MARCH Aberdeen v Falkirk - 14/03/2026 Celtic v Motherwell - 14/03/2026 Dundee v Dundee United - 14/03/2026 Hibernian v Livingston - 14/03/2026 Kilmarnock v Heart of Midlothian - 14/03/2026 St Mirren v Rangers - 14/03/2026 Dundee United v Celtic - 21/03/2026 Falkirk v St Mirren - 21/03/2026 Heart of Midlothian v Dundee - 21/03/2026 Kilmarnock v Livingston - 21/03/2026 Motherwell v Hibernian - 21/03/2026 Rangers v Aberdeen - 21/03/2026 APRIL Dundee v Celtic - 04/04/2026 Hibernian v Kilmarnock - 04/04/2026 Livingston v Heart of Midlothian - 04/04/2026 Motherwell v Falkirk - 04/04/2026 Rangers v Dundee United - 04/04/2026 St Mirren v Aberdeen - 04/04/2026 Aberdeen v Hibernian - 11/04/2026 Celtic v St Mirren - 11/04/2026 Dundee United v Livingston - 11/04/2026 Falkirk v Rangers - 11/04/2026 Heart of Midlothian v Motherwell - 11/04/2026 Kilmarnock v Dundee - 11/04/2026 POST SPLIT DATES 25/4/26 2/5/26 9/5/26 13/5/26 16/5/26 Article continues below 17/5/26
Straits Times
10 hours ago
- Politics
- Straits Times
Juneteenth holiday goes uncelebrated at White House as Trump complains about too many holidays
Juneteenth, the holiday that marks the end of slavery in the US, went unmarked by President Donald Trump in 2025. FILE PHOTO: REUTERS Juneteenth holiday goes uncelebrated at White House as Trump complains about too many holidays Juneteenth, the holiday that marks the end of slavery in the United States, has been celebrated at the White House each June 19 since it was enshrined into law four years ago. But on June 19 , it went unmarked by the president – except for a post on social media in which he said he would get rid of some 'non-working holidays'. 'Soon we'll end up having a holiday for every once working day of the year,' Mr Trump said in mangled syntax, not mentioning Juneteenth by name nor acknowledging tha t June 19 was a federal holiday. 'It must change if we are going to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!' Ms Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, indicated to reporters earlier in the day that she was not aware of any plans by Mr Trump to sign a holiday proclamation. In the past week alone, he'd issued proclamations commemorating Father's Day, Flag Day and National Flag Week, and the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill – none of which are among the 11 federal holidays. In response to a reporter's question about Juneteenth, Ms Leavitt acknowledged that June 19 was 'a federal holiday,' but noted that White House staff had shown up to work during a briefing that focused primarily on the matter of whether Mr Trump would order strikes on Iran. Mr Trump, who has often used holidays as an occasion to advance his political causes and insult critics and opponents on social media, chose the occasion of Juneteenth instead to float the idea of reducing the number of federal holidays, claiming that they are costing businesses billions of dollars. While most federal employees get those holidays off, private businesses have the choice to close or remain open. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day when a Union general arrived in Galveston, Texas, nearly 2½ years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, to finally inform enslaved African Americans there that the Civil War had ended and that all enslaved people had been freed. Months later, the 13th Amendment was ratified, abolishing slavery in the final four border states that had not been subjected to Mr Lincoln's order. It is the newest federal holiday, enshrined into law in 2021 by Congress and then-President Joe Biden. Mr Trump cannot undo it without an act of Congress. The lack of revelry at the White House for a holiday that has been cherished by generations of Black Americans was perhaps not a surprise. Since returning to office, Mr Trump has moved to purge the federal government of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and sanitise - or even erase - references to Black history. Even so, the decision not to mark the holiday was an abrupt reversal from his last term, when Mr Trump issued statements on Juneteenth for three years, before it was ever a federal holiday. 'Melania and I send our warmest greetings to all those celebrating Juneteenth, a historic day recognising the end of slavery,' he wrote in 2017, extolling Major General Gordon Granger's announcement in Galveston that all slaves were free. In 2018 he invoked Mr Granger again, and praised 'the courage and sacrifice of the nearly 200,000 former enslaved and free African Americans who fought for liberty'. But Mr Trump's second term has been marked by a widespread effort to slash funding for diversity initiatives, prompting backlash from states, schools and the corporate world. Some cities and institutions that have had their funding cut reported that their Juneteenth celebrations would be smaller this year. Mr Trump's critics dug in sharply, using Juneteenth to call attention to what they called the administration's attempts to bury Black history. Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the Democratic leader, accused the White House and Mr Trump's allies of engaging in 'an intentional effort to turn back the clock' and divide the country by banning books about Black history, dismantling DEI programs and undermining the citizenship protections of the 14th Amendment. 'Today, we celebrate the freedom that Black Americans long fought for and the rich culture that grew from that great struggle,' Mr Jeffries, the first Black leader of a party in either chamber of Congress, said in a statement. 'That struggle roars on.' The holiday also came as Mr Trump marked a new low in his relationship with the NAACP, the oldest and largest US civil rights organisation, which said this week that it would not invite Mr Trump to its national convention, breaking from a 116-year tradition of inviting the president to its marquee event. Mr Biden established Juneteenth as a federal holiday in 2021, after interest in the history of the day was renewed during the summer of 2020 and the nationwide protests that followed the police killings of Black Americans including Mr George Floyd and Ms Breonna Taylor. During his presidency, Mr Biden held a concert on the South Lawn of the White House to commemorate the holiday and gave remarks. On t he evening of Ju ne 19, Mr Biden attended a Juneteenth celebration at Reedy Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Galveston, sitting at the head of the church next to local leaders. He was honoured for signing the federal holiday into law and praised for his appointment of Ms Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Speakers did not name Mr Trump, but criticised his administration's policies, especially on diversity. 'Black history is American history,' Mr Biden told the crowd to cheers, according to a livestream of his remarks. Mr Biden also took to task those who thought Juneteenth should not be a federal holiday. 'Some say to you and to me that this doesn't deserve to be a federal holiday,' Mr Biden said. 'They don't want to remember what we all remember – the moral stain, the moral stain of slavery.' NYTIMES Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Washington Post
19 hours ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
Celebrating our military should be a truly bipartisan cause
What lies at the heart of overreactions to President Donald Trump is false attribution and misdirected, distasteful disdain. The response to this past weekend's military parade is a perfect example of how assumptions lead some people on the left to miss the forest for the nonexistent fires. Rather than accept the stated reason for the parade, critics assumed these events were all about Trump's ego because they happened to take place on his birthday, which also happened to be on Flag Day. As an attendee of the parade, I did not hear Trump's name mentioned even once by the hundreds of MAGA faithful with whom I interacted or overheard.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Florida attorney general wants lawmaker deported over criticism of Trump military parade
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier called for Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to be deported for criticizing last weekend's military parade in Washington, D.C. Uthmeier wrote 'Denaturalize and Deport' in a repost on social platform X featuring an interview with Omar from the left-leaning outlet Democracy Now! In the clip, Omar says the U.S. 'is turning into one of the worst countries on earth.' 'I grew up in a dictatorship, and I don't even remember witnessing anything like that,' said Omar, who was born in Somalia, referring to the parade. 'To have a democracy, a beacon of hope for the world to now be turned into one of the worst countries where the military are in our streets without any regard for people's constitutional rights,' she continued. 'While our president is spending millions of dollars propping himself up like a failed dictator with a military parade. It is really shocking,' she said. In the interview, Omar noted the deployment of U.S. troops to minimize protests in Los Angeles took place in the same week that the administration held the parade in Washington, which celebrated the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army. The event happened to fall on President Trump's birthday and Flag Day. Uthmeier has taken a staunch conservative stance on immigration as state attorney general. On Tuesday, a federal judge found him to be in civil contempt over her ruling that put a hold on a new Florida law that would label it a misdemeanor for those residing in the country illegally to enter the state. 'If being held in contempt is what it costs to defend the rule of law and stand firmly behind President Trump's agenda on illegal immigration, so be it,' Uthmeier said in a post on X following the ruling Tuesday. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
