LONDON: The destination of Scotland’s Premiership title will be decided at Parkhead on Saturday when Celtic need victory to become champions for the 56th time while Hearts will take the crown for the first time in 66 years and fifth in all if they win or draw. Those are the bald facts, but they barely hint at the weight of history hanging over the fixture or reveal any of the drama and fury generated by Wednesday’s nerve-shredding penultimate round of fixtures.

A traditional power and an upstart contender are leading a tense competition that could go down to the final day

Defeat for the champions at Motherwell and a win for the leaders at home to Falkirk will secure them a first league title time since 1960

For Heart of Midlothian, the tantalising, scarcely-believable, bottom line is this: after 66 years they may be crowned champions of Scotland on Wednesday.

Hearts beat Falkirk 3-0 but were made to wait for their first Scottish league title since 1960 as Celtic’s late winner at Motherwell set up a last-day showdown

In Scozia il campionato si deciderà all'ultima giornata. Gli Hearts di Edimburgo sabato vanno al Celtic Park con un solo punto di vantaggio, avvelenati per un controverso rigore…

LONDON: The destination of Scotland’s Premiership title will be decided at Parkhead on Saturday when Celtic need victory to become champions for the 56th time while Hearts will…

Hoops must be held at bay in stadium containing 60,000 fanatical supporters and just 750 clad in Midlothian maroon if Edinburgh visitors to claim champions’ flag

Heart of Midlothian are gaining temporary fans from other Scottish teams who resent Celtic and Rangers’ dominance

Hearts is bidding to become the first team to break the dominance of Celtic and Rangers in Scotland since Alex Ferguson’s Aberdeen in 1985.

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Hearts had been on course to win the league for the first time since 1960 and end 41 years of Celtic and Rangers dominance.

GLASGOW: Celtic scored two late goals to beat Heart of Midlothian 3-1 at home in a nerve-racking final-day title showdown to be crowned Scottish champions for a record 56th time…