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Scotland's Doak Linked With Bournemouth - Gossip

Scotland winger linked with Bournemouth as Celtic youths make their mark... Liverpool hope to use 19-year-old Scotland winger Ben Doak as a makeweight in any deal for Bournemouth's 21-year-old Hungary full-back Milos Kerkez or 25-year-old Ghana forward Antoine Semenyo. (Sun), external Former Rangers manager Philippe Clement is a candidate to take over at Anderlecht next season. (Record), external Rangers midfielder Nico Raskin, 24, made his first Belgium start as they beat Ukraine 3-0 to secure a 4-3 aggregate win in the Nations League play-offs. (Herald - subscription), external Celtic goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, 38, picked up a knock in Denmark's Nations League aggregate defeat-clinching loss to Portugal. (Herald - subscription required), external Midfielder Odin Thiago Holm, 22, made his debut on loan at Los Angeles FC from Celtic as a late substitute in the 2-0 win over Sporting Kansas City. (Sun), external Jude Bonnar, the 19-year-old Celtic midfielder who scored on his Scotland Under-21 debut in Friday's 2-0 friendly win over Republic of Ireland, says club captain Callum McGregor is his idol. (Record), external Aberdeen goalkeeper Dimitar Mitov, 28, has been ruled out for a month. (Press and Journal - subscription required), external St Johnstone's Elliot Watt, 25, is enjoying working with manager Simo Valakari and the midfielder hopes to work on the physical aspects of his game. (Courier - subscription required), external

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Newcastle won the first women's Tyne-Wear derby to be held at St James' Park on Sunday as they defeated Sunderland 1-0 in front of a record crowd for a Women's Championship game. Magpies forward Shania Hayles scored the decisive goal in the second half, which was celebrated by the majority of the 38,502 fans in attendance. The previous record attendance for a second-tier game was set in the reverse fixture in October, when 15,387 fans watched Newcastle win 2-1 at the Stadium of Light. "I didn't actually realise how many people were here and when I was warming up I saw it. It is just amazing how many fans we get down here," said match-winner Hayles. "I've never played in front of that many fans, let alone scored. At Kingston Park they show up whether it is raining or sunny so to do it today for them, it means everything to me," she added. Newcastle have drawn increasingly large home crowds at Kingston Park and at the club's main stadium St James' Park in recent seasons as they continue their rise through the divisions. Newcastle captain Amber Keegan-Stobbs believes the large crowd is a demonstration of how valued the women's game is in the North East. "It speaks for itself. Being part of this club, with our fans in our city is amazing and today showed how serious the North East is taking women's football," she said. "Seeing black and white shirts and knowing what this means for the future of women's football [is good]. "I think it will be a while before that record is broken but we will give it a good go next year! It is just amazing." It was a day of celebration on Tyneside as the Carabao Cup was paraded in front of Newcastle fans for the first time after the men's side beat Liverpool 2-0 in the final at Wembley last weekend. The victory for Newcastle took them into sixth place in the table, overtaking neighbours Sunderland who drop to seventh.