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The solar eclipse of July 11, 1991, and birds, photographed by Antonio Turok in Chiapas, Mexico. Source.

There’s a solar eclipse today in the North Atlantic. Greenland, Iceland, Portugal and Spain will experience total eclipse. The UK will get 91% of the shadow, which should cause football grounds to turn on their lights.

Midweek matches:

Scottish Challenge Cup league phase, matchday 1 (selected matches) (yesterday):
Clydebank 4 – 0 Hibs B
Dumbarton 1 – 3 Airdrieonians

Canadian Championship QF, leg 2 (yesterday):
Atlético Ottawa 3 – 3 Supra
Supra advance.

[W Canadian Championship QF:
Montreal Roses [0 – 1] Simcoe County Rovers Upset

2026 Leagues Cup league phase (yesterday):
Tigres UANL 1 – 1 Vancouver Whitecaps (Tigres win on PK)

AFC Champions League Elite, preliminary stage (yesterday):
Gangwon 0 – 1 Gamba Osaka

UEFA Europa League QR3, leg 2:
Iberia 1999 2 – 1 Larne (yesterday)
Egnatia [5 – 1] Shamrock Rovers (tomorrow)
Rangers [1 – 1] Jagiellonia Białystok (tomorrow)
Hearts [1 – 1] Benfica (tomorrow)
Hearts, Larne, Rangers and Shamrock Rovers all drop to the Conference League.

UEFA Conference League QR3, leg 2 (tomorrow):
Shelbourne [2 – 2] Ajax
Motherwell [2 – 0] HJK
Shkëndija [0 – 0] Hibs
Gent [1 – 1] Göteborg
Midtjylland [3 – 2] Bohemians
Hibs and Motherwell advance. Bohemians, Göteborg and Shelbourne are out.

Other matches:
Carluke Rovers 1 – 2 Newmains United (yesterday)
Blackburn United 2 – 4 St Andrews United (yesterday)
Greenock HSFP 2 – 2 St Patricks FP (yesterday)
Scrosoppi 4 – 2 Vaughan Azzurri (yesterday)
Port Glasgow [3 – 1] Knightswood
Glasgow United [0 – 0] Greenock Juniors
Greenock HSFP [4 – 3] Port Glasgow Athletic (tomorrow)

Mortonalia: I had August 9th circled on the calendar as Ian Murray’s probable termination date, but he’s still in the job. Niall McGilp writes about Morton’s friendlies against English clubs here. Saturday’s loss marked the first time since 1959 that Stenhousemuir have defeated Morton twice in the same calendar year.