Scottish Cup: Rangers v Celtic now on Sunday as ties move for Prince Philip funeral

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Rangers will face derby rivals Celtic in the fourth round at IbroxImage source, SNS
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Rangers will face derby rivals Celtic in the fourth round at Ibrox

Seven Scottish Cup fourth-round ties have been moved to avoid a clash with Prince Philip's funeral on Saturday, with the Old Firm derby now on Sunday.

Scottish Premiership champions Rangers will host cup holders Celtic at 15:00 BST instead of 14:00 the previous day.

Stranraer v Hibernian, scheduled to be played at 12:15 on Saturday, will now kick off 24 hours later.

Aberdeen v Livingston has been moved forward a day to 17:30 on Saturday, the same time as St Johnstone play Clyde.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle's trip to face St Mirren will now kick off on Friday at 18:00, with Motherwell now hosting Greenock Morton an hour later.

Kilmarnock will host Montrose at 11:45 on Saturday.

Forfar Athletic v Dundee United on Friday at 19:45 is the only game not to move and will be broadcast live on the BBC Scotland channel, while Hibs' trip to Stair Park will be shown on BBC One.

The changes follow Scottish FA talks "with the relevant stakeholders" over the last-16 Scottish Cup ties after the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral was confirmed for 15:00 on Saturday.

All matches in the Scottish Professional Football League - three in the Championship, two in League 1 and four in League 2 - have been switched from a 15:00 start to a noon kick-off on Saturday.

A national minute's silence will be held at 15:00 for the Duke of Edinburgh, who "passed away peacefully" on Friday morning aged 99.

In horse racing, the Scottish Grand National at Ayr has been delayed until Sunday.

Quarter-final draw: Rangers/Celtic v St Johnstone/Clyde; Kilmarnock/Montrose v St Mirren/Inverness Caledonian Thistle; Aberdeen/Livingston v Forfar Athletic/Dundee United; Stranraer/Hibernian v Motherwell/Greenock Morton.