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HIBS endured a disappointing return to European football as a resounding defeat in Slovenia left them facing a mountainous task to reach the Europa League play-off round.

HIBERNIAN endured a disappointing return to European football as a resounding defeat in Slovenia left them facing a mountainous task to reach the Europa League play-off round.

HIBS endured a disappointing return to European football as a resounding defeat in Slovenia left them facing a mountainous task to reach the Europa League play-off round.

NK Maribor prove too strong for Hibs in the Europa League third round qualifier first leg with a three-goal win in Slovenia.

NK Maribor prove too strong for Hibs in the Europa League third round qualifier first leg in Slovenia.

Liverpool, Hibernian and Motherwell are all in action in the first leg of third round Europa League qualifying matches.

Preview followed by live coverage of Thursday's game between NK Maribor and Hibs in the Europa League third round qualifier.

Preview followed by live coverage of Thursday's game between NK Maribor and Hibs in the Europa League third round qualifier.

Celtic Hibernian Scottish Premier Brewers Carling will sponsor live broadcasts of Scottish Premier League (SPL) matches on the Sky Sports and ESPN pay-television channels in the UK, reports Sport Business. It covers the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons. Carling branding will appear in the opening and closing sequences of match programmes, on either side of commercial breaks, during matches, also around online coverage of the SPL on ESPNSoccernet.com and the Sky Sports Network. Sky and ESPN will each show 30 live matches from the SPL in each of the two seasons covered by the deal. Sky’s first live match of the 2010-11 season is Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Celtic on August 14. ESPN’s first match is Motherwell v Hibernian on August 15.

HIBERNIAN manager John Hughes has made light of the fact his players will be asked to play with the controversial Jabulani ball when they face Slovenian side NK Maribor in the

AT ONLY 20 years of age, David Wotherspoon cannot be expected to have a rich European pedigree, but he is one of only a few Hibernian players to have sampled intense nights on

Hibernian defender Sol Bamba's future is in the balance after being omitted from their European squad."

League One side Hartlepool United have handed a trial to former Hibernian midfielder Fabian Yantorno.. .

Hartlepool have handed a trial to former Hibernian midfielder Fabian Yantorno.. .

Hibernian Hibernian boss John Hughes has told Sol Bamba he does not have a long-term future at the club. The Ivory Coast defender, who has a year left on his contract, reported back for pre-season training on Monday, a week later than expected. The 25-year-old returned too late to be considered for the first leg of the third qualifying Europa League round, and will train with the youth team as his team-mates prepare to face Maribor in Slovenia on Thursday night. "He is back training with us but he'll not be travelling," Hughes said. "All our preparations have been looking forward to the European tie. Sol has not been part of it. "He is training with the kids and our focus is on Thursday night." Hughes is not even considering what will happen with Bamba when they return from Slovenia. "It doesn't interest me," the former Falkirk manager said. "I owe it to my team, the supporters, the club, to put all my focus on this European tie. "That's why we took a real hard pre-season in[...]