Rangers beats Queen of the South in Scottish Cup final

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - Rangers survived a fight back by Queen of the South to win the Scottish FA Cup final 3-2 Saturday and earn some consolation for missing out on the league championship and UEFA Cup.

Kris Boyd and DaMarcus Beasley put Rangers 2-0 ahead at halftime at Hampden Park, but Steve Tosh and Jim Thomson scored within the first eight minutes of the second half to draw the lowly second-tier team level.

But Boyd struck his second goal of the game and 24th of the season in the 72nd minute to win the title for Rangers for the 32nd time.

The results means Rangers has won Scotland's FA Cup and League Cup in the same season for the first time since 2003, but the club still ends the campaign disappointed after being in contention for a quadruple triumph just two weeks ago.

But a loss of form and tiredness from a fixture pileup meant Rangers let slip a seven-point lead over Celtic to lose out on the league title and lost the UEFA Cup final to Zenit St. Petersburg.

"It's been an incredible journey this season," Rangers assistant manager Ally McCoist said. "I would have been bitterly disappointed if we had not won the cup today.

"But we have won it and I'm thrilled for the players and the fans."

Boyd put Rangers ahead in the 33rd with a fierce shot into the top corner after Barry Ferguson had touched a free kick into his path.

Rangers survived calls for a penalty for a push by fullback Steven Whittaker on Sean O'Connor, and Beasley put Rangers 2-0 up with a shot under goalkeeper Jamie MacDonald, following a collision between defenders Jim Thomson and Ryan McCann while trying to deal with Carlos Cuellar's header.

Tosh scored from close range after a cutback pass by O'Connor, and Thomson equalized with a header from a free kick, but Boyd won the match with a header from Beasley's corner.