Scottish Premiership

Steve Morrow is among the contenders to be appointed sporting director at Rangers. The process is being led by headhunting firm Executives in Sport who have conducted searches for top Premier League clubs in the past. It is still in the early stages with a list being drawn up before Rangers’ board and executive team conduct thorough interviews. An appointment is not expected to be made in the coming weeks. Rangers’ former sporting director Ross Wilson departed the club in April to take up the position of chief football officer at Nottingham Forest. Morrow previously worked at the Football...

Atlanta United’s vice president and technical director Carlos Bocanegra has pulled himself out of the running to become Rangers’ director of football after being interviewed for the role. Rangers’ former director of football Ross Wilson departed the club in April to take up the position of chief football officer at Nottingham Forest. Bocanegra has been technical director of Atlanta United since 2015, shortly after the club were awarded an expansion franchise by MLS, and was appointed vice president in 2017. In 2018, in just their second season as an MLS side, Atlanta won the...

Liverpool will listen to offers for Leighton Clarkson as they continue their midfield rebuild this summer — but Fabio Carvalho is only available on loan. Clarkson is expected to secure a permanent move after a productive season on loan at Aberdeen. The 21-year-old academy graduate, who has made three senior appearances for Liverpool, scored six goals and contributed nine assists in 38 matches for the Scottish Premiership club as he helped them qualify for Europe. GO DEEPERLiverpool squad audit: Who stays? Who goes? However, with competition for places in Jurgen Klopp’s squad increasing...

Ange Postecoglou has signed a four-year deal to become Tottenham Hotspur’s new head coach. Postecoglou, 57, joins from Celtic after two years with the Scottish side, with the club confirming his appointment on Tuesday morning. The Athletic reported at the weekend that Spurs were close to appointing Postecoglou as their new head coach, with the Australian emerging as the frontrunner for the vacancy last week. Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy said in a statement: “Ange brings a positive mentality and a fast, attacking style of play. He has a strong track record of developing players and an...

Alfredo Morelos, Ryan Kent and Allan McGregor are among five Rangers players that will leave when their contracts expire at the end of the season.? Centre-back Felip Helander and midfielder Scott Arfield will also depart the Glasgow club.? Steven Davis, whose contract is also expiring, remains in talks over working with the club’s medical team to support his return to full fitness following an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury he sustained in December 2022.? Rangers said in a statement: “Each of the departing players has given the club excellent service and will move on to the...

Celtic have won their 11th Scottish Premiership title in 12 years following Sunday’s 2-0 victory over 10-man Hearts. Kyogo Furuhashi’s 24th league goal of the season gave Celtic the lead after 67 minutes at Tynecastle Park before substitute Oh Hyeon-gyu poked home with 10 minutes remaining to put the game beyond Hearts. Alex Cochrane was sent off for the hosts on the stroke of half time after his trip on Daizen Maeda was deemed to have denied a goalscoring opportunity following an intervention from VAR. The win sees Celtic secure the title with four games remaining, with the gap...

Owen Coyle Junior discusses his time managing the England national amputee team and joining forces with his dad at Queen’s Park

Allan Campbell believes Luton are better prepared for the play-offs after being beaten in semi-finals last season. Can they get to top tier?

English Football League (EFL) and Scottish clubs will be free to retain shirt sponsorship deals with betting companies after the UK Government avoided extending the ban introduced by the Premier League. No top-flight clubs in England will be allowed to carry the name of a gambling firm on the front of shirts from the 2026-27 season after the Premier League voluntarily voted to phase out a sector that currently sponsors eight different clubs in deals worth ?60 million a season. Sleeve sponsorships and pitchside advertising will still be permitted but the UK Government has today confirmed that...

Rangers and Celtic now face such little jeopardy in games against the other 10 teams that whoever triumphs in the derbies wins the title

FIFA has brought in new regulations for the men and women who broker the biggest deals - and many are not happy about it

On paper, Douglas Park's is a legacy to be proud of, but there is a reason his resignation is also met with relief

There was a period when Vladimir Romanov's Hearts threatened Glasgow's dominance of Scottish football. Then, just like that, it was gone

Steve Clarke has agreed a new deal to remain Scotland head coach for three more years. The former West Bromwich Albion, Reading and Kilmarnock manager has been in charge since May 2019 after he was appointed as successor to Alex McLeish. He successfully guided Scotland to a first appearance at a major tournament for 20 years with qualification for Euro 2020. He will now remain in charge until at least the conclusion of the next World Cup cycle, with the 2026 tournament taking place in the United States, Canada and Mexico. “I am proud that my coaching team and I will continue to lead the...

It is possible UEFA will have to insist clubs can only count players who came through their own academy towards the homegrown quota