Artur Boruc, Shunsuke Nakamura and Lee Naylor (all Celtic) and Russell Anderson (Aberdeen) have been named as the four contenders for the Scottish Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year award.

The Scottish Premier League have played down a controversial move to pay injured players statutory sick pay instead of full wages.

Rangers defender Frank de Boer is prepared to stay at Ibrox if twin brother Ronald fails a medical to move to Qatar.

Celtic scooped another top double at the Scottish Professional Footballers Association awards tonight when Chris Sutton and Stephen Pearson picked up the top prizes.

Leading sports lawyers, finance and football chiefs were gathering at Scotland’s national football stadium today to discuss the future of the game.