Celtic 2 Rangers 4

Celtic will have Artur Boruc, Shunsuke Nakamura and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink available as they continue their pre-season campaign in Portugal.

GARY CALDWELL has credited Celtic’s new signings as the inspiration behind the team’s strongest performance in months, even though most of them failed to even kick a ball.

Middlesbrough have finally completed the signing of Brazilian striker Afonso Alves for an undisclosed club-record fee from Dutch side Heerenveen.

JOHN HUGHES was once again left frustrated by the performance of match officials after Falkirk found themselves on the wrong end of three crucial decisions in the 1-0 home defeat by Celtic yesterday.

Newcastle and Tottenham have been given permission to speak to Middlesbrough defender Jonathan Woodgate.

Bristol City 1 Middlesbrough 2

Middlesbrough midfielder Julio Arca will step up his comeback for the reserves tonight.

Middlesbrough starlet Ben Hutchinson is keeping his feet firmly on the ground after the biggest week in his career to date.

AND so it continues. This swaggering victory made it five straight wins at home in the Premier League for Manchester City this season and equalled the total they achieved in the whole of last year’s campaign.

Man City 3 Middlesbrough 1

Dong-Gook Lee is the only available experienced striker in the Middlesbrough squad for tomorrow night’s Carling Cup third round tie at Tottenham.

A youthful Middlesbrough side beat Cumbrian outfit Carlisle 2-0 in a friendly at Brunton Park.

Prince Charles read a sombre psalm as some 20,000 people prayed and sang hymns at dawn today in Canakkale, Turkey, to mark the 90th anniversary of the devastating First World War Gallipoli campaign.