Hearts today handed indefinite bans to two supporters following the pitch invasion that marred last night’s Edinburgh derby.

Hearts face action from the Scottish Football Association after Derek Riordan’s derby winner for Hibernian sparked a pitch invasion at Tynecastle.

The Scottish Football Association today confirmed there will be no further action taken over the events which led to Barry Ferguson and Allan McGregor being banned from representing Scotland ever again.

The Scottish Football Association have played down speculation they have offered the national managerial vacancy to Walter Smith.

The Scottish Football Association’s 11-man board are due to assemble at the national stadium later today to begin the hunt for a new national team manager following Berti Vogts’ resignation.

A decision on the future of Scotland manager Berti Vogts looks set to be made on Friday.

UEFA today refused to bow to pressure from the Foreign Office to switch Rangers’ cup tie against Makhachkala away from war-torn Dagestan.

A bomb explosion in the region of Makhachkala where Rangers are due to play a UEFA Cup tie next week has prompted the British Foreign Office to increase pressure on Europe’s soccer chiefs to sanction a switch of venue.

The Scottish Premier League today restored the Old Firm battles back to the more traditional place of Saturday afternoons.