Rangers striker Kyle Lafferty was today hit with a two-match ban by the Scottish Football Association for feigning injury in May's SPL victory against Aberdeen.

Hearts 0 Celtic 2

Stephen McManus returns to the Celtic line-up for their SPL clash with Hearts at Tynecastle

Rangers 2 Hearts 0

Hearts 1 Celtic 1

Stephen Frail has warned Saulius Mikoliunas he must be more careful after the Lithuanian was sent off for Hearts reserves.

Thierry Henry will aim to become France‘s all-time leading goalscorer in their must-win Euro 2008 Group B against Lithuania.

Scotland 3 Ukraine 1

Lyon captain Juninho will escape punishment by UEFA for his blatant dive in last Tuesday’s Champions League defeat by Rangers because it did not materially affect the result.

Saulius Mikoliunas has been suspended for Lithuania’s next two Euro 2008 qualifying games after UEFA found him guilty of diving to win his country’s penalty against Scotland.

Gordon Strachan’s appeal against a four-match touchline ban will be heard by the Scottish Football Association’s disciplinary committee on September 25.

Scotland 3 Lithuania 1

Celtic striker Kenny Miller’s hamstring injury has ruled him out of the Parkhead side’s SPL clash with Hearts today.

CELTIC MANAGER Gordon Strachan is adamant referee Stuart Dougal’s decision to send him to the stand during their surprise defeat to Hearts will not take the shine off the Hoops’ title celebrations.

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan will ring the changes for the visit of Hearts on what promises to be a celebratory afternoon for the new SPL champions.

CELTIC manager Gordon Strachan reiterated the need to stop conceding the first goal against Hearts after the Hoops stormed back to restore their lead at the top of the SPL to 17 points.

Hearts 1 Celtic 2

Hearts 1 Celtic 0

Hearts star Roman Bednar insists referee Mike McCurry called it correct when he sent-off Dean Shiels in an explosive Edinburgh derby.

Hearts midfielder Saulius Mikoliunas will miss the Bank of Scotland Premier League visit of Kilmarnock through suspension.

Ten-man Hearts somehow fought back for a point in a dramatic Bank of Scotland Premier League derby at Easter Road despite falling two behind inside 16 minutes.

Man-of-the-match Kenny Miller inspired a famous victory for Scotland against Lithuania in Kaunas to make it two wins from two in their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign.

Hearts goalkeeper Craig Gordon admits his side were second best against AEK Athens in their Champions League qualifying defeat by the Greek side at Murrayfield.

Hearts 1 AEK Athens 2

Celtic 1 Hearts 0

Hibernian 0 Hearts 4

Hearts chairman Roman Romanov is adamant midfielder Paul Hartley is going nowhere.

The Scottish Football Association have jumped to the defence of referees after Charlie Richmond came under fire for his performance as Hibernian beat Motherwell.

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Former Scotland international Dave Bowman believes his mammoth 17-match ban looks “ridiculous” in comparison with Neil Lennon’s three-game suspension issued by the Scottish Football Association disciplinary committee.

SCOTTISH referees could be heading for industrial action in the wake of the three-match suspension handed out to Celtic captain Neil Lennon.

Scottish referees could be heading for industrial action in the wake of the three-match suspension handed out to Celtic captain Neil Lennon.

Celtic captain Neil Lennon has been banned for three matches for his clash with referee Stuart Dougal after the Old Firm derby on August 20.

Celtic captain Neil Lennon will appear in front of the Scottish Football Association’s disciplinary committee later today for his actions after the defeat to Rangers last month.

CELTIC captain Neil Lennon will hope the Scottish Football Association’s disciplinary committee will take his previous good conduct into account when they examine his behaviour at Ibrox on Saturday.

Celtic captain Neil Lennon will hope the Scottish Football Association’s disciplinary committee will take his previous good conduct into account when they examine his behaviour at Ibrox on Saturday.

Celtic captain Neil Lennon maintains his sending-off in the Old Firm derby was “unjustified” after apologising for aggressively confronting referee Stuart Dougal.

NEIL LENNON has apologised for the aggressive confrontation with Old Firm referee Stuart Dougal which could earn him a lengthy ban.

Hearts 4 Hibernian 0

Hearts 4 Hibs 0

Liverpool are about to find a Beatles fan and the Lithuanian version of Roman Abramovich blocking their path on the road to the Champions League group stages.

Aberdeen produced a swashbuckling performance to defeat Hearts but could not overturn Hibernian’s six-goal advantage and claim the Bank of Scotland Premier League’s final UEFA Cup spot.

The Scottish Football Association today agreed to Hearts’ request to postpone the hearing into their controversial comments made in the wake of the Andy Davis affair.

Hearts winger Saulius Mikoliunas has been banned for an extra five matches by the Scottish Football Association disciplinary committee after barging linesman Andy Davis in the recent match against Rangers.