Lennon out for Hoops

Celtic will be without captain Neil Lennon for the Bank of Scotland Premier League opener against Kilmarnock.

The midfielder is suspended for the visit of the Rugby Park club.

Defender Bobo Balde (stomach) and strikers Craig Beattie (hamstring) and Shaun Maloney (groin) are all missing, while midfielder Stephen Pearson also has a groin problem.

Provisional squad: Boruc, Lawson, Caldwell, McManus, Varga, Camara, McGeady, Sno, Thompson, Riordan, Zurawski, Quinn, Miller, Virgo, Marshall, Telfer, Petrov, Wilson, Nakamura, Jarosik.