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The sanctions relate to the scenes in March after Celtic’s penalty shootout victory, when supporters threw fireworks and other missiles, police officers were injured and a number of arrests were made. Both clubs gave evidence to an independent judicial panel after being charged under the Scottish FA’s disciplinary rule 37, which covers unacceptable conduct at…

Larne manager Gary Haveron was left reflecting on a “heartbreaking” night as his side’s bid to reach the league phase of the Uefa Conference League for the second time in three years came unstuck against Lincoln Red Imps. Leading 2-0 from the first leg in Gibraltar, the Invermen were looking good to finish the job…

Tour Championship – first round -8 MW Lee (Aus); -6 V Hovland (Nor), C Morikawa (US), C Gotterup (US); -5 R Gerard (US), A Bhatia (US), L Aberg (Swe), S Scheffler (US) Selected others: -4 T Fleetwood (Eng), M Fitzpatrick (Eng), R Fox (NZ); -3 R MacIntyre (Sco), W Clark (US); -2 J Rose (Eng),…

Carlos Alcaraz will start his US Open title defence against Russia’s Roman Safiullin in the first serious examination of his fitness following a long-term wrist injury. Second seed Alcaraz, who won the men’s title in New York last year, has not played a competitive singles match for more than four months because of inflammation in…

Ukraine has lodged a formal complaint with the ethics committee of motorsport’s governing body the FIA following the decision to lift the ban on Russian competitors in international events. The Ukrainian Automobile Federation (FAU) has requested an urgent investigation into its Russian counterpart, the RAF. The ban on individuals from Russia and Belarus competing in…

Rangers have bolstered their wide options with the arrival of Kim Min-Su from Girona for an undisclosed fee. The South Korean, 20, has signed a four-year contract, with the option of a further year, becoming Rangers’ 12th signing of the summer. The Ibrox outfit have been chasing new wingers, with Kim joining Djeidi Gassama, Findlay…

Ander Herrera’s most recent competitive game was in front of a raucous La Bombonera crowd playing for Boca Juniors in the Copa Libertadores. His next will be in the Spanish third division in front of roughly 6,500 fans against a regional side, Gimnastic de Tarragona. But Herrera says his return to Real Zaragoza on a…

Britons Jacob Fearnley, Toby Samuel, Harry Wendelken and Harriet Dart stand one win away from a place in the US Open main draw after coming through their second round qualifying matches in New York. Fearnley showed great resilience in battling to a three-set victory over Frenchman Luka Pavlovic, which set up a meeting with Austria’s…

Uefa will press on with its attempt to remove Gianni Infantino as Fifa president despite withdrawing the threat to boycott competitions. The 55 member associations, plus Europe’s members on the Fifa Council, will on Thursday be presented with a letter which guarantees the Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) plan will not be revived. The official removal…

European 800m champion Audrey Werro has backed herself to overhaul one of athletics’ oldest and most controversial world records. Jarmila Kratochvilova, representing the then Czechoslovakia, clocked one minute 53.28 seconds in 1983 and the mark has remained untouched in the 43 years since. While a systematic doping programme of athletes was in place in the…