Celtic left back Kieran Tierney is set to return to first team action in time for the league leaders' fixture against Motherwell this Sunday. Tierney hasn't featured for Celtic since 13 December, but Rodgers hopes he will make his long-awaited return at the weekend. The Celtic boss said: "We would hope that by Motherwell at the weekend that he will be in with a chance. So we will assess that."

Ahead of Celtic's second leg of the Europa League last 32, on-loan forward Oli Burke has inistsed that his team-mates will be playing for their pride in Valencia. "It is definitely about pride," admitted Burke. "We have to go there and show we are capable and show what we can do."

Rangers Managing Director Stewart Robertson has stepped up calls for changes to the Scottish FA disciplinary procedures as he highlighted concerns over the ‘trial by Sportscene’ nature of the current system. "I think we could go back to the interpretation of the rules we had last season where it was violent conduct and off-the-ball incidents in-essence that were being re-reviewed," said Robertson. "You’re not having television pundits effectively setting the agenda of what should be reviewed on a Monday morning."

Kilmarnock will demand Celtic pay for the damage caused by their supporters during Sunday's Premiership match at Rugby Park. A club statement said: "The Board of Kilmarnock Football Club wishes to express its dismay at a number of events which occurred during yesterday’s game against Celtic. Under SPFL Rule H40, Celtic FC will be required to pay for the damage caused to Rugby Park."

Steven Gerrard says that Rangers defender Connor Goldosn reminds him of his old Liverpool team-mate Jamie Carragher - because both players hate being dropped from the starting lineup. "I can tell by his face, he reminds me in many ways of Jamie Carragher who would get confrontational when you tried to rest him," said Gerrard. "That’s the mentality we need at this football club, we need players who are desperate to put their bodies on the line."

Rangers legend Ian Durrant has said that he hasn't given up hope of seeing his old club lift the Premiership title at the end of the season, but admits time is running out for the Ibrox club. Durrant said: "I would never say it’s over but when I heard Steven Gerrard’s comments post-match comments I think he was looking for a reaction. Eight points is a big gap to bridge and if we’re brutally honest then Rangers have dropped too many points at home."

And Durrant is hoping that the return of Alfredo Morelos will give Rangers the attacking impetus they require to keep their Scottish Cup dreams alive against Kilmarnock. Durrant, who believes Rangers suffer without the Colombian, said: "When you lose key players, especially at a time when Rangers are in their infancy in terms of building a team, when you lose your marquee player, it puts the onus on others."

Hibernian striker Florian Kamberi has spoken to the media for the first time since Neil Lennon's acrimonious departure from Easter Road. The Swiss striker says new manager Paul Heckingbottom is the right man to improve the club's fortunes. "You see the manager has a plan. He knows how to play and we have a game-plan," Kamberi revealed. "He analyses a lot of things with us in training and he records the training sessions, and we try to do our best on the pitch."

Hearts striker Steven Naismith admitted he is agonising over his future with a possible move to MLS on the cards when the Scotland international's contract expires at the end of the season. "It’s whether you want it or not rather than ‘this club is in for me and I want to go’. That’s the decision I’ve got to make really," revealed Naismith. "I’d say it’s probably the toughest one I’ve had to make in my career."

Tam McManus has praised Jake Hastie in his latest column for the Herald, in particular his decision to go out on loan to Alloa during the first half of the season.

The Herald's Matthew Lindsay has called for Scottish football to get its house in order before the Scottish Government is forced to intervene, stating that "football should certainly be run by football people, not politicians".

In England, Manchester United knocked Chelsea out of the FA Cup last night with a 2-0 win for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side at Stamford Bridge, leaving Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri on the brink of receiving the sack.

In rugby, Scotland's Finn Russell has returned to the Scotland camp ahead of this week's trip to France for the country's third Six Nations fixture. Russell is hoping to be match-fit by Saturday, but Scotland assistant coach Danny Wilson said that time is up against Russell. Wilson said: "To my knowledge and my understanding, there’s a minimum of six days and there are six days between then [when he was injured] and the game, but everything needs to go swimmingly well."

Russell's former team-mate at Glasgow Warriors Pete Horne has revealed he is ready to step into Russell's shoes if required for Saturday's match. "I will do what I am told, admitted Horne. "We will see how Gregor goes. If I get put in in the centre then great, if not and I am on the bench, I will come on and do my job the best I can."

In tennis, 18-year-old Scottish tennis player Connor Thomson has vowed to learn lessons from his 6-0, 6-3 defeat at the hands of Alexander Ritschard at the ITF World Tennis Tour.

And in golf, the Herald's Nick Rodger has warned against the ever-decreasing rate of play in the sport and says that the amount of time golfers take between shots is becoming a problem in the sport.

Elsewhere, Aberdeen captain Graeme Shinnie has told the Scottish Sun that his team-mate Lewis Ferguson can follow Ryan Christie to the top of Scottish football.

The Daily Record are reporting that both Celtic and Rangers are interested in Sligo Rovers defender John Mahon, with the 19-year-old said to prefer a move to Celtic Park.

And the Scotsman believe that 10,000 Celtic fans are set to make the trip to Spain ahead of the return leg of the club's Europa League knockout fixture against Valencia.