HAD Kairat kept their watches on Kazakh time the match would have ended at 2am. But Celtic could have played all night long and still not scored. Brendan Rodgers’ side now face an exhausting 11

Celtic still have plenty of work to do to reach the Champions League after drawing a blank in the first leg of their play-off against Kairat Almaty at Parkhead.

Could Rodgers Reunite With His Old Striker?Rumours continue to swirl about Jamie Vardy potentially linking up with Brendan Rodgers at Celtic. The striker, who ended his 13-year

The Kazakh side have battled through three rounds of qualifying to set up a Champions League play-off with Celtic.

As if the prospect of an arduous trip to one of the game’s outposts wasn’t daunting enough, Celtic now head to Almaty with their Champions League ambitions resting in an extremely dangerous place. This affair just didn’t unfold as Brendan Rodgers ...

Quizzed on Johnston's condition and whether he had the knowledge of a timeline for the injury layoff after the match on TNT Sports, Rodgers said: "I don't, but it looks like a hamstring, which is a shame because he started the season so well."

Celtic have reportedly reached an agreement in principle with Royal Antwerp to sign long-term target Michel-Ange Balikwisha but complications are preventing the deal from being completed.

Brendan Rodgers has told Celtic fans he has no idea if club directors will pay any attention to their chants of ‘Sack The Board’ or his continued demands for new players. And he made a point of stating that it’s managers such as himself who get the ...

Celtic have shown they are "best team in the country" and Martindale fully expects them to beat Kairat Almaty on aggregate to make the Champions League proper. He stressed the need to add to his Livingston squad before the end of the window with a right-back the priority.

Celtic are a long way from Rangers’ level of discord but they are also a long way from qualifying for the Champions League group stage, in every sense. A 7,000 mile round trip to Almaty, 250 miles from the Chinese border, awaits. It has come down to a ...