The Scottish Premier League was last night haggling with BSkyB and ESPN over the finer details of a £100m joint broadcast deal.

An announcement could be made over the weekend that would see the financial stability of the 12-team top division being safeguarded for the next five years. (The Herald)

Hearts have slapped a £6m price tag on winger Andy Driver's head in a bid to keep him at Tynecastle. (The Sun)

Hearts are giving a trial to Austrian striker David Witteveen, who has been playing for Austrian Second Division outfit St Andrae.

But Macedonia international Ilco Naumoski has rejected a contract offer from Hearts and is poised to move to Almeria in Spain. (Daily Record)

Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc says personal problems adversely affected his form last season. (Various)

Celtic will compete with Birmingham for the signature of freed Arsenal midfielder Amaury Bischoff. (Daily Record)

Portsmouth are the latest English club to enter the race for Celtic target Marc-Antoine Fortune, the Nancy striker. (Daily Mail)

PSV Eindhoven have confirmed their interest in freed Celtic striker Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink. (Daily Express)

Kaiserlslautern have joined Aberdeen and Hearts in expressing an interest in Stephen Hughes after the midfielder rejected a new deal with Motherwell. (Daily Record)

Steven Fletcher has given Hibernian's youth development department half the £250,000 he received from his transfer to Burnley. (Daily Mail)

Preston have entered the race to sign Rangers midfielder Charlie Adam. (The Herald)

Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce has told Paul Gallagher he still has a future at the club after spending a year on loan to Plymouth. (Daily Record)

Derek McInnes missed out on the West Brom manager's job because they see his present club, St Johnstone, as a smaller one than MK Dons, from where they recruited Roberto di Matteo. (The Sun)

Falkirk say they could not afford to offer Arnau Riera a contract after the former loan signing was released by Sunderland. (Daily Record)

Freed Falkirk defender Gerard Aafjes has returned to Netherlands to sign for MVV Maastricht. (Daily Express)

Kilmarnock will finalise the signing of former Rangers goalkeeper Lee Robinson this week. (Daily Express)

John Murphy says he would not have accepted the head coach job at Livingston if he thought they would go into liquidation. (Daily Record)

Trinidad and Tobago winger Ricky Shakes is on trial with Inverness Caledonian Thistle after being released by Brentford. (Daily Record)

Montrose have had a second bid for striker John Gemmell turned down by Cowdenbeath. (Daily Record)

David Millar says he is in the form of his life as the Tour de France begins today. (The Sun)

Indycar leader Dario Franchitti is hoping to keep his one point lead over Target Chip Ganassi team-mate Scott Dixon after Sunday's race at Watkins Glen, New York. (Various)

Grand-Am driver Ryan Dalziel has started testing his BMW Riley after signing a deal for Orbit Racing in the support Koni championship. (The Sun)

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