Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc has been cautioned for a breach of the peace by police for blessing himself in an Old Firm match at Ibrox in February.
The Crown Office said the procurator fiscal had issued the caution as an alternative to prosecution.

A spokesman explained that Boruc’s actions “included a combination of behaviour before a crowd in the charged atmosphere of an Old Firm match”.

And that the Polish keeper’s behaviour had “provoked alarm and crowd trouble”.

He said: “It’s a worrying and alarming development, especially since the sign of the cross is globally accepted as a gesture of religious reverence.

“It’s also very common in international football and was commonplace throughout the World Cup.

“It is extremely regrettable that Scotland seems to have made itself one of the few countries in the world where this simply religious gesture is considered an offence.”

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