NEIL LENNON last night received good news from the Scottish Football Association but there were less welcome injury updates for Celtic as they prepare for the first Old Firm game of the season, at Parkhead on Sunday.

The SFA confirmed yesterday that Lennon will not face disciplinary action following accusations he over-reacted to prompt Juanjo's red card in Celtic's 3-1 win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

Barry Wilson, the Inverness winger, claimed Lennon ''had made a meal'' of the clash with the Spaniard in which it appeared the Celtic midfielder struck out first.

The possibility of Lennon having television evidence used against him had been sug- gested but Drew Herbertson, the SFA's head of refereeing and discipline, said: ''We will not be taking any further action. The matter will not be taken forward and will not be the subject of a referral to the review panel.''

Herbertson left the door open, though, for Juanjo to appeal against his dismissal. The Highland club claimed he was wrongly sent off after Alan Freeland, the fourth official, pointed out the incident to Dougie MacDonald, the ref-eree, but overlooked Lennon's involvement.

Inverness have until late today to lodge an appeal against the decision which would enable the forward to play until matter is studied by the disciplinary panel.

Herbertson said: ''If an appeal is made then the matter will need to be referred to the review panel. A possible outcome of any referral to the review panel could be a claim of wrongful dismissal, or the claim is upheld or the offence warranted just a caution. This could mean the player could escape suspension.''

One of Juninho's representatives, Jonathan Hassall, said yesterday that the Brazilian was still on course to arrive at Celtic this week having met again with Middlesbrough officials to smooth his departure from Teesside.

The Brazilian could make his debut against Rangers as Chris Sutton, Stanislav Varga and Jackie McNamara are struggling to be fit, while Craig Beattie has already been ruled out.

Hassall said: ''The move has not collapsed; it's still just a case of tying up a few loose ends at this end. After that we go up to Celtic to start training. The player is keen to get it all sorted as soon as possible. There is no need to panic.''

Meanwhile, Martin O'Neill does not have injury problems to seek ahead of Sunday's Parkhead encounter with Chris Sutton rated as a ''major doubt'', according to the club's official website.

The striker damaged a hamstring during training on Saturday and missed the match against Inverness.

Celtic are still trying to ascertain the extent of the hamstring problem which forced Varga to hobble out of their weekend win at Pittodrie, while Jackie McNamara remains doubtful having suffered an ankle injury in the match against Kilmarnock earlier this month.

The defender is continuing his rehabilitation programme but there are fears he will not recover in time to face Alex McLeish's side.

Beattie will definitely miss out after damaging a groin muscle during training and it is expected he will be sidelined for at least the next fortnight.

lInverness Caledonian Thistle's home game against Motherwell, scheduled for October 2, has been moved to the next day to prevent fixture clash with Aberdeen versus Dundee match.

lThe under-fire Scotland coach, Berti Vogts, will announce his squad for their forthcoming international matches against Spain and Slovenia at Hampden Park on Friday.

The German only has one more friendly in Valencia on September 3 to get his side right before they take on the Slovenians in the first World Cup qualifier five days later.