Celtic FC Women are back at New Douglas Park on Sunday (August 24) for the first home league fixture of the season. Elena Sadiku’s side kick-started their campaign with a great performance and win

It is a scenario Celtic have benefited from twice before. Back in 2014, Ronny Deila's team were beaten 6-1 on aggregate by Legia Warsaw in a Champions League third round qualifier but were awarded a 3-0 win in the second leg and progressed on the away goals rule after UEFA ruled that Legia had fielded an ineligible player.

Kazakhstan hasn't been a happy hunting ground for Celtic in recent history. They were beaten 4-3 by Astana on their most recent visit back in 2017 after romping to a 5-0 home win in the play-off first leg and needed a last-gasp James Forrest winner at Parkhead to overturn a 2-0 deficit against Shakhter Karagandy four years earlier.

Celtic have been told that signing Mickel-Ange Balikwisha from Royal Antwerp is no guarantee, despite the Glasgow giants having already pencilled in a medical for the wide attacker.

Celtic's Champions League hopes are firmly in the balance after they were held to a goalless draw by Kairat Almaty of Kazakhstan in Glasgow in the first leg of their play-off tie on Wednesday,

Celtic captain Callum McGregor says everyone at the club has to "stick together", but he admits to frustration at the lack of new signings as "we've known for a while we need bodies".

This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/bostoncollege as Former Boston College Soccer Player Signs With Celtic FC Women: The Rundown . Former Boston College women’s soccer player Aislin Streicek has signed with the Celtic FC Women which is based in Glasgow, Scotland. The organization made the announcement on Saturday.

Celtic have agreed a deal in principle with Royal Antwerp for forward Michel Ange Balikwisha and a medical is arranged - but "internal issues" at the Belgian club are holding up the deal. (Sacha Tavolieri)

CELTIC remain on the hunt for attacking reinforcements in the transfer market. But a new report says that the Hoops are facing a stumbling block in their efforts to get a top target over the line.