The issue of mental health in Scottish football has been discussed at Hampden this morning.

Support Within Sport was launched at the national stadium with the help of Inverness CT manager Richie Foran.

• The study received more than 600 responses from players across the SPFL clubs
• Of that number, 64% said they or a team-mate had experienced mental health issues
• One hundred and sixty two of the players returned a follow-up questionnaire
• Forty required "face to face intervention"

Foran volunteered his support to the programme and has since ensured his Inverness squad completed the survey.  

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We may be approaching transfer deadline day and Scotland might be playing on Sunday, but some stories from other sports stand out.

Multiple Olympic medal winner Katherine Grainger has been talking about the influence of her karate instructor, Ken Davis, in her years at Bearsden Academy.

Mr Davis came in to Pacific Quay today for an interview for the John Beattie programme on BBC Radio Scotland and was touched to hear the champion rower speak so highly of him.

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If you're hearing about Oliver Burke being the most expensive Scottish player ever, and wondering who he is, then have a read at Clive Lindsay's piece on the Red Bull Leipzig winger.

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Kilmarnock defender Conrad Balatoni has left the Premiership outfit by mutual agreement.

Balatoni moved to Rugby Park in 2015 and has made 34 first-team appearances for the club. "As well as his solid defending, Balatoni was known for his ability to create and even score goals from the back, netting three in total during his time with the club," Kilmarnock said on their official website. , external

"Everyone at the club would like to wish Conrad the best of luck in the future."

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Inverness CT manager Richie Foran says he is hopeful of signing two players before the end of the transfer window. He refused to be drawn on reports one of the signings would be defender Brad McKay, who left St Johnstone as a free agent yesterday.

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Feeling nervous about Scotland's chances in Malta and the World Cup qualifying campaign as a whole? Well, James McFadden had a knack for doing the miraculous in a Scotland jersey and even though his international days are almost certainly over - he refuses to formally retire "because you just never know" - he still has a way to gee up the troops.

Speaking about the impending campaign in the group that also includes England, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia, McFadden said: "We've got to be confident we're going to win the group. 

"We've got to believe or we're as well not turning up.

"It'll be tough, because there are some tough teams in it, but we've got to express ourselves and do better than we did in the last group.

"We need the injection of youth but there are a few players there who could be looking at it and thinking this could be their last chance, so it's got to be the point where we step up and take it to the teams in the group." 

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Scotland play Malta in the Ta'Qali Stadium on Sunday night in their opening World Cup Group F qualifier. The squad is gathering today to prepare for the match. We're hoping for an injury update on Hull midfielder Robert Snodgrass and Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths, and you can imagine the chat among the squad when Oliver Burke arrives, possibly looking a bit stunned at being the most expensive Scottish player ever.

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You can download the best bits of last night's Sportsound in the Scottish football podcast. With Kenny Macintyre at the helm, he and guests Richard Wilson and John Hughes discussed Oliver Burke's record transfer from Nottingham Forest to Red Bull Leipzig and Hughes spoke of his time at Inverness Caley Thistle.

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John Hughes was speaking on BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound last night. He told listeners that he left as manager of Inverness Caledonian Thistle because he felt his time there was "turning a bit sour".

He guided the Highland club to a League Cup final, Scottish Cup victory, third in the Premiership and into Europe.

"You need to trust me that I know what I'm doing and I just felt that trust wasn't there," he said.

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Good morning and welcome to our coverage of Scottish football news. Can you hear the tick-tock? Why, that's the transfer deadline clock. All moves for players under contract must go through by tomorrow night. Who is your club looking to sign by then...and who will they be offloading.