Rangers' Sterling fined £2,250, driving ban 12 months

Glasgow Sheriff Court fined Rangers footballer Dujon Sterling £2,250 and disqualified him from driving for 12 months on Friday after he pleaded guilty to drink-driving and careless driving following a crash in the city centre.

The 26-year-old, from Dowanhill in Glasgow, had been part of Rangers' squad that defeated Celtic 3-1 at Parkhead in the Old Firm match on January 3, 2026. In the early hours of January 4, Sterling drove his grey Mercedes AMG GLE 63 erratically through areas including Royal Exchange Square, Queen Street, and Hope Street. CCTV footage captured him swerving to avoid a turning vehicle, changing lanes without indicating, braking heavily near a stationary car at the Sauchiehall Street junction, and driving on the wrong side of the road at significant speed for the icy, dark but lit conditions.

Around 1:30 a.m., his vehicle collided with a crash barrier near the M8 motorway. A witness alerted police, who observed the front bumper embedded in the barrier and found Sterling outside the car on his mobile phone. He reported losing control but suffering no injuries. Officers noted he appeared dazed and took him to a station, where a breath test showed 60 microgrammes...