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The long-running fight between Rangers and Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley could end up in the Court of Appeal after a judge ruled in favour of the Ibrox club in the latest round of legal action.

Ashley and Rangers have been embroiled in High Court litigation, centred on a kit deal, in London for more than a year.

A company in the Sports Direct Group, SDI Retail Services, had complained about Rangers being in breach of obligations under deals relating to replica kit.

Rangers lost a round of the fight in October 2018 and another round in July.

But on Wednesday a judge said he had ruled in favour of Rangers, following a hearing earlier this month, which centred on an injunction previously imposed on the Ibrox club in relation to its kit deal.

The injunction was aimed at preventing further breaches of the original agreement between Rangers and SDI.

Lawyers representing Rangers asked the judge to relax the injunction as they said it was hindering their ability to deal with sports clothing company, the Elite Group. Judge Lionel Persey has now ruled in their favour.

Lawyers representing SDI said they were considering an appeal over the latest decision which could see the case and up at the Court of Appeal in London.

Judge Persey has not published his latest ruling or explained his reasoning but has told lawyers that he had ruled in favour of Rangers.

The same judge had ruled in July last year that Rangers had breached the agreement with SDI over the club's kit deal. But he said he had reached no conclusion on how much compensation the club should pay. That issue is still to be decided.

Meanwhile, after the latest ruling lawyers representing Rangers said SDI should pick up the club's legal bill.

SDI lawyers agreed in principle because Rangers had won the latest round in the long-running case.

But they said Rangers had spent too much on lawyers as the two sides argued over the injunction

They said the club's legal bill totalled around £100,000 and suggested that around half of that would be a reasonable figure.

Judge Lionel Persey split the difference.

He said SDI should pick up £75,000 worth of the club's legal bills.

The judge said £75,000 was a reasonable figure.