Securities held over various properties owned by Rangers Football Club have been discharged after the repayment of a £5m loan to Sports Direct.

Documents from Registers of Scotland show the club's Murray Park training complex, Albion Car Park, Edmiston House and land on Edmiston Drive at Ibrox Stadium were returned to the full ownership of the club on January 8.

Sports Direct, owned by Newcastle United majority shareholder Mike Ashley, also held security over the club's trademarks and a floating charge on Rangers' assets.

It was also given a mortgage on shares on the joint venture company Rangers Retail Limited. Documents have been lodged at Companies House which indicate the discharge of the securities of those properties.

Rangers announced on December 24 last year that they had sent payment to the sportswear firm to end its loan facility.

Sports Direct has declined to respond to numerous attempts to clarify its position over the discharge of the securities and the repayment of the loan.

Rangers first announced at its annual meeting in November that it intended to pay back the loan facility to Ashley's company, going back on a previous pledge not to return the money, which was not repayable on demand and had no fixed repayment date.

The club paid back the £5m facility by taking out a £6.5m loan from other investors.

The new loan agreement is in place for two years and is interest free.

A security over Murray Park to the Scottish Sports Council remains outstanding.