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Scottish Premiership: Shankland on the spot to ease pressure on McInnes and Rangers

  • Striker’s second-half penalty ensures 1-0 win at Aberdeen

  • St Mirren 3-3 Motherwell; Celtic 2-0 Falkirk on Saturday

Lawrence Shankland’s second-half penalty gave Derek McInnes and Rangers some much-needed respite with a 1-0 win against Aberdeen at Pittodrie.

The tale since the Rangers manager arrived from Hearts in the summer has been one of constant change in formation and personnel amid exits from two European competitions and a poor start to the Premiership campaign. The Ibrox side turned in a better performance than many of late and in the 69th minute the captain, Shankland, a former Don, converted a spot-kick won by Djeidi Gassama.

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© Photograph: Stuart Wallace/Shutterstock

© Photograph: Stuart Wallace/Shutterstock

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Keep off the grass: British tennis players complain of marijuana smell at US Open

  • Aroma wafts over courts from nearby Corona Park

  • Katie Boulter: ‘You smell it a lot. I’m not a huge fan’

Britain’s US Open hopefuls thought they had put the grass behind them when Wimbledon finished, but the smell of it is all around Flushing Meadows and they are not happy about it.

Marijuana is legal for adults in New York and while smoking is not allowed on site, the aroma of weed wafts over some outside courts from the nearby Corona Park.

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© Photograph: Lev Radin/Shutterstock

© Photograph: Lev Radin/Shutterstock

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