Rangers withdraw request for St Mirren postponement

Rangers have withdrawn a request to postpone their Scottish Premiership visit to St Mirren should they reach the Champions League play-off round.

Russell Martin’s side are strong favourites to progress past Viktoria Plzen as they go into Tuesday’s away leg of their third qualifying round tie with a 3-0 lead.

Rangers had indicated they might want a blank weekend between the first and second legs against either Salzburg Austria or Club Brugge, should they progress.

The match will now go ahead on Sunday, 24 August with a 12:00 BST kick-off for live television broadcast at the SMiSA Stadium.

Rangers find themselves four points behind reigning champions Celtic after opening their domestic season with two draws.