Britain's Paralympic team have been set a minimum medal target by UK Sport of 103 from at least 12 sports at the London Games.

UK Sport has also confirmed that the aim is to maintain second place in the medal table.
In Beijing four years ago, GB finished with 102 medals, including 42 golds from 11 sports, and were second behind China who won 89 golds.
Winning medals in front of an excited home crowd will give us a great platform to help shift perceptions of Paralympic sport
The London Games begin on 29 August and will run until 9 September.
Based on data from all 18 funded Paralympic sports (the five-a-side and seven-a-side football teams are financed by the Football Association), a collective performance target range of 95 to 145 medals has been set with 16 of those sports targeting medals.
GB's Paralympic campaign has been backed by more than £49m of funding from UK Sport.
The British Olympic team had been set a minimum target of 48 medals for London 2012, but surpassed that figure, finishing with 65 medals which included 29 golds.
"British Paralympic sport is better-resourced and in a stronger position than ever before," said UK Sport chair Baroness Sue Campbell.
"We are able to confirm that our goal of holding second place in the Paralympic medal table at our home Games remains on track, in line with our intentions set out back in 2006 when extra funding for Olympic and Paralympic sport was secured.
"The fantastic news we received last week from the Prime Minister that funding for elite sport is to be maintained into the Rio cycle is a wonderful endorsement for the achievements of our Olympic and Paralympic athletes to date.
"And it is great to be able to say with confidence, ahead of the Paralympic Games, that the era post-2012 will truly mark a new beginning for Olympic and Paralympic sport in the UK.
"I'd like to wish our Paralympians, their coaches and support staff every success in London and I hope they gain the recognition they deserve for their commitment and dedication to British sport."
British Paralympic Association chief executive Tim Hollingsworth said: "ParalympicsGB is going into these Games better prepared through support from the National Lottery than ever before and we are all ready to give everything to achieve our target of second in the medal table.
"Equally important is the fantastic news that our athletes will be competing in full venues. Winning medals in front of an excited home crowd will give us a great platform to help shift perceptions of Paralympic sport and ensure that our athletes get the recognition they deserve."


Doncaster Rovers have signed Sheffield United midfielder Ben Whiteman in a six-month loan deal.

The 21-year-old ended last season on loan with League Two side Mansfield, scoring seven goals in 23 appearances.
"The manager explained to me how he wanted to play next season and I was really interested, playing against his side last season really impressed me," he told the Rovers website.
"It's my job now to impress in training and earn my place in the team."
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Coneygree warmed up for the Hennessy Gold Cup later this month with an impressive comeback victory at Sandown.

The Cheltenham Gold Cup winner beat rivals Seventh Sky and Southfield Theatre on Sunday to claim his first win since taking steeplechasing's blue riband prize in March.
Jockey Nico de Boinville guided the eight-year-old to a 25-length triumph.
Coneygree, who is unbeaten over fences, will ride in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury on Saturday, 28 November.
"He felt great. We were in tight a couple of times and he shortened up well. He's just the same old Coneygree," said De Boinville.


More than 200 warehouse staff and delivery drivers are staging a series of strikes across the UK after rejecting a 1.5% pay increase.

The Indesit UK staff distribute fridge freezers, washing machines, cookers and other household appliances.
They are planning to strike for 24 hours on 21 August; for 48 hours on 27 August and 24 hours on 1 September. Staff are also working to rule.
Italian-based Indesit have been asked to comment but have so far declined.
Depots affected are at Andover; Barnsley; Chepstow; Gateshead; Grangemouth; Hayes in west London; Mallusk  in Newtonabbey, Northern Ireland; Trafford Park  in Manchester; Raunds in Northamptonshire; Sharpness in Berkeley, Gloucestershire; Wednesbury  in the West Midlands and West Thurrock in Essex.
Unite regional officer Mark Plumb said: "They are seeking a substantial increase in their basic pay after years of below inflation pay rises."
As the drivers deliver more than 16,000 items each week across the UK, the strikes will severely disrupt deliveries, he said.


An organist's tribute to singer David Bowie has been described as "utterly breathtaking", "amazing" and "tear-jerkingly beautiful" by some of the 2.6 million people who have viewed it.

St Albans Cathedral put organ scholar Nicholas Freestone's version of the singer's Life on Mars on Facebook after his death was announced on Monday.
Millions have viewed the video and thousands have commented.
Mr Freestone, 24, from Ipswich, said he was "humbled" by the reaction.
Bowie died in New York at the age of 69 after an 18-month battle with cancer.
St Albans Cathedral posted Mr Freestone's organ tribute on Monday, saying: "A special tribute to David Bowie who died today.
"Thank you to our marvellous organ scholar."
The cathedral's Facebook page has been flooded with more than 2,800 comments and millions have watched the film.
"Bravo maestro, you moved me to tears. My favourite Bowie song as never heard before. Soaring and stunning, thank you," one person wrote.
Another said: "Nicholas Freestone... that was utterly breathtaking. l have a lump in my throat the size of a rock and my eyes are leaking.
"Of all the tributes l've seen today for David Bowie, yours was glorious. Simple, heartfelt and unique. Thank you."
Mr Freestone replied: "I'm the organist playing this. It's rather humbling to read your comments. Thanks everyone for sharing."
He said it was an "impromptu performance" which the cathedral invited people to join via Twitter.
"It then went very mad, very quickly."
A spokesman for the Diocese of St Albans said: "Our organ scholar has proved brilliantly adept at playing Life on Mars with just a hint of a mournful voice and a prayer for a departed soul."


European leaders are expected to spell out how Northern Ireland could rejoin the EU after any future border poll.

The leaders are meeting at a summit in Brussels over the weekend to confirm their guidelines for the Brexit negotiations.
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams said any discussions around the potential for a united Ireland within Europe are to be welcomed.
But the DUP's Ian Paisley said the discussions mean little in reality.
He said: "It falls in to a hypothetical fantasy politics point of view, what would happen if?
"The fact of the matter is, if there was a border poll, people would know that they were voting to leave the United Kingdom and go into a Europe that could not pay for Northern Ireland."
Reports suggest Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Enda Kenny will ask his EU partners to back the idea of Northern Ireland automatically joining the EU if people vote to unite with the Republic.
Mr Adams said: "One would presume that the European Commission, recognising the international treaty which is the Good Friday Agreement, would also recognise the right of people here to be part of a United Ireland if that's what they vote for in a referendum on Irish unity.
"The question is this, will that be a note in the minutes, or will that be a directive as part of these guidelines.
"This is what happened with East Germany, it's a very modest, simple, but very welcome step in the right direction, to recognise if there is to be a united Ireland the entire island would be within the European Union."
The Brexit Secretary David Davis said in March that the government's view on Northern Ireland's status within the European Union, in the event of a future border poll in favour of a united Ireland was that should the people of Northern Ireland vote to leave the UK, they would "be in a position of becoming part of an existing EU member state, rather than seeking to join the EU as a new independent state".
Mr Davis made the remarks in a letter to the SDLP MP Mark Durkan.
During last year's EU referendum, Northern Ireland voted to remain by a majority of 56% to 44%, but the UK as a whole voted to leave the EU by 52% to 48%.
The EU issued draft guidelines on Brexit on 31 March.
Official talks will not begin until after the UK general election on 8 June.


Three men have fallen from a crane on the outskirts of Londonderry.

It happened at about 09:45 BST on the Port Road near Lisahally port.
It is believed the men fell more than 15ft (4.5 metres) from the cradle of a crane onto a boat.
The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service said the three men have been taken to Altnagelvin hospital. One has back and neck injuries, a second has back injuries and the third has been described as "walking wounded".
The port and the harbour are to launch an investigation into what happened.
The Health and Safety Executive said it will also investigate.


Australian teenager Nick Kyrgios caused a sensational upset as he beat world number one Rafael Nadal to reach the quarter-finals at Wimbledon.

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The 19-year-old wildcard's huge serve helped him to a 7-6 (7-5) 5-7 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 victory on his Centre Court debut, and he will play Milos Raonic next.
Ranked 144, Kyrgios is the first man outside the top 100 to beat a world number one at a Grand Slam since 1992.
Nadal, 27, has failed to make the last eight at Wimbledon since 2011.
He lost in the second round two years ago, the first round last year, and now experiences the kind of defeat not suffered by someone at the top of the rankings since Jim Courier's loss to world number 193 Andrei Olhovskiy at Wimbledon 22 years ago.
The Spaniard had lost the first set in each of his first three matches before recovering to win in four, but could not repeat the effort against a rampant Kyrgios.
Despite being tipped for greatness by the likes of Andy Murray and Pat Cash in recent weeks, Kyrgios had only claimed his first top-50 win last week when he saved nine match points to beat Richard Gasquet in the second round.
But firing down aces, racing between points and leaping in celebration, the young Australian took Centre Court by storm.
"I was in a bit of a zone out there and didn't really notice the crowd," Kyrgios told BBC Sport. "I was struggling a little on return but I worked my way into it and I served really well throughout, so am very happy.
"You have to believe that you can win the match from the start and I definitely did. I am playing really well on grass."
Nadal pressed as best he could in the face of a barrage, lining up a forehand at 30-30 in game six only to see a backhand rocket back past him, and his opponent leap and punch the air in celebration.
If the 14-time Grand Slam champion was banking on a failure of nerve in the tie-break, he was to be disappointed.
Kyrgios saw his opponent save two set points on serve before calmly hammering an ace out wide to clinch it.
When Kyrgios hit an outrageous winner between his legs in the second set, it appeared he could do no wrong, and Nadal had failed to win a point on the Australian's first serve as they headed towards a second tie-break.
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That run came to an end when Kyrgios fell 30-40 down at 6-5, and after saving a set point - and first break point - with another ace, he could only find the net as Nadal leapt on his opportunity.
A huge fist pump illustrated the relief felt by the two-time champion, but the rhythm of the match did not alter.
The third set followed a similar pattern, with Nadal looking marginally more likely to break, but again Kyrgios grabbed his chance as the tie-break sped by.
When a set point arrived, the teenager stepped in on a second serve and blasted a forehand return that a scrambling Nadal failed to recover.
Kyrgios stood, arms raised in celebration, and Nadal trooped back to his chair knowing he was facing an early exit for the third year running despite having not yet dropped serve.
Two heavy backhands helped the wildcard finally make the breakthrough to move 3-1 ahead in the fourth set, and he powered through to the finish line, sealing the win of his life with ace number 37.


Martyn Waghorn is determined to prove he has not been relegated to Rangers' fringes in his side's two remaining friendlies ahead of the league season.

Manager Pedro Caixinha signed two forwards - Eduardo Herrera and Alfredo Morelos - this summer.
And Waghorn was left on the bench for the weekend draw with Marseille.
"Not only for myself, but for other players maybe on the fringes, it's a chance for everyone to impress," he said of the forthcoming games.
Rangers were left having to organise friendlies ahead of the Scottish Premiership opener against Motherwell on 6 August after a surprise defeat by Progres Niederkorn in their opening Europa League qualifier.
They face Watford behind closed doors on Wednesday then take on Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough on Sunday.
"These games are important for everyone," said 27-year-old Waghorn, who has a year left of his contract to run.
"We have brought in two strikers and brought in competition right throughout the squad.
"We have games coming up and, when you get your time, you are going to have to utilise it and try to do as best as you can to force your way into the squad.
"For me, it's going to be a big season - I want to do as well as I can for this club and I have a lot to prove."
Waghorn scored 28 goals in his first season at Ibrox after joining from Wigan Athletic in 2015.
However, veteran Kenny Miller was regularly preferred to the Englishman by Caixinha after the Portuguese replaced Mark Warburton in March.
Caixinha is looking to improve on a third-place finish that left him disappointed at the end of Rangers' first season back in the top flight.
"I feel like it is going to be a successful season for the team and I want to be a part of that," added Waghorn.


Anthony Limbrick kicked off his Woking tenure with a fine 2-1 victory over Gateshead in stormy conditions at Laithwaite Community Stadium.

Former Barrow striker Inih Effiong took just 18 minutes to open his Woking account, tapping in on the rebound after Heed goalkeeper James Montgomery saved his initial effort.
Danny Johnson, who notched 18 times for the visitors last season, equalised with a thunderous low volley from just outside the area after 26 minutes, but Joe Ward put the hosts back in front after being picked out superbly by Bobson Bawling just before the interval.
Chez Isaac skimmed the crossbar for Woking with a spectacular strike from 25 yards after 50 minutes while Effiong also spurned an open goal to make it 3-1 soon after, but they had already done enough to hand former Southampton and West Ham academy coach Limbrick his first win.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Woking 2, Gateshead 1.
Second Half ends, Woking 2, Gateshead 1.
Substitution, Woking. Kane Ferdinand replaces Joe Ward.
Substitution, Gateshead. Richard Peniket replaces Russell Penn.
Substitution, Woking. Jamie Philpot replaces Bobson Bawling.
Substitution, Gateshead. Robbie Tinkler replaces Fraser Kerr.
Second Half begins Woking 2, Gateshead 1.
First Half ends, Woking 2, Gateshead 1.
Goal!  Woking 2, Gateshead 1. Joe Ward (Woking).
Goal!  Woking 1, Gateshead 1. Danny Johnson (Gateshead).
Substitution, Woking. Charlie Carter replaces Fabio Saraiva.
Goal!  Woking 1, Gateshead 0. Inih Effiong (Woking).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.


Anyone covering 21st Century politics stumbling across the latest releases from the Thatcher government files will be hit by a strong sense of deja vu.

The way Wales is funded from Westminster is just one of the familiar issues being debated behind-the-scenes in the 1980s.
Then the main arguments were prompted by a feeling within Whitehall that what was known then as "the territorials formula" (better known today as the Barnett formula) was too generous to Scotland. Margaret Thatcher ordered a review but the formula survives to this day.
The "north-south divide" was on the agenda, although the head of Mrs Thatcher's policy unit described it as a "myth". One suggestion was that Manchester could be projected more vigorously, although no-one used the phrase "northern powerhouse".
I was surprised by the extent of opposition within Mrs Thatcher's government to the Cardiff Bay barrage, although her Welsh Secretary Nicholas Edwards (now Lord Crickhowell) insists there is a full account in his memoirs (page 48).
The newly-released files show how officials thought he pursued his project - "the Edwards barrage" - without consulting colleagues or the Treasury. There is a sense that he was trying to bounce the cabinet into supporting the barrage. Mrs Thatcher's "the scheme just hasn't been worked out enough" note reveals her fear of "an elaborate and expensive presentation".
But the barrage was (eventually) built, and opened long after Thatcher and Crickhowell had left frontline politics.


It is December - but try telling the weather that!

This month is on course to become the warmest December for more than 100 years in the UK.
Daffodils - usually associated with Easter - have been spotted in full bloom around Britain.
The unseasonal temperatures mean Christmas is beginning to look a lot more like spring than winter.
We have been looking at some of your December weather pictures from the UK and the US.
Spain? Greece? Italy? No it's Blackpool.
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Michael Clarke made a half-century, captaining Australia for the first time in two months as they won their final World Cup warm-up against the UAE.

Opening the batting, Clarke contributed 64 to the hosts' 304-8 in Melbourne.
Coach Darren Lehman then told Australian TV that the 33-year-old may be fit to play against England in their World Cup opener on Saturday.
"If he gets through the fielding and bowls some overs then we'll see what happens," Lehmann said.
Having set the visitors an imposing target at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Clarke fielded and also bowled two overs of left-arm spin as the UAE were bowled out for 116 with just under 20 overs to spare, handing the Aussies a 188-run win.
Clarke had suffered two injuries to his left hamstring in 2014 before tearing his right hamstring while fielding in the first Test against India on 13 December.
He even went so far as to suggest that the injury may have ended his career.
But, by 24 December, he stated his desire to be fit for the World Cup and returned to action in grade cricket on 31 January.
Last week, he batted and bowled for a Cricket Australia XI against Bangladesh and was thought to be working towards a deadline of 21 February - co-hosts Australia's second match of the World Cup, also against Bangladesh - to prove his fitness for the tournament.
Clarke was at the crease for 90 minutes at the MCG and faced 61 balls.
Without ever being asked to fully exert himself, the right-hander struck eight boundaries before offering a leading edge to long-on from the off-spin of Nasir Aziz.
Even after Australia had completed a routine victory, Clarke returned to the outfield for some fielding practice.
In Wednesday's other World Cup warm-ups, Zimbabwe caused an upset by beating Sri Lanka by seven wickets at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval.
After they restricted Sri Lanka to 279-8 from 50 overs, Hamilton Masakadza led the way for the underdogs with an unbeaten 117, backed up by Brendan Taylor (63) and Sean Williams, who made 51 not out after taking 3-35 earlier in the game.
Also in Christchurch, at the Hagley Oval, co-hosts New Zealand eased past South Africa, making 331-8 before bowling the Proteas out for 197 as left-arm paceman Trent Boult took 5-51.


A judge was right to jail three men for their part in violence towards police at an illegal rave in Lincolnshire.

Glen More, 24, Thomas Carling, 19, and Joshua Colman, 22, were part of a large group who clashed with officers attempting to break up the event at Twyford Wood, near Bourne, on 23 June.
The men, who admitted violent disorder, appealed against their jail terms but the application was rejected.
Mr Justice Males said the judge was "entitled" to pass deterrent sentences.
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More than 20 officers and a police dog were injured during the incident.
Colman, of Narborough, Norfolk, was jailed for 18 months and Carling, of Corsham, Wiltshire, was jailed for 12 months at a hearing in July.
More, of Stroud, Gloucestershire, was jailed for 12 months in October.
Mr Justice Males said: "It's a matter of great regret when a person of good character takes part in criminal activity that is out of character and quickly regrets.
"That activity and the punishment that follows may cast a blight over the lives of those who are essentially, apart from this occasion, decent young people.
"We recognise the severe consequences for each of the three appellants. A single night of mindless violence may have long-term consequences.
"The fact this was mindless and carried out under the influence of alcohol or drugs was no excuse."


Voters from across Merseyside will be heading to the polling stations on Thursday.

All of the region's five councils have elections this year.
And while in four of them, only one-third of the seats will be contested, in Knowsley all will be up for grabs due to boundary changes and the reduction in the number of councillors from 63 to 45.
In Liverpool, voters will also be asked to elect a city mayor while voters across Merseyside will be electing a police and crime commissioner too.
While Merseyside may be split between red and blue when it comes to football, politically the reds dominate.
Labour currently controls all of the five councils.
Every councillor in Knowsley wears the red rose and in both Liverpool and St Helens, Labour enjoy a huge majority.
Labour's other two councils in the region look pretty secure as well but it will be interesting to see how Jeremy Corbyn's leadership plays with voters in Wirral and Sefton, who may be tempted by the Liberal Democrats or Conservative.
The Lib Dems will be hoping to make gains in Sefton and Liverpool - where they ran the council until 2010 before being ousted by Labour.
The party suffered on Merseyside as a result of its coalition with the Conservatives, so it will interesting to see whether they have yet been forgiven.
The Green Party - currently the official opposition on Liverpool City Council - will be looking to grab at least another seat.
They're also hopeful of success in Wirral, where their first candidate was elected in 2014.
Across Merseyside, they are fielding more candidates than the UK Independence Party, which comes as a surprise given the latter have come second in more wards than the Greens in recent years.
While the Conservatives have never seen Merseyside as a heartland, it is worth noting that they still have a significant number of councillors - 21 to Labours 39 - on Wirral Council and will be hoping for an even better result this time around.
There are seven men fighting to become Liverpool Mayor, but it will be a big shock if the incumbent, Labour's Joe Anderson, does not win again.
He won with 60% of the vote four years ago.
His challengers are Richard Kemp for the Lib Dems, Tony Caldeira for the Tories, Tom Crone of the Green Party, Independent candidate Alan Hutchinson,Paul Rimmer of the English Democrats and Roger Bannister of the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition.
What's most interesting about this contest is that the position may only exist for a year.
That's because in 2017, the whole of Merseyside will get to vote for a Metro Mayor, who'll be in charge of the whole city region, not just Liverpool.  That will include Halton in Cheshire.
It may be the case that Liverpool will keep its own mayor in addition to the regional one.
Alternatively, city councillors may vote to abolish the role altogether and return to having a council leader and cabinet - the arrangement which was in place until 2012.
Liverpool City Council has yet to decide which option to pursue.
Voters will also be electing a new Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside.
The candidates are the incumbent Jane Kennedy (Labour), David Burgess-Joyce (Conservative), Chris Carubia (Lib Dem) and John Coyne (Green).


A Federal judge in Hawaii has blocked President Donald Trump's new travel ban, hours before it was due to begin at midnight on Thursday.

US District Judge Derrick Watson cited "questionable evidence" in the government's argument that the ban was a matter of national security.
Hawaii is one of several US states trying to stop the ban.
The order would have placed a 90-day ban on people from six mainly Muslim nations and a 120-day ban on refugees.
President Trump said it would stop terrorists from entering the US but critics say it is discriminatory.
An earlier version of the order, issued in late January, sparked confusion and protests, and was blocked by a judge in Seattle.
The White House has not yet commented on the latest ruling.
Lawyers in Hawaii had argued that the ban would violate the US constitution by discriminating against people on the grounds of their national origin.
The state also said the ban would harm tourism and the ability to recruit foreign students and workers.
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who is attending a court hearing in Seattle in his efforts to block the travel ban, described the ruling as "fantastic news".
"It's very exciting. At this point it's a team effort - multiple lawsuits and multiple states," he said.
A court hearing was also taking place in Maryland where lawyers told a Federal judge the travel ban still discriminated against Muslims.
Donald Trump's first travel ban was suspended because it likely violated the due process rights of individuals with valid residency papers and visas. The battle over whether it imposed an unconstitutional religious test on certain immigrants was put off until another day. That day has arrived.
In its decision, the federal court in Hawaii used Mr Trump's own words - and the words of his advisers - against him. The text of the executive order, Judge Derrick Watson held, could not be separated from the context of the recent presidential campaign, "Muslim ban" rhetoric and all. An order that discriminates against some Muslims, he continued, is just as legally deficient as one that discriminates against them all.
Now it's back to the drawing board for the Trump administration or - perhaps an even gloomier prospect - back to the Ninth Circuit court of appeals, which ruled against the president on the original ban just last month.
After Mr Trump's previous adverse legal ruling, he angrily tweeted "We'll see you in court." Although it took a new travel order to get there, it turns out he was right.
Under the revised order, citizens of six countries on the original 27 January order - Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen - would once more be subject to a 90-day travel ban.
Iraq was removed from the list because its government boosted visa screening and data sharing, White House officials said.
The revised order also lifts an indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees and says Green Card holders (legal permanent residents of the US) from the named countries will not be affected.
But more than half a dozen US states have joined lawsuits in an attempt to block it.
In his presidential campaign, Mr Trump vowed "a total and complete shutdown" of Muslim immigration to the US, and to implement a process of "extreme vetting" in order to prevent violent extremists from entering the US.


Republic of Ireland striker Kevin Doyle said there was "no major damage" after suffering a deep leg gash in Friday's 1-0 win over Switzerland.

The Colorado Rapids striker has had surgery on his leg after he was taken off on a stretcher in the Dublin game.
"Thanks to plastic surgeons at the Mater Hospital, leg looks brand new," said the 32-year-old on Twitter.
Doyle, Daryl Murphy, Robbie Keane and Jon Walters will all miss Tuesday's game against Slovakia in Dublin.
Former Wolves and Reading striker Doyle looked in danger of missing out on Euro 2016 as he was left writhing on the ground in Friday's game after making a block tackle.
However, the striker allayed those fears on Saturday morning, saying he aimed to be "back jogging in a few weeks" after earlier tweeting a picture of his leg.
Keane was ruled out of Friday's win over the Swiss and manager Martin O'Neill said after the game that the squad captain is now "a wee bit concerned about the injury".
"It's something he thought was a kick for a start, he thought it would clear up in a couple of days," said the Republic boss.
"He will miss Tuesday's game definitely now. I am hoping that's not a major concern at the moment and I genuinely don't think it is, so I don't want to start a bit of scaremongering."
Stoke striker Walters will again miss Tuesday's game as he continues to be bothered by a hamstring injury while Daryl Murphy, who replaced Doyle on Friday, has returned to his club Ipswich Town because of a calf strain.
With Doyle's injury not as serious as first feared, O'Neill was reasonably content with a night's work which saw him running the rule over a number of fringe players.
With Shane Duffy impressing in central defence, Shane Long hit the woodwork although the visitors missed late chances with Republic keeper Darren Randolph saving a deflected Granit Xhaka shot.
"We probably lacked a little bit of cohesion, but it was nice to keep the momentum going against what I thought was a very fine Swiss side," said O'Neill.


A Thai man is recovering in hospital after a 3m (10ft) python emerged from a squat toilet and sank its teeth into his penis.

Attaporn Boonmakchuay said the python was "yanking very hard" as he and his wife tried to wrestle it off.
Doctors said Mr Attaporn, who lost a lot of blood in the ordeal, was making a good recovery.
Workers dismantled the toilet and extracted the python which had slithered through domestic plumbing.
It was released back into the wild.
The incident happened as Mr Attaporn, 38, went to the toilet at his home in Chachoengsao province, east of Bangkok, before leaving for work on Wednesday.
As he used the toilet he said he suddenly felt a sharp pain.
"I felt as though my penis had been severed. The snake was yanking very hard," he said, according to the Bangkok Post.
As the python tried to pull him down, he called for his wife and neighbours to help him, the post reported.
Mr Attaporn told Thai TV that his wife tied a rope around the snake and he prised its jaws open before passing out.
Thai media published images of Mr Attaporn's blood-spattered toilet.
Doctors said Mr Attaporn was recovering well.
"He has a really good attitude... even though his own wife and children were in shock. He's been smiling and giving interviews all day from his bed," said Chularat Hospital director Dr Chutima Pincharoen.
Mr Attaporn said he planned to replace the squat toilet with a sitting one.


On the eve of a commons debate on whether to strip Sir Philip Green of his knighthood, the war of words between Sir Philip Green and his nemesis Frank Field intensified (if that's possible).

A letter seen by the BBC sends a fresh rebuke from the retailer to the Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee.
Specifically, it criticises Mr Field for upsetting the 22,000 workers in the rest of his Arcadia empire (which includes Topshop, Dorothy Perkins and others) by saying in an interview that Sir Philip "is running Arcadia into the ground like BHS".
The letter also objects to Frank Field's lack of remorse for saying Sir Philip had been "nicking money off other people".
A charge for which the recent enquiry found no evidence.
In the letter Sir Philip pointedly declines to litigate against Field - a course Sir Philip says he felt he was being goaded into.
It seems unlikely that this will change the tenor of a debate scheduled for 11:30 on Thursday. It will be a brave MP who stands against the tide of public opinion - despite the fact that there is no evidence Sir Philip did anything illegal in selling an ailing BHS for Â£1 to a buyer that he accepts was a manifestly unsuitable buyer.
He remains committed to "sorting" the huge deficit in the BHS pension scheme and preventing it falling into the Pension Protection Fund which would see those scheme members yet to retire lose 10% of their pension income immediately and see their future benefits dwindle over time.
Sources close to the negotiations tell me that despite the fact "an enormous amount of energy" is going into the discussions, a resolution is not imminent.
An MPs vote alone is not enough to strip him of his honour - and we may not even get a vote tomorrow - that depends on the discretion of the Speaker of the House Jon Bercow.
If we do, and the vote goes against Sir Philip, the final decision will rest with the Honours Forfeiture Committee, headed by the UK's top civil servant.
Pension scheme members will care more about their outcome than the arcane workings of the honours system. This messy affair seems likely to drag on for some time yet.


The European Parliament has called for an EU treaty change to stop MEPs' monthly shuttle to Strasbourg in France, and instead make Brussels the parliament's permanent home.

Most MEPs are convinced that the Brussels-Strasbourg shuttle is a huge waste of time and money.
The costs and CO2 emissions have grown as the parliament has got bigger and more powerful over the years, they say.
Unanimity is required for a treaty change, so France can still block it.
Only EU governments - jointly called the Council - currently have the power to change a treaty.
Most of the EU's business takes place in Brussels and that is where EU summits - official meetings of the European Council - are held.
The current Strasbourg shuttle requires 766 MEPs and more than 3,000 members of staff to move their offices entirely to the French city on the Rhine for a few days every month.
The border city symbolised European reconciliation after World War 2, with Germany on the opposite bank. Businesses in Strasbourg thrive on the monthly influx of MEPs, lobbyists and others involved in the parliament's work.
MEPs overwhelmingly backed a report by the UK Conservative MEP Ashley Fox and a German Green MEP, Gerald Haefner, which calls for a treaty change to "allow parliament to decide on the location of its seat and its internal organisation".
As the EU body which most directly represents European citizens, the report says, parliament "should be granted the prerogative of determining its own working arrangements, including the right to decide where and when it holds its meetings".
The report was adopted with 483 votes for and 141 against. There were 34 abstentions.
Last year the French government took legal action when MEPs tried to cut the number of sessions they hold in Strasbourg every year. And it would veto a proposal to move parliament out of the city for good, the BBC's Chris Morris reports.
Luxembourg hosts the parliament's secretariat and in the past it has sided with France in opposing the "single seat" campaign.
British MEPs are in the vanguard of the campaign to stop what they call the "travelling circus".
The Single Seat campaign website says that every year the Strasbourg shuttle wastes at least 180m euros (Â£150m; $243m) and generates 19,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions.
The campaigners point out that more than one million EU citizens have signed a petition calling for the parliament to have a single seat - Brussels.
The EU can already introduce legislation if at least one million citizens request it, through the Citizen's Initiative procedure.
The Fox-Haefner report says the monthly migration to Strasbourg is detrimental to the EU's reputation, "especially at a time when the financial crisis has led to serious and painful expenditure cuts in the member states".
But in a debate on the issue on Tuesday evening French MEPs defended Strasbourg's role.
French centre-right MEP Constance Le Grip told the campaigners: "You are turning your backs on the history and the founding principles of the European Union".
And Bruno Gollnisch from the far-right French National Front (FN) blamed "newcomers to the club wanting to change the rules" for the numbers wanting to scrap the Strasbourg shuttle.


Wasps director of rugby Dai Young says his side are still searching for a "killer instinct" this season, despite  thrashing Premiership leaders Saracens.

Wasps ran in eight tries as they hammered the defending champions 64-23 to move up to fourth in the table.
"When we're playing a team we know will make us pay if we don't get things right, we respond to that," Young said.
"Against teams we probably should beat, we don't have that cutting edge - we have some development to do on that."
The win over Sarries was the latest impressive result for Wasps, who have also beaten Northampton Saints and won their pool to qualify for the quarter-finals of this season's European Champions Cup after victories over Leinster and defending champions Toulon.
But it is their narrow wins against the struggling sides that is keeping Young level-headed.
"We're still fighting for that consistency and killer instinct," he told BBC Coventry and Warwickshire.
"It frustrates you when, against the two bottom teams in the league we've got out of jail - we probably should've lost against Worcester and Newcastle at home."
Despite moving into the play-off places, Young refuses to get carried away with their rise.
"It's the wrong time of year to be in there - if it was the last week of the season, I'd be thrilled," he said.
"The reality is we're halfway through the season and there's a long way to go. The league is ridiculously tight.
"It would be a big mistake to talk about the top four. Come the last few weeks of the season, if you're in the top six then you can think about it.


The death toll from a suicide attack on a Shia mosque during Friday prayers in the Kuwaiti capital has risen to at least 27, the interior ministry says.

Another 227 people were wounded, it added. Images circulating online show bodies on the mosque floor amid debris.
The blast hit the Imam Sadiq Mosque in a busy area to the east of Kuwait City.
An Islamic State- (IS) affiliated group said it was behind the attack. IS has carried out similar recent attacks in neighbouring Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
However, this is the first attack on a Shia mosque to take place in the small Gulf state.
A Kuwaiti MP, who saw the attacker, said the mosque was packed with some 2,000 people when there was a loud explosion, Reuters reported.
"It was obvious from the suicide bomber's body that he was young. He walked into the prayer hall during sujood [kneeling in prayer], he looked... in his 20s, I saw him with my own eyes," Khalil al-Salih told the news agency.
A paramedic, speaking to AP news agency, said most of the victims men and boys attending Friday prayers.
Footage said to be taken in the aftermath of the blast showed dozens of men in blood-splattered white robes spilling out of the smoke-filled mosque into the street outside.
Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah said the attack was an attempt to threaten national unity. "But this is too difficult for them and we are much stronger than that," he added.
State TV showed the Kuwaiti Emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, visiting the damaged mosque.
An IS affiliate calling itself the Najd Province - the same group that claimed a pair of bombing attacks on Shia mosques in Saudi Arabia in recent weeks - said it was behind the attack.
A spokesman for Islamic State this week urged the militant group's followers to step up attacks during the Islamic month of Ramadan.
Sunni-ruled Kuwait has a large Shia minority, which IS considers to be heretical.
The blast in Kuwait came on the same day as:
France, Kuwait and Tunisia attacks: What we know


A hospital chaplain has been criticised for likening a trip to a gynaecology unit to going to Ikea.

Campaigners angry about the relocation of gynaecology services from Redditch to Worcester tweeted: "260 women making a 36 mile round trip over the next 6 months. That's 9360 miles travelled".
Reverend David Southall replied: "I would have thought patient safety trumped distance travelled. People go to Ikea for less".
He said the comment was "banter".
Emergency gynaecology services were temporarily moved from the Alexandra Hospital to the Worcestershire Royal after there were not enough doctors to fully staff the unit in Redditch. The arrangement has been extended by six months.
Neal Stote, from protest group Save the Alex, which is campaigning to keep services at the hospital, said: "The tweet may seem like  a minor thing but it just shows the hospital trust does not understand the depth of feeling about services.
"It adds insult to injury".
Mr Southall said he was "trying to point out that people travel long distances."
"We are a very mobile population. To travel alone in a car when you're poorly is obviously not ideal. As for the Ikea comment - it was just a bit of banter," he said.
Twitter user Mike Bond called it "a shockingly stupid comparison" and said "the people who drive to Ikea by choice HAVE CARS. Some ill people don't."
Nichola Farnes said the comment was "offensive and unhelpful".
But Mr Southall has claimed he has been "cartooned" by his detractors.
"Save the Alex posted a picture of a list on Facebook which had an Ikea shopping list of 'tea lights, meatballs and ectopic pregnancy'.
"That is not what I was saying. I am just saying patient safety comes first".


Musical Show Boat's first London revival in nearly 20 years could not, it would seem, be more timely, coming as it does at a time of heightened debate and and controversy over diversity at the Oscars and in the arts in general.

The musical was one of the first to marry big show tunes and lavish presentations with serious themes - particularly racial segregation in the American South. And, one of its most famous songs, Ol' Man River, was performed in its 1928 West End production by the legendary civil rights campaigner, actor and singer Paul Robeson playing Joe.
On the face of it, the musical's inspiration - Edna Kerber's book about three generations of performers on a floating theatre on the banks of the Mississippi - was unlikely source material for a Broadway musical.  But in 1927, when 200 to 300 performances would have been considered a hit on Broadway, Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's Show Boat ran for 572 performances.
A 2016 revival returns to London's West End on 9 April, via a brief spell at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre, for the first time since a 1998 production by Hal Prince.
Its director Daniel Evans calls the show "the mother of all musicals".  Jack Viertel, author of The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Classic Broadway Shows Are Built, agrees, saying: "It was a show which did a lot to shape the definition of what we were going to do in musical theatre."
Professor Larry Stempel, author of Showtime: A History of the Broadway Musical Theatre, pinpoints three reasons for Show Boat's success.
"It has an engaging backstage story of a family of performers. Its sheer ambition: using a European-style operetta to tell an American saga covering three generations. And the score is consistently tuneful, memorable and often brilliant with musical evergreens such as Make Believe, Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man, and Ol' Man River,"  highlights Stempel.
Ol' Man River, which contrasts the steady flow of the Mississippi River with the constant travails of the African-American working man (and woman), was written for black actor, singer and activist Paul Robeson. He actually made his debut as Joe in the 1928 London production - and subsequently the 1936 film - having been unavailable for the original Broadway staging,
Emmanuel Kojo, Joe in the show's revival, is convinced the way racial resonances in the musical relate to an audience in the era of a heightened diversity debate in the arts are "vital, vital, vital".
"This show is the first time black and white actors were performing on stage together," he says.
Kojo is convinced that black actors "are not getting the recognition that they deserve".
"The Oscars snubs were just ridiculous. I do always feel as a black actor you have to work four times as hard as your white counterpart to be as successful as they are."
The pressure of interpreting a song associated with Robeson is something he feels keenly.
"I always look back and think if I didn't have the courage to ask to sing it that day, I would not be doing the role right now.
"It has been a dream of mine to do. So there was no doubt about taking on the role and creating my own stamp and our version of Joe. There is definitely a pressure that comes with it, as people come with an expectation of a song everyone knows. But I think we have created our own version of it which we are all very proud of."
Kojo was originally seen for a role in the chorus.  "In the audition I politely said to them that I realise I am way too young, but asked if I could sing Ol' Man River. They asked me to sing my audition song first and then that. It all just went from there," he says.
The potency of the song, memorably recorded on film by Robeson, is not lost on Kojo, who learnt it at 17.
"The song sometimes can become just a beautiful song and not the message behind it, which tells of suffering, pain and hope of a better life. I think also understanding what the black people in that time had to experience and go through just drives the song itself so it doesn't become lethargic and wistful," he says.
"So it was hard to get out of me because of how I have always known the song to be sang but with a lot of help and work we were able to do it."
Show Boat's arrival at the New London Theatre, the recent home of huge hits War Horse and Cats, also features in its cast Gina Beck as Magnolia Hawks.
Beck has played celebrated musical theatre roles such as Cosette in Les Miserables, Christine in Phantom of the Opera and Glinda in Wicked.
"Playing Magnolia is wonderful as it's a role that spans 40 years and there's so much to play as she grows older," she says.
She agrees with Kojo and Evans about the musical's contemporary qualities.
"Audiences are surprised by how current it feels," she says. "The storyline of racial prejudice and love and heartbreak between four different couples stands the test of time."
Viertel attests to its contemporary power. "The show ends with the world changing and the ways people adapt to the world changing. That's powerful. The question of how people are going to live together is something we are still trying to figure out."
Director Evans adds: "What's astounding is that the piece is still able to blow audiences away.  In Sheffield, there were standing ovations at most shows."
And Evans has another reason why audiences will have a good night out. "While the piece spans 40 years, we manage to tell an epic story and be in the bar by 10.15pm."
Viertel puts things more simply: "I think you just can't resist it."
Show Boat opens at the New London Theatre on 9 April.


A legal bid by the public prosecution service (PPS) and PSNI to gain access to interviews recorded by a former IRA member as part of the Boston College project is to be challenged by the American university.

Anthony McIntyre was one of the main researchers in the project.
A subpoena was served on the college at the weekend demanding access to interviews about his IRA activities.
The college says it will file a motion to quash the subpoena.
McIntyre's legal team in Belfast also plan to lodge papers in the High Court challenging the legality of a decision by the PPS to use an international treaty to seek assistance from the US authorities.
The subpoena was served on the college by a lawyer acting on behalf of the British government.
It compels a representative of the college to appear in court in Massachussets next Friday to provide the material requested.
Anthony McIntyre's lawyers team say that request was unlawful.
What are the 'Boston tapes'?
Dozens of former paramilitaries were interviewed in Belfast and other cities and towns from 2001-2006 as part of an oral history project known as the Belfast Project.
Details about internal politics and activities of the IRA were revealed on tape, including accounts of a hunger strike in prison in the 1980s.
Overall, the project cost about $200,000 (Â£118,520), mostly provided by an Irish-American businessman.
Each interview was transcribed, sent by encrypted email to New York and then the material was sent to Boston College, where it was placed under lock and key at Burns Library.
Following a lengthy legal battle with the college, the Police Service of Northern Ireland gained access to a small number of the interviews in 2013.
A legal firm acting for Boston College, Locke Lord, has confirmed in a letter that it will also oppose the subpoena.
"I can confirm that Boston College will file a motion to quash the subpoena that seeks Anthony McIntyre's Belfast Project interview recordings, transcripts, and related materials," the letter states.
"No such materials will be produced pending a ruling on that motion."
Anthony McIntyre recorded a number of interviews detailing his own activities during the Troubles, as well as interviewing others.
He served 18 years in prison for IRA offences, and insists the police have already questioned him about all of the issues listed in a subpoena served on Boston College.


The head of the UK's national anti-doping agency says the body is "in jeopardy" because of potential government funding cuts.

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David Kenworthy, chairman of UK Anti-Doping (Ukad), told the BBC: "We've been told to expect cuts of up to 25%.
"Ukad would be in jeopardy if we had large cuts like that because the purpose for which we're here, I'm not sure we could fulfil it properly."
The warning comes in a year when sport has suffered widespread doping claims.
"We've got to have the time and means to try to make up that income if we're to survive - if we don't, the integrity of UK sport is at risk," said Kenworthy.
"That would be desperate. With the amount of money invested in the integrity of sport over the years, to get it to where it is, that would be a huge blow to UK plc."
Last year Ukad, which is responsible for protecting clean athletes, conducted 8,728 tests across 40 sports.
The organisation has a budget of £7m - largely made up of state funding - which is less than when it was established in 2009, but has now been told to plan for a possible further cut of up to 25%.
A government spokesperson said: "The government is clear that Ukad works tirelessly to ensure athletes and sport are clean, and continues to be recognised internationally for its work.
"Decisions on future funding are rightly for the spending review on 25 November, but we have also been clear that all parts of the public sector will be required to find savings through efficiencies and reforming the way things are done, so that we deliver more with less.
"It's part our plan to build a strong and stable economy for working people and ensure the sustainability of our priority public services."
But Kenworthy described the proposed cut as "drastic", and added: "Something's got to give, so the testing would certainly go."
"Tests are very expensive. The standard urine sample to be tested costs £371, the athlete biological passport costs £439 for each test.
"I think we'd be almost dead in the water frankly - you can't function on that basis. It would be an appalling cut, and appalling waste of our experience that we have built up. "
As well as testing athletes, Ukad has been investing increasing amounts of time and money into intelligence-based work, joining forces with the National Crime Agency as it looks to cut off the supply of imported, illicit supplements at source.
As part of Operation Bloodthirsty, Ukad has been raiding underground drugs labs in Britain as it tries to crack down on the illegal trafficking of steroids.
"I'd be horrified if we had to reduce our intelligence and investigations because we are dealing there with not just athletes but suppliers, coaches and people encouraging athletes to dope," said Kenworthy.
"Testing is a very blunt tool. So we target test based on intelligence. We're looking at a health problem. People in gyms have no idea what they're buying."
Kenworthy says if its budget is cut, Ukad may be forced to ask the sport industry - which generates billions of pounds annually through sponsorship, broadcasting and tickets sales - to contribute significantly more to the protection of integrity.
"The country can't live beyond its means. We've got to bridge the gap. Sport might have to step up and pay for some of the work that we do," he said.
"Think about the amount of money that goes into sport in this country. Sixty-six medals are forecast for Rio - at a cost of £4.6m for each medal. That's almost our budget - for one medal. If one of those medals if proved to be false the damage done to our reputation is enormous. I'd hate to see the integrity of this country sacrificed.
"The money that goes through our turnstiles is huge, as is the broadcasting rights money. All that money is invested in sport, and the only one keeping us clean is Ukad."
Last year, Ukad analysed 5,160 samples with 0.7% recording adverse findings.


The father of Qandeel Baloch has spoken out in support of his daughter, after she was killed by her brother, Pakistani media report.

"She supported all of us, including my son who killed her," Mohammad Azeem told reporters, according to Dawn newspaper.
Ms Baloch's brother said he drugged and strangled her because she "dishonoured the family".
The controversial social media celebrity was buried on Sunday.
Ms Baloch, 26, whose real name was Fauzia Azeem, gained notoriety for posting suggestive or outspoken photographs, comments and videos on social media. She recently caused controversy by posting pictures of herself alongside a Muslim cleric.
Her death has sparked a debate over "honour killings" and what is acceptable behaviour online for women in Pakistan.
How the murder reflects a divided country
Ms Baloch, who was also a model and actress, was killed at her family home in Multan early on Saturday. Her 25-year-old brother Waseem was arrested and confessed to the murder.
He said he decided to kill her after she uploaded images of her posing with the Muslim cleric, which were widely shared online.
"I believe I am a modern day feminist. I believe in equality. I need not to choose what type of women should be. I don't think there is any need to label ourselves just for sake of society. I am just a women with free thoughts free mindset and I LOVE THE WAY I AM." (Facebook, 14 July)
Love me or hate me both are in my favour. If you love me I Will always be in your heart, if you hate me I'll always be in ur mind (Facebook, 3 July)
Ms Baloch's funeral was held near her family home in Dera Ghazi Khan, about 130km from Multan. Media reports said thousands of people attended, including rights campaigners. She was buried at her ancestral graveyard.
Ms Baloch's parents lodged a report with police accusing her brother of killing her, and another brother of being complicit, according to Dawn.
He said his sons were unhappy over "her achievements" and turned against her even though she supported them, the paper added.
The residents of her village also condemned the killing.


Five paintings by Picasso, Matisse and other great artists have been stolen from the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, French officials say.

The paintings are estimated to be worth just under 100m euros (Â£86m; $123m).
They were taken overnight on Wednesday and reported missing early on Thursday, officials say.
The museum, across the River Seine from the Eiffel Tower, has been cordoned off by investigators.
In pictures: Stolen masterpieces
Security camera footage reportedly shows someone entering the museum through a window during the night.
"This is a serious crime to the heritage of humanity," Christophe Girard, deputy culture secretary at the Paris Town Hall, told a news conference.
The theft was committed by "one or more individuals who were obviously organised", Mr Girard said.
He added that investigators were looking into how the museum's security system and several guards were outsmarted by the thief or thieves.
Mr Girard put the value of the stolen paintings at just under 100m euros (Â£86m; $123m). They had earlier been estimated to be worth some 500m euros (Â£431m; $618m).
The five missing paintings are Dove with Green Peas by Pablo Picasso (painted in 1911), Pastoral by Henri Matisse (1906), Olive Tree near l'Estaque by Georges Braque (1906), Woman with Fan by Amedeo Modigliani (1919) and Still Life with Candlestick by Fernand Leger (1922).
Museum officials discovered the theft early on Thursday, when they found a smashed window and a broken padlock which had been cut to gain access to the five paintings.
It is the biggest heist since the 1990 theft at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston of a Vermeer, several Rembrandts, Degas and other masterpiece.
None of these works has yet been recovered.
Though there is often speculation that works have been "stolen to order" for dishonest collectors, experts in the field say that in reality this is very unusual.
Investigators think that international criminal gangs use art works effectively as a form of currency.
For criminals dealing in drugs or weapons, a rolled-up painting is a way of carrying very large amounts of "currency", even if it is one tenth of the value at auction, the BBC's arts correspondent adds.
The Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris, located in the east wing of the Palais de Tokyo building, is separate from the bigger and better-known national collection of modern art at the Pompidou Centre.
If you wanted to start a museum of modern art these five paintings would be high on your list of acquisitions. Between them they tell the story of modern art's emergence, says the BBC arts editor Will Gompertz.
Henri Matisse's Pastoral has the hallmarks of the Impressionists - painted outside or "en plein air", with loose brushstrokes and an everyday, realistic subject.
What marks it out from the work of the early Impressionists is the bright, unnatural colours, which he has used to express the scene as he sees and feels it.
This was called Fauvism.
Georges Braque was inspired by the work of Matisse and developed his own Fauvist style which can be seen in the painting Olive Tree Near L'Estaque.
What is of particular interest about this work is the date Braque painted it - 1906.
That is the year Paul Cezanne died, and it was his later paintings that inspired Braque to develop one of modern art's most famous movements.
By 1907, Braque was painting similar scenes but his style had changed.
Together with Picasso they had started to define Cubism.
Picasso's Dove with Peas makes sense as the next painting to have, as it is a classic example of Cubism in its pomp.
By this stage Braque and Picasso had been joined by Fernand Leger as the other great exponent of Cubist art and techniques.
But Leger became disillusioned with the increasingly abstract nature of the Cubists' work.
During World War I, he chose to renounce abstraction and instead focus on painting common objects in bold colours.
As you can see in the next painting that was stolen - Still Life with Candlestick - Leger has retained the influence of Cubism while incorporating the saturated colours of the Fuaves.
But by combining the two and adding his artistic developments the work moves towards modernism.
Amedeo Modigliani was the fifth artist to be targeted by the thieves.
They chose a work he painted in 1919, Woman with Fan.
He died a year later at the age of 35, having contracted tuberculosis.
Modigliani's portrait of his friend shows him using restrained colours out of respect for her and using "S" shapes to accentuate her graceful pose.
As Matisse used colour to express his feelings for his subject, so Modigliani used distortion.
Both fit within the expressionist movement inspired by the work of Vincent Van Gogh.


A man who admitted stabbing to death an academic outside his London home had a knife offence charge against him dropped six days before the killing.

Dr Jeroen Ensink, 41, was killed on 29 December as he left his Islington flat to post cards to friends and family to announce his daughter's birth.
Femi Nandap, 23, of Woolwich, admitted manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility at the Old Bailey.
Three charges against Nandap had been dropped at court on 23 December.
The Crown Prosecution Service said it had "insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction" over charges of possession of two knives and assaulting a policeman
Dr Ensink, a lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine who was leading a project to improve health in Africa, was stabbed repeatedly by Nandap on Hilldrop Crescent.
After the academic did not return from his short errand, his wife Nadja left the family home and found the street outside cordoned off and blood-spattered cards strewn on the pavement.
Nandap, who has a history of mental health problems, spoke only to confirm his name and enter his plea when he appeared via videolink from Broadmoor hospital.
Duncan Atkinson QC said the prosecution accepted the plea as it was "clear... there was an abnormality of mental function at that time".
Nandap, of Pett Street, had been charged with murder.
Dr Ensink was originally from Holland and had joined the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine almost a decade ago.
At the time of his death he was leading a study in the Democratic Republic of Congo to understand how to control and prevent cholera.
The school's director, Prof Peter Piot, said Dr Ensink was "passionately committed to improving access to water and sanitation in countries where children continue to die needlessly".
At an earlier hearing, Judge Charles Wide said there could be "considerable public concern" about why the three charges against Nandap had been dropped at the magistrate's court.
Julian Hendy of the charity Hundredfamilies, which helps families of those killed by people with mental health problems, said it was "another deeply distressing case of a... young family destroyed by the violent actions of a seriously mentally ill offender".
Nandap will be sentenced on 10 October.


Watch Scrum V highlights of the Scarlets' victory over Welsh rivals Newport Gwent Dragons on Pro12's Judgement Day at the Principality Stadium.

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Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has announced he will retire from international football after Euro 2016.

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His side face Belgium in their last Group E game on Wednesday, which could now be his final match for the country.
He said: "I am very proud of what I have achieved and will always bring the Swedish flag with me."
Manchester United have been strongly linked with the 34-year-old, who became a free agent after leaving French champions Paris St-Germain this summer.
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Ibrahimovic's 62 international goals is a national record, whilst an appearance against Belgium would leave him with 116 caps, 32 behind Anders Svensson's 148.
He had been expected to represent his country at the Rio Olympics in August.
Sweden will exit the competition if they fail to beat Belgium at the Stade de Nice on Wednesday (20:00 BST) - a draw would leave them with two points, which will not be enough to warrant a best third-placed spot.


As the nation anxiously waited for the EU referendum results last month, currency traders were busy making bets on which way the vote would go.

The pound started to rise just before the first results came in as traders predicted a win for the Remain side - eventually hitting a high of over $1.50.
But as reality sank in and the Leave side pulled away the currency went into freefall touching lows of $1.30, levels not seen since 1985.
Since then the pound has had some better days but has still lost over 13% of its value against the dollar.
The value of a nation's currency is often described as its effective share price - a gauge of how investors see the strength of the economy.
"The fall in the pound can be seen as a barometer of sentiment in the markets," says Jeremy Stretch, a currency analyst at CIBC.
"If a currency falls traders are effectively saying that it needs to go lower to make it attractive enough for them to make investments."
Despite having fallen to lows we have not seen for 30 years, some in the market think the pound could still fall further against the dollar.
"When you look at how quickly the pound has fallen in the past, I don't think it is beyond the bounds of possibility that we could see the pound in the low $1.20 range against the dollar," says Simon Derrick, head of currency research at Bank of New York Mellon.
So what does history tell us about one of the key drivers of the UK economy?
November 2007: sterling reached $2.11
The pound soared from $1.40 in 2002 right up to $2.10 in October 2007.
British tourists flocked to the US as the pound strengthened, often coming backed weighed down with suitcases full of clothes and gadgets.
"It was in some respects the golden days for the UK with a booming financial sector and the sense of 'Cool Britannia' in the country," says Prof Albrecht Ritschl an economic historian at the London School of Economics.
The pound strengthened as the UK economy boomed, inflation stayed relatively low and interest rates offered a decent return for investors.
"It was a very settled economic environment with few political upheavals, completely different from the post-Brexit world we see today," says Howard Archer, an economist at IHS Global Insight.
Those heady days of economic boom were replaced with the financial crisis of 2008 which saw the pound collapse as the UK economy fell into recession.
The pound fell 35% to lows of about $1.40 in early 2009, before picking up as the UK slowly emerged from the downturn.
February 1985: Sterling reached $1.05
Back in February 1985, the pound slid to $1.05. But unlike today it was less a story of pound weakness and more to do with a very strong dollar.
The combination of Ronald Reagan as US president and the tenure of Paul Volcker as chairman of the Federal Reserve saw the dollar appreciate 26% between 1980 and 1984.
President Reagan instituted a series of tax cuts and spending rises in an attempt to revive the economy. This in turn pushed up long-term interest rates, attracting inflows of capital and pushing up the value of the dollar.
Despite the pressure of the strong dollar, the UK economy was performing well at the time with economic growth of 2.3% in 1984 and 4.2% in 1985.
The strength of the dollar created international tension which was addressed in an unprecedented meeting of world leaders and central bankers at the Plaza Hotel in New York in September 1985.
The central bankers agreed that other currencies should appreciate against the dollar and followed their words with interventions in foreign exchange markets, selling dollars in exchange for other currencies.
The actions of those involved in the so-called "Plaza Accord" contributed to the dollar falling 40% between 1985 and 1987.
The pound gained ground on the dollar in the months that followed, hitting $1.88 in December 1987.


Stevenage have signed Tottenham Hotspur forward Ryan Loft on loan until the end of the season.

The 19-year-old, who has yet to make a first-team appearance for Spurs, scored 14 goals in 22 games for Premier League club's Under 18's last season.
He also spent time at National League side Braintree Town last season, where he was an unused substitute twice.
Loft is the first player to move to Stevenage since the transfer window opened on 1 January.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here.


A National Security Agency employee resigned after admitting he had allowed former contractor Edward Snowden to use his password to access classified information, the NSA has told Congress.

The employee was among three NSA workers sanctioned over the incident, according to an NSA memo.
It is said to be the first disciplinary action taken over the breach, which saw Mr Snowden leak details of US electronic surveillance programmes.
He has denied stealing any passwords.
The 30-year-old is currently in Russia, where he was granted temporary asylum after fleeing the US in May last year. He faces espionage charges in the US.
A letter sent this week by the NSA to the US Congress reveals details of how authorities believe Mr Snowden retrieved so many classified documents before passing them to news organisations.
The memo, which was first reported by NBC News, says an unnamed civilian employee told FBI investigators that he allowed Mr Snowden to use an encrypted digital key to log on to the agency's computer network.
"Unbeknownst to the civilian, Mr Snowden was able to capture the password, allowing him even greater access to classified information," the memo said.
The worker apparently knew that Mr Snowden had been denied access to the system but was not aware that he intended to disclose the data.
The NSA worker resigned last month after the government revoked his security clearance and he was told he would lose his job, according to the letter signed by NSA legislative director Ethan L Bauman.
A military employee and a private contractor also lost their access to NSA data as part of the continuing investigation, Mr Bauman said.
Last month, Mr Snowden denied media reports that he stole or deceived fellow employees to get their log-in information.
"I never stole any passwords, nor did I trick an army of co-workers," he said.
The documents that the former intelligence analyst leaked to journalists shed new light on electronic spying operations by the US and the UK.
Among other revelations, the documents showed the NSA collected data on millions of phone calls, collected millions of text messages per day, tapped the mobile phone of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and sought to collect intelligence by spying on users' mobile apps.
The US has charged Mr Snowden with theft of government property, unauthorised communication of national defence information and wilful communication of classified communications intelligence.
Each of the charges carries a maximum 10 year prison sentence.
In January Mr Snowden said he had "no chance" of a fair trial in the US and had no plans to return there.


England were "encouraged" by Moeen Ali's display as an opening batsman in the drawn tour match with Pakistan A, says assistant coach Paul Farbrace.

Moeen, 28, made 22 in Sharjah following his elevation to partner captain Alastair Cook at the top of the order.
"He did really well," said Farbrace, who said Alex Hales is also in contention to open in the first Test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi.
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"We were pleased with how Moeen and Cookie applied themselves."
The first Test of the three-match series starts on 13 October in Abu Dhabi.
Off-spinning all-rounder Moeen, who took 3-41 on a slow wicket, has opened the batting for Worcestershire and in 20 of his 27 one-day internationals for England.
However, he has never done so in Test cricket and batted at eight in the recent Ashes series, with Adam Lyth - dropped for the trip to the UAE - preferred as Cook's partner.
"It's not something different; he has opened in the past," said Farbrace.
"We're very encouraged by what we've seen. We think he's got the credentials to do it, no doubt, but we have options when it comes to opening the batting."
Wicketkeeper Jos Buttler struggled with the bat during this summer's Ashes, scoring 122 runs at an average of 15.25, and he made only one during England's 286-5 declared on Monday.
Asked if he had any concerns about the Lancashire player's form, Farbrace said: "None whatsoever.
"Yes, we want him to score runs but he's practised well and works very hard. I have no doubt a score is just around the corner for him."
Former Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene, who played 149 Tests and 448 ODIs, is working as a batting consultant for England in the United Arab Emirates.
"He has been excellent," said Farbrace, who coached Jayawardene, 38, during his time in charge of Sri Lanka.
"It is not just his advice for batting against spin but everything, from fielding at slip to the tactical side of things and his insight into the Pakistan side and how the Sri Lanka team think when they play against them.
"His input is magnificent, he is a magnificent bloke and he has given everything to our team.
"We are trying to get the most we can out of him before he goes back to Colombo."


The Labour Party has made legal checks to ensure its leadership contest is complying with the law and try to avoid challenges to the result.

New regulations allow members of the public to sign up to vote as a "registered supporter" for £3.
The contest has been plagued by concerns that members of other parties have tried to influence the outcome.
A spokeswoman for acting leader Harriet Harman rejected any suggestion of plans to halt or suspend the election.
The spokeswoman said: "The party's focus is on making sure that the 2014 rules are fully complied with.
"We have taken legal advice to make sure that the rules are being complied with and that all due diligence as possible was being done.
"But there were no plans to halt or suspend the contest. We keep a close eye on the process."
A Labour spokeswoman said a Conservative activist who had paid £1 to join the Labour Party - under a discounted rate for former members of the armed forces - had been barred and would not get a vote in the leadership contest.
Alan Pearmain, a parish councillor and deputy chairman of the South Ribble Conservative Association, told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme he had joined as a bit of "mischief-making".
Meanwhile, Scotland's Daily Record has given its backing in the leadership race to left-winger Jeremy Corbyn.
The newspaper's front-page endorsement comes a week after its sister paper - the Daily Mirror - backed Andy Burnham.
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Mr Corbyn said: "I'm obviously pleased to have the backing of a paper that has such a long tradition of support for the Labour Party.
"I'm sure that, at least in part, this endorsement will have been made with Labour's future in Scotland in mind, which is important as Labour has a real need to reconnect with communities in Scotland if we are to succeed across the UK."
Meanwhile, former Home Secretary David Blunkett - who is backing Andy Burnham for the leadership - has added his voice to the other senior Labour figures warning about a Corbyn victory.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Jeremy Corbyn has not only been good at opposition against the Tories, he's also been profoundly good at opposition against my party".
"If you want to continue being in opposition, vote for somebody who is good at opposition," he added.
Mr Blunkett said he wanted "somebody who can actually address the world of tomorrow rather than taking us back to Old Labour or, for that matter, New Labour in the 90s, because we are addressing an entirely different world".
Sarah Brown, the wife of former Prime Minister Gordon, has meanwhile backed Yvette Cooper for the leadership, with Andy Burnham as her second choice.
Opinion polls suggest Ms Cooper is locked in a battle with Mr Burnham to emerge as the main challenger to Mr Corbyn, with Liz Kendall trailing in fourth place.
Mr Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall are battling against Mr Corbyn in the contest.
Former Labour leader Ed Miliband has faced calls to apologise for the voting system being used to elect his successor.
The change from an electoral college system, which gave equal weight to MPs, party members and trade unionists, to "one member, one vote," with the public allowed to join as registered supporters for £3, was overwhelmingly backed by a special Labour conference last year.
But critics, including backbench Labour MPs Simon Danczuk and Graham Stringer, say the new system was too open to abuse.
The result of the election will be announced at a special conference on September 12.


Notts County grabbed a priceless point in their bid for League Two survival in a frantic 2-2 draw at home to Exeter.

County's bold second-half assault looked in vain when Ryan Harley put 10-man Exeter 2-0 up in the 89th minute.
Yet defender Richard Duffy nodded a goal back in stoppage time and a shot by Jorge Grant deflected in off skipper Jordan Moore-Taylor barely a minute later.
Earlier, midfield goal machine David Wheeler edged the visitors into a 33rd-minute lead.
Notts boss Kevin Nolan rolled back the years by pushing 36-year-old Alan Smith back up front to partner Jon Stead, but the former England international's main contribution was to pick up a booking before being replaced by Shola Ameobi.
Former Newcastle hitman Ameobi immediately tested goalkeeper Christy Pym with a close-range header before squandering a golden chance by missing his header in the 81st minute.
City's Jake Taylor was sent off in the 85th minute and Duffy rattled the bar before the incredible finish.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Notts County 2, Exeter City 2.
Second Half ends, Notts County 2, Exeter City 2.
Goal!  Notts County 2, Exeter City 2. Jorge Grant (Notts County) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
Goal!  Notts County 1, Exeter City 2. Richard Duffy (Notts County) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Robert Milsom following a set piece situation.
Liam McAlinden (Exeter City) is shown the yellow card.
Hand ball by Liam McAlinden (Exeter City).
Jorge Grant (Notts County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jorge Grant (Notts County).
Jordan Moore-Taylor (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal!  Notts County 0, Exeter City 2. Ryan Harley (Exeter City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. Liam McAlinden (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Second yellow card to Jake Taylor (Exeter City) for a bad foul.
Corner,  Notts County. Conceded by Craig Woodman.
Michael O'Connor (Notts County) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jake Taylor (Exeter City).
Attempt saved. Shola Ameobi (Notts County) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Shola Ameobi (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Troy Brown (Exeter City).
Substitution, Exeter City. Liam McAlinden replaces Reuben Reid.
Attempt missed. Reuben Reid (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Marc Bola (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by David Wheeler (Exeter City).
Jake Taylor (Exeter City) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Michael O'Connor (Notts County) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Jordan Moore-Taylor (Exeter City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jon Stead (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jordan Moore-Taylor (Exeter City).
Attempt missed. Ryan Harley (Exeter City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Josh Clackstone (Notts County) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner,  Exeter City. Conceded by Josh Clackstone.
Foul by Elliott Hewitt (Notts County).
Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Hand ball by Lloyd James (Exeter City).
Attempt saved. Shola Ameobi (Notts County) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Jorge Grant (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jack Stacey (Exeter City).
Substitution, Notts County. Shola Ameobi replaces Mark Yeates.
Substitution, Notts County. Jorge Grant replaces Alan Smith.
Richard Duffy (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.


The husband of a woman missing in Aberdeen for five days has appealed to the public for help.

Nusrat Jahan was reported missing from her home at about 22:30 on Thursday.
The 34-year-old, from the Duff Street area, had told a friend an hour earlier that she planned to visit the beach.
Colin Dow said: "With each day that passes we are finding it increasingly difficult to come to terms with the fact no-one has seen or heard from her since."
He added: "We are extremely grateful for the support police have had so far from the public by providing information and potential sightings of Nusrat.
"The sad reality though is that she is still missing and we don't know where she is.
"To anyone else who can help us understand what has happened to Nusrat, I would ask you to get in touch with police as soon as possible and tell them what you know."
Ms Jahan is described as being about 5ft 3in tall and slim with dark hair.
When last seen, she was wearing flat black slip-on shoes, black leggings or skinny jeans, a light grey patterned top, black-rimmed glasses and carrying a white handbag with a black band across the top.
Searches are ongoing.


Decriminalising TV licence fee evasion could close BBC channels, the corporation's strategy director has warned.

James Purnell said it would increase non-payment and cost the BBC £200m.
The sum is the equivalent of BBC Four, CBBC and CBeebies, which would have to be taken off air, Mr Purnell said at an event to  relaunch the iPlayer service.
Culture Secretary Maria Miller said the move should be discussed during talks to renew the BBC's charter before 2017.
Mr Purnell, who previously held the post in the Labour government, said "it would be a huge risk to do it now".
"The choice would be: either we take those services off or the government would have to have a higher licence fee," he said in reference to BBC Four - the arts and culture channel - and the BBC's children's stations.
He argued decriminalisation would inevitably lead to greater non-payment of the TV licence, which would force an increase in the fee.
It is currently £145.50 and has been frozen at that annual amount since 2010. It is needed to watch or record live broadcasts on any device.
In 2012 about 155,000 people were convicted and fined for not paying the licence fee, while there were some 180,000 prosecutions.
Mr Purnell added downgrading licence fee evasion to a civil offence would penalise the poor.
"Either you have a low penalty - in which case the evasion rates would go up and everyone would have to pay a higher licence fee - or a penalty which is higher and more difficult to pay," he said.
The BBC has previously said "legislation is a matter for the government".
"Just a 1% increase in evasion would lead to the loss of around £35m, the equivalent of around 10 BBC local radio stations," it added.
The government has floated the idea to ease pressure on the courts system.
But it will not be discussed before charter renewal talks - which determine how the BBC is funded what it does and how it is managed.
The current BBC charter runs out in 2016.
Meanwhile, Labour MP John McDonnell has tabled an Early Day Motion in parliament calling on the BBC to reverse its decision to close BBC Three as a television channel.
The motion stated BBC Three has been the home of programmes including Gavin and Stacey, and raised fears changes could lead to compulsory redundancies.
It added the BBC should receive a licence fee increase that tracks inflation when the corporation's charter is renewed next year.


President Barack Obama rode in a lift with an armed security contractor who had assault convictions, in another security lapse.

It happened on 16 September when Mr Obama visited the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
The incident came to light on Tuesday, hours after the boss of the Secret Service was grilled by Congress about a security breach at the White House.
A Secret Service official confirmed the incident but declined to comment.
The incident contravened a protocol that only members of the Secret Service are allowed to carry weapons in the presence of the president.
Tuesday's revelations led to calls from one senior US congressman for a "top-to-bottom" review of the agency.
The gun was found when the man was questioned by agents after taking a video of the president in the lift.
He was immediately sacked by his supervisors, who arrived on the scene shortly after the incident, reports said.
November 2009: A Virginia couple filming a reality show make it past Secret Service checkpoints into a dinner for visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh without an invitation.
November 2011: A man parks a car directly south of the White House and opens fire with a rifle, striking the residence at least seven times. Secret Service supervisors fail to realise the White House has been struck for four days - until a housekeeper discovers the damage.
April 2012: Eleven Secret Service employees preparing for the president's visit to the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Columbia, bring sex workers back to their hotel. An altercation ensues when one agent reneges on an agreement to pay $800 (Â£500) for the night, one woman tells a newspaper. Investigators later reveal agents violated protocol by "consuming excessive amounts of alcohol and patronising questionable local establishments while off duty".
November 2013: A senior supervisor on the president's protective detail starts a row after demanding access to a woman's room at the Hay Adams Hotel overlooking the White House. He leaves behind in the room a bullet from his service weapon.
March 2014: Three agents on the elite counter assault team are sent home from the Netherlands, where they have been preparing for a presidential visit, after one is found passed out drunk in a hallway. The agents had been drinking until about 02:30 and were scheduled to be on duty at 10:00.
16 September 2014: An armed security contractor with a felony criminal record is allowed to board a lift with the president in a government building in Atlanta.
19 September 2014: Omar Gonzalez, a troubled Iraq War veteran, scales a fence at the White House, evades agents during his dash across the lawn, and enters the White House through an unlocked and unalarmed door.
A supervisor asked the man to hand over his gun, surprising the Secret Service team who had not known he was armed.
The Washington Post said the man had three convictions for assault and battery.
"This person was within arm's length of the president with a gun," said Utah congressman Jason Chaffetz, who was told of the incident by a whistleblower.
It will come as another embarrassment on the day after the director of the US Secret Service, Julia Pierson, took responsibility before a hostile House oversight committee hearing for an "unacceptable" security breach at the presidential residence.
On 19 September Omar Gonzalez, 42, scaled a fence at the White House, ran across the lawn, entered an unlocked door and was eventually tackled inside.
On Wednesday Republican congressman Michael McCaul, chairman of the House of Representatives committee with oversight of the agency, called for a comprehensive review.
"This latest episode adds to the growing list of failures from an agency plagued by operational challenges, cultural problems and reporting difficulties," he said.


Scarlets' Wales hooker Ken Owens is to undergo neck surgery, ruling him out of all four autumn Tests.

He was already ruled out of Scarlets' Pro12 clash against Edinburgh on Friday following an injury that ruled him out of their 43-0 Pro12 win over Treviso on Saturday.
The Parc y Scarlets captain, 27, pulled out ahead of kick-off last weekend.
"Scans have confirmed the he's injured a disc in his neck," said Scarlets head of performance Andrew Walker.
"After a thorough process, involving consultations with three neck specialists, we have decided that surgery is the best course of action."
Wales face games on successive weekends in November against Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and South Africa.
Owens has won 26 caps and took over from then-injured Richard Hibbard on Wales' two-Test series against South Africa in June.
Scarlets captain Owens scored a try in Wales' 31-30 second Test defeat.
His tour understudy was former Scarlets skipper Matthew Rees, who returned for Cardiff Blues after treatment for testicular cancer during the 2013-14 season.
Scarlets head coach Wayne Pivac said: "It's a shame for both Ken on a personal level and the team as a whole that he will require surgery on the injury he received earlier last week to his neck."
Ospreys hooker Scott Baldwin was the third hooker on tour to South Africa, but he did not appear in the Test-match squads.
Hibbard has since returned to fitness from shoulder surgery to begin his life at Gloucester following an off-season move from Ospreys.


Police are hunting a murderer who failed to return to prison following unescorted leave.

John McDermott Wilson left HMP Gateside in Greenock, where he is serving a life sentence, on Friday.
He was last seen outside Central Station in Glasgow at about 16:05 that day.
Wilson, 50, is 5ft 5in tall, of medium build, fair complexion, brown, thinning hair, blue eyes and is clean-shaven with a small scar on his lower lip.
When he was last seen, he was wearing a blue jacket, grey sweatshirt, blue T-shirt, navy jeans, black boots and a black beanie hat.
Police Scotland have appealed for anyone with information about Wilson's whereabouts to contact them.
But they have warned members of the public not to approach the killer, who was convicted in 1991.


Theresa May is coming under pressure to say whether she knew about a reported misfire of the UK's nuclear weapons system before a crucial Commons vote.

The Sunday Times says the missile veered off course during a test in June last year - weeks before the Commons voted to spend £40bn renewing Trident.
Questioned by Andrew Marr, the PM refused to say four times if she had known about the test ahead of the vote.
The SNP's Nicola Sturgeon called for a "full disclosure" of what happened.
According to the Sunday Times, an unarmed Trident II D5 missile veered off in the wrong direction towards the US - instead of towards Africa - when it was launched from a British submarine off the coast of Florida.
In July - days after Mrs May had become prime minister - MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of replacing Trident.
During the debate, Mrs May told MPs it would be "an act of gross irresponsibility" for the UK to abandon its nuclear weapons.
MPs backed its renewal by 472 votes to 117. However, all 52 SNP MPs voted against it - as did Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
When asked on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show whether she had known then that a misfire had happened, Mrs May said: "I have absolute faith in our Trident missiles.
"When I made that speech in the House of Commons, what we were talking about was whether or not we should renew our Trident."
She was asked a further three times - but did not answer the questions.
The Ministry of Defence did not give details of the test process but said it had been a success.
Scottish First Minister, Mrs Sturgeon - a long-standing opponent of Trident, whose submarines are based at Faslane, on the River Clyde - said the apparent misfire was a "hugely serious issue".
She tweeted: "There should be full disclosure of what happened, who knew what/when, and why the House of Commons wasn't told."
Meanwhile, Mr Corbyn said the reports called for "a serious discussion".
He told Sky News: "It's a pretty catastrophic error when a missile goes in the wrong direction, and while it wasn't armed, goodness knows what the consequences of that could have been."
Nia Griffith, the shadow defence secretary, said it was "completely unacceptable" that Mrs May had "side-stepped" questions.
She called for the prime minister to give "a full explanation" to Parliament on Monday.
Admiral Lord West, the Labour peer and ex-Royal Navy officer, said it was "bizarre and stupid" to not tell anyone about the test.
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) described reports of a misfire as a "very serious failure".
"There's absolutely no doubt that this would have impacted on the debate in Parliament on Trident replacement," its general secretary Kate Hudson said.
A statement issued by both Downing Street and the MoD said the capability and effectiveness of Trident was "unquestionable".
"In June the Royal Navy conducted a routine, unarmed Trident missile test launch from HMS Vengeance, as part of an operation which is designed to certify the submarine and its crew.
"Vengeance and her crew were successfully tested and certified, allowing Vengeance to return into service. We have absolute confidence in our independent nuclear deterrent."
The Sunday Times says the test fire was launched from HMS Vengeance.
It says the Trident II D5 missile was intended to be fired 5,600 miles (9,012 km) to a sea target off the west coast of Africa but veered towards the US.
The cause remains top secret, the paper says, but it quotes a senior naval source as saying the missile suffered an in-flight malfunction after launching out of the water.
HMS Vengeance, one of the UK's four Vanguard-class submarines, returned to sea for trials in December 2015 after a £350m refit, which included the installation of new missile launch equipment and upgraded computer systems.
According to the Sunday Times, it is expected that Defence Secretary Michael Fallon will be called to the Commons to answer questions from MPs.
BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale said while the MoD has described the test as a success for the crew and the boat, it has not denied the report that the missile itself might have veered off course.
In the past the MoD has issued a press release and video of successful tests but its silence on this occasion has raised questions as to whether any fault was deliberately kept quiet ahead of the key vote, our correspondent added.
The Trident system was acquired by the Thatcher government in the early 1980s as a replacement for the Polaris missile system, which the UK had possessed since the 1960s.
Trident came into use in the 1990s. There are three parts to it - submarines, missiles and warheads. Although each component has years of use left, they cannot last indefinitely.
The current generation of four submarines would begin to end their working lives some time in the late 2020s.
A guide to the Trident debate


A transgender woman placed in a men's prison, sparking a wave of criticism, is to appeal against her sentence.

Tara Hudson, 26, from Bath, was jailed at the all-male HMP Bristol for 12 weeks after admitting assault.
Her supporters claim it has placed her in danger of sexual violence and more than 110,000 people have signed a petition calling for her to be moved. Her appeal will be heard on Friday.
Hudson's mother said she was being sexually harassed by other prisoners.
Jackie Brooklyn said her daughter was "constantly" having sexual taunts shouted at her in the jail.
Hudson has had reconstructive surgery and lived as a woman all her adult life but is still legally a man.
The Prison Service said it was a longstanding policy to place offenders according to their legally recognised gender.
"There are strict rules in place to ensure transsexual prisoners are managed safely and in accordance with the law," a spokesperson said on Tuesday.
The appeal against the custodial sentence is scheduled to be heard at Bristol Crown Court on Friday.


Swansea City striker Andre Ayew has been named August's Barclays Premier League Player of the Month, while Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini has won the managers' award.

Ghana international Ayew, 25, has scored three goals as the unbeaten Swans sit in fourth place with eight points from their opening four games.
Pellegrini's side lead the table with four wins from four games.
They have scored 10 goals and are yet to concede.
Ayew took the award ahead of his team-mate Bafetimbi Gomis as well as Manchester City duo David Silva and Aleksandar Kolarov.
Also nominated were Leicester's Riyad Mahrez and Manchester United's Chris Smalling.
Ayew joined Swansea in June from French club Marseille and scored on his Premier League debut against Chelsea.
He and Gomis have provided all of Swansea's seven league goals so far. They visit Watford on Saturday.
Pellegrini's side visit second-placed Crystal Palace on Saturday and the Chilean said he wanted his team to carry on with their stylish play.
"The highlight was the way we played," he said. "It's important to continue the style of football, the team won the four games in the way I like to play."
Palace boss Alan Pardew was also nominated for the managers' prize, along with Swansea's Garry Monk and Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri.