A court in Thailand has ruled that a group of Muslim Uighurs at the centre of a diplomatic dispute between Turkey and China can remain in Thai detention.

Both China and Turkey claim the group, held since March 2014 after entering Thailand illegally, as their citizens.
The court ruled that the group must remain in detention until their nationalities are proven.
The court case could have implications for whether hundreds of other Uighurs held in Thailand could be repatriated.
The group of 17 people - mostly reported to be from the same family - say they are Turkish citizens, and the Turkish government recently issued them with passports.
However, China says they are Uighurs from its north-western region of Xinjiang.
It has criticised Turkey's offer to repatriate them and has insisted that their real home is in China.
China's authorities blame Uighur separatists for instigating violence and the frequent unrest in Xinjiang. They have launched a widespread crackdown in Xinjiang, arresting hundreds and executing dozens in recent years.
In response, some Uighurs are reported to have fled China and secretly travelled through South East Asia on their way to Turkey.
The group have challenged the right of the Thai authorities to keep them in custody, and say the conditions they are being kept in are unacceptable.
However, the court ruled on Friday that Thai immigration had a legal right to detain the group. It made no judgement on the question of their nationalities.
The lawyer for the group said that he would appeal against the ruling.
The BBC's Jonathan Head in Bangkok says that it is likely that Chinese diplomatic pressure played a hand in the court's decision to keep the group in custody.
Officials in Beijing have been pushing Thailand to repatriate more than 300 Uighurs who were found last year hidden in a rubber plantation in the south of the country.
Facing isolation from its traditional Western allies after last year's military coup, the Thai government has been working to improve relations with China - which means that even though the Turkish government has offered them a home, the Uighurs are unlikely to be released while there are still objections from Beijing, our correspondent says.
Who are the Uighurs?
Activists say that Uighurs have experienced economic, cultural and religious repression by the authorities over the decades, in addition to difficulties obtaining passports.
Uighur activists say they are seeking asylum and fleeing persecution, but Chinese authorities say that many Uighurs are leaving the country to link up with Islamist militants.


The Welsh Liberal Democrat leader has said she is prepared for a tough election campaign for the party, after five years in coalition at Westminster.

In a BBC Wales interview, Kirsty Williams robustly defended the coalition's record.
The Lib Dems currently hold three Welsh seats: Ceredigion, Cardiff Central and Brecon and Radnorshire.
She said the party had a "record of delivery" and could take Wales and the UK forward with a strong economy.
In the second in a series of Wales Today interviews with the Welsh political leaders, Ms Williams said: "I think people are beginning to see that the economy is recovering."
But admitted: "We are under no illusion it's going to be a tough election campaign."
Asked whether it had been worth entering the coalition, even if it meant losing all three Liberal Democrat MPs in Wales, she said: "It has been worth the opportunity to be able to influence decision making. I came into politics to get things done."


The humble steamed bun is taking Hong Kong's culinary scene by storm - and scooping up awards along the way.

May Chow, the owner of restaurant Little Bao, has just been voted Asia's best female chef by a panel of over 300 experts.
The 32-year-old's restaurant serves what she calls Chinese burgers: steamed white buns filled with braised pork belly, fried chicken or fish.
And there are even burgers for dessert, in the form of fried buns sandwiched with ice cream.
Winning the award is no mean feat, considering Asia's competitive food scene, but the restaurant might not have started at all if Ms Chow hadn't sneaked behind her parents' back.
She developed a love of cooking from watching her mother cook in Canada - where a typical meal involved serving more than 20 people in the extended family.
"Growing up I told my parents I wanted to be a chef," Ms Chow tells the BBC.
"But back then, cooking was considered low-class work, and my parents felt it would be a waste of my education."
As a result, Ms Chow studied hotel management at university in the US instead, but says her love for cooking kept calling out to her. By her third year at university, she was ready to take the plunge.
"I didn't tell my parents, but I started interning with restaurants."
That paved her way to becoming a full-time chef at high-end restaurants in Hong Kong.
Her ambition didn't stop at being a chef, either. She says: "The first day I started working at a restaurant, I decided that I wanted to open my own restaurant."
Just a few years later, and after road-testing her dishes at local food markets, Ms Chow opened Little Bao.
Bao means bun in Chinese, and Ms Chow says she drew on her own identity, as a Chinese person who had grown up in North America, when designing her signature dish.
"If you define me, my food is exactly me," she says. "Am I really Chinese? Why do I sound so American?"
"That bao is me - Chinese but understands American culture - putting [the two sides] together in an honest way."
She says she is happiest with the authenticity of her buns when her mother and grandmother enjoy them.
Their approval "comes from 30 years of eating bao - you have to stand up to that quality check".
The dish has also proved a hit with Hong Kong diners and she has just opened a Bangkok branch of Little Bao, as well as a beer bar, Second Draught.
But there were plenty of challenges in the move to becoming a business owner, including the high rents and high build-out costs in Hong Kong.
"It's almost been like taking a real-life business masters degree," she says. "I've grown a lot over the past three years. At first you get emotional, now you just look at things and try to fix problems."
What does she think of being named Asia's best female chef 2017?
It was "stressful", and she jokes that her first reaction, when she learnt of the award, was: "Oh, I don't want it."
There is some pressure that comes with the title, because "there really are not that many female chefs [and] local chefs in that field to be talked about".
She's aware that some will find it strange there is an award specifically for female chefs, but also appreciates how the award has given her a platform to raise awareness about the industry.
She's vocal about what she thinks needs to change to encourage more women, and local Hong Kongers, to join the trade.
Being a chef "is a very labour intensive job. The environment is hot, sticky, typically not a favourable environment."
"Do we really need to work 70 hours a week? Are women allowed to have babies when they're [working] in the kitchen? It's so intense - it's not like a desk job. There are things that need to be improved."
There isn't always "the freedom to dream" in Hong Kong's competitive education system, she adds.
In the past, vocational jobs were seen as jobs for people who couldn't be doctors or lawyers, so there was "no recognition" for jobs in the food and beverage industry.
Still, she argues that the internet, Michelin guides and growing awareness about fine dining has helped, while local chefs are increasingly learning from restaurants abroad.
On a more personal level, she credits her mother with part of her determination to do well in a male-centric field.
"Stereotypical Shanghai women are fierce and loud," she says with a grin.
Her mother's influence, she adds, "let me be bold. I never grew up thinking I had to limit myself".


A man remains in a coma more than a week after being involved in what police believe was a "violent assault".

Police said the 25-year-old man may have had a "disagreement with a group of men" outside the Standard Bearer pub in Binley, Coventry, on 24 May.
It is believed he was then chased and assaulted in Deerdale Way where he was found in a garden.
Det Sgt Louise Hanlon said the man had been left "with potentially life-changing injuries".
"Whoever is responsible for this attack needs to be arrested and brought to justice, and I would urge anyone who was at the pub the Sunday before last and witnessed the dispute outside to contact us," she said.


Portadown central defender Garry Breen has joined Cliftonville on a pre-contract agreement.

The 27-year-old, who was formerly on the books of Galway United and Dundalk, has represented the Republic of Ireland at Under-23 and Under-21 level.
Breen will join the north Belfast club at the end of the season.
Meanwhile an Irish FA Disciplinary Committee has upheld a decision to suspend Cliftonville player Jason McGuinness for six matches.
A challenge was submitted by Cliftonville in which the club claimed the referee made an obvious error in dismissing McGuinness for a headbutt during their Premiership match against Portadown on 10 December 2016.
McGuinness subsequently served an automatic one-match ban and was then suspended by the committee for a further six matches for violent conduct (headbutt).
Written and verbal submissions from both the club and the refereeing team, plus video footage, were considered but the committee was not satisfied that an obvious error had occurred and Cliftonville's challenge was therefore refused.
The six-match suspension imposed on McGuinness will begin on 30 January, although Cliftonville have a right to appeal under the IFA's Articles of Association.


Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski has signed a contract extension that will keep him at the Bundesliga giants until 2021.

The Poland international, 28, joined Bayern from Borussia Dortmund in 2014.
He has scored 86 goals in 122 appearances for the club, including 19 so far this season.
"I am very happy that the negotiations were successful," Lewandowski said. "It means I will stay at Bayern for a few more years."
Bayern, currently top of the Bundesliga, are bidding for a record-extending fifth consecutive league title.
They are also in the last 16 of the Champions League, where they will face Arsenal.
"I am happy that we managed to tie one of the best centre forwards in the world to the club for the long-term," Bayern chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said.
"We have now guaranteed that another key player will continue to wear the Bayern shirt for the coming years."
Lewandowski finished 16th in the Ballon d'Or voting on Monday as Cristiano Ronaldo won it for a fourth time.
Despite scoring 42 goals last season, he was not the highest-ranked player from the Bundesliga as Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ranked 11th.
Lewandowski appeared to mock the result, writing "cabaret" on Twitter and also posting laughing emojis.


Sixty five stolen sheep and goats were found "hidden" in a field in North Yorkshire.

The flock was found by a landowner in the Hambleton area. Officers said stolen animals were often hidden in plain view.
Police believe the animals were destined for the illegal meat trade.
A 54-year-old man from Middlesbrough was arrested on suspicion of theft and possession of cannabis. He was later released on bail.
Insp Jon Grainge, of North Yorkshire Police, said sheep were being stolen in a covert operation "often in ones and twos, sometimes in trailer-loads".
He said there had been a rise in the number of reports of stolen sheep.
"Some will be destined almost immediately for the illegal meat trade, while others are hidden in open view in fields and barns across a wide geographic area.
"The difficulty with the nature of this crime is that it is not necessarily immediately obvious to farmers, who may only be able to identify their shortfall at the time of bringing sheep in to scan or to worm, which often gives a very wide timeframe for us to work with."
Insp Grainge appealed for anyone who had seen "suspicious movements of animals, or animals appearing in fields unexpectedly" to contact the force.


Phil Taylor called Michael van Gerwen 'the greatest' as the Dutchman beat Taylor 18-10 to retain his World Matchplay title in Blackpool.

Van Gerwen, 27, lost the first leg but dominated the rest of the match to beat 15-time champion Taylor and secure the £100,000 prize money.
"Darts has changed and this man (Van Gerwen) is the greatest as far as I'm concerned," Taylor told Sky Sports.
Taylor, 55, has won 16 world titles and is widely considered the best ever.
Taylor, who had never lost a Matchplay final before van Gerwen's triumph, admitted that he had to start "making changes."
"My energy levels were not there and he bullied me. When he hits a good shot he lets you know," he added.
"I've got to start making changes and that starts Monday morning. He is phenomenal - he is."
Taylor last won the world title in 2013 and the World Matchplay in 2014.


Police have confirmed that a body found on a Fife beach was that of a missing 43-year-old woman.

Maureen Bannister, from Leuchars, had not been seen since about 14:00 on Sunday. It is thought she had been walking her dog in the area of Tentsmuir Forest in north-east Fife.
On Monday evening, a body was found on Tentsmuir Beach by a member of the public.
Police have said Ms Bannister's death is being treated as "unexplained".
Sgt Gary Combe said: "Our sincere condolences go to Maureen's family and friends at this very sad time.
"We're working to establish the full circumstances surrounding Maureen's death and are asking anyone who may have seen her since Sunday afternoon to get in touch."
Anyone with information is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101.


MPs could be asked to approve military action in principle in Syria in case of further chemical weapons attacks, two senior Conservatives have argued.

Crispin Blunt and Johnny Mercer said Parliament's approval should be sought in advance for the subsequent use of force should there be more atrocities.
Hard intelligence, legal clarity and limits on action were needed, they say.
Parliament rejected the case for action against the Syrian regime in 2013 after a suspected chemical weapons attack.
And Downing Street said there were "no plans" for Parliament to revisit the issue.
Pressure has been growing for action in the wake of an attack on Khan Sheikhoun, a town in Northern Syria held by rebel forces fighting the government, on 4 April which killed 90 people.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) found the attack could only be "determined as the use of sarin, as a chemical weapon".
Although the UN has yet to officially determine who was responsible, and the Syrian authorities have denied any involvement, the UK says it believes the government of Bashar al-Assad was responsible.
US President Donald Trump launched a limited bombing campaign against regime military targets in Syria in response.
Speaking in late April, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson suggested that if the US asked the UK to join them in military action in the event of further chemical weapons attacks, it would be "very difficult" to say no.
He also said the recent convention that Parliament has to give prior authorisation to the use of force would need to be "tested".
Parliament rejected action against the Assad regime in 2013 as Labour voted against and nearly 40 Tories and Lib Dems rebelled. MPs later sanctioned the bombing of so-called Islamic State positions in Syria.
Mr Blunt - a former chairman of the Commons foreign affairs committee and Mr Mercer - a former member of the defence select committee - are now calling for a different approach in which the government should consider getting parliamentary authorisation on a pre-emptive basis if certain conditions are met.
In a new briefing paper published in association with the European Council of Foreign Relations, the two MPs argue the government failed to get the support of Parliament in 2013 because it "rushed" the vote, did not give sufficient guarantees over the legality of the proposed action nor provide timely intelligence.
While a pre-emptive vote would be "unprecedented", they argue that action may be needed given that chemical agents continue to be used despite the Syrian regime signing up to the Chemical Weapons Convention in 2014 and, in an initiative sponsored by the Russians, removing all declared chemical weapons.
Such an approach, they say, would give the government sufficient time to make a "clear and thorough" case for action, set out the threshold for the use of force, spell out what limitations would be placed on any intervention and how it would relate to wider attempts to end the six-year civil war in Syria.
"It would probably be impossible to get parliamentary authority for UK reprisal action within the likely timeframe of a US military response to a chemical weapons attack in Syria," Mr Blunt - who was among those to vote against military action in 2013 - said.
He added: "Pre-emptive parliamentary authority would send a deterrent message in itself, help address the complex legal and strategic questions involved, as well as enable limitations on military action to prevent escalation and mission creep."
Mr Mercer, a former soldier who was first elected to Parliament in 2015, said the paper set out some new ideas about how the UK might respond to atrocities of the like seen in Syria since 2013 given the "bruising" legacy of its experience in Iraq.
"I hope that this paper gives genuine food for thought as to how we as a country can back up what we say with what we do and highlight a clearer path as to when we may or may not intervene," he added.
Without an absolute majority in the Commons, the government would find it difficult to win any vote on military action without the support of a large number of Labour MPs, whose leader Jeremy Corbyn is a vehement critic of foreign intervention in the Middle East.
The SNP has warned ministers against by-passing Parliament and "falling blindly in line to the Trump tune".


Monmouthshire council will contribute £100,000 towards the cost of hosting the National Eisteddfod, after a fundraising campaign failed to reach its target.

Organisers of the week-long Welsh language festival in Abergavenny wanted to raise £300,000 but the final total will be significantly less.
Eisteddfod officials said the target was "ambitious".
The council said its contribution was an "investment well made".
In 2014, the local authority agreed to host the event and underwrite any shortfall as part of a £580,000 budget commitment.
Council leader Peter Fox told BBC Wales' Newyddion 9 programme: "We always realised there would be challenges in reaching the £300,000 target.
"This doesn't represent a great concern to us because this is a huge investment not only in celebrating Welsh language and culture but also Monmouthshire."
It is estimated as much as £6m will be spent in the local economy during Eisteddfod week.
Eisteddfod chief executive Elfed Roberts said: "We knew the target was fairly ambitious but the local working group has worked very hard.
"They have raised nearly £200,000 by organising numerous bilingual events.
"The council has supported us in many ways and sees the event as an investment in the county."
The Eisteddfod is returning to Abergavenny for the first time since 1913.
It will be held on the grounds of Castle Meadows between 30 July and 6 August.


Eating potatoes or chips on most days of the week may increase a woman's risk of diabetes during pregnancy, say US researchers.

This is probably because starch in spuds can trigger a sharp rise in blood sugar levels, they say.
Their study in the BMJ tracked more than 21,000 pregnancies.
But UK experts say proof is lacking and lots of people need to eat more starchy foods for fibre, as well as fresh fruit and veg.
The BMJ study linked high potato consumption to a higher diabetes risk.
Swapping a couple of servings a week for other vegetables should counter this, say the authors.
UK dietary advice says starchy foods (carbohydrates) such as potatoes should make up about a third of the food people eat.
There is no official limit on how much carbohydrate people should consume each week.
Foods that contain carbohydrates affect blood sugar.
Some - high Glycaemic Index (GI) foods - release the sugar quickly into the bloodstream.
Others - low GI foods - release them more steadily.
Research suggests eating a low GI diet can help manage diabetes.
Pregnancy puts extra demands on the body, and some women develop diabetes at this time.
Gestational diabetes, as it is called, usually goes away after the birth but can pose long-term health risks for the mother and baby.
The BMJ study set out investigate what might make some women more prone to pregnancy diabetes.
The study followed nurses who became pregnant between 1991 and 2001. None of them had any chronic diseases before pregnancy.
Every four years, the women were asked to provide information on how often potatoes featured in their diets, and any cases of gestational diabetes were noted.
Over the 10-year period, there were 21,693 pregnancies and 854 of these were affected by gestational diabetes.
The study took into account other risk factors, such as:
It found a 27% increased risk of diabetes during pregnancy in the nurses who typically ate two to four 100g (3.5oz) servings of boiled, mashed, baked potatoes or chips a week.
In those who ate more than five portions of potatoes or chips a week, the risk went up by 50%.
The researchers estimate that if women swap their potatoes for vegetables or whole grains at least twice a week, they would lower their diabetes risk by 9-12%.
Cuilin Zhang, lead study author, from the National Institutes of Health in Maryland, US, said the findings were important.
"Gestational diabetes can mean women develop pre-eclampsia during pregnancy and hypertension," she said.
"This can adversely affect the foetus, and in the long term the mother may be at high risk of type-2 diabetes."
But UK experts stressed there was not enough evidence to warn women off eating lots of potatoes.
Dr Emily Burns, of Diabetes UK, said: "This study does not prove that eating potatoes before pregnancy will increase a woman's risk developing gestational diabetes, but it does highlight a potential association between the two.
"However, as the researchers acknowledge, these results need to be investigated in a controlled trial setting before we can know more.
"What we do know is that women can significantly reduce their risk of developing gestational diabetes by managing their weight through eating a healthy, balanced diet and keeping active."
Dr Louis Levy, head of nutrition science at Public Health England, said: "As the authors acknowledge, it is not possible to show cause and effect from this study.
"The evidence tells us that we need to eat more starchy foods, such as potatoes, bread, pasta and rice, as well as fruit and vegetables to increase fibre consumption and protect bowel health.
"Our advice remains the same: base meals around a variety of starchy foods, including potatoes with the skin on, and choose wholegrain varieties where possible."


An ice exclusion zone has been introduced to the Volvo Ocean Race after a 300-metre-long iceberg was spotted by organisers.

The fleet of seven teams is nearing the end of the first leg from Alicante, Spain, to Cape Town, South Africa.
"Icebergs are the one thing that sailors are most afraid of," said Mark Covell, part of the race control team.
Abu Dhabi Ocean Race, skippered by Briton Ian Walker, was leading by just 17 nautical miles on Saturday.
All of the fleet are sailing in a one-design Volvo Ocean 65 boat, built for durability rather than speed. The opening stage has been the most closely contested in the event's history, with the early leaders and all-female Team SCA currently in last place.
Justin Slattery, part of the Abu Dhabi crew, said: "It doesn't take much to sink a boat like this."
Team SCA's British skipper Sam Davies said: "It's a racing environment, it's a pretty dangerous thing to come across, so I totally understand the decision and I think it's a very good idea."
The boats, which are due to arrive in Cape Town around 6 November after a 6,847-nautical-mile leg which started on 11 October, will face penalties if they cross into the exclusion zone.
The race visits 11 ports across every continent and will conclude in Gothenburg, Sweden on June 27,2015.


The US Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate by 0.25%, the second increase this year.

The central bank voted to raise its key rate target to a range of 1% to 1.25%.
That's the highest level since 2008, when policymakers cut rates to encourage borrowing and spending after the financial crisis.
The bank also said it would begin cutting its bond holdings and other securities this year.
It cited continued US economic growth and job market strength as reasons for raising its benchmark interest rate.
"Our decision ... reflects the progress the economy has made and is expected to make," said Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen.
The rise was widely anticipated after a low unemployment rate, but other economic indicators, including inflation, have been weaker.
Data on Wednesday showed US consumer prices unexpectedly fell in May and retail sales recorded their biggest drop in 16 months.
This has raised questions about the bank's future course.
US stock markets the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq edged down at the close.
But the rate increase was already priced into most stocks.
Analysis: BBC economics correspondent Andrew Walker
Should the Fed have done it? The case against is inflation.
The Fed's statement noted that price rises have slowed recently.
Inflation is below the target of 2%. But then Fed Chair Janet Yellen thinks a large part of that is down to falls in specific prices.
She mentioned cell-phone plans and prescription drug prices. Over time their impact will drop out, and she and the committee expect inflation to get to the target in time.
The rate rise continues the Fed's slow return to normality after the financial crisis. The journey is not over.
The Fed's policy makers think about 3% is the new normal.
There's also the legacy of quantitative easing and the $4.2trn portfolio of financial assets.
Really normal will mean running that down - though perhaps not to pre-crisis levels.
It will take a long time and it hasn't begun yet, but the Fed does expect to make a start later this year.
Federal Reserve policymakers have been grappling with when and how to alter the policies put in place after the 2008 financial crisis to boost economic activity.
At the time, they slashed interest rates and bought up US treasuries and mortgage-backed securities to keep rates low.
The Fed has a $4.2trn portfolio of Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities, most of which were purchased in the wake of the financial crisis and recession.
In 2014 the bank stopped its bond purchase program, known as quantitative easing, but it has continued to reinvest the assets on its books.
On Wednesday, policymakers said they aim to reduce that balance sheet, by reinvesting payments from those securities only above certain caps, totalling $10bn.
The cap would escalate in three month intervals. It would start implementing those policies this year, assuming economic growth continues.
Ms Yellen said she's not sure how far the committee will want to reduce the holdings over the long run, but she said they would be levels "appreciably below" those seen in recent years though larger than before the financial crisis.
The Fed raised interest rates for the first time since the crisis in December 2015.
Policymakers acted in December 2016 and again in March.
Wednesday's decision was made with an 8-1 vote, with Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, dissenting. Mr Kashkari also voted against the March rise.
Interest rates remain low by historic standards. The board expects to raise rates at least three times this year.
The moves depend on the strength of the economy, which has been mixed.
On Wednesday, the US Labor Department reported that prices for goods excluding food and energy increased by 1.7% from May 2016, slowing steadily from earlier in the year.
That fell short of the Federal Reserve's target of 2%.
Ms Yellen said the bank is aware of the shortfall and it was "essential" to move back to the target.
But she said this year's data may be skewed by one-off factors, such as lower prices on cell phone plans.
"It's important not to overreact to a few readings," Ms Yellen said. "Data on inflation can be noisy."
For US consumers, interest rate increases tend to lead to increased borrowing costs.
Greg McBride, chief financial analyst for Bankrate.com, said the cumulative effect of recent rate increases on consumers is "mounting".
"The combination of rising debt burdens and rising interest rates is straining some households, with delinquencies picking up from recent lows," he said.
In broader terms, the economic impact includes a stronger dollar and higher bank profits.


Double Olympic champion Mo Farah has said he was shocked at the latest revelations to hit athletics but has backed Lord Coe to clean up the sport.

Three senior officials received life bans by the International Association of Athletics Federations ethics commission over doping cover-up claims.
Farah said of IAAF president Coe: "He's doing a great job. Obviously it's going to take time, but he's all up for it.
"You don't want to see your sport in a bad way.
"But it's getting rid of the bad ones," he added.
Former IAAF consultant Papa Massata Diack and Russian officials Valentin Balakhnichev and Alexei Melnikov received their bans for multiple breaches of anti-doping rules relating to Russian athlete Liliya Shobukhova.
The news came two days after Coe revealed that the world governing body's anti-doping budget would be doubled as part of his plan to rebuild trust in athletics.
"[Rebuilding trust] is going to take time," said 32-year-old Farah, who won 5,000m and 10,000m gold at the 2012 Olympics.
"We are working on it and that's what we've got to do. We've got to clean up.
"I don't want to see my sport in a bad shadow, but at the same time it's what it needs.
"Hopefully we can live by example. We do the best we can in our country to do what we're doing."
The latest bans come in the wake of Russia's suspension from international competition following systematic doping offences.
Former president Lamine Diack, father of Papa Massata Diack, is under investigation by French police and the ethics commission.
Nick Davies, deputy general secretary at the IAAF, announced he would step aside from his role as the director of the president's office while the ethics commission investigate allegations against him.
Coe, who succeeded Diack in August, has himself come under pressure in recent months over his former ambassadorial role with Nike.
However, Farah believes his fellow Olympic gold medallist will help athletics move forward.
Farah published a series of his own blood test results in the Sunday Times in August to prove he was himself a clean athlete and said he would prefer to focus on running rather than the debate over doping.
"I had my own reasons to publish them," said Farah, who runs in the Great Edinburgh XCountry on Saturday.
"I had nothing to hide, but at the same time I just want to be able to do what I do and that's to run, represent my country, win medals and get on the start line."


League Two side Wycombe Wanderers plan to re-launch a youth scheme, having closed down the academy in 2012.

The Chairboys and Crawley Town are the only two of 72 Football League clubs without any form of youth development.
On Thursday, the club announced plans to instate a Professional Development Phase (PDP) scheme for under 21s.
But they need raise £100,000 which will fund up to five young players and a development coach, before looking at expanding to younger age groups.
Depending on funding and the success of the scheme, the club would look to achieve Category Four status - which requires further staffing than the PDP scheme, but would include an under-18 side that could play in official leagues.
Gareth Ainsworth's side, currently fifth in League Two, have a total 18 full-time players on their books because of financial constraints, as well as three players currently on loan, meaning they currently cannot train 11 v 11 or have any reserve games.
Recently, they played 46-year-old goalkeeping coach Barry Richardson in their League Two victory over Plymouth as they did not have adequate cover when Alex Lynch got injured during the match, and former QPR midfielder Ainsworth himself is still registered as a player in case of an emergency.
Chairman Andrew Howard said: "Gareth and his staff have done an outstanding job working with the smallest squad in the Football League, and have rightly received plaudits from other clubs with respect to the progress that young players have made under their tutelage.
"But having such a small squad places limitations on the progress that can be made on the pitch, and the Professional Development Phase scheme will give us as a better chance of moving towards becoming a sustainable club at League One level in the near future."
Before closing down the academy, it produced players including Liverpool winger Jordon Ibe, QPR midfielder Matt Phillips and Wolves defender Kortney Hause.
When it closed down, the club cited "financial limitations" and the "increased demands" of the Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) - the new system for academies in England.


Pledges made to double the number of female and minority members of the organisation behind the Oscars have been welcomed by Hollywood figures.

Actor Don Cheadle called the measures "a step in the right direction".
Oscar nominee Matt Damon also praised the initiatives, but added the industry had "a long, long, long way to go".
Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the changes following a backlash over the lack of diversity in this year's Oscar nominations.
The all-white line-up in the four acting categories prompted director Spike Lee, actress Jada Pinkett Smith and her husband Will Smith to announce they would not be attending next month's awards.
Three new seats will be added to the Academy's board of governors to improve diversity in leadership, while voting rights will be stripped from those who have not been active in the industry for the past decade.
"The Academy is going to lead and not wait for the industry to catch up," Cheryl Boone Isaacs said in a statement.
"These new measures regarding governance and voting will have an immediate impact and begin the process of significantly changing our membership composition."
Speaking at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, Cheadle said he applauded the Academy's attempts to do something about an issue that has threatened to overshadow this year's ceremony.
"But people really have to have access to tell the stories they want to tell," he continued.
"So what we really need is people in positions to greenlight those stories, not a hunk of metal."
Writing on Twitter, Selma director Ava DuVernay - whose omission from last year's best director shortlist was the source of some controversy - said "shame [was] a helluva motivator".
"Marginalised artists have advocated for Academy change for DECADES," she continued, claiming their calls had been met with "deaf ears [and] closed minds".
The film-maker said the new measures represented "one good step in a long, complicated journey for people of colour [and] women artists".
Spike Lee also expressed qualified support for the new measures, describing them as "a start".
"I commend the Academy for what they've done," he continued, while reiterating his own pledge that he would not be attending on 28 February.
Damon, who is up for best actor for his role in The Martian, said the moves were "a wonderful first step" but said Hollywood must do "much, much, much more'' to more accurately reflect society.
Meanwhile, the producer of this year's Academy Awards telecast has confirmed that Chris Rock will host the 28 February ceremony as planned.
The comedian had faced calls to relinquish the role in protest against the lack of diversity in this year's nominees.
Rock, said producer Reginald Hudlin, was hard at work rewriting material for next month's show to reflect the fact that "things [had] got a little provocative".
Hudlin, who was Oscar-nominated as producer of 2012's Django Unchained, said he was confident Rock would "deliver something that people will be talking about for weeks".
Dustin Hoffman, Sir Michael Caine and Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling are among those to have offered opinions in recent days on the Oscars diversity row.
Their ranks have been joined by Dame Joan Collins, who has turned to Twitter to express her displeasure at Lee's description of the Oscars as a "lilly white" [sic] event.
"I'm a voting Oscar member [and] I nominated Idris Elba for [his] great performance in Beasts [of No Nation]," she told her followers on Saturday.
"So I resent members being called Lilywhite#wrong."
Nelson Mandela's daughter Maki, meanwhile, has called the protests about the lack of black actors in this year's nominees "very significant".
"You have to understand that the struggle of oppressed people anywhere in the world is a struggle of oppressed people around the world," she told John Pienaar on BBC Radio 5 live's Pienaar's Politics.
"You can't say that I am only concerned about my own backyard."


A Britain's Got Talent finalist plied a teenage boy with "strong alcohol and beer", a court has heard.

Kombat Breakers dancer Leeroy Bailey, 35, denies cruelty to a child by exposing him to alcohol in 2016.
He had invited the boy over to watch a film or play video games, Warwick Crown Court was told.
There was "significant potential" for the boy - who required an ambulance - to have ended up with alcohol poisoning, the prosecution said.
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Mr Bailey, whose talent show troupe lost in the final of the ITV show in 2007, called an ambulance when the boy became ill.
Jonathan Eley, for the prosecution, told the court the dancer, from Foleshill in Coventry, had "supplied" alcohol to the youngster, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
"The victim was not used to drinking and had a reaction to this," Mr Eley said.
"He vomited and vomited - and vomited that much that Mr Bailey was so concerned, that when the victim asked for an ambulance to be called he did."
Paramedics found the teenager in his boxer shorts being sick in the toilet, adding the alleged victim told police he had taken off his own tracksuit because he "didn't want to sick on it", the prosecutor said.
The boy had to stay overnight in hospital to recover.
Mr Eley said that Mr Bailey had initially "implied" to police during interview, that the boy had turned up drunk, but later accepted he had offered him alcohol "in the sense 'it's there, help yourself' but claimed he did not physically hand it over."
The trial continues.


Edinburgh World Heritage has secured what it calls "significant" European funding for a new project.

The charity, which promotes the benefits of recognising Edinburgh's history, is being supported by the European regional development fund.
The three-year project will see Edinburgh working with Porto, Santiago de Compostella, Bordeaux, and Florence.
Edinburgh's role will be to ensure ideas generated by the project will have practical benefit.
The Atlas project will include a World Heritage Cities Week, to be held next year.
Edinburgh World Heritage international manager, Krzysztof Jan Chuchra, said: "Europe's historic cities face a number of different threats ranging from inappropriate development, poor maintenance and care of historic buildings in private hands, and the negative consequences of some aspects of the tourist economy.
"The Atlas project will attempt to develop solutions to some of these problems, in partnership with local residents and the council."
The organisation's director, Adam Wilkinson, added: "As we go through the Brexit process, it's important that Edinburgh remains firmly at the centre of the family of great European historic cities.
"We can learn so much from each other, and face the challenges of the future together.
"I am pleased that Edinburgh World Heritage has secured this important EU grant."
Edinburgh's involvement in the project was welcomed by one of its partners, the Portuguese city of Porto.
The director of its department of culture, Sofia Alves, said: "Edinburgh has so much to offer the rest of Europe as one of our most important historic cities, but will also, I believe, benefit from seeing how other cities address our common problems."


Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau has been accused of "manhandling" a Conservative MP as the House of Commons debated an assisted-dying bill.

Video shows Mr Trudeau walking into a crowd and taking Opposition Whip Gord Brown by his arm in an apparent attempt to steer him to his seat.
New Democratic Party MP Ruth-Ellen Brosseau said she was "elbowed in the chest" in the ensuing scuffle.
Mr Trudeau later apologised to Ms Brosseau of Quebec "unreservedly".
Liberal Party leader Mr Trudeau also had a heated verbal exchange with New Democratic Party leader Tom Mulcair.
"What kind of man elbows a woman? It's pathetic! You're pathetic!" Mr Mulcair shouted at Mr Trudeau in the incident caught on video.
The CBC reported that Mr Trudeau lost his temper and shouted an expletive.
The incident is considered a rare misstep for the young prime minister who is popular at home and abroad.
"I have never seen a display of bully behaviour by a Canadian politician let alone a prime minister as I witnessed just now in the chamber," said David Sweet, a Conservative MP from Ontario.
The row appears to have begun when Mr Trudeau sought to put an end to Mr Brown's speech in the House after accusing him of deliberately speaking slowly.
Elizabeth May, a Green Party MP from British Columbia, said opposition MPs were engaging in "mischief" to delay the vote.
Several lawmakers were concerned about the breakdown in civility in the House of Commons.
"We don't want to become a House of Commons from some country you watch on CNN," Ms May said.


Scientists have found neurons that prevent mice from forming fearful memories in an area of the brain called the hippocampus.

These inhibitory neurons ensure that a neutral memory of a context or location is not contaminated by an unpleasant event occurring at the same time.
The team says their work could one day help them better understand the neural basis of conditions such as post traumatic stress disorder.
The study is published in Science.
Attila Losonczy, from Columbia University in New York and colleagues, were interested in how the hippocampus stores memories of a particular context and then separates this memory from a fearful event.
When looking at individual neurons in the brains of mice, they found inhibitory cells - called interneurons - were crucial for fear memory formation to travel to the correct part of the brain.
"These cells are activated by the unpleasant salient event and they act somewhat like a filter. They may function to block out unwanted information related to this strong, salient event," Dr Losonczy told the BBC's Science in Action programme.
"This way, the hippocampus can process and store contextual information reliably and independently without the potentially detrimental interference from this [unpleasant] salient event," he added.
When mice were conditioned to express fear in a particular context, they later associated the same environment with the unpleasant event.
But when scientists deactivated these inhibitor neurons, the mice no longer showed any fear. That is, the team was able to stop the mice from forming fearful memories.
This highlighted the importance of the role of these interneurons on first encoding the fearful memory before it was passed onto another part of the brain.
"The next time this aversive stimulus is not present, we should still be able to remember the context correctly," Dr Losonczy explained.
"This contextual representation is then played out from the hippocampus to other brain areas like the amgydala where the actual association between the context and the fearful event takes place."
Understanding how context and fear are learned and the specific neurons involved, could help scientists better help people with conditions like anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders.
"If we understand how the circuits in our brain influence memory under normal conditions, we can then try to understand what actually went wrong during psychiatric disorders," added Dr Losonczy.
Xu Liu from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US, who was not involved with the research, said that the study was a cleverly designed way to "peek into the mouse's brain and zoom into the cells of interest while the animal was learning".
"This study solved the puzzle of how the hippocampus can successfully encode the context, while ignoring the impact of the ongoing negative stimulus."
"[It] shows one mechanism for parallel-processing in the brain, where temporally overlapping inputs are disentangled and sorted into separate pipelines for further processing," Dr Liu told BBC News.
Listen to Science in Action on the BBC World Service at 20:30 GMT or download the podcast here


Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has begun his promised cabinet reshuffle as protests continue over the slow pace of political reform.

Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Orabi has resigned while two new deputy prime ministers have been appointed.
Among protesters' demands are for corrupt officials who served under President Hosni Mubarak to be tried.
A general who went to Tahrir Square, the heart of the revolt that toppled Mr Mubarak, was booed by demonstrators.
Under intense pressure from a new wave of protests, Mr Sharaf has embarked on what are expected to be sweeping changes to his government.
Official media say up to 15 ministers are expected to be replaced in the reshuffle. It is  being seen as a purge of those with links to Mr Mubarak, who was ousted in February.
Mr Orabi, considered too close to the Mubarak regime, has resigned after less than a month in the foreign minister's post.
He was going "to spare the prime minister any embarrassment during the current negotiations on the ministerial changes", Egypt's state-run Mena news agency quoted him as saying.
Mr Sharaf, who heads a caretake administration and has limited powers  under the military rulers, has appointed two new deputy prime ministers.
They are economist Hazem El Beblawi, 74, and 75-year-old Ali al-Silmi, a leader of the Wafd party, Egypt's oldest political party.
The cabinet changes have taken more than week to take effect - an indication, says BBC Cairo correspondent Jon Leyne, that Mr Sharaf is in a behind-the scenes battle with the ruling military council.
The military council have meanwhile announced that they will restrict the use of military courts to try civilians - a focus of much of the opposition's anger.
Many Egyptians are becoming impatient with the military council that replaced Mr Mubarak.
Major-General Tarek el-Mahdi went to Tahrir Square on Saturday to try to persuade some protesters to end a hunger strike.
As he spoke from a podium he was booed and had shoes shaken at him in a traditional expression of contempt, forcing him to cut short his visit.
The square was at the centre of the uprising that produced Mr Mubarak's downfall and is the focus of renewed protests.
There have also been demonstrations in other cities.
Protesters want a new government, limited power for the military council, the release of civilians being tried in military tribunals, and speedy public trials for former regime officials.


American tennis player Nikita Kryvonos has been banned for 10 years and fined $20,000 (£15,380) after being found guilty of breaches of the sport's anti-corruption programme.

The Tennis Integrity Unit found he colluded with third parties "to contrive the outcome of a match" at the Challenger event in Illinois in 2015.
This coincided with suspicious betting activity on the match.
The 30-year-old's ban will expire on 29 November 2025.
Kryvonos achieved a career-high singles ranking of 389 in 2007. His most recent ranking, in 2015, was 931.


Sri Lanka had an absolutely rotten second day in the second Test against England at Chester-le-Street.

They hung in there so well on day one to restrict England to 310-6, but I'm afraid they undid all their good work with some woeful batting and a couple of shocking misses in the field.
England, however, were excellent - no-one more so than two players whose places in the side have been under scrutiny: Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes.
Having once again demolished Sri Lanka's inexperienced batting line-up, I fully expect England to press home their advantage in this match and wrap up a straightforward win - and with it the series.
Moeen's unbeaten 155, his second Test hundred, was a typically majestic innings.
He reminds me of David Gower when he's in full flow: Yes, he can play limp, wishy-washy shots that get him out, but he is also capable of sumptuous, elegant strokeplay, and the good far outweighs the bad.
Sri Lanka had opportunities to snuff him out - he was dropped on 36 and 105 - but sport is all about taking your chances and he played with great confidence for a man who has had a few low scores recently.
Moeen was batting at number seven and this will no doubt lead to calls for him to move up from his usual position of eight, but I wouldn't move him anywhere.
We haven't seen the best of Chris Woakes so far in his fitful England career, but on Saturday I think we did.
After making a good contribution with the bat, he carried the form and confidence from taking 9-34 in the County Championship into his bowling, and ran through the Sri Lankan middle order - assisted by some hapless batting.
I've been impressed with Woakes ever since he made his debut against Australia in 2013 - people tend to have a rather negative reaction to him, but he is a fine cricketer who can be relied upon to do a good job for the team.
He's never going to give you the sort of talismanic all-round contribution that Ben Stokes is capable of. In all likelihood, Woakes will have to step aside when Stokes is fit again.
All Woakes can do is make that decision as hard as possible for the selectors, and who knows, if he can continue taking wickets, he could even put pressure on players such as Steven Finn, who has looked short of his best rhythm in this series so far.
Sri Lanka needed to bowl England out for 360 to give themselves a chance in this game, and if they had hung on to two simple chances in the opening half-hour of the day, they would have had every chance of doing just that.
That rather set the tone for the rest of the day and they simply capitulated in the face of some aggressive England batting and disciplined bowling.
At least in the first Test they could blame the conditions - well, I'm sorry, but there was no excuse for the way they batted on Saturday. The pitch didn't do much, but with a mountain of runs hanging over them, their batting was simply abject.
There will be those who say that one-sided days like this strengthen the case for Test cricket to be split into two divisions.
I'm not in favour of that - you have to try to support these countries who are playing Test cricket. You have to accept that Sri Lanka are in a transitional phase, having lost two all-time great batsmen in Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene.
Having said that, I'm not sure it's in anyone's interests to send them up to Leeds and Durham for two Tests so early in the year.
Jonathan Agnew was speaking to BBC Sport's James Gheerbrant.
Listen to Jonathan Agnew and Geoffrey Boycott review the day's play on the TMS podcast.


An elderly man hit by a bus in Oxford Street has died on the day safety campaigners staged a vigil highlighting the deaths of cyclists and pedestrians.

The bus driver involved in the collision with the 82-year-old was not arrested and is assisting police.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has previously announced he is looking into making Oxford Street a pedestrian-only zone.
He plans to reduce pollution and create a "tree-lined avenue from Tottenham Court Road to Marble Arch".
In Mr Khan's election manifesto, he said he wanted to start with car-free days before making the area fully pedestrianised.
The death on Friday of the 82-year-old man, who has not been named, came as campaigners mounted a vigil outside City Hall to highlight the deaths of 11 cyclists and pedestrians on London's roads in May.


Seven people have been arrested after a gang of bikers caused traffic chaos during a Halloween "ride out".

Dozens of off-road motorcycles, quad bikes and scooters brought Kirkstall Road, a major route into Leeds, to a standstill.
Riders were also filmed driving on some of the city's busiest shopping streets in scenes likened to the Mad Max films.
West Yorkshire Police has released images of ten men believed to have been involved.
Six men, aged between 22 and 26, and a 29-year-old woman were held on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance after early morning raids across Leeds.
Four motorbikes were seized, with items of equipment also taken.
Videos posted online show bikers riding in convoy, with some pulling wheelies. Others can be seen riding on the pavement during the event, which was organised on social media.
The force said it wanted to identify ten males pictured on security cameras, with inquiries also identifying about 80 registration plates of vehicles involved in the ride.
Leeds City Council has gained an injunction at the County Court which bans anyone from "participating in anti-social driving of motor vehicles" in a group of two or more in a public place in Leeds.
The interim order, which grants power of arrest, also forbids people promoting or organising the anti-social driving of motor vehicles, officers said.
Ch Supt Paul Money, Leeds district commander, said: "The behaviour that was witnessed in the city that night put people's safety at risk, caused unnecessary fear to the public and created an image of lawlessness that we simply cannot allow to go unchecked.
"We hope today's operation and our continuing investigation will send out a very clear message to anyone who is considering arranging or taking part in any such event in the future."


Chester stunned Dagenham & Redbridge with a comprehensive 3-0 win home win the National League.

The unfancied Blues were galvanised from the outset, and took the lead after 12 minutes when Elliott Durrell netted with a stunning volley from 25 yards.
John Still's men were still reeling when Theo Vassell slid a superb ball through to Tom Shaw, and the midfielder bided his time before smashing past Elliot Justham.
Liam Roberts did his bit in the Chester goal, parrying a firm Oli Hawkins header.
After the break, an inspired Chester pushed on and Johnny Hunt whipped in a cross for James Alabi to head in and crown a fine night.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Chester FC 3, Dagenham and Redbridge 0.
Second Half ends, Chester FC 3, Dagenham and Redbridge 0.
Substitution, Chester FC. Matty Waters replaces James Alabi.
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Paul Benson replaces Oliver Hawkins.
Substitution, Chester FC. Craig Mahon replaces Evan Horwood.
Substitution, Chester FC. Jordan Chapell replaces Elliott Durrell.
Substitution, Dagenham and Redbridge. Christian Assombalonga replaces Luke Guttridge.
Goal!  Chester FC 3, Dagenham and Redbridge 0. James Alabi (Chester FC).
Luke Guttridge (Dagenham and Redbridge) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Evan Horwood (Chester FC) is shown the yellow card.
Second Half begins Chester FC 2, Dagenham and Redbridge 0.
First Half ends, Chester FC 2, Dagenham and Redbridge 0.
Goal!  Chester FC 2, Dagenham and Redbridge 0. Tom Shaw (Chester FC).
Goal!  Chester FC 1, Dagenham and Redbridge 0. Elliott Durrell (Chester FC).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.


A 47-year-old woman was killed and four others injured when a car lost control on a bend and overturned before hitting a fence in the Scottish Borders.

The victim was sitting in the rear of a Suzuki Ignis when the incident occurred on the B6350 close to Redden Farm, near Kelso, at about 16:15 on Friday.
The woman, who has not been named, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Another female passenger was taken by air ambulance to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for treatment.
Her condition was described as "serious but stable".
The female driver and another two passengers - a man and a woman - were taken to Borders General Hospital. Their injuries were not thought to be life-threatening.
No other vehicles were involved in the incident.
The road was closed for about six-and-a-half hours to allow an investigation to be carried out.
Police are urging anyone who saw the silver vehicle or the collision to come forward.
Sgt Andy Gibb, from the Road Policing Unit based in Dalkeith, said: "This is an extremely tragic incident and our thoughts are today with the family of the woman who sadly passed away.
"Our inquiries into this collision are ongoing as we look to establish the full set of circumstances."


Welsh hurdler David Omoregie says he is hoping to come of age at the European Indoor Championships in March.

Omoregie will compete in the 60m hurdles after his inclusion in the 32-strong Great Britain squad for the trip to Belgrade, Serbia.
The 21-year-old made the Championships semi-finals two years ago on his senior international debut.
"I have come a long way in two years and hope I can now produce what I feel I am capable of," said Omoregie.
The Welshman has been included alongside training partner and world leader Andrew Pozzi, with David King completing a strong Great British trio.
"I train with Andrew and he has been doing very well," said Omoregie.
"Everyone around British Athletics knows how talented he is. He has had these times in him over the last couple of years but with his injury record he has not had that chance to do it.
"We have trained together well this winter and have pushed each other.
"David King also ran a personal best last weekend so he is also going well.
"There is no reason why all of us can make the final and then in hurdles anything can happen.
"The event is definitely on the up in this country."
Omoregie believes a strong French team will provide the main competition.
"It is a very competitive event," he told BBC Wales Sport.
"Poz [Andrew Pozzi] is a little bit ahead of everyone else but the French will be very strong and there are other strong athletes.
"But I feel pretty confident I can produce and am looking forward to it.
"I did the European Indoors a couple of years ago and it was the first time I was selected for a Great British vest and had a really good experience.
"I have started the season well and run personal bests.
"I feel if I can piece it all together, I can produce a good time. Hopefully that will be in Belgrade."


Australian Lleyton Hewitt claimed the biggest scalp of the US Open men's draw so far as he beat sixth seed Juan Martin del Potro 6-4 5-7 3-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 in four hours three minutes.

Hewitt, 32, is eight years older and ranked 60 places lower than 2009 champion Del Potro.
Elsewhere world number one Novak Djokovic saw off Germany's Benjamin Becker to reach the third round.
In the women's draw, defending champion Serena Williams won in straight sets.
The world number one swatted aside Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3 6-1 in one hour and 14 minutes in the early hours of the morning, to set up a meeting with fellow American Sloane Stephens.
before overcoming Argentina's Leonardo Mayer in four, while Czech fifth seed Tomas Berdych also won.
Li Na (Chn) [5] bt Laura Robson (GB) [30] 6-2 7-5
Match report
Novak Djokovic (Srb) [1] bt Benjamin Becker (Ger) 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 6-2
Djokovic, the 2011 champion, saved two set points in the opener before coming through 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 6-2.
"Today was tricky conditions and the first hour I wasn't able to play as well as wanted. After that I felt more confident," said Serb Djokovic, who has reached at least the semi-finals of every Grand Slam event since losing to Jurgen Melzer in the quarter-finals at the 2010 French Open.
His third-round opponent is Portugal's Joao Sousa, who overcame Finn Jarkko Nieminen in a five-set match lasting just short of three hours.
Sloane Stephens (US) [15] bt Jamie Hampton (US) [23] 6-1 6-3
Stephens, 20, will play Serena Williams in the last 16.
Stephens criticised Williams in a magazine interview in May, saying that their relationship had deteriorated since she beat her compatriot in the Australian Open quarter-finals.
But Stephens is now happy with how she and Williams get on. "I think that's all old news now and we've moved on," she said.
"We are competitors, we are co-workers so it is definitely tough, but I think now we are in a good place," she told ESPN.
Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) bt Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) [6] 6-4 5-7 3-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-1
Hewitt, who lifted the 2001 US Open title as a 20-year-old, beat world number six Del Potro in their most recent meeting at Queen's in June.
"I don't know how many years I have left to play and I was hankering to get out on this court again and put on a show," Hewitt said.
"A couple of years ago, I had a few foot surgeries and I didn't know if I would ever play tennis again. But it's a hell of a lot of fun coming out to play and I cherish every match."
Del Potro, who hit 70 errors in the match, stated after the match that a long-standing wrist complaint was "not the way I'd like".
Hewitt will play Russian world number 102 Evgeny Donskoy in the last 32.
"I hit with him a couple of days ago,'' Hewitt said of his third-round opponent. "First time I'd ever seen him.''
Serena Williams (US) [1] bt Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz) 6-3 6-1
Williams, 31, is aiming to become the oldest US Open women's champion by winning her fifth title at Flushing Meadows.
She praised Stephens' play ahead of their keenly-anticipated fourth-round encounter.
"It's going to be tough, Sloane is playing so well," she said.
"I'm  always so happy for her. She's doing great. I'm really proud of Sloane. It's going to be a really good match."
Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) [3] bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus [32] 6-4 7-6 (7-1)
It might have been a straight-sets win for third seed Radwanska, but the 2012 Wimbledon runner-up needed nearly two hours to beat Pavlyuchenkova.
If she wins her next match, against Russian 24th seed Ekaterina Makarova, Radwanska will become the only woman to reach the last eight at all four Grand Slams this year.
Tomas Berdych (Cze) [5] bt Denis Kudla (US) 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3
Berdych  in the quarter-finals of last year's event, before being
Andy Murray (GB) [3] bt Leonardo Mayer (Arg) 7-5 6-1 3-6 6-1
Match report
Tommy Haas (Ger) [12] bt Yen-Hsun Lu (Tai) 6-3 6-4 7-6 (7-3)
"It's always about being smart, about how you train and what you do off the court," said the German of still competing at the age of 35. "If your body allows you to do all that stuff, then it's really up to you in many ways."
Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) [24] bt Sabine Lisicki (Ger) [16] 6-4 7-5
Lisicki, who beat Serena Williams en route to the Wimbledon final earlier this year, is still yet to get beyond the fourth round in any of the other three Grand Slams.
Florian Mayer (Ger) bt Donald Young (US) 7-5 6-3 6-4
Mayer came out on top in a match that saw 10 breaks of serve, setting up a third-round clash with defending champion Andy Murray.
Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) [18] bt Jie Zheng (Chn) 6-2 6-4
Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) [21] bt Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) 7-5 6-1 6-3
Angelique Kerber (Ger) [8] bt Kaia Kanepi (Est) [25] 6-0 6-4
Jelena Jankovic (Srb) [9] bt Kurumi Nara (Jpn) 6-4 7-6 (7-5)
Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) [9] bt Ivo Karlovic (Cro) 7-5 7-6 (10-8) 6-4
Sara Errani  & Roberta Vinci [1] bt Daniela Hantuchova & Martina Hingis 6-3 7-5
Hingis, who was making a return to Grand Slam tennis as a wildcard after retiring in 2007, double-faulted on the final two points of the match.
The 32-year-old, who has won five Grand Slam singles titles during her career, also lost in the mixed doubles. She and India's Mahesh Bhupathi were beaten 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-5) by Sweden's Robert Lindstedt and Taiwan's Chan Yung-Jan.
"God, give me a break," said the Swiss, when asked if she had considered making a singles comeback after her doubles return.
"No, I haven't given any more thought to it. I have a hard time covering half the court and trying to be there.  Full court is completely different ball game."
Colin Fleming & Jonny Marray (GB) [12] bt Ryan Harrison (US) & Robert Lindstedt (Swe) 6-3 6-4
Jamie Murray (GB) & John Peers (Aus) bt Feliciano Lopez (Spa) & Andre Sa (Bra) 6-7 (7-9) 7-5 7-5
Treat Huey (Phi) & Dom Inglot (GB) [16] bt Daniele Bracciali (Ita) & Lukas Dlouhy 6-3 6-3
Sandra Klemenschits (Aut) & Andrea Klepac (Slo) bt Vera Dushevina (Rus) & Heather Watson (GB) 6-1 7-5
Laura Robson had a worried look on her face after defeat by Li Na, and it was down to an imminent trip to the dentist to have her wisdom teeth removed. "All the other girls in the locker room are telling me their horror stories," she said. "Oh yeah, I pulled my gauze out and it was just blood. So that's not too nice."
Novak Djokovic has been quizzed as much about his diet as his tennis in week one, and day five was no exception. "The toughest for me [to give up] was definitely chocolate. My father is addicted to chocolate in a way. Was. Not any more. During events I don't have milk chocolate. If I have chocolate I have cacao or dark chocolate - a very little bit."
Li Na is struggling to believe the quality of her own serving, after 11 aces against Laura Robson took her to 21 for the tournament - more than any other woman. "After the match my team said I had over 10, I said 'No like eight or something', my husband said, 'I think even less, maybe six.'"
Sloane Stephens has plenty of confidence off court as well as on. "It's tough to have friends on tour, but I don't lack in the social department. I have some good friends. That's not an area that I struggle in."
"Belgium is a very good team," says Andy Murray when asked to give his opinion about the Scottish football team's next World Cup opponents. "A lot of good, young players. I think they're kind of sort of dark horses for the World Cup. I think they're very, very good. I wouldn't expect Scotland to beat them."
"Everybody has their own issues," says Jamie Hampton when asked about the psychology of tennis. "The girls differ from the guys. Girls are a little bit more emotional. We'll just leave it at that."


BP has been accused of disregarding evidence during drilling that the Macondo oil well was unstable.

Expert witness Alan Huffman told the third day of the New Orleans trial over the Gulf of Mexico spill that BP should have heeded a "kick" in the well.
"It is truly egregious to drill that extra 100 feet, knowing you could lose the well in the process," he said.
BP accepts partial responsibility for the oil spill, but claims other firms at the trial share the blame and costs.
These include Transocean, the operator of the Deepwater Horizon rig being used, and Halliburton, who provided cement for lining the Macondo well.
Both firms have sought to apportion all the blame for the 2010 oil spill on BP.
The Macondo explosion killed 11 men and released an estimated four million barrels of oil into the Gulf over 84 days. Since the leak was plugged, the debate over who was responsible has raged on.
If BP loses, it could face a huge fine, despite having already agreed in 2012 to pay $4.5bn (Â£2.9bn) to settle criminal charges.
An unfavourable trial verdict could see the firm liable for the biggest civil fine in history, of up to $17.6bn.
It has also paid out $7.8bn in a settlement with people and businesses affected.
Mr Huffman, chief technology officer for Fusion Petroleum Technologies Inc, was called to the trial by the plaintiffs.
The geophysicist, who has worked for Conoco and Exxon, said the kick during drilling in 2009 - a year before the spill - was evidence of gas or oil intrusion.
He said it should have made plain to BP employees that the pressure under the well was unstable, making the well "dangerous and fragile", and that drilling should have stopped immediately.
The lawyers bringing the action on behalf of the US Department of Justice and the various US states affected by the spill have accused BP of putting profits ahead of safety.
Earlier in the day, the court heard recorded testimony from former chief executive Tony Hayward, and from the former head of drilling operations, Kevin Lacy, who appeared to contradict one another.
In a 20-minute excerpt from hours of examination carried out in 2011, Mr Hayward insisted that cost-cutting at BP had not affected its drilling operations.
Mr Lacy, in contrast, said that $250m-300m had been cut from his budget in 2008-09, while production increased by over 50%.
"I was never given a directive to cut corners or deliver something not safely, but there was tremendous pressure on costs," he said.
Mr Lacy resigned from BP a few months before the spill, because of his concerns about safety.
The day began with another BP executive, exploration and production head Lamar McKay, who finished his live testimony, repeating the line he gave on Tuesday that others shared the blame with BP.
"We've agreed that we're part of the responsibility for this tragic accident," he said. "We've apologised for that."
Cross-examining Mr McKay, lawyers acting for Transocean got him to agree that Deepwater Horizon had been "a very safe operating rig" but only "up until the accident".
Halliburton's lawyer produced an email sent by BP engineer Brian Morel to colleagues on the day of the well blowout that said: "Just wanted to let you know that the Halliburton cement team they sent out did a great job."


Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff has said she will take legal action against a senator who has accused her of involvement in corruption at the state oil company Petrobras.

Senator Delcidio Amaral said the president knew of wrongdoings and tried to block investigations.
Ms Rousseff has denied any involvement.
Meanwhile, the new justice minister has threatened to remove teams from the Petrobras inquiry if any more material is leaked to the press.
In a statement, Brazil's presidency said Ms Rousseff will sue Senator Amaral for defamation over his interview with a magazine.
He was the leader of her Workers' Party in the Senate and had agreed a plea bargain with prosecutors after being arrested as a result of the Petrobras scandal.
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The inquiry has led to the arrest or investigation of dozens of executives and politicians, suspected of overcharging for contracts with Petrobras and using part of the money to pay for bribes and electoral campaigns.
There is widespread public support for the investigation, known as Operation Car Wash, but Ms Rousseff and her allies have criticised its leading judge, Sergio Moro.
They argue the inquiry has become politicised and some of his actions have been illegal.
Last week, Mr Moro released phone recordings suggesting Ms Rousseff had appointed her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as her chief of staff to spare him arrest over money-laundering charges he denies.
Even though Ms Rousseff vehemently denies it, Supreme Court judge Gilmar Mendes has suspended Lula's nomination, and a final decision is yet to be announced.
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If Lula is a minister, any charges against him can only be dealt with by the Supreme Court, which operates more slowly, and not by Mr Moro.
Earlier this month, Lula was briefly detained and questioned at Mr Moro's request.
Ms Rousseff's supporters have also criticised leaks of questioning and details of the investigation to the media.
New Justice Minister Eugenio Aragao questioned the publication of the unverified phone tap conversations between Ms Rousseff and Lula and said the Car Wash investigation was losing its objectivity.
The release of the recordings has also been criticised by Supreme Court judge Marco Aurelio Mello, who has questioned its legality.
However, the content of the phone calls has increased pressure on Ms Rousseff, who is facing growing calls for her removal.
Additionally, there has been a resurgence in allegations of media bias against Ms Rousseff and her Workers' Party.
Much of the criticism has been against Globo, the country's largest media group and one of the biggest in the world, allegations it denies.
In 2013, the network issued an announcement about its support of the 1964 military coup, which led to a two-decade military dictatorship, and admitted it had made a "mistake".


Two footballers have apologised after they were both photographed apparently urinating into a glass at Cheltenham Festival.

MK Dons midfielder Samir Carruthers and Northampton Town's on-loan striker James Collins appeared to relieve themselves on a racecourse balcony.
Collins said it "emphasised the negative stereotype of the modern footballer".
Carruthers told Sky Sports News "I've let everyone down.
"I'm meant to be a role model and I have to live by my actions now.
"I've let the community down and I've let Milton Keynes down and I have to take the criticism that comes with it.
"It was a silly mistake."
He added he had been disciplined by the club following a meeting with chairman Pete Winkelman and manager Karl Robinson.
The player has been suspended by the club and fined two weeks' wages.
Mr Winkleman said: "He has also taken full responsibility for his behaviour and understands the damage he has caused to his own and the Club's reputation."
The incident on Tuesday led to a group being banned from the second day of racing. It is not known whether the same group was due to attend.
Collins, who was also photographed pouring the glass of urine over the balcony, is currently on loan from Shrewsbury Town.
Both clubs said he had been fined two weeks' wages.
In a statement released on both club's websites, he said: "I have completely let myself, my family, the fans, and the two clubs that I represent down and I am sorry to everyone involved.
"This has only emphasised the negative stereotype of the modern footballer and for that I am truly sorry and disappointed in myself.
"It is now something that I will work hard to change."
Cobblers chairman Kelvin Thomas said Collins' actions had "damaged the reputation of the two clubs and football in general".
Shrewsbury Town chief executive Brian Caldwell echoed the comments and said he was "extremely disappointed".
Bristol City player Luke Ayling, pictured laughing with the pair, has not commented but the club said it was investigating.
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Cheltenham director Ian Renton said the incident was "totally out of place on this racecourse".
The four-day Cheltenham Festival is one of the highlights of the horse racing season, with the Queen's granddaughter Zara Tindall and the Countess of Wessex among the guests at this year's event.
Gloucestershire Police said it was made aware of the "disgusting and thoughtless act" and no police action would be taken.
The balcony was over a lawn and not easily visible, it added.


Hillary Clinton is looking to tighten her grip on the Democratic presidential nomination, after an AP count said she had already won enough delegates.

Six states vote on Tuesday, with California (543 delegates) and New Jersey (142) the big prizes.
Associated Press said Mrs Clinton had already reached the 2,383 delegates needed, taking into account pledges of support from so-called superdelegates.
Rival Bernie Sanders insists it is too early to call the result.
Donald Trump has already secured the Republican nomination.
Voting also takes place on Tuesday in Democratic primaries in Montana (27 delegates), New Mexico (43) and South Dakota (25), with a caucus in North Dakota (23).
The final primary is in Washington DC on 14 June. It has 45 delegates.
AP says its count has Mrs Clinton on 1,812 pledged delegates and 571 superdelegates.
US media organisations say this means she will now become the first female nominee for a major US political party.
Superdelegates are party insiders who can pledge their support for a candidate ahead of the convention but do not formally vote for them until the convention itself.
It has taken a long 227 years to get even this far.
George Washington was elected president of a newly independent America in 1789. Forty-three men later (42 of them white) Hillary Clinton makes history today by being the first female nominee for the White House.
So why don't I feel more excited?
The lack of exuberance may come from the fact that this has all been going on for so long.
We've really been reworking a version of the "first viable female candidate for the presidency" story since 20 January 2007, the first time Hillary Clinton declared her candidacy for the White House.
We're exhausted. We've run out of superlatives. We've overused every anecdote from the former first lady, former senator, former secretary's well-covered life.
A woman president would be new, Hillary Clinton is not.
Why aren't we more excited about Clinton?
BBC North America editor Jon Sopel says the AP announcement could actually be a problem for Mrs Clinton, as it may depress turnout in Tuesday's primaries and creates the impression that she has only won because of the superdelegates and not the ordinary voters.
The Democratic Party has a far larger number of superdelegates than the Republicans, meaning a candidate would have to win 58.8% of primary and caucus votes cast under the party's proportional system to win by pledged delegates alone. Mrs Clinton has about 55% of the overall vote so far.
She did not claim victory after the AP announcement, telling supporters in Long Beach, California, on Monday: "We are on the brink of a historic and unprecedented moment but we still have work to do.
"We have six elections tomorrow and we're going to fight hard for every single vote, especially right here in California."
Mrs Clinton received another boost on Tuesday when the influential Democratic politician and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi endorsed her for president.
Bernie Sanders is hoping for a victory in California to keep his campaign going to the party convention.
The Vermont senator has commanded huge crowds at his rallies, many of them younger voters, pledging action on income inequality, minimum wages and student tuition fees.
Opinion polls in California have suggested that the race with Mrs Clinton there is close. However, she has a substantial lead in New Jersey.
Reacting to the AP announcement, Sanders team spokesman Michael Briggs said: "It is unfortunate that the media, in a rush to judgement, are ignoring the Democratic National Committee's clear statement that it is wrong to count the votes of superdelegates before they actually vote at the convention this summer."
He said Mr Sanders would attempt to win back superdelegates.
But the BBC's Anthony Zurcher says Mr Sanders has been running an outsider's anti-establishment campaign that has not generated much enthusiasm among the Democratic power players and long-time party stalwarts who comprise the bulk of the superdelegates.
Also, our correspondent says, success in California hardly helped Mrs Clinton in 2008, when Barack Obama - with the support of superdelegates - defeated her.
AP reports White House officials as saying that Mr Obama is preparing to endorse Mrs Clinton in the next few days, although the announcement would come after Tuesday's primaries.
Mr Obama telephoned Mr Sanders on Sunday, AP said. The contents of the call have not been revealed.
On 26 May, Donald Trump passed the number of delegates needed to secure the Republican Party's presidential nomination, AP reported. Republicans are voting in the same states on Tuesday, except for North Dakota.
Mrs Clinton has been saying that Mr Sanders should join her in defeating Mr Trump and hopes for his support soon.


Two suicide bombers have blown themselves up, killing 26 people, as wedding guests gathered in a village near the Iraqi city of Tikrit.

So-called Islamic State said two of its fighters had carried out the attack in the village of Hajaj on Wednesday.
The first detonated an explosive vest among men who were dancing, then a second bomber targeted those who had gathered to help, officials said.
Most of the dead were children, a local government spokesman told AP.
IS said it had targeted a gathering of the Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of mostly Shia paramilitaries backed by Iran.
In a post on its channels on the messaging app Telegram, IS said the attackers had clashed with members of the group before detonating their explosives.
At least 25 people were wounded.
The wedding party on Wednesday evening was for a family who had been displaced from Iraq's western Anbar province and is affiliated with a major anti-IS tribe there, AP reported.
The jihadists captured swathes of northern and central Iraq, including Tikrit, in the summer of 2014, but were forced out of the city by Iraqi forces in April 2015.
But they continue to launch attacks in and around the city, which was the hometown of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
It comes as Iraqi government forces are battling to retake the northern city of Mosul from the Sunni extremist group.
After gaining control of the city's eastern side in January, troops are now pushing into the more densely-populated west.
This week they have taken a government complex and the Badoush prison, where IS are alleged to have killed 600 mainly Shia inmates.


Tony Bellew says he would prefer to fight fellow world cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev in a unification bout next, before taking on David Haye.

The 33-year-old called out fellow Brit Haye after his third-round knockout of American BJ Flores on 15 October.
Bellew, who won the WBC world title belt in May, is in talks with Haye over a possible fight at heavyweight.
"The dream fight is Denis Lebedev, it really is, but the dream is very hard to make," he told BBC Radio Merseyside.
"In an ideal world my next fight would be Lebedev and then maybe him. But I'll be honest, I really don't know. We'll see where it goes."
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Russian Lebedev holds the WBA and IBF cruiserweight titles, and the winner of any potential contest would become undisputed world champion.
Former world heavyweight champion Haye, 36, initially retired from boxing in 2011 and, after beating Dereck Chisora in 2012, was absent from the ring for three years before announcing his return in 2015.
He most recently won a second-round stoppage against Kosovo's Arnold Gjergjaj in May.
"I might have to bypass Denis Lebedev and the dream of being undisputed unified champion, and just go for it and try to be heavyweight champ - I think it sounds a bit better to be honest," added Bellew.
"We [Bellew and Haye] have been having meetings and we're going over things - both of us want it but we'll see where it goes.
"I've got no problem fighting at heavyweight, not a problem at all.
"I was a heavyweight as an amateur and I've always been pretty sure that I was destined to be a heavyweight as a professional also, so it was only a matter of time."


Two goals from Scott Hogan helped Brentford claim an emphatic west London derby victory against lowly Fulham.

Sam Saunders put the Bees ahead early on when he lobbed keeper Marcus Bettinelli from the edge of the box.
Fulham, who are 21st in the Championship table, were 2-0 down two minutes later when Hogan found the net with a low, powerful shot.
Hogan then volleyed his second, and his fifth in 93 minutes since returning from a knee injury, before the break.
The former Rochdale striker has featured only seven times for the Bees since the start of the 2014-15 season and began his comeback in March.
Despite £11m signing Ross McCormack going close in the first half with a shot bouncing off a post, Fulham's players were booed off at half-time.
Fulham wasted several chances after the break, with Tom Cairney chipping over when in a good position and Moussa Dembele wasting a chance to shoot with the goal in sight.
McCormack then saw his dipping free-kick expertly turned over the bar by Bees keeper David Button.
But it was a deserved victory for Brentford, who went close to adding a fourth early in the second half when Konstantin Kerschbaumer's low drive was well blocked by Fulham keeper Bettinelli.
Brentford boss Dean Smith on Scott Hogan: "He's not talking to me at the moment because I took him off but he was sitting there with ice all over his body so we have to go softly softly with him.
"We have to manage him carefully with the medical team, but if he stays fit then we will see much more of him next season because he's a natural goalscorer.
"He's put himself in a difficult position with the supporters in terms of expectation now."
Fulham boss Slavisa Jokanovic: "It was embarrassing in first 45 minutes. We played without any character and desire. We are ashamed of that performance.
"We've promised things this season and not delivered them, but I know how to fix this problem and the club knows how to fix this problem.
"The honeymoon is over, but the cause of this was not my fault. It was the fault of other people, but in the summer I know what the problem is and I am ready to fix it and show ambition."


The "ladies and gentlemen" greeting on Tube announcements is to be scrapped, Transport for London (TfL) has announced.

London Underground staff have been told to say "hello everyone" in an effort to become more gender-neutral.
TfL said the move was to ensure all passengers felt "welcome".
LGBT campaign group Stonewall welcomed the decision, which was supported by London mayor Sadiq Khan at a session of Mayor's Question Time last month.
The revised phrasing will be applied to all new pre-recorded announcements made across the capital's transport network.
Mark Evers, director of customer strategy at TfL, said: "We want everyone to feel welcome on our transport network.
"We have reviewed the language that we use in announcements and elsewhere and will make sure that it is fully inclusive, reflecting the great diversity of London."
Mr Khan said he was "keen" TfL speak in a "more neutral way".
He said: "TfL serves a vibrant, diverse and multicultural city, and provision of an inclusive transport service is at the heart of TfL's purpose.
"I am aware however, that some customers may not relate to or feel comfortable with the way that certain station announcements are made."
TfL said it had briefed staff on use of the new language "though from time-to-time, well-meaning staff may still use the term 'ladies and gentlemen"."
"If this happens frequently, we will issue reminders to staff," it added.
Stonewall said: "Language is extremely important to the lesbian, gay, bi and trans community, and the way we use it can help ensure all people feel included.
"We welcome gender neutral announcements to be rolled out across TfL as it will ensure that everyone - no matter who they identify as - feels accounted for."


Annan Athletic and Brechin City will contest a replay for a place in the fifth round of the Scottish Cup after drawing at Galabank.

The visitors took the lead against the run of play when Colin Hamilton headed home before the break.
David Hopkirk converted from close range to level matters on the hour.
Brechin could have won it late on but Andrew Jackson hit the goal frame, meaning the sides will replay on 9 December at Glebe Park.
Match ends, Annan Athletic 1, Brechin City 1.
Second Half ends, Annan Athletic 1, Brechin City 1.
Corner,  Annan Athletic. Conceded by Gerry McLauchlan.
Attempt missed. Robert Thomson (Brechin City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Peter Weatherson (Annan Athletic) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Alan Trouten (Brechin City).
Steve Sloan (Annan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Alan Trouten (Brechin City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Andy Jackson (Brechin City) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the left side of the box.
Corner,  Brechin City. Conceded by Peter Watson.
Foul by Bobby Barr (Brechin City).
David Hopkirk (Annan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Alan Trouten (Brechin City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Steven Logan (Annan Athletic).
Attempt missed. Alan Trouten (Brechin City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high.
Substitution, Annan Athletic. Steven Logan replaces Ryan McStay because of an injury.
Alan Trouten (Brechin City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Steve Sloan (Annan Athletic).
Matthew Flynn (Annan Athletic) is shown the yellow card.
Kyle McAusland (Brechin City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Matthew Flynn (Annan Athletic).
Corner,  Annan Athletic. Conceded by Graeme Smith.
Attempt saved. Matthew Flynn (Annan Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Colin Hamilton (Brechin City) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Colin Hamilton (Brechin City).
Josh Todd (Annan Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Robert Thomson (Brechin City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Bobby Barr (Brechin City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Peter Weatherson (Annan Athletic).
Andy Jackson (Brechin City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Matthew Flynn (Annan Athletic).
Attempt saved. Bobby Barr (Brechin City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Bobby Barr (Brechin City) header from the left side of the six yard box is just a bit too high following a set piece situation.
Corner,  Brechin City. Conceded by Josh Todd.
Goal!  Annan Athletic 1, Brechin City 1. David Hopkirk (Annan Athletic) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal following a fast break.
Andy Jackson (Brechin City) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Andy Jackson (Brechin City).
David Hopkirk (Annan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Brechin City. Conceded by David Hopkirk.
Corner,  Brechin City. Conceded by Iain Chisholm.


Evans Cycles has been sold in a deal thought to value the retailer at £100m.

Private equity firm ECI Partners will take a majority stake in the business, which sells a bicycle range developed in conjunction with Olympic gold medallist Sir Chris Hoy.
It is being sold by Active Private Equity, which bought its controlling interest in the then family-owned company for about £35m in 2008.
At the time Crawley-based Evans had 31 outlets and annual sales of some £44m.
It now has 56 shops and sales have risen by more than 300% under Active's ownership.
The company has more than 1,000 employees, including 250 mechanics.
Nick Evans, partner at Active Private Equity, said: "Evans Cycles of today remains true to its independent bike store roots, run by cycling enthusiasts for cycling enthusiasts."
Evans began in 1921 when FW Evans opened the first store in Kennington, south London. It was sold by his widow in 1950 to Joe Smith, whose son Gary Smith went on to expand the business.
The management, including chief executive Nick Wilkinson, will retain a stake in the company.
"Today's announcement marks the start to an exciting new phase in our journey," he said. "It will enable us to deliver our brand promise in new ways and to more people."
ECI was set up in 1976 by the Bank of England to invest in small companies that faced liquidity issues but has been a partnership for many years.
Its first management buyout came in 1981 with telecommunications company Ansafone.
It has also invested in companies including Café Rouge, National Express, Bloomsbury Publishing and Chubb.
George Moss, partner at ECI, said: "As consumers look to lead increasingly healthy lifestyles and their shopping habits become ever more sophisticated, we believe Evans is well placed for further growth."
Participation in cycling expanded by 27% between 2006 and 2014, Sport England found.
The UK bicycle market was worth just over £950m last year, according to Mintel, and is set to be worth about £1.3bn by 2019.
The market research firm said that Halfords was the clear market leader in the UK bicycle market, in terms of both sales and volume.
Michael Oliver, senior leisure and media analyst at Mintel, said: "Rising average selling prices reflect recognition on the part of consumers that they get what they pay for and an increasing proportion of them understand that it is worth paying more for a quality bicycle."


World number four Judd Trump is through to his first Welsh Open final after beating Scotland's Scott Donaldson 6-3.

The Englishman opened with a break of 131 but was pegged back from 4-1 to 4-3, making the decisive move with a 74 break in the eighth frame in Cardiff.
Stuart Bingham plays Robert Milkins in the second semi-final at 19:00 GMT.
"It's always special when you reach the semi-finals and finals," said Trump, who won the European Masters in October.
"It's a different atmosphere out there and you really thrive off it, so for me to play in the final here, in kind of my home tournament - it would be an amazing achievement to win it.
"I feel like I've really improved this season and it's taking people at the top of their game to beat me.
"Every tournament I go into I'm fully prepared and give it my best shot. If I could win this and make it two ranking events in a season, it would feel like a step up to a  different level."
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Walsall manager Dean Smith admits that at the start of this season few would have expected Burton Albion's short trip to Bescot to get star billing.

But the sides meet for the first time at the Banks's Stadium on Saturday.
The League One leadership is at stake, with Smith's second-placed Saddlers three points behind Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink's pacesetters.
Smith told BBC WM: "Nobody would have predicted that would be a top of the table clash on international weekend."
Separated only by a 23-mile journey down the A38, any previous meetings between the two clubs would have been relatively non-competitive affairs, in the Staffordshire Senior Cup.
But this one is for real, Smith admitting: "We know that, if we win we go above them and that makes it even more exciting. Everybody knows it's the two top clubs at the moment in League One.
"It's a real tough one though. We know that. Jimmy's done tremendously well to get them up there and carry on the momentum through from when they won promotion last season."
Former Saddlers centre-half Smith is still hopeful that he can lead his home town club back to the Championship - but he is well aware that the more success he has with Walsall, the more likely he is to get offers to make it to a higher grade elsewhere, with other clubs.
That was the case when Championship strugglers Rotherham United asked to speak to him this week.
"There was an approach made," Smith told BBC WM. "But there's nothing I can say about it. It was turned down so I didn't even think about it.
"If any club is doing well, then you come under the radar of other clubs very quickly, whether it be manager, staff or players. We're doing well at the moment so other people will take notice of that."
Walsall manager Dean Smith was talking to BBC WM's Rob Gurney.


A man has been injured following a shooting on the outskirts of west Belfast.

Ambulance crews were called to Glasvey Gardens in Twinbrook at about 20:40 GMT on Wednesday night.
The man suffered gunshot wounds to both of his knees and has been taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital for treatment.
Sinn FÃ©in MLA for the area, Jennifer McCann, said there could be "no excuse" for the attack.


Some visitor hotspots in north Wales are becoming "too popular for their own good", a report has said.

The Clwydian Range and Dee Valley report showed visitor numbers rose in 2016-17, warning this could have a "detrimental impact" on the landscape.
A study is being carried out to see whether numbers can be reduced at peak times.
It will also examine whether the tourism benefits can be spread to surrounding areas.
Following improvements to access, the number of people who visited the Horseshoe Falls near Llangollen rose from 107,707 in 2015-16 to 111,401 this past year, the report said.
Visits to Pen y Pigyn overlooking Corwen went up from 5,048 to 7,505 and the number of visitors to the car park at Llangwyfan on the Offa's Dyke footpath rose from 11,544 to 22,626.
Denbighshire council is due to discuss the report on Friday.


A bronze statue has been unveiled to commemorate the life of Wurzel's frontman Adge Cutler.

The tribute is positioned outside Nailsea's Royal Oak pub, where the band recorded their first record 50 years ago, his nephew John Cutler said.
The band had hits with songs including Combine Harvester and I Am A Cider Drinker in the 1970s.
Mr Cutler, who grew up in the Somerset town, died in a car crash in 1974, aged 42.
Former manager John Miles said Mr Cutler had gone to his office in 1966 "remembering I'd looked after hundreds of rock bands".
"He said 'I'd written these songs... and I want to make some money out of them, can you help me?'.
"I'd always loved a challenge... so I rang a producer friend at EMI... and told him Adge had written these songs about cider and manure.
"I think he though I was nuts.
"We arranged to bring him to Abbey Road Studio Two, where the Beatles recorded, for the day and put all the songs on tape.
"He had enormous talent, it was such a shame he got killed and I think he would have made a very good impression up to today."