Lock Richie Gray says Scotland can't afford flat periods and must start every game 'with a bang' if they are to develop into a world-class team.

An uplifting Six Nations featuring wins over Italy and France ended with a 35-25 defeat by Ireland on Saturday.
Two quick Irish tries while the Scots had a man in the sin-bin proved costly.
"The top teams in the world simply don't have flat halves like we did. They don't come out and start slowly," Gray told BBC Scotland.
"I hope we can achieve that winning habit, and every time we take the field, we start with a bang."
Gray's second-half try in Dublin was one of 11 Scotland scored in the tournament, surpassing their previous best Six Nations tally of nine in 2000.
Their 25 points in defeat was the most they had managed in Dublin for 32 years, contributing to an overall haul of 122 from their five matches, the first time they had passed three figures in the Six Nations.
"I think there's been progress," added, Gray, echoing the sentiments of captain Greig Laidlaw and hooker Stuart McInally.
"Certainly, looking at last year's tournament, we didn't manage to win a game and this year we won two and came very close in two.
"We finished well and we'll take a lot of positives from the championship.
"We've always said that it's a talented group, it's a group that can do things and we're building towards something."
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Stuart Hogg, who scored a stunning solo try in Dublin, and Duncan Taylor, who enjoyed another strong outing after a brilliant individual try against France, have been nominated among 12 players for the Six Nations player of the tournament award.
England trio Billy Vunipola, Jonathan Joseph and Jack Nowell, Wales duo George North and Gareth Davies, Ireland's Jonathan Sexton and Conor Murray, France pair Guilhem Guirado and Virimi Vakatawa, and Italy captain Sergio Parisse are the others.


Goalball is a Paralympic sport, designed for people who can't see.

4 April 2017 Last updated at 06:59 BST
At 14, Amelia is brilliant at goalball and dreams of becoming a star of the game in the future.
She has been talent-spotted by the GB team and has been given the chance to go to a talent camp, taking her on the path to possible sporting stardom.
Goalball has just been given lots of extra money to help find the next generation of gold medal winners at competitions like the Paralympics.
Watch BBC reporter Salim Patel's video.
The sport is played by two teams of three using a ball with bells inside it.
The ball is the size of a basketball but twice the weight.
The aim of the game is to roll the ball into the other team's net, while defenders try to block it with their bodies. It's a bit like taking penalties but having three goalkeepers in the net. Instead of kicking the ball, players throw it like a bowling ball.
Sounds easy, right? Wrong! Because all the players have to wear a blindfold so they can't see a thing!
This is why people who can see normally are allowed to play the game, but it was designed for people who have impaired vision.
Find out more about how to get into disability sport with our Get Inspired guide


In this week's episode of satire series What's Up Africa, Ikenna Azuike asks: Is it possible to end the slavery mind-set in Mauritania?

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13 March 2015 Last updated at 19:40 GMT
The organisation Walk Free in 2014 ranked Mauritania at the top of its Global Slavery Index, saying slaves constitute a higher proportion of the population than elsewhere. It says more than 150,000 people are enslaved in Mauritania, or 4% of the population, a claim the government denies, saying slavery has been outlawed.
What's Up Africa is a BBC and RNW co-production and is on Focus on Africa on BBC World News & partner stations across Africa every Friday from 17:30 GMT.


Fifty children aged four to six years old and the driver of the school bus they were on were killed when their vehicle was hit by a train in central Egypt on Saturday, officials said.

The transport minister resigned in the wake of the crash near Manfalut, 350km (230 miles) south of Cairo.
The provincial governor said the man in charge of the crossing was asleep and had been arrested.
Egyptian roads and railways have a poor safety record.
An estimated 8,000 people die in car accidents each year in the country.
The head of the railway authority has also resigned.
Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi ordered his ministers to offer support to the families of those killed, the state news agency reported.
"They told us the barriers were open when the bus crossed the tracks and the train collided with it," doctor Mohamed Samir told the Reuters news agency, citing witness accounts.
An eyewitness said the train pushed the bus about 1km (half a mile) along the track.
More than a dozen people were also injured.
Distraught families searched for the remains of their loved ones along the tracks, the Associated Press reported.


Violinist Vanessa-Mae has been awarded damages for defamation from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

She was banned after the FIS claimed she qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics at fixed races, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport cleared her.
FIS apologised and has made "an appropriate" payment that the musician intends to donate to charity.
Vanessa-Mae, 37, was 67th and last in the giant slalom in Sochi competing for her father's native Thailand.
Reacting to the news of her damages, she told BBC Sport: "The fact that the International Ski Federation has apologised to me says it all."
British citizen Vanessa-Mae insists she will not allow the disruption to derail her bid to continue skiing and qualify for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
In clearing the musician last June and overturning her four-year ban, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said qualifying races arranged at short notice in January 2014 were allowed by weak FIS rules and five officials were banned.
The panel said "a number of irregularities" occurred in the "organisation and management" of the four races which raised Vanessa-Mae's racer status.
But FIS admitted that the musician and her entourage "did not in any way fix, contrive or improperly influence the result, progress, conduct or any other aspect" of qualifying races in Slovenia.
The International Olympic Committee decided not to annul her result in Sochi after the ban was overturned.


A former restaurateur, whose premises was linked to a major public health crisis, has pleaded guilty to food hygiene breaches.

At least 134 people contracted E.coli in an outbreak linked to the former Flicks Restaurant in Yorkgate, north Belfast.
As the 11 charges were put to Yorkgate Movie House owner Michael McAdam, he replied: "We plead guilty".
In August 2012, Flicks came under investigation over the E.coli outbreak.
At the time, Mr McAdam claimed hygiene in his kitchen met the highest standards.
"All of our books and health checks are up to date, staff training is all up to date. We have followed every rule and regulation. We take our job seriously and where this came from I have no idea," he said.
However, on Wednesday he admitted charges of failure to supervise, instruct or train staff in food hygiene; inadequate training for food hygiene procedures; failure to protect foods from E.coli contamination; failures to identify hazards, or to record or monitor them; no cleaning or drying facilities for staff, or even soap in a blocked wash hand basin; and one charge of failing to keep chopped parsley at the proper temperature to prevent pathogenic micro-organisms or formation of toxins.
In October 2012, Flicks' doors voluntarily closed for the last time two days after the first cases of suspected food poisoning emerged.
In the coming days it was declared a "major public health crisis", later described as the worst outbreak of E.coli in Northern Ireland's history.
By the end of October 2012, the Public Health Agency said there were 134 confirmed and 156 probable cases.
Belfast Crown Court was told on Wednesday that the case against Movie House Cinema Yorkgate Ltd was being brought by Belfast City Council's environmental health and food safety department, and asked that the company be arraigned on the charges.
Mr McAdam, as "a duly appointed representative" for Movie House, pleaded to the charges, which not only predate the first suspected outbreak of food poisoning in August 2012, but also covered the period up to October 12 that year after Flicks had voluntarily shut its doors.
Adjourning the case until next month the judge asked a defence lawyer for an up-to-date report on the company as the court would be considering a financial penalty.


A call to stop revellers from getting close to Stonehenge during solstice celebrations is "elitism", a senior druid has said.

The Heritage Journal said restrictions should be made after the monument was vandalised during the winter solstice.
But King Arthur Pendragon said: "It is a living, working temple; you can't wrap it up in cotton wool and say you can no longer go there."
He also rejected the group's claim that vandalism was a recurring problem.
In December, some 1,500 revellers gathered at the ancient landmark to watch the sunrise and mark the winter solstice.
The damage caused included graffiti and chewing gum left on the stones.
King Arthur Pendragon said: "I think it's a sledgehammer to crack a nut, really.
"Obviously we are against the vandalism, but we are also against what we see as organised vandalism like digging up bodies and taking them away.
"That's as much a desecration of our temple as people putting graffiti on the stones."
In 2008, the cremated remains of more than 40 bodies were removed from the site and some were put in display at the new Â£27m visitor centre.
The druid led a campaign against the exhumation and the bones being displayed.
He added: "It's elitism, they believe that it is a very special place, we believe it is a very special place - but we believe it's a very special place to worship and to honour what it was built for, which was the longest and shortest day.
"They want to wrap it up in cotton wool, keep everybody away from it and make money out of it."
English Heritage has previously said damage to Stonehenge is "not characteristic of solstice celebrations".


Luis Suarez scored his second consecutive four-goal haul as Barcelona returned to the top of La Liga with victory over Sporting Gijon.

Victories for Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid earlier on Saturday had left Barca third by kick-off.
Lionel Messi's looping header into an empty net gave Barca the lead.
Suarez made it 2-0 before Barca won three late penalties, the Uruguayan scoring two and Neymar the other, and Suarez converted Messi's pass late on.
Sporting had Ognjen Vranjes harshly sent off for conceding the third penalty for a foul on Neymar.
Striker Suarez also scored four in Wednesday's 8-0 win over Deportivo La Coruna.
At the start of April, Barcelona were nine points clear at the top of La Liga - and unbeaten in 39 games.
But losing to Real in El Clasico sparked a disastrous run of one win in six games, allowing the Madrid clubs to close the gap, while Atletico knocked them out of the Champions League.
However, 14 unanswered La Liga goals in four days have taken them to within three wins of successfully defending their title.
They are level on points with Atletico and one point above Real, with their head-to-head record meaning they will edge out either Madrid side if they finish the league equal on points.
Luis Suarez took control of the race for the Pichichi  - the Spanish golden boot - with his second quadruple of the week.
He now leads Real's currently injured star Cristiano Ronaldo 34-31 with three games left.
Suarez's fellow Uruguayan Diego Forlan is the last player other than Ronaldo or Messi to win the award - back in 2008-09.
The former Liverpool striker had a hand in the opener, putting keeper Ivan Cuellar under pressure before the ball came to Messi, who headed a looping effort into the empty net from 18 yards.
Barca's second did not come until the 63rd minute when Suarez converted Andres Iniesta's pass - possibly from an offside position.
Suarez scored their first penalty after Roberto Canella handled Dani Alves' cross. His hat-trick goal came from the spot after Antonio Sanabria shoved over Neymar.
Barcelona got a third penalty when Vranjes was deemed to have pushed Neymar, and was sent off for a second booking.
Out-of-form Neymar this time took the penalty, and scored down the centre, with keeper Cuellar almost keeping it out.
But Suarez still had time for his fourth when he fired home Messi's pass via the post.


Two of Africa's most famous musicians have released a song against the recent violence against foreigners in South Africa.

The song United We Stand brings together Ladysmith Black Mambazo from South Africa and Malian singer Salif Keita.
Lyrics include the line "Africa is our home, make it a better place".
At least seven people have died over a month of attacks on foreigners and foreign-owned property in South Africa.
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo singer Sibongiseni Shabalala told the BBC he was trying to send the message that "Africa is for all of us".
"You can't say you don't like the foreigners to stay in your country. This is not your country, this is our country.
"We are saying people should unite. If there's problems, people should sit down and talk.
"One day your child will want to go and live in Mali, Nigeria or Ghana but because of your decision today it will be very difficult for your future generation to be able to do the same."
The song is playing on South African radio from Friday, will be premiered on TV on Friday evening and will be released on iTunes on Monday.


Road-racing star Guy Martin has indicated that he intends to sit out the North West 200 and Isle of Man TT international events next year.

Martin wants to compete in the Tour Divide mountain bike event in North America, which clashes with the TT.
"I want to enter the Tour Divide then maybe go back to the TT the year after," said the Tyco TAS BMW rider.
"I'm hoping to sort it with TAS that I can do all the racing I normally do except the North West 200 and TT."
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The 33-year-old truck fitter and TV presenter made the comments in his new book 'When You Dead, You Dead'.
The clarification follows a cryptic message posted recently on the Grimsby man's own YouTube channel, in which he hinted that he was about to scale down his road-racing activities next season.
After weeks of considering his future, Martin claimed that he had made a decision on his plans for 2016 which would "upset a few people".
It appears that he is keen to continue racing at some of his favourite events, including the Southern 100 on the Isle of Man, the Armoy road races, the Ulster Grand Prix and the Scarborough meetings at Oliver's Mount.
It remains to be seen whether the Northern Ireland-based TAS Racing outfit will be agreeable to the plan, or whether they will seek a replacement for Martin to partner new signing Ian Hutchinson at two of the major events on the road-racing calendar.
Martin looks unlikely to compete at the North West 200 again after causing a stir this year by launching a live on-air rant over the number of chicanes around the 8.9-mile course, saying he was "bored to the back teeth of riding through chicanes".
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Martin's outburst, for which he later publicly apologised to Race Director Mervyn Whyte, led many to believe that he had raced at the 'Triangle' circuit for the final time.
"I left Northern Ireland thinking, I'm not going back to the North West," confirmed Martin in his new autobiography.
The 11-times Ulster Grand Prix winner sustained five broken vertebrae, a broken sternum and several fractured ribs in a huge crash while leading the Dundrod 150 Superbike race in August.
Martin, who will celebrate his birthday next week, recovered quickly from his injuries, signing himself out of hospital just a few days later, following surgery.
His name appeared on the official entry list for next month's Macau Grand Prix in the Far East under the Tyco BMW banner, but he later withdrew from the event.


Rihanna and Justin Bieber were among hundreds of acts who entertained more than 80,000 music lovers at V Festival.

The event takes place on two sites - Chelmsford in Essex and Weston Park on the Staffordshire/Shropshire border.
The site enjoyed some good weather on Sunday, a day after it was blasted by high winds and pouring rain.
Fifteen people were arrested for drugs offences, and 1,218 people were treated for injuries, said West Midlands Ambulance Service.
More about the V Festival clear-up operation
Andy Redhead, one of the organisers, said there were "more people than the last couple of years" which made it a "great event for our 21st birthday".
A clear-up operation is underway by volunteers who will donate camping equipment left behind to countries that need aid.


Islamist militant al-Shabab fighters have launched an attack on a Kenyan military base in southern Somalia.

The al-Qaeda-linked group says it has killed more than 50 soldiers and seized military vehicles and weapons.
But a Kenyan military spokesman said the dawn attack was repelled, the base was not overrun and scores of insurgents were killed in the fighting.
A year ago al-Shabab carried out a similar attack on a Kenyan base in the town el-Ade.
In that raid the Islamist group said it had killed more than 100 soldiers, but the Kenyan government refused to give its casualty figures.
Kenya's ministry of defence spokesman has not confirmed the deaths of any soldiers in the latest attack.
Lt Col Paul Njuguna, however, did say that soldiers had killed "scores" of al-Shabab fighters when the attackers tried to enter the camp in Kolbiyow, near the Kenyan border, after setting off a car bomb.
Al-Shabab says it has taken control of the base and surrounding area, according to the AFP news agency.
Kenya contributes more than 3,600 troops to the Africa Union mission helping the UN-backed government tackle al-Shabab in Somalia.
It appears lessons have not been learnt from the attack on the Kenyan base in el-Ade town last year. Regardless of the death toll this time, al-Shabab's audacity to repeat such an assault on a location where the Kenyans should be strongest reveals how much work still needs to be done in counterinsurgency.
The attack will also spur calls in Kenya for a review of its ambitions to stabilise its north-eastern neighbour, where it first sent soldiers in October 2011.
There appears to be a view in the government that the greater the silence about its losses in the battlefield, the less criticism it will receive. There are still unanswered questions from el-Ade, with some families of slain soldiers left in the dark about the fate of their loved ones.
One year later, this latest attack is proving that there is only so much that the Kenya and African Union mission can sweep under the carpet.


Internal photographs have revealed the extent of the damage to a 16th Century hall in Manchester severely damaged in a suspected arson attack.

The roof and upper floor of the Tudor-era Wythenshawe Hall was badly damaged in a blaze on 15 March that was tackled by 50 firefighters.
Jeremy Taylor, 26, of Wythenshawe, has been charged with arson.
Manchester City Council has released photographs showing shattered stained glass windows and blackened beams.
The authority said "crucial archaeological work" is taking place at the timber-framed mansion, which was built in 1540.
It was home to the Tatton family for about 400 years.
Source: Friends of Wythenshawe Hall


The creators of several Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) have criticised Apple's decision to remove their products from its App Store in China.

The BBC understands that as many as 60 VPNs were pulled over the weekend.
Apple said it was legally required to remove them because they did not comply with new regulations.
It refused to confirm the exact number of apps withdrawn, but did not deny the figure. It added that dozens of legal VPN apps were still available.
One provider of the technology has said it will file an appeal with Apple.
VPNs allow users to mask their identity online by funnelling web browsing and other internet activity through another computer - sometimes one in a different country.
As a result, users can hide their IP addresses and access online material that has been censored or blocked by their internet service provider.
A company that analyses mobile app sales, www.aso100.com, has told the BBC that more than 60 VPNs were no longer available in Apple's China mainland App Store.
Golden Frog, the company that distributes VyprVPN was critical of the decision, saying it would file an appeal with Apple.
"If Apple views accessibility as a human right, we would hope Apple will likewise recognize internet access as a human right (the UN has even ruled it as such) and would choose human rights over profits," said Golden Frog's president Sunday Yokubaitis in a blog post.
ExpressVPN said it was "dismayed" that the tech giant had "sided with censorship."
The apps are still available in Apple's App Stores outside China.
China has for many years censored content it sees as politically sensitive, using an increasingly sophisticated set of filters that critics have called the "great firewall."
In its most recent rankings, the advocacy group Freedom House dubbed China "the year's worst abuser of internet freedom."
VPNs allow users to skirt around these filters and gain access to websites and services that are restricted or banned.
There is no outright ban on VPNs, and in fact many major corporations use them legitimately under the current laws.
The latest push to tighten access has targeted VPNs that are mostly used by individuals rather than companies.
In January, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced that all developers offering VPNs must obtain a license from the government.
And Apple said it was required to remove some VPN apps from its store because they didn't comply with those regulations.
But it is fair to say that Apple has many reasons to be wary of incurring Beijing's wrath.
The tech giant makes much of its hardware in China, and it has become a major market for its products too.
And with low cost local competitors cutting into the iPhone's market share, Apple's profits are more likely to depend on apps and services, some of which could run into China's censorship regime.
Earlier this month Apple also established its first data centre in China, in conjunction with a local company Guizhou-Cloud Big Data Industry.
Although Apple said it would retain the encryption keys and would not compromise users' privacy, some experts have suggested that housing data in China could create pressure for Apple to hand over data in future disputes.
Recently, attachments such as voice messages and images stopped working on the messaging app WhatsApp.
The Chinese government has not confirmed that this is part of a censorship push, but WhatsApp has not made any suggestion that it was merely a technical problem.
Beijing blocks social media sites and apps, including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Search engines like Google are blocked, and access to many foreign media outlets, including the BBC, is restricted.
Recently, China blocked social media posts and even private messages and group chats about the death of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.
The government is expected to tighten restrictions ahead of the next communist party congress, where President Xi Jinping is tipped to retain the top job.


A Canadian town says it will not remove swastikas from a public park because it has historical significance.

The Nazi symbols adorn an anchor that was on display in Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec.
Corey Fleischer, who goes around Montreal removing hateful graffiti, tried to paint over the swastikas.
But the mayor stopped him and had police remove him from the park, arguing the anchor is a part of local history.
The anchor has a plaque that identifies it as a "souvenir of Nazism", and says it was used in Europe at the end of War, probably on a merchant boat.
After Mr Fleischer was removed from the park by police, the mayor released a statement on the town's website, saying the anchor belonged to a merchant vessel that predates World War Two and was found by local divers 25 years ago.
"The village of Pointe-des-Cascades does not endorse Nazism," said Mayor Gilles Santerre in a statement online.
"Our village has a beautiful community and family spirit, and creates events that bring people together."
The village has about 1,500 people and is located about 50 miles (80km) from Montreal.
The statement cites an article by Radio Canada, which says that before 1920 the swastika was a symbol of peace.
It is used in many religions around the world, including Hinduism and Buddhism.
Around the world debates have raged over historically significant monuments containing swastikas.
In Japan, temples are often marked by swastikas, and a push to stop using the symbol on tourist maps sparked a backlash.
To avoid confusion, the mayor of Pointe-des-Cascades says the town will put up a plaque that better explains the context of the anchor.
However, Mr Fleischer says older meaning is irrelevant and the symbol on the anchor is clearly one of Nazi Germany.
It is painted black and laid over a white circle, a stylistic choice that he says was only employed by the Third Reich.
As founder of Erase the Hate, Mr Fleischer has travelled the world to remove hateful and anti-Semitic graffiti.
"Maybe the city did not know," he told the BBC. "But I know exactly what this is. There is no ifs ands or buts about it."
Mr Fleischer said that as a piece of history, it belongs in a museum where its meaning is clear, instead of in a public park.
"It is a place where people come to feel safe and this is being displayed for everybody to see," he said.


On 6 July, for the first time ever, streaming will be counted towards the UK's Official Singles Chart.

It is being seen as one of the biggest changes to the Top 40 since downloads were included back in 2005.
Will it permanently change the face of the Official Singles Chart as we know it? Will unknown artists potentially break into the top 10?
We spoke to George Ergatoudis, Head of Music for BBC Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra.
Streaming's gradually grown over the last couple of years.
Meanwhile, digital downloads had been growing up until about nine months ago and looking at the data, they started to go into decline.
I think there is a real correlation there, that streaming is starting to grow and it's starting to eat into download sales.
So we've had week on week, for the last nine months, a decline in the amount of digital music being purchased.
There is going to be an effect.
It's not hugely significant because at the end of the day we're looking at huge volumes to get into the top 40, huge numbers of people listening to a song or huge numbers of people deciding to download it each week, actually those two are very closely connected.
There's only ever so many truly memorable, powerful hit records in the market at any point in time that the huge mass market scale people are interested in.
So actually the differences are there but they are relatively slight.
I think that is actually the biggest issue out there at the moment, everybody has got access to so much music, how do you get to know what you like?
Take a snapshot of what records at any moment in time people are enjoying listening to, it could be because it was on an advert or a film like Frozen or it could be because it is heavily supported on radio.
Culturally there is still a huge import to the chart, as a kind of very simple measure of the most popular records in the market at any point in time, and that's a powerful play in terms of discovery as much as anything.
We've got a pretty good awareness of what is going on in the market but there's no doubt we do keep a close eye.
There's certain tracks occasionally and certain artists where we've decided we'll wait a little longer on it, see how it goes before we commit to putting them on the playlist.
When you can see that they are doing really well in streaming or they are doing really well in the sales chart, then of course that can be an important bit of information to say there's quite a large number of people who are enjoying it, we should look at that again.
No, I think it's really important that if we are talking about an accurate reflection of what people are listening to or are consuming in 2014 we need to include streaming alongside sales.
But in terms of the dramatic effect or change it will have, no, because actually the top 40 as a snapshot of a moment in time works and it's very similar in both the streaming space and in the singles purchasing space.
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House price inflation across the UK fell to 8.3% in the year to July, down from 9.7% in June, according to official statistics.

The figures - from the Office for National Statistics - are for the first full month after the Brexit vote.
They show that he average house price across the UK in July rose to Â£217,000.
The eastern region of England remains the area with the fastest growing prices. The annual rate of inflation there was 13.2% .
Prices in London grew at 12.3%, although they fell in parts of Central London, like Hammersmith and Fulham.
Earlier this month the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) said that the UK housing market had settled down after the Brexit vote.
There was a sharp drop in the number of sales immediately following the referendum result.
Surveyors now expect prices to continue to rise by an average of 3.3% a year for the next five years.
However other economists have predicted a decline of up to 5% in house prices next year.
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Portsmouth survived half-an-hour with 10-men as they came away from Cambridge with a narrow win.

Conor Chaplin headed the visitors into the lead after 24 minutes, meeting Christian Burgess' long diagonal ball with an effort that looped beyond Will Norris and into the far corner.
Cambridge saw strong appeals for a penalty turned down moments later as Burgess tangled with Uche Ikpeazu, before Kyle Bennett forced Norris into a sprawling save from the edge of the box.
Just before the hour Cambridge substitute Ben Williamson missed a great chance to equalise, firing wide from close range after Portsmouth had failed to clear their lines, before the visitors were reduced to 10 men in the 61st minute.
Amine Linganzi was shown a straight red card for going in dangerously on U's sub Conor Newton in the centre circle.
Cambridge looked to capitalise on their numerical advantage and saw a shot deflected over from James Dunne, who also blazed well over 15 minutes from the end as Portsmouth held on.
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Match ends, Cambridge United 0, Portsmouth 1.
Second Half ends, Cambridge United 0, Portsmouth 1.
Gary Roberts (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Portsmouth. Tom Davies replaces Gary Roberts.
Noel Hunt (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
(Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Noel Hunt (Portsmouth).
Greg Taylor (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Enda Stevens (Portsmouth).
Foul by Uche Ikpeazu (Cambridge United).
Enda Stevens (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Uche Ikpeazu (Cambridge United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Uche Ikpeazu (Cambridge United).
Christian Burgess (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Harrison Dunk (Cambridge United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Carl Baker (Portsmouth).
Substitution, Cambridge United. Joe Pigott replaces Brad Halliday.
Brad Halliday (Cambridge United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Brad Halliday (Cambridge United).
Enda Stevens (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Michael Doyle (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Uche Ikpeazu (Cambridge United).
Enda Stevens (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. James Dunne (Cambridge United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Matthew Clarke (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Uche Ikpeazu (Cambridge United).
Corner,  Cambridge United. Conceded by Matthew Clarke.
Attempt blocked. James Dunne (Cambridge United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Leon Legge (Cambridge United).
Gary Roberts (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner,  Cambridge United. Conceded by Gareth Evans.
Corner,  Cambridge United. Conceded by Carl Baker.
Substitution, Portsmouth. Noel Hunt replaces Conor Chaplin.
Substitution, Portsmouth. Danny Rose replaces Kyle Bennett.
Conor Newton (Cambridge United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Amine Linganzi (Portsmouth) is shown the red card.
Foul by Amine Linganzi (Portsmouth).
Substitution, Cambridge United. Conor Newton replaces Max Clark.
Attempt missed. Ben Williamson (Cambridge United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Ben Williamson (Cambridge United) wins a free kick on the left wing.


Two goals by Jason Cummings helped Hibernian open up a four-point lead in the Championship with victory over closest rivals Dundee United.

The striker clipped home a loose ball after six minutes and turned in his 12th of the season after superb play from debutant winger Chris Humphrey.
Tope Obadeyi's header belatedly forced Hibs keeper Ross Laidlaw into a save.
But substitute John McGinn killed off a lacklustre United with a superb solo effort on his return from injury.
Even before Cummings opened the scoring, Hibs stretched United and caused them problems.
Humphrey, the new signing making a telling debut, on the right and Martin Boyle on the left had the beating of their men and it stayed that way all night. Between them they had the rock Marvin Bartley. His dominance rarely dipped either.
That first goal came after a poor Willo Flood header out of defence and a shot by Humphrey that fell kindly for Cummings. The striker stayed cool and beat Cammy Bell with ease. It was his 11th of the season. His 12th would come soon enough.
That same Humphrey-Cummings combination conjured up the second before the half-hour. Humphrey caused Paul Dixon terrible trouble and here, again, he left his marker behind, taking a gorgeous first touch on a cross-field pass that took him away from Dixon and down the right wing.
The delivery to Cummings, running free to the near post, was also precise. Cummings, sharp and hungry, knocked it past Bell for a two-goal lead that Hibs never, for one second, looked like relinquishing.
Ray McKinnon's team have been excellent for much of the season, only conceding three goals in their past 10 games. This was a different United.
They were jumpy from the start, inaccurate when they had the ball, and totally lacking in any goal threat until substitute Tope Obadeyi gave Hibs something to think about.
Obadeyi got on the end of a Lewis Toshney cross and forced a diving save from Ross Laidlaw. It was just about the first sign of creative life from the visitors. It took 77 minutes for it to happen. And it did not happen again.
The favourite son, McGinn, made a terrific return from injury a dozen minutes before the end.
Out since mid-November, it took him a few minutes to make a strong tackle in defence and only a few minutes more to score the third. All of this was greeted joyously by the home support in a crowd of almost 19,000.
McGinn took himself past Scott Fraser into the left-side of United's penalty area, measured his options and slammed his shot through Bell's legs and into the far corner.
Having their best player fit and well again, and adding more flourishes later on, put the cherry on top on what was a picture-perfect night for Neil Lennon's team.
Match ends, Hibernian 3, Dundee United 0.
Second Half ends, Hibernian 3, Dundee United 0.
Foul by Marvin Bartley (Hibernian).
Mark Durnan (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Tony Andreu (Dundee United) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Hibernian. Brian Graham replaces Jason Cummings.
Attempt saved. Cameron Smith (Dundee United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
David Gray (Hibernian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by David Gray (Hibernian).
Paul Dixon (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Hibernian. James Keatings replaces Chris Humphrey.
Goal!  Hibernian 3, Dundee United 0. John McGinn (Hibernian) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dylan McGeouch with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Hibernian. Conceded by Lewis Toshney.
Attempt missed. David Gray (Hibernian) header from the centre of the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
Mark Durnan (Dundee United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Marvin Bartley (Hibernian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mark Durnan (Dundee United).
Substitution, Hibernian. John McGinn replaces Kris Commons.
Attempt missed. Darren McGregor (Hibernian) header from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
Corner,  Hibernian. Conceded by William Edjenguele.
Attempt saved. Tope Obadeyi (Dundee United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Dundee United. Thomas Mikkelsen replaces Stewart Murdoch.
Foul by Chris Humphrey (Hibernian).
Cameron Smith (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Dylan McGeouch (Hibernian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stewart Murdoch (Dundee United).
Dylan McGeouch (Hibernian) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tony Andreu (Dundee United).
Jason Cummings (Hibernian) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by William Edjenguele (Dundee United).
Substitution, Dundee United. Cameron Smith replaces Charlie Telfer.
Attempt missed. Mark Durnan (Dundee United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Scott Fraser (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lewis Stevenson (Hibernian).
Scott Fraser (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lewis Stevenson (Hibernian).
Attempt blocked. Martin Boyle (Hibernian) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner,  Hibernian. Conceded by Lewis Toshney.
Marvin Bartley (Hibernian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Scott Fraser (Dundee United).


Australia moved closer to a Test series whitewash after setting Pakistan an unlikely victory target of 465.

Debutant Sharjeel Khan began the chase in buccaneering fashion but holed out for 40 to leave Pakistan 55-1 after day four of the final Test in Sydney.
Earlier, Josh Hazlewood took 4-55 to leave Younus Khan stranded on 175 as the tourists were bowled out for 315.
David Warner then followed up his first-innings hundred with 55 off 27 balls, as Australia declared on 241-2.
Warner, who had hit a century before lunch on the first day, opened with Usman Khawaja (79 not out), after fellow first-innings centurion Matt Renshaw was withdrawn from the remainder of the Test because of concussion.
The 20-year-old - whose 184 was his maiden Test century - had left the field after complaining of a headache, following a blow to the helmet while fielding at short leg on day three.
Captain Steve Smith pitched in with 59 from 43 balls as some rapid runs set up Australia's declaration.
Azhar Ali (11 not out) was joined by nightwatchman Yasir Shah after Sharjeel's belligerent knock, which featured six fours and a six from 38 balls, came to an end, but Pakistan, who trail 2-0 in the series, face having to bat through the final day to save the Test.


The body of a Briton who died after travelling to Syria to fight so called Islamic State has arrived back in the UK to a hero's welcome.

Ryan Lock, 20, from Chichester in West Sussex, died fighting alongside Kurdish forces near Raqqa on 21 December.
It is believed he turned a gun on himself to avoid being taken hostage.
Dozens of people, including members of the Kurdish community, held roses and framed pictures of him, as his coffin arrived at Heathrow Airport.
The former chef, who had no previous military experience, joined the Kurdish armed fighting forces, the YPG, after telling his family he was going on holiday to Turkey in August.
The YPG told the BBC that "trace of a gunshot wound was found under the chin", suggesting suicide.
Staff at Heathrow were rather caught off guard as Ryan Lock's body arrived home.
No-one at the cargo bay of Royal Jordanian Airlines expected to see a crowd of mourners arriving on their forecourt.
With just a couple of hours notice, Kurds young and old turned out to pay tribute to a man from Chichester whom they had never met.
"This is not just a foreign war, this is a fight for humanity", one told me.
"International solidarity" they chant as they place flowers over the private ambulance carrying Ryan Lock's coffin.
They hold their hands up in silent salute.
To have a British man fight their cause, touches their hearts.
A Kurdish mother kisses the ambulance and weeps as it drives away.
Supporters of the YPJ female-fighting force paid tribute to Mr Lock, saying his memory would "forever live on in our struggle for the freedom of Syria and our hope for change in the whole world".
YPG general command member Mihyedin Xirki had previously said Mr Lock was a "martyr" who died "putting up a brave fight".
The volunteer, who attended school in Havant, Hampshire, became the third British man to die fighting alongside the Kurds against so-called Islamic State.
The Foreign Office continues to advise against all travel to Syria.


(Close): London's top shares tumbled on Friday afternoon, having initially traded higher,  amid continued concerns over a possible Greek default.

The FTSE 100 closed down 66 points, or 0.93%, to 6,994.63.
The biggest faller was the wealth management firm St James's Place, which fell by 3%.
On the currency markets, the pound edged up 0.05% against the dollar to $1.4941 and slipped 0.15% against the euro to â‚¬1.3857.
The pound rose sharply after the latest jobs figures showed unemployment continuing to fall. The rate fell to 5.6%, the lowest since July 2008. However the British currency later fell back.
Trading was also complicated earlier in the session by the failure of Bloomberg's trading terminals, used by many firms in the City, which went down for two and a half hours.
The problems caused a UK debt auction to be cancelled.


This is the moment jetpack pilot Eric Scott shot out of the water and flew above a remote lake in America while strapped to a jetpack.

27 August 2016 Last updated at 11:37 BST
Although jetpacks aren't anything new, Scott, also known as the Rocketman, was performing the stunt to highlight how the gadget's technology has changed over the years.
He also holds the record for the fastest jetpack flight, at 75 miles per hour.
Have a look at him in action.


University Campus Suffolk (UCS) has opened a new six-storey building on the Ipswich Waterfront.

The £21m James Hehir Building will house specialist science laboratories and a new student union bar.
"We have a sensational building which is very distinctive and which complements the £40m waterfront building which is very close by," said Professor Mike Saks, provost of UCS.
"It will be very attractive to students - everything is state of the art."
New courses using the new facilities will be in place for next year and will include stem cell research in partnership with American firm Geron Corp.
"We're working with them on one particular cell therapy, which is going to address, we hope, osteoarthritis which is a huge problem in the UK and worldwide," said Professor Brendon Noble, head of school of health, science and social care at UCS.
"Osteoarthritis happens to a huge proportion of us and is very debilitating.
"It's a hugely expensive issue worldwide so the company, the health service and the government know we've got to look at ways to cost cut and have new medicines for that."
The first intake of students is already using the facility, which will be officially opened on 30 March.
Professor Saks paid tribute to James Hehir, the late former chief executive of Ipswich Borough Council.
"Jim Hehir had such a fantastic reputation in terms of the regeneration of Ipswich and in terms of being a real human being, we thought in many ways he encapsulated the spirit of University Campus Suffolk and our very high aspirations for the future," he said.


Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's decision to sack a powerful regional governor may be a decisive moment in Kiev's battle to rein in the country's so-called "oligarchs".

Ihor Kolomoisky, governor of the strategic industrial region of Dnipropetrovsk, is one of the country's richest and most powerful men.
The president's move against him could herald the beginning of a period of bitter infighting and instability.
The result of this conflict could prove as crucial to Ukraine's future as the outcome of the war with Moscow-backed insurgents and Russian soldiers in the country's east.
Mr Poroshenko seems to want to send a strong signal that his government is getting serious about pursuing reform and battling corruption.
First came the firing of Mr Kolomoisky - presumably over his sending armed men to settle a dispute at the state oil firm Ukrnafta and oil transport firm Ukrtransnafta.
Then there was the very public arrest later in the day of two top officials - Emergencies Minister Serhiy Bochkovsky and his first deputy Vasyl Stoyetsky - on suspicion of corruption.
These two arrests were obviously carried out for maximum impact and visibility - at a cabinet meeting, on live television.
The image of Mr Bochkovsky and Mr Stoyetsky being led away in handcuffs, while other members of the government looked on, will now become part of the government's crime-fighting show reel.
For many Ukrainians, this is welcome news. Tackling corruption and reducing the oligarchs' power - if not removing them entirely - is widely seen as essential if the goals of last year's revolution are to be realised, and if Ukraine is to become, as they put it, a "normal" country.
But the risks are high, and many doubt the government and Mr Poroshenko's seriousness, despite all the headline-grabbing actions.
If this effort collapses, then some fear Ukraine itself risks becoming a failed state, with men like Mr Kolomoisky emerging as rulers of their individual fiefdoms, complete with their own private armies.
As a result, Mr Poroshenko has had to tread a fine line in dealing with Ukraine's tycoons. On the one hand, he desperately needs their support as powerbrokers. But, on the other, if they get too influential the country itself is threatened.
The events surrounding Mr Kolomoisky's dismissal underline the president's dilemma.
Mr Kolomoisky, who Forbes magazine estimates to be worth $1.8bn (Â£1.2bn), is head of the Privat Group, a massive conglomerate involved in media, metals, food processing and oil trading. He also owns Ukraine's largest bank - called Privat.
The enormously wealthy and influential oligarch has financed armed volunteers to fight pro-Russian separatists in the east.
Many, especially in his home province, view him as a hero and a patriot, and credit him with preventing the Russian-backed insurgency from spreading to Dnipropetrovsk. They point out that other oligarchs were unable, or unwilling, to do this in Donetsk and Luhansk.
In many cases the volunteers have taken over the bulk of the fighting and suffered the worst of the violence.
"We know what he is - he's an oligarch," said Dmitry, a businessman from Dnipropetrovsk visiting Kiev, who asked not to use his last name. "But he's kept everything quiet for us. We like Kolomoisky."
But he is accused by many of using his position to increase his wealth and influence - and it now seems he is willing to go to great lengths to protect his prerogatives.
The details are still murky around what actually happened last week at the offices of Ukrnafta and Ukrtransnafta. But one thing seems clear: Mr Kolomoisky has access to armed groups whom he is willing to mobilise at a moment's notice.
This seems to be a red line for Mr Poroshenko. After warning against any governor possessing a "pocket army" he summoned the billionaire and sacked him.
However, the question remains: Will this be enough to cow Mr Kolomoisky, or any other oligarch for that matter?
Or is this just the first shot in a long battle? He still has access to tremendous wealth and resources, and may at some point push back harder if he feels his core interests are under threat.
What is more, critics say, Mr Kolomoisky represents an entire system of doing business, characterised by insider deals, kickbacks and mutual back-scratching.
It is a system that employs millions of Ukrainians, and that many duplicate in their own dealings. Many argue that Mr Poroshenko, a billionaire himself, is very much a part of that system.
Indeed, some observers are asking if Mr Kolomoisky's use of armed men to solve his business disputes is simply part of a turf war between oligarchs.
There are also fears that if the oligarchs don't resolve their differences, and accept a new way of doing things, there might not be a Ukraine from which they could profit for much longer.


Paris St-Germain set a new Ligue 1 record as they extended their unbeaten run to 33 matches with victory over Lorient.

Edinson Cavani rounded the goalkeeper early on to open the scoring but Raphael Guerreiro drove in the equaliser for the visitors.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic restored PSG's lead with a tap in before Layvin Kurzawa volleyed home a third.
The win means PSG remain 24 points clear at the top of the table.


The Australian entrepreneur who has claimed to be the inventor of Bitcoin has reneged on a promise to present new "proof" to support his case.

Craig Wright had pledged to move some of the virtual currency from one of its early address blocks, an act many believe can only be done by the tech's creator.
This would have addressed complaints that earlier evidence he had published online was misleading.
Dr Wright said that he was "sorry".
"I believed that I could put years of anonymity and hiding behind me," he blogged.
"But, as the events of this week unfolded and I prepared to publish the proof of access to the earliest keys, I broke. I do not have the courage. I cannot.
"When the rumours began, my qualifications and character were attacked. When those allegations were proven false, new allegations have already begun. I know now that I am not strong enough for this."
Dr Wright's claims were first reported by the BBC, the Economist and GQ magazine on Monday.
Dr Wright had earlier indicated that he would transfer some bitcoins from "block 9" by using a private key thought to be known only to Satoshi Nakamoto, a pseudonym used by the person or team that designed the crypto-currency.
Satoshi is known to have used the address in 2009 to send coins to a computer scientist.
Dr Wright had promised the "extraordinary proof" in light of a growing backlash against one of his blogs.
On Monday, he had posted what seemed to be evidence that he had Satoshi's key by describing a process that led to the creation of a "digital signature".
But soon after, this was attacked by security researchers who linked the signature to an earlier Satoshi Bitcoin transaction that could be found via a search engine.
Dr Wright subsequently wrote that he was the victim of "false allegations" and would prove his case by both moving the coins and by sharing "independently verifiable documents".
Dr Wright's claims had initially been bolstered by the fact that two senior members of the Bitcoin Foundation - an organisation set up to protect and promote the virtual currency - had said they were convinced he was indeed behind the technology.
Dr Wright had shown Gavin Andresen and Jon Matonis other evidence in private.
He apologised to the two men in his latest blog.
"I know that this weakness will cause great damage to those that have supported me, and particularly to Jon Matonis and Gavin Andresen," he wrote.
"I can only hope that their honour and credibility is not irreparably tainted by my actions. They were not deceived, but I know that the world will never believe that now. I can only say I'm sorry. And goodbye."
Mr Matonis has tweeted that there "won't be another Satoshi".
The BBC understands that this tweet signifies that Mr Matonis still believes Dr Wright is indeed Satoshi.
"A lot more people in the Bitcoin community are going to be unconvinced of Dr Wright's claims than will believe he is Satoshi, based upon what's happened to date," commented Dr Garrick Hileman, an economic historian at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance.
"But many of the doubters don't want to be convinced. Satoshi has been mythologised and if you pull back the curtain, you shatter a lot of people's fantasies.
"There are very credible people besides Gavin and Jon who still think he is Satoshi - people who are privy to other information and whose judgement I respect.
"But personally, I have more questions than answers at this point."
Security researcher Dan Kaminsky was more sceptical.
"I'm glad it's over," he said.
"I can't believe Wright's last scheme was to demand Â£5 be sent to the real Satoshi. I wouldn't call that courage but it's definitely chutzpah."
Dr Wright's website no longer contains his original blogs, but only his final message.
Bitcoin is often referred to as a new kind of currency.
But it may be best to think of its units being virtual tokens rather than physical coins or notes.
However, like all currencies its value is determined by how much people are willing to exchange it for.
To process Bitcoin transactions, a procedure called "mining" must take place, which involves a computer solving a difficult mathematical problem with a 64-digit solution.
For each problem solved, one block of bitcoins is processed. In addition the miner is rewarded with new bitcoins.
This provides an incentive for people to provide computer processing power to solve the problems.
To compensate for the growing power of computer chips, the difficulty of the puzzles is adjusted to ensure a steady stream of several thousand new bitcoins a day. There are about 15 million bitcoins currently in existence.
To receive a bitcoin a user must have a Bitcoin address - a string of 27-34 letters and numbers - which acts as a kind of virtual post-box to and from which the bitcoins are sent.
Since there is no registry of these addresses, people can use them to protect their anonymity when making a transaction.
These addresses are in turn stored in Bitcoin wallets which are used to manage savings.
They operate like privately run bank accounts - with the proviso that if the data is lost, so are the bitcoins owned.


Northern Ireland begins a year-long celebration of food and drink in 2016, hoping it will pay dividends for local tourism.

Industry leaders say the aim "is to improve the quality of the visitor experience".
Each month has a theme, and associated events have applied for a share of Â£300,000 funding from Tourism NI.
Its chief executive John McGrillen said the aim is to improve the experience of tourists.
"We do not have any specific targets in terms of driving up visitor numbers, but we would like to drive up the level of satisfaction," he said.
Research suggests only one in 10 people come to Northern Ireland for the food experience, fewer still from the Republic of Ireland.
"I do not think it is ever the sole purpose to come to any destination, with the exception perhaps of San Sebastian or somewhere like that in Spain," said Mr McGrillen.
"But it is a very critical element of people's experiences and about one third of what people spend is actually on food and drink."
Food and drink spend by external visitors was in the region of Â£140m in 2012.
Michelin stars
Two Belfast restaurants obtaining Michelin stars - and global brands like Bushmills Whiskey - have helped sell the concept of a promotional year of food and drink.
Caroline Wilson, who runs a tour business around the Northern Ireland food and drink experience, said visitor interest is growing.
She says: "The majority of people I get on the tours are locals, but I get a lot of tourists now coming in.
"They are intrigued by what Belfast and Northern Ireland generally has to offer.
"It is unique - where else are you going to get the Bramley apple or the Lough Neagh eel?"


Footage of a lorry overtaking a van on a level crossing in Lincolnshire has been released by British Transport Police.

16 January 2016 Last updated at 12:15 GMT
The CCTV, recorded on 5 January, shows the HGV passing the van at speed near Ulceby, forcing the van driver to stop on the crossing.
Inspector Graham Bridges said it was an example of "extremely dangerous driving" and the police are now trying to trace both drivers.


The most senior elected US Republican official has said he will not defend Donald Trump, after remarks he made about groping women led to outrage.

House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan vowed to focus on defending seats in Congress, but did not end his endorsement of the party's nominee.
Mr Trump tweeted that Mr Ryan should not waste his time fighting him.
Earlier Democratic rival Hillary Clinton cast doubt on Mr Trump's apology for the 11-year-old remarks.
On Sunday, Mr Trump described his words as "locker-room talk".
In a bitter televised debate, a month before the US presidential election, Mr Trump denied he had groped anyone.
Mrs Clinton tweeted on Monday that, if he stood by this assertion, he was "clearly not sorry".
A 2005 video released on Friday revealed Mr Trump describing how he had sought to have sex with a married woman and making obscene comments about women.
Paul Ryan, the highest-ranking Republican officeholder, has officially given the signal. The SS Trump is sinking, and it's time for members of his party to calmly, quietly head to the lifeboats.
Republican control of Congress must be maintained at all costs, the House speaker asserted in his call to congressional rank-and-file on Monday, lest Hillary Clinton have the ability to advance her party's legislative priorities and seat sympathetic Supreme Court justices without opposition.
It's notable that after reports he was mulling a full unendorsement of the Republican nominee, Mr Ryan is apparently trying to a walk a fine line between abandonment and loyalty to his putative standard-bearer. His decision evokes shades of 1996, when Republican nominee Bob Dole's doomed presidential campaign rolled along, oblivious to a party apparatus that was focusing exclusively on local races.
It's worth keeping in mind that while Mr Ryan is sounding the abandon-ship alarm, Donald Trump may not play the stoic captain watching from the bridge. He's shown no loyalty to a Republican establishment that never truly embraced him and may have no qualms with lashing out at erstwhile friend and foe alike in the campaign's final, turbulent days.
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Asked about the video in the debate, Mr Trump turned his fire on Mrs Clinton's husband, ex-President Bill Clinton, whom he described as "abusive to women". She refused to address the comments.
At least 38 senior Republicans - including senators, members of Congress, and state governors - have withdrawn their support since the video surfaced on Friday.
But late on Monday Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said "nothing has changed" in relation to the campaign.
"I think the issue [of the remarks about groping] was taken care of at the debate," he said, quoted by the Politico website, after a conference call with committee members.
According to sources familiar with a conference call he held with congress members on Monday, Mr Ryan appeared to have accepted that Mrs Clinton would win the White House and wanted to make sure Republicans in Congress were strong enough to challenge her.
Mr Ryan said he would spend "his entire energy making sure that Hillary Clinton does not get a blank cheque with a Democrat-controlled Congress", the source said.
"You all need to do what's best for you in your district," he was quoted as telling colleagues.
He, however, faced some resistance from colleagues for his approach.
California Representative Dana Rohrabacher, called party leaders "cowards" during the call for distancing themselves from the Republican's official nominee, reports say.
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Mr Trump apologised for the remarks, and when pressed during the debate on whether he had engaged in sexual misconduct, he denied doing so.
But Mrs Clinton said his explanation that these were words not actions did not amount to an apology.
"If Trump stands by what he said about women as "locker room talk," he's clearly not sorry," she tweeted.
Meanwhile Mr Trump's running mate Mike Pence said he would stand by him despite the outcry over the remarks.
"I think last night he showed his heart to the American people. He said he apologised to his family, apologised to the American people, that he was embarrassed by it," he told CNN on Monday.
Earlier Mr Pence had described the remarks as indefensible.
The vice-presidential candidate said he was "honoured to stand with" Mr Trump and denied he had considered withdrawing from the race.
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British and Commonwealth super-welterweight champion Liam Williams will defend his titles against Gary Corcoran next month.

The unbeaten 24-year-old will face the WBO Intercontinental Champion at the Cardiff Ice Arena on Saturday, 16 July.
Wembley's Corcoran, 25, is unbeaten in 15 professional bouts and beat Danny Butler to claim the vacant WBO Intercontinental title in March.
"To be honest with you, I don't like the man at all," Williams said.
"Gary thinks a lot of himself and I'm not sure why. He's a confident man but I'm not sure where he gets that confidence from.
He added: "On his day he can be dangerous but I'm going to batter him, he won't be able to handle my power."
Williams added the British title to his Commonwealth belt by beating Kris Carslaw in December.
He returned to the ring in April with victory inside three rounds over Gustavo Alberto Sanchez after a title defence against Nav Mansouri was twice postponed.


When those heavy black crash barriers were lowered into place outside the Palace of Westminster in 2003 they raised a lot of eyebrows.

Yes, America had been attacked on 9/11 but over here in Britain would anyone really want to ram a truckload of explosives into the Houses of Parliament?
It seemed almost unthinkable. After all, Britain had provided sanctuary to so many dissidents fleeing oppressive regimes in the Middle East. Why would anyone want to attack such a beacon of democracy and free speech?
But in that same year, 2003, Britain took part in the US-led invasion of Iraq.
For al-Qaeda, driven out of Afghanistan and running short of recruits, this was like breathing new life into dying embers.
Here was a cause that could ignite anti-Western fury and propel countless numbers of international jihadists to go and fight the invader in Iraq.
Strategic mistakes like disbanding the Iraqi army were followed by scandalous revelations of abuse by US soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison and further, isolated allegations against British troops.
Back in Europe, jihadists struck Madrid's commuters as they rode trains into work in 2004.
And yet, when on the morning of 7 July 2005 Mohammad Sidique Khan and his accomplices murdered 52 people on London's buses and tube trains, it still took Britain's intelligence and security community largely by surprise.
They had been expecting an attack sooner or later, but very few had predicted suicide bombings by British citizens on British soil.
The London bombings, "7/7", as they became known, sparked a major rethink in counter-terrorism circles because whatever measures were being taken were clearly not enough.
The police and the security service, MI5, would need to co-operate more closely. Far more needed to be done about addressing the root causes of terrorism.
Those working in counter-terrorism would need to be more agile in their thinking.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stuart Osborne, the Met's senior national counter-terrorism co-ordinator, said: "Over the last 10 years we've become more accustomed to making high-risk decisions based on imprecise information on assessed intelligence, often within rapidly declining timeframes."
So what sort of terrorist threats does Britain face today?
The government has set the current threat level at "substantial". That's only the third highest out of a range of five, but it still means that an attack is thought to be a strong possibility.
The threats range from al-Qaeda-inspired jihadists to dissident Irish republicans and lone far-right extremists like Anders Breivik, the man who attacked his fellow Norwegians in Oslo this summer.
So while far more is known about terrorism at home and abroad, the nature of the threat itself has diversified.
The mass hostage-taking and murder in Mumbai three years ago seriously got British and European officials thinking: "Could it happen here?"
Since then, Met police units have been training intensively alongside the SAS in a series of "worst case scenario" exercises codenamed Wooden Pride. To deal with the possibility of multiple terrorists, police firepower has been significantly upgraded.
Meanwhile, the early and misleading post-9/11 rhetoric about a "War on Terror" has given way to a more pragmatic approach.
Terrorism is being treated for what it is: a crime.
In the second of her keynote Reith lectures recorded this week by BBC Radio 4, Baroness Manningham-Buller, who ran MI5 from 2002 to 2007, stressed the importance of using the law to tackle terrorism.
"I am proud that some 240 individuals have been subject to proper legal process and convicted of terrorist offences since 9/11. That is the way to deal with terrorist crime," she said.
Yet questions over British and Western foreign policies in general continue to overshadow the efforts to choke off the supply of extremists turning to terrorism.
As Britain's ambassador in Tel Aviv, then Riyadh, and then Kabul, Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles has watched anti-Western resentment fester and grow. Like many British diplomats, he opposed the Iraq invasion.
"You've got to be tough on terrorism, tough on the causes," he said.
"You have to have serious counter-radicalisation programmes, but you also need to look at the wider foreign policy issues. Why are young Muslim men and women so angry?"
In London's East End, Hanif Qadir hears their answers every day. He's one of those trying to stop people getting drawn into terrorism.
"To say that young people don't want to express their anger against the West or its interests by launching terrorist attacks would be very naive - we've still got a problem," he said.
Soon, Britain will face its biggest peacetime security challenge and the authorities are taking no chances.
Planning for the London Olympics is being made on the basis of a terrorist threat level being at "severe", meaning an attempted terrorist attack of some sort, whether successful or not, is thought highly likely.
So there is no definitive answer as to whether the UK is safer now from terrorism than it was 10 years ago.
More knowledge does not necessarily mean greater safety since the threats have multiplied and diversified.
The death of Osama Bin Laden in May, while quite possibly having a cooling effect on jihadist attack planning in the long term, will not mean an end to terrorism.
As a tactic of desperation it can be hindered, reduced, sometimes foiled, but never eliminated altogether.


It was in a conference room above a coffee shop a fifteen minute walk from BBC Broadcasting House that we first met the man who says he is Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.

As we walked in, three or four people were waiting around a table - but which one, I wondered, was the father of Bitcoin?
Then I realised that one man was staring intensely at a very chunky laptop - this was Dr Craig Wright. He carried on working, apparently unaware that we had entered the room.
Once we had been introduced he gradually warmed up - especially when it came to performing the demonstration that showed that he did have access to the cryptographic keys used by Satoshi when he made the first Bitcoin transaction in 2009.
We had arrived wondering just how convincing a case would be made that the almost mythical creator of Bitcoin was at last stepping out of the shadows. What we saw seemed impressive - though it would need a far higher level of expertise than we possess to be certain.
But Jon Matonis, a senior figure in the Bitcoin world, was in the room watching, having had his own demonstration some time before. And the news that Gavin Andresen, chief scientist at the Bitcoin Foundation, was also convinced provided more reassurance. Now Craig Wright has published his evidence on his blog, it will be examined in minute detail for any chink in his case.
But put aside the question of whether you believe him or not - and he told me he didn't care either way - there were still plenty of questions we wanted to put to the fascinating, if somewhat prickly Dr Wright. Why keep his secret so long? Why come out now? What about that run-in with the Australian tax authorities? And is he fabulously rich, with a huge stock of Bitcoin?
At our first meeting - without a television camera  - we roamed freely over all sorts of territory. We learned that he ran a substantial business in London, employing quite a few people here in what seemed to be some kind of Bitcoin trading and consultancy operation.
We challenged him about that tax investigation - he conceded that there was what he called an "audit" underway in Australia but insisted that this was mainly due to the tax authorities there not really understanding Bitcoin.  We asked where the pseudonym had come from - he mentioned a 17th century libertarian philosopher called Nakamoto but said he'd keep the Satoshi bit to himself.
He talked of the French writer and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, whose statement refusing the Nobel Prize is used in the Satoshi-signed file given as evidence in the blog published today. His politics were very far from the "lefty" Sartre, he explained, but like him he did not want his identity to be defined by one thing - he refused to be Craig "Satoshi"  just as Sartre did not want to be Jean-Paul Nobel.
What he wouldn't say is how many Bitcoins he has - "that would be telling" - though he indicated that he would not be spending any of them in a hurry. He told us that he had a "nice big house and a nice fast car" in London, went on holidays to Paris, and didn't feel the need to acquire vast riches.
The second time we met, to film a television interview, the mood changed. It was immediately clear that he hated the whole process, refusing to move from behind his laptop to a more spacious room where the shot would have been much better.
At first, he insisted that he would give an answer to just one question - why he had decided to go public after all these years. Once we started filming he opened up a little, but mainly because he wanted to express his anger at, as he sees it, being forced into the public eye.
"I don't want money, I don't want fame, I don't want adoration, I just want to be left alone," he said with some venom. He accused journalists of threatening to make up stories about him if he did not cooperate and said lies had been told that would affect his family and his staff.
It seems his main grievance surrounds the stories that spread last December when he was first identified as a potential Satoshi, then dismissed by some as a hoaxer. At that time, questions were asked about his academic and business career, and there were some who said he just did not have the intellectual capacity to be the man behind Bitcoin.
Throughout the demonstrations he showed us he kept on stressing the complexity of the process - "obviously everyone said I have no idea about this stuff so I'm going to do it in the most convoluted way possible". We were then supplied with a series of documents providing evidence that Dr Craig Stephen Wright was a Master of Statistics, IT Management, and Law, and a long list of peer-reviewed articles.
Now he says he intends to continue his research into improving the technology behind Bitcoin, and plans to publish several papers over the coming months. With the community around the currency in some turmoil right now over how it develops, you might think that Craig Wright could provide some leadership.
After all, he could be said to be to Bitcoin what Tim Berners-Lee is to the web.
But he bridled at my suggestion that he could be a figurehead for the currency, making clear that this was the first and last television interview he would do. Having emerged from the shadows, Craig Satoshi Wright now wants to return to them as quickly as possible.


A worker trapped under a "huge amount" of cheese after metal shelving inside a food distribution warehouse collapsed has been freed.

Forklift driver Tomasz Wiszniewski walked out of the building unhurt after an eight-hour rescue operation.
Rescuers said it appeared as though Mr Wiszniewski had been saved by the protective cage on his truck.
Rows of metal racking came down in the building on Hatton Road, just outside Hinstock, Shropshire at 9.40am.
Fire crews used drones and cut through the roof in order to locate the missing worker.
Live updates on warehouse collapse
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service described the search as one of the biggest in its history.
Mr Wiszniewski, who is from Poland, smiled and chatted to paramedics as they checked him over after his ordeal.  His family have been told he is safe and well.
His colleague Debbie Belcher said there had been "complete fear and dread" when it emerged he was trapped.
"I can't imagine what he's been going through," she said.
"The sense of relief is just immense. We couldn't have hoped for a better outcome."
Crews used specialist cutting equipment to get inside the building to try and free the man after the tangled wreckage of shelving proved impossible to navigate.
A drone was used to look amongst the shelving for the missing worker. Sniffer dogs from Merseyside also assisted with the search.
An investigation is now under way to determine how the racking collapsed.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue spokesman Malcolm Stevenson described the racking, which was storing cheese, as being like inside "very large warehouses like those of Tesco and Argos, to keep huge amounts of stock."
"It's metal racking, virtually up to the ceiling, pretty high, and it's full of product of various size.
"The racking is organised in corridors. Most of that has fallen over and collapsed."
He said the building, which belongs to haulage company Edwards Transport, was intact but that there had been "bowing to the sides".
West Midlands Ambulance Service earlier tweeted one other person had been treated for the effects of shock.


Wigan Athletic have appointed Warren Joyce, the Manchester United Under-21 boss, as manager.

The 51-year-old former Bolton, Preston, Plymouth, Burnley and Hull City midfielder has signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with the struggling Championship club.
Chairman David Sharpe said: "Warren has everything we are looking for."
Joyce succeeds Gary Caldwell, who was sacked on 25 October, five months after winning promotion from League One.
Joyce, whose United team have finished top of the FA Professional U21 Development League for the past two seasons, will take charge of Wigan for the first time when they host Reading this Saturday.
Sharpe added: "He is an exceptional coach, who has a reputation within the game for being among the very best at bringing through young players, as his record at Manchester United shows.
"More than that, he has a winning mentality which transmits to his players and he has achieved great success in his time at United.
"Warren has had several high-profile opportunities but wants to move back into management, and it is a measure of how highly we rate him that we are making such a long-term commitment."
Joyce has been part of the staff at Old Trafford since May 2008, having joined from United's feeder club Royal Antwerp, where he was manager.
His first managerial role came, first as player-coach with Hull, then as manager from November 1998 to April 2000 before coaching jobs with Leeds United, Stockport County and Tranmere Rovers, prior to his move to Antwerp.
Wigan are 22nd in the table, having won only three of their 15 leagues games since returning to the second tier in May.
Joyce worked with Wigan players Nick Powell, Reece James and Andy Kellett during their time at Old Trafford.
He is the middle generation of a family of footballing Joyces, father Walter having played for Burnley, Blackburn Rovers and Oldham Athletic, while son Wade, who started at Oldham, is currently with National League side Chester.


Second-quarter profits at oil giant BP have almost halved from a year earlier as the company suffered from lower oil prices and weak refining margins.

Underlying replacement cost profit for the quarter fell to $720m (£550m), down 44% from $1.3bn a year earlier.
BP also said it had "drawn a line" under its liabilities from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Earlier this month, the energy giant that the final bill for the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico would be $61.6bn.
In April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and causing an oil spill that became the worst environmental disaster in US history.
BP said it had taken a further charge of $5.2bn in the quarter to cover liabilities from the disaster. Including these charges and other items, BP reported a $2.2bn loss on a non-underlying replacement cost basis, compared with a $6.6bn loss a year earlier.
The company also announced another cut to its planned investment budget for 2016 to "below $17bn".
BP chief executive Bob Dudley said: "Compared with a year earlier, the underlying second-quarter result was impacted by lower oil and gas prices and significantly lower refining margins, but this was partly offset by the benefit of lower cash costs throughout the group as well as lower exploration write-offs."
He added that the company expected "the external environment to remain challenging", but added that "we are delivering significant improvements to the business that will stick at any oil price".
On Monday, oil prices dropped to a three-month low, hit by rising concerns that a global oversupply of both crude and natural gas will dampen prices.
US crude fell to $43.11 a barrel, its lowest level since April, while Brent crude dropped to $44.75.
BP chief financial officer Brian Gilvary said: "We continue to reset our capital and cost base and are moving steadily towards our aim of rebalancing organic sources and uses of cash by 2017 in a $50-55 per barrel oil price range."
Richard Hunter, head of research at Wilson King Investment Management, said: "The sigh of relief emanating from BP HQ is almost palpable as the Gulf of Mexico spill is finally consigned to the history books.
"This is not to say that the challenges are over, not least of which is an underlying oil price still markedly short of the level which would provide comfort for the company."
BP's second-quarter profit was slightly below analysts' expectations, and in early trading the company's shares were down 1.8%.


Bristol's mayor has been urged to help pay for a permanent home for Concorde.

The plane will be part of a £16m Bristol Aerospace Centre and museum at the former Filton airfield in neighbouring South Gloucestershire.
Labour and Conservative general election candidates for Filton and Bradley Stoke called on George Ferguson and Bristol City Council to invest in the project.
The BBC has invited Mr Ferguson to comment.
The comments were made during a general election debate on BBC Radio Bristol.
'Very appropriate'
Labour's Ian Boulton said the museum would benefit the whole region.
"There's a real danger that this will become the South Gloucestershire aero collection so we'd like to get Bristol on board with that," he said.
Conservative Jack Lopresti said: "I still haven't given up hope of getting a meeting with George Ferguson to see if Bristol are willing to help with the project."
The Liberal Democrat candidate Pete Bruce, said it would be "very appropriate" for Bristol to contribute towards the cost of the museum.
"It will be good for the area as a whole and good to have Bristol as a partner helping with the exhibits and renovations," said Mr Bruce.
Last week, a £2m Budget windfall towards the cost of the centre was announced.
The airfield site includes two Grade II-listed hangars built by the Royal Flying Corp during World War One.
They were later home to 501 Squadron, which won seven honours in World War Two and was one of the most heavily-engaged units in RAF Fighter Command.


Two museums in Paris have been closed to protect exhibits after the River Seine was predicted to hit a peak of up to 6m (19ft).

The Louvre and Orsay museums have moved works to higher floors as a precaution.
The Louvre's most famous painting, The Mona Lisa, has not been moved as it is housed on the museum's top floor.
The Orsay's website said it was likely to be shut "at least until Monday", while the Louvre did not give a reopening date.
"Due to the level of the river Seine, the Musee du Louvre will be exceptionally closed to the public on 3 June to ensure the protection of the works located in flood zones," it said.
More downpours are forecast for the weekend across a band of central Europe from France to Ukraine.
At least 11 people have died in the past week as a result of the flooding in Europe and several towns in southern Germany have been devastated, with thousands being forced from their homes.
Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands and Poland have also been affected.
York's Jorvik Viking Centre had to close in December after the River Foss flooded. Their chief executive David Jennings said all museums "have a disaster plan".
"For us, and it'll be the same for the Louvre, it depends on what your information is and the time frame you have for understanding the disaster that's about to happen.
"The first thing is to protect the public and your staff. Then, the thing that's most important is protecting the collection.
"We closed the museum as soon as we could see there was a risk of flooding, and did the same thing the Louvre is doing to move the artefacts from the basement up to a safe place.
"We already had in place the basics of protection from water - and our conversation now is about how we enhance that protection in the future.
"It's about trying to put in place flood barriers at the entrances and the doors - they are the weak spots of any basemented building."


The Ghana Football Association (GFA) says it has parted company with national team coach Kwesi Appiah by mutual consent.

Former coach Milovan Rajevac is being widely tipped to return to the post he held between 2008 and 2010.
Rajevac had originally been lined up to work as a technical advisor alongside Appiah.
The GFA says it will announce Appiah's replacement before October's Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Guinea.
During his first stint in charge, Rajevac led Ghana to the runners-up spot at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and the quarter-finals of the World Cup a few months later.
Appiah had been under pressure since Ghana's turbulent World Cup campaign, where they failed to win a single match against a backdrop of off-field issues.
A draw at home to Uganda in their opening Group E match in the 2015 Nations Cup qualifiers increased the calls for Appiah to move on.
Even a 3-2 win away from home over Togo on Wednesday was not enough to save Appiah's job.
Appiah and the GFA will meet next week to discuss the terms of his severance package.


World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury says he is "here to stay" after earlier suggesting he had retired from boxing.

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The British fighter, who withdrew from his 29 October rematch with Wladimir Klitschko because of reported mental health issues, had tweeted: "I'm the greatest, and I'm also retired."
But three hours later, Fury, 28, was back on social media to suggest his earlier claim had been a joke.
"Hahahaha, you think you will get rid of the Gypsy King that easy?" he said.
"I'm here to stay. #TheGreatest. Just shows you what the media are like. Tut tut. Soon as I get better I'll be defending what's mine - the heavyweight throne."
In a subsequent tweet, he added: "Good news is I'm getting the right help and I'll be back even stronger than before, try and stop me!"
Fury had been scheduled to earn the biggest purse of his career for his second fight with Klitschko at Manchester Arena this month.
He postponed the original rematch against the Ukrainian, which was scheduled for July, after injuring an ankle in training.
He was then given 10 days by the World Boxing Organisation to provide detailed reasons for his second withdrawal.
Fury, who holds the WBA and WBO titles, also faces a hearing in November into a charge for an alleged doping violation.
He was charged by the UK Anti-Doping Agency (Ukad) in June, after traces of a banned substance were allegedly found in a urine sample.
The fighter has denied allegations of doping. However, it has also been alleged he refused to give a sample when visited by a Ukad official.
An athlete who refuses to take a test can be banned for four years.
It is almost a year since Fury beat Klitschko on points to gain the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO titles. It was the 40-year-old Klitschko's first loss since 2004.
Within two weeks, Fury was stripped of the IBF title because he was unable to fight mandatory challenger Vyacheslav Glazkov.
That belt is now held by rival British heavyweight Anthony Joshua.
Mike Costello, BBC Radio 5 live boxing correspondent:
"Tyson Fury revels in toying with the media. Within the space of four hours, we have seen another one of his performances.
"There is confusion and controversy all around Fury. as there has been ever since he won the world title last November. "It was one of the great upsets recorded by a British boxer in the history of the heavyweight division, yet it has been clouded by what he has said and done in the aftermath.
"I did an interview with middleweight boxer Billy Joe Saunders and he told me Fury is in 'a bad place', worse than he has ever seen him. The two are good friends and he has known him all his professional career.
"Fury has not built up a reservoir of goodwill with either the media or the many fans who have booked tickets, trains and hotels for the October rematch and the original rematch in July. Will the fans trust him in the future? Will promoters trust him any more and book a hold of a stadium or arena wondering if he will ever turn up? He has put himself in a really difficult position here."


Ally McCoist believes it will take Rangers another "two or three years" to become a dominant force in Scotland.

Rangers, promoted last season, lie a point behind leaders Celtic having played a game more ahead of Saturday's first Old Firm game of the campaign.
"Rangers are OK at the moment," said McCoist, who led them to two promotions between 2011 and 2014.
"The building process is still quietly in operation. I think it is still going to be two or three years."
McCoist was manager when the Govan club entered administration and then liquidation in 2012 before re-emerging in the bottom tier of Scottish football.
"I was never of the opinion that Rangers were going to come in and set the place on fire and win the league by some considerable distance," he said of the side now managed by Mark Warburton.
"What we are seeing from Rangers at this moment is what I expected it to be.
"There will be games where things don't go their way. Obviously the standard of opposition is better than it has been in the last few years, so they are finding their feet.
"There has been some good performances, one or two average performances."
McCloist acknowledged that fans of the Ibrox club will be demanding early success.
"I know what Rangers fans and Celtic fans are like," he said.
"As fanatical as they are in their support of the team, they are not the most patient and some of them perhaps are not the most realistic.
"Rangers and, indeed, Celtic have improvement in them, particularly Rangers, if they want to challenge for the title and cups on a regular basis and get back on to the European scene."
McCoist believes Rangers can take encouragement from last season's Scottish Cup semi-final win over Celtic, albeit in a penalty shootout.
"Celtic will go into the game strong favourites, but they went into the last game strong favourites and didn't win," said the former Scotland striker.
"Rangers played exceptionally well.
"I thought Celtic had good chances to score, but I thought Rangers were far and away the better footballing team that day and they must take heart from that because they passed the ball as well as I have seen them pass it in a long time and they will be looking for a similar performance.
"But the game being at Celtic Park will be a big difference.
"The home support will be in the vast majority and hopefully the Rangers players will handle that OK."


Waiting times in the Welsh NHS continue to lag behind the health service in England in most key categories for treatment and diagnosis, according to the latest statistics.

Directly comparable figures show the biggest gap was in the wait for hip operations, up by a fifth in 2015-16.
The average wait for hip operations in England was 76 days while in Wales it was 226 days.
But waiting times in Wales for heart by-pass surgery fell significantly.
In 2014-15 the average wait in Wales was 111 days. It fell to 43 days in 2015-16.
Overall, there were significantly longer waits in Wales in seven out of the 11 main indicators measured in Wales compared to the same indicators measured in England.
Waiting times in Wales for the treatment of cataracts and hernias were around two months longer than in England in 2015-16.
Waits for stomach operations were 11 days longer, while waits for the diagnosis for pneumonia were nearly a fortnight longer and diagnosis of heart disease was eight days longer.
But there was a 20% increase in the wait in Wales for other heart operations, which do not include by-pass surgery, compared to the previous year.
There were minimal or no differences in the waits for the diagnosis of cancer and head injuries.
There were shorter waits in Wales than in England for heart by-pass and kidney surgery.
Source: Patient Episode Database for Wales/ Hospital Episode Statistics ã€€
Tim Havard, a director of the Royal College of Surgeons in Wales, said it was "disappointing" that Wales lagged behind England but Wales' population was on average sicker and older than England's.
"There continues to be a need to prevent ill-health, especially through tackling the higher rates of obesity in Wales," he said.
"However it is encouraging to see significant progress in reducing waiting times for heart by-pass operations in Wales.
"Many of the causes of longer waiting times are complex and will not be solved overnight, but this shows that when focus is given to reducing waiting times the NHS can improve access to care."
Welsh Conservative health spokeswoman Angela Burns said the wait for hip operations in Wales was "scandalous", while cataract patients were "literally going blind while they wait for a simple corrective procedure".
She urged ministers to pursue a "decisive, innovative and target-led strategy informed by science and the expertise of professional bodies in order to address the perennial issues that hold our health service back".
Plaid Cymru health spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth accused Labour ministers of "complacency and denial, pretending that waiting times are trivial and don't matter to patient outcomes".
He said paying private companies to carry out cardiac surgery had shown that tackling waiting times "can be done if there is the will to do so".
A Welsh Government spokesman said the number of people across Wales waiting over nine months for treatment had reduced by a fifth in 2016.
"We are pleased to see the big improvement in waiting times for heart by-pass, and the improvements seen in other areas, such as cataracts and kidney transplant," he said.
"We recognise there are areas where further improvements are required and have launched the Planned Care Programme to improve patient experience and deliver a strategic and sustainable approach to planned care in Wales."
These figures did not look good when we first published them a year ago, and the latest ones do not look much better now.
I suspect that behind the scenes, Welsh Government ministers will feel more confident this time around dealing with cross-border comparisons in light of the well-documented problems in the English NHS.
There has been a bitter strike by junior doctors as well as accusations that English health trusts have got themselves into financial difficulty by clearing their backlogs.
And of course there is the perennial problem of dealing with winter pressures on either side of Offa's Dyke, which kick-start a chain reaction that shows itself in the waiting times for planned surgery.
Nevertheless, none of this will be of particular concern to the 6,000 patients in Wales who last year waited on average three times longer than those in England for a new hip.


Thousands of people have joined the lavish celebrations in London to welcome in the Chinese New Year.

The parade started in Trafalgar Square where hand-crafted floats led a procession to Shaftesbury Avenue.
Crowds were entertained with music, dance and acrobatics in Charing Cross Road, Leicester Square and Chinatown.
The London celebrations for the year of the sheep are the largest in the UK with more than 1,000 performers and volunteers taking part.
Organised by London Chinatown Chinese Association, the event included lion dances throughout Chinatown along with the Cultures of China, Festival of Spring show and a drum show by The Red Poppy Ladies Percussion in Trafalgar Square.


The number of drug poisoning deaths reached record levels in England and Wales last year, official data shows.

Deaths involving cocaine rose by 16% to 371, while overall there were 3,744 deaths from legal and illegal drugs.
The Office for National Statistics said it was the highest number of deaths since comparable records began in 1993.
The data showed that those in their 40s have overtaken people in their 30s as being the age group with the highest mortality rate from drug misuse.
Of the deaths, more than two-thirds were due to misuse of drugs, and two-thirds of the deaths were men - in line with previous years.
The majority of fatalities linked to cocaine use occurred in men aged 30 to 49, the figures show.
Rising levels in the purity of cocaine could be one explanation for the increase, statisticians said.
The ONS report said: "The National Crime Agency reports that there was a significant increase in both crack and powder cocaine purity at all levels in 2016, including user-level, which may partly explain the increase in deaths relating to cocaine."
There were also rises in deaths involving the powerful painkiller fentanyl - from 34 in 2015 to 58 in 2016, paracetamol - from 197 to 219, and new psychoactive substances (NPS) from 114 to 123.
NPS typically mimic "traditional" drugs such as cocaine, cannabis and ecstasy, and were widely known as "legal highs" before laws criminalising their production, distribution, sale and supply were introduced last year.
While deaths linked to heroin and/or morphine remained stable last year - with 1,209 compared with 1,201 registered in 2015.
Martin Powell, of the Transform Drug Policy Foundation, said the government should accept responsibility for record numbers of people dying from overdoses year after year.
He said: "Other countries value the lives of vulnerable people who use drugs enough to implement and fund many measures proven to save lives, like decriminalising drug users, safer drug consumption rooms and prescribing heroin."
Rosanna O'Connor, of Public Health England, said: "It is tragic that we are still seeing an increase in people dying from drug misuse, particularly among older heroin users.
"Many of these deaths can be explained as the 'Trainspotting' generation, often with poor physical and mental health, sadly losing their battle with long-term addiction to drugs."
She said a large number of heroin deaths are among people not in treatment and called on services to increase their efforts to reach those most at risk.
Within England, the North East had the highest mortality rate from drug misuse in 2016 for the fourth year running (77.4 deaths per million), while the East Midlands had the lowest (29.1 deaths per million).
The mortality rate from drug misuse in Wales rose from 58.3 deaths per million population in 2015 to 66.9 in 2016.
Deaths in England have remained comparable between 2015 and 2016.


Luton boss Nathan Jones has bemoaned the lack of consistent team selection.

The Hatters have used 32 players in the league, four more than top three sides Northampton, Accrington and Oxford.
"It's been a disjointed season for so many of the squad that there hasn't been any continuity," said Jones.
"I could name (Championship leaders) Burnley's side on Saturday now. They have pros who are fit, strong, hungry, have desire and want to get out. That's what you need to be successful."
Talking to BBC Three Counties Radio, Jones continued: "Luton have been nowhere near that this season since I've come in. That has to change.
"There's no balance in the squad and what had started as a season with high hopes hasn't been because of that. There's too many in-between players, it's been a confused season, confused squad."
Jones has been in charge of Luton since January after replacing John Still at Kenilworth Road, and recently brought in former Portsmouth, QPR and Crystal Palace boss Paul Hart as his assistant manager.
And the Welshman is keen to make sure his first signings will be key players next season.
"I don't want to bring in players to improve our squad, I want them to improve our 11," Jones said.
"I would be surprised if the first four we bring in aren't starters for us. We want to get the level of quality here that we believe will do well for Luton Town, then we'll look to improve constantly."