GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida quarterback Kyle Trask is playing the second half against Auburn with what coach Dan Mullen described as a "light" MCL sprain.

Trask took a hit to his left knee in the second quarter on a passing attempt. After he released the ball, Auburn defensive end Marlon Davidson was blocked directly into Trask's knee, which buckled under the pressure. Trask stayed down for several minutes, putting his hands to his face, in obvious pain. He was able to walk to the locker room on his own power.

Emory Jones came on to replace him, but Trask returned at the end of the second quarter. Mullen told CBS at halftime that Trask had a "light" sprain and was fine.

Trask is making his third career start after replacing Feleipe Franks, who is out for the season with an ankle injury. The redshirt freshman was 11-of-17 for 130 yards and two touchdown passes before getting hurt.

Both British men’s and women’s line-ups land silver medals in Doha

The USA ran the second-fastest 4x100m relay time in history to land their eighth world gold at the event and wrestle the title back from Great Britain. 

A quartet of Christian Coleman, Justin Gatlin, Mike Rodgers and Noah Lyles clocked a US record of 37.10 to hold off Adam Gemili, Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake as the defending champions broke the European record in 37.36 but had to settle for silver.

Japan completed the medal winning line-up as they won bronze in an Asian record of 37.43, while there was another area record as Brazil clocked 37.72.

The rapid pace of the Doha final meant that Britain’s winning time of 37.47 from London 2017 would not have been good enough to even earn a place on the podium. 

“We had a meeting at breakfast and decided if we ran a super-fast time we could do this,” Rogers said of a squad which contained the new 100m and 200m world champions and only has the Jamaican team which ran 36.84 in 2012 ahead of them in the all-time standings.

Britain are third on that list and Gemili, part of the squad which struck gold two years ago, said: “Sometimes you have to hold up your hands and we tried our best. Hopefully it was a good show for the crowd.

“Leaving with something is fantastic and puts that little spark in us for next year to push on.”

Hughes revealed he had paid a price for his efforts, adding: “I think I strained my hamstring but I came out here tonight to give it my very best regardless and just before I handed off the baton is when I pulled my hamstring.

“I was like ‘I have to give it to Richard regardless’ because I wanted the guys to get a medal, including myself. Today was about the teamwork and I definitely think with the guts and glory that I have and the fighter that I am, I did my best and came away with a medal and I’m happy to be going home with something around my neck.”

Fraser-Pryce leads the way for Jamaicans

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce helped Jamaica to gold in the women’s 4x100m relay ahead of a British team that included Dina Asher-Smith as she won her third medal of the championships.

Natalliah Whyte, Fraser-Pryce, Jonielle Smith and Sherika Jackson ran 41.44 – the fastest time in the world this year – to claim the title as the British team of Asha Philip, Asher-Smith, Ashleigh Nelson and Daryll Neita clocked 41.85 for silver.

United States finished third in 42.10 ahead of Switzerland and Germany.

“This evening running the relay with Great Britain and the United States was fantastic,” said Fraser-Pryce. “This year the women really turned up. Next year at the Olympics no team can take anything for granted.”

The British team had a last-minute rejig of the team, too, after Imani-Lara Lansiquot twinged her thigh in the warm-up. Philip was brought in to run the first leg off little notice and Asher-Smith said: “We haven’t practiced any of those particular exchanges that we ran tonight.”

Asher-Smith, who won 200m gold and 100m silver earlier in the week, added: “We all handled the situation fantastically and it’s testament to the experience we’ve all got in the squad and between us.”

Asha Philip, Dina Asher-Smith, Ashleigh Nelson and Daryll Neita on their sprint relay silver medal at the #WorldAthleticsChamps in Doha. pic.twitter.com/Tc5cf7zZpJ

— AW (@AthleticsWeekly) October 5, 2019

Reprieve for 4x400m British men’s team as women ease through

It looked as if Great Britain’s 4x400m team had failed to reach the final of the event at a world championships for the first time  since 1999 after the quartet of Cameron Chalmers, Rabah Yousif, Lee Thompson and Martyn Rooney finished fifth with a time of  3:01.96 in their heat.

The disqualification of Botswana, however, moved them up into a fastest loser’s qualification spot and they will now feature in Sunday’s final.

USA won the opening heat in 2:59.89 ahead of Colombia’s national record of 3:01.06 and Italy’s 3:01.60.

The second heat went to Jamaica in 3:00.76 from Belgium’s 3:00.87 and Trinidad and Tobago’s 3:01.35, while France took the final qualifying spot in 3:01.40.

In the women’s event, the British team of Zoey Clark, Jodie Williams, Jessica Turner and Laviai Nielsen clocked 3:24.99 to come second behind the USA (3:22.96), while Ukraine took the final automatic slot in 3:26.57 from the second heat.

The opening heat saw Jamaica win convincingly in a world lead of 3:23.64 from Poland (3:25.78) and Canada (3:25.86), while the fastest losers spots went to Belgium (3:26.58 and fourth in heat two), plus the Netherlands (3:27.40 and fourth in heat one).

Amusan overtakes Williams in 100m hurdles qualifying

In the 100m hurdles, favourite Danielle Williams ran the fastest ever world champs first round heat with a 12.51 but it did not last as Tobi Amusan ran a PB 12.48 in the final heat.

World record-holder Kendra Harrison ran 12.55, while Britain’s Cindy Ofili was a qualifier in third in her heat in 12.97 but was only 19th fastest overall.

Olympic champion Brianna McNeal was disqualified for a false start. She initially complained but realised her mistake when she saw the starter’s details and was very distressed afterwards.

LAS VEGAS – You’ll forgive Tony Finau’s slow start this week at the Shriners.

It’s taken him a few days get back on Pacific Time.

With jet lag behind him, Fianu went out early Saturday and carded seven birdies and an eagle for a career-best 9-under 62, flying into a tie for the third-round lead at the Shirners Hospitals for Children Open, finishing before the final groups had started.

Finau is fresh off consecutive European Tour starts at the BMW PGA and Alfred Dunhill Links. He got back to his home in Utah this past Sunday around 11 p.m. courtesy a private flight, compliments of his friend, amateur partner at the Dunhill, and sponsor, Ryan Smith.

Nonetheless, “The jet lag was real coming back to the States after the last couple weeks,” he said. “Usually coming back to the time zone that I'm used to is a little easier than going over there, but my body must have got used to that time because I feel like I was a bit in a daze the last couple days.”

After this week in Summerlin, he’ll take two weeks off before heading back overseas, this time to Asia, for starts at the Zozo and WGC-HSBC Championships.

And then he’s hoping for yet another trip to yet another hemisphere this December. A captain’s pick for last year’s Ryder Cup team, Finau is once again striving to be a late addition to this year’s Presidents Cup, after finishing ninth on the U.S. points list, one spot out of automatic qualifying.

He’s confident Captain Tiger Woods is watching and knows what he needs to do.

“I haven't played my way on yet, and the only thing I can do is play some good golf in the fall and see what happens,” he said.

“It would be hard to win a golf tournament in the fall, and it would be hard to not get picked, I feel.”

LAS VEGAS – Playing the third professional event of his young career, Akshay Bhatia missed the cut Friday at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

Rounds of 70-72 left him five off the 5-under cut line.

The 17-year-old likewise failed to make the weekend in starts as a sponsor’s exemption at the Sanderson Fams Championship and Safeway Open.

“It’s been great, though,” he told GolfChannel.com Friday night. “I’ve had fun.”

Bhatia turned pro last month after finishing out his amateur career as a member of the victorious United States team at the Walker Cup. Rather than play his way through college, he’s opted to go directly to the professional ranks and is now – quite literally – learning on the job.

“It’s been cool being out here, seeing what these guys do a little differently than me,” he said.

Bhatia is next headed to the Monday Qualifier for the Houston Open. If he gets in, he’ll make his fourth PGA Tour start. If he doesn’t, he’ll turn his attention to the second stage of Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying School next month in Brooksville, Florida.

As for what he’s learned over the last three weeks: “I’ve learned a lot – about where I need to be and where I’m at right now,” he said. “It could be better in a few months or in a few years, but that’s why I started early, just to learn.

“Everything from here on out should feel a lot easier, especially playing Q-School or hopefully some Korn Ferry events.”

LIVERPOOL, England -- Brendan Rodgers had a clear objective upon his return to Anfield for the first time on the four-year anniversary of his sacking as Liverpool manager.

His Leicester City side were prepped to "test and challenge the quality" of the league leaders -- on a 16-match winning run in the division -- and when James Maddison cancelled out Sadio Mane's opener on 80 minutes, the Northern Irishman calmly raised a clenched fist and may have considered the mission accomplished.

Liverpool had ruined clear openings to put the game out of reach and they were running out of time. Jurgen Klopp "could not think of a tougher opponent to face in this moment at Anfield" than third-placed Leicester, just two points behind Manchester City, and the threat of a first top-flight loss since Jan. 3 hung heavy in the air.

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But resilience is a core reason behind the champions of Europe being England's pacesetters and as the clock struck 95 minutes, James Milner sent Kasper Schmeichel the wrong way from the penalty spot to hand Liverpool a 2-1 victory and extend the club's unblemished start to the season and further underline their ambitions to become domestic champions.

Not much will have felt familiar for Rodgers at the ground he called home for just over three years. In four, his successor Klopp has transformed Liverpool from inconsistent nearly men to the ultimate team to beat, who have as much snarl and street-smarts as swagger and surety.

The German's 221 matches in charge have produced 130 wins, a club record league points total of 97 and three continental finals, with one resulting in a sixth European Cup.

Rodgers was not the man who could restore Liverpool to their perch, but he has the perfect skill set to elevate a balanced and talented Leicester squad, especially with Tottenham tanking and Arsenal and Manchester United failing to mesh quality and consistency.

Only Liverpool and City have won more league points since the 46-year-old was appointed at the King Power Stadium, and right now, the 2016 champions are shaping up to be the best of the rest even if they failed to grab anything on Saturday.

The pivotal decision in the game -- Marc Albrighton penalised for clumsily knocking Mane over in the area -- naturally drew different responses from both managers. It was "difficult to take" for Rodgers, who felt the Senegal international "made the most of the contact." Klopp countered that it was "obviously a penalty," a view shared by the VAR, but Liverpool should have already had the fixture wrapped up -- and comfortably -- by that point.

Despite intensive midweek exertions against Red Bull Salzburg in the Champions League, where the Reds secured a late 4-3 victory, they delivered a strong 60 minutes against a Leicester team primed to challenge for a top-four place.

"The first half was exceptional," Klopp said after the match. "We put them under pressure, the energy levels of the boys is just incredible, how we do and do and do again after a difficult week.

"The only problem we had was that we only scored one goal, and it was clear there will be a moment in the game where Leicester probably will come up a little bit because our energy level dropped."

Liverpool created six big chances to their opponent's none and restricted them to two shots in total, the first of which only materialised on 73 minutes. They had 34 touches in the box to nine and 14 attempts inside the box to one. The hosts dominated every element of the encounter, including winning their duels and it would have been hard to stomach if they surrendered points on this day.

"I wasn't sure we would win, how could I be? But I didn't feel we would lose," Klopp said post-match.

"A point against Leicester is not a catastrophe -- that would be a success for 95 percent of teams.

"We don't go for keeping the unbeaten run going, we only want to win football games. If winning eight games in a row would be easy, a lot of teams would do it. It is really difficult. Of course, the boys have a bit of belief because they experience that, in our common past.

"But the kind of effort they put in is exceptional. Some people asked me if our defending is not that good but I never saw a team defend Jamie Vardy better than we did today.

"Apart from the situation in the second half, with the long ball. I never saw that before. Dejan [Lovren] and Virgil [van Dijk] did incredibly well.

A lot of good things lead to a result. I don't see where we needed too much luck, because it was a penalty and I am not sure how many chances Leicester had. We don't think we will win all football games. But we were ready for a fight."

Liverpool continue to display the depth of characteristics needed to end their 29-year title drought. They have won ugly in uncomfortable circumstances twice in a week -- away at Sheffield United through a goalkeeping howler and with the late penalty against Leicester. Sandwiched between that, they successfully steered the Salzburg clash back in their favour after a quick, painful implosion in the second half saw them squander a 3-0 first-half lead.

Perhaps most impressive is that Liverpool often play as though they are at the other end of the table -- scraping and clawing for everything in every fixture.

"We respect the hard work we have to do," Klopp said. "So far so good, but we have 30 games to come.

"We are not fussed by the situation, people talk to us about the winning streak, but we don't think about it.

"We looked like a team that had never won a game before, and I loved that."

Kenyan’s strong finish sees off rivals in 5000m while Laura Weightman and Eilish McColgan impress with PBs in Doha

It was the greatest mass championships 5000m in history and Hellen Obiri defended her title in style after leading most of the race but then showing incredible finishing speed and courage on the last lap.

Eilish McColgan made the early running at faster than her PB pace but at 1000m Obiri was ahead in 2:56.91. The Kenyan pushed ahead after a mile and the acceleration took her past 2000m in a slightly faster 5:52.48.

It was soon down to a nearly all-African 10 contenders but as they reached halfway in 7:18.27, the group began to split and six were away – three Kenyans, two Ethiopians and Germany’s Konstanze Klosterhalfen.

The 3000m time was a quick 8:44.37 and the six stayed together but Obiri slowed through 4000m in 11:45.06 but she was just gathering herself.

The penultimate lap was 68 seconds and Obiri kicked hard and only Klosterhalfen and Margaret Kipkemboi and Tsehay Gemechu could go with it.

Obiri covered the 100m from the bell in 14.64 and that finished off the Ethiopian and then a vicious 14.21 which held off the German and her team-mate but the duo still were on her shoulder.

On the bend she forged a small lead thanks to a 14.47 100m – she had covered the middle 200m of the lap in 28.68.

She could not quite keep that tempo going in the last 100m but did not need too and she won by five metres having covered the last 400m in 58.41 and the final 800m in 2:06 as she set a championships record.

Obiri, who faded away from a medal in the 10,000m, said: “It was not easy to run the record without pacemakers but I felt energy from the crowd and stayed focused and I worked hard to prove that Kenyan runners can win.”

Kipkemboi proved the stronger down the straight and was rewarded with a PB 14:27.49 while Klosterhalfen completed her first major 5000m in 14:28.43.

There were PBs for the next four with Gemechu (14:29.60), Lilian Rengeruk (14:36.05), Fantu Worku (14:40.47) and Britain’s Laura Weightman (14:44.57) all benefiting from Obiri’s work.

The Briton had along with McColgan dropped off the pace at 3000m, which she passed in 8:48, but they stayed in the chasing group and were through 4000m in 11:53.

Weightman won the battle of her group with McColgan at the back of the pack but still setting a PB and Scottish record of 14:46.17 for 10th place.

Weightman and McColgan now sit third and fourth on the all-time lists behind Paula Radcliffe and Jo Pavey.

Weightman said: “I’m not in 14:20 shape but I believe I am in 14:35 to 40 shape so I would have liked to have been a little bit closer. But it’s a big PB so it’s okay. It’s a lot of progress and after my injury I’m really happy.”

She added: “When the gap was made I couldn’t cover it. There’s a lot more to come and in my first global 5000m championships to come seventh I am delighted.”

Laura Weightman sets high standards for herself. She tells @Jason_AW she is disappointed with 14:44 for 7th in the world 5000m final. #WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/mwxgw1cAF5

— AW (@AthleticsWeekly) October 5, 2019

McColgan said: “I had it in my mind that I wanted to run low 14:40s or just sneak under. I knew from training that I was in great shape but it is not easy going out and setting the pace for everyone.

“I am a little disappointed because I feel there is more there and I am in much better shape than when I ran 14:47s but it is still a PB and a Scottish record.”

Eilish McColgan chats to @Jason_AW about her Scottish record for 5000m and why she wanted more. #WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/heDgIwt7rj

— AW (@AthleticsWeekly) October 5, 2019

Venezuelan successfully defends her world title with big jump in Doha as Olympic champion Ibarguen is third

Yulimar Rojas came into Doha as defending champion and with a huge 15.41m jump – the second-best in history – under her belt from earlier this season.

The Venezuelan sealed the title in emphatic style, too, with 15.37m (-0.6) in the second round from Shanieka Ricketts, the Jamaican jumping 14.92m, and Caterine Ibarguen of Colombia with 14.73m.

Rojas struggled with injury last year as Ibarguen took 2018 Diamond League titles in the triple jump and long jump.

But this year it was Olympic champion Ibarguen’s turn to have problems as she had surgery on her foot for plantar fasciitis in the middle of the summer.

Ibarguen, who has also won two world titles in the past, was not making excuses, though. “I’m grateful for being here and competing in the world champs,” the 35-year-old said. “And I’m happy to get to the podium. After the operation I had a good recovery and I congratulate my colleagues here.”

Rojas, 23, said: “I’m really happy to win this medal. This is the best thing that ever happened to me. I worked really hard and I’m happy to make this historical win in the world champs.”

On challenging Inessa Kravets’ long-standing world record of 15.55m, Rojas added: “The world record as I always say is something I want to achieve. I was close this year but I’m still young and have a long way ahead and will work next year to try to achieve it.”

10,000m champion completes an unprecedented double with championships record while Laura Muir finishes fifth

The dust may still be settling on the Khalifa Stadium track. 

Unpredictability goes with the territory when it comes to 1500m racing but no-one expected Sifan Hassan to do this. 

The Dutchwoman, already with the world 10,000m gold medal tucked safely away, stunned onlookers – and her opponents – when she hit the front of the 1500m final after around 300m and jammed on the accelerator. 

The 26-year-old has found herself in the eye of a storm this week due to her links with disgraced coach Alberto Salazar but running incredibly quickly was all that appeared to be on her mind on the penultimate night of these IAAF World Championships as she scorched away from the chasing pack to clock a time of 3:51.95 which shredded almost seven seconds off the championships record of 3:58.52 set by Russia’s Tatyana Tomashova in 2003.

Eight women in total ran faster than that mark, in fact, as defending champion Faith Kipyegon set a Kenyan record with 3:54.22 for second place, with Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay clocking a personal best 3:54.38 in third. The winning margin was the biggest in world championships history.

Shelby Houlihan’s North American record of 3:54.99 was only good enough for fourth, while Britain’s Laura Muir could not have given more off the back her calf injury to run 3:55.76, only narrowly outside her British record of 3:55.22, in fifth place. The Scot’s training partner Gabriela Debues-Stafford set a Canadian record in sixth with 3:56.12.

“Fifth with 3:55!” said Muir after recording the second-fastest time of her career. “I couldn’t do any more than that!

“I’m actually really, really happy. I know it’s not a medal which is what I would have wanted but to run 3:55 … and to be fifth – well that’s unheard of! I am proud of myself to run that sort of time off the training that I have done.

“I never thought I was in that sort of shape. So yes to do that off that training gives me confidence to know that, when 100%, well how fast can I go?

“A couple of months ago I didn’t know if I was going to be here. I didn’t know if I was going to get to the final. So to run 3:55 with three races in my legs, well I’m speechless that that’s not on the podium. But I couldn’t have done anything more, I ran my heart out.”

Debues-Stafford had led out over the early stages but Hassan made her intentions clear after three quarters of the opening lap, moving to the front to take charge and at the head of affairs through 400m in 1:03.51. 

The pace went up, 800m being reached in 2:05.92 as the group tried to adjust, and Muir moved up from her early spot at the back of the pack into second place alongside Kipyegon and Tsegay with around 500m to go. The bell sounded at 2:52.61 and it became a straight burn up for the line, but Hassan extended her stride length and her lead with a sub-60 last lap to complete an unprecedented IAAF World Championships double of 1500m and 10,000m.

Laura Muir happy with her 3:55.76 for 5th in the red-hot world 1500m final in Doha after an injury-hit build-up. #WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/vwHO95Y6kY

— AW (@AthleticsWeekly) October 5, 2019

“This is amazing for me,” she said. “This is such an honour. I’m showing what you can do with hard work. It was amazing when I crossed the line and I saw that time. I was so happy.”

After the past few days, which have seen her without a coach following Salazar’s ban, she added: “It was a hard week for me. I was just so angry with what people were saying. I’ve worked so hard to be on top over the years.

“I felt very good after the 10,000m so I decided to go for the 1500m. I’ve been working hard at 1500m this year. It looked this was easy for me but it took so much hard work.”

To those who might doubt the validity of her performances, she added: “I would say I’ve been on top since 2014, before I joined the Oregon Project. I am clean. I do my best. If they want to test me they can test me every single day.”

DOVER, Del. – Denny Hamlin earned his second pole of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season in record fashion Saturday at Dover Int’l Speedway.

Hamlin claimed the pole for the Drydene 400 at Dover Int’l Speedway with a 21.559-second lap  at 166.984 mph, which reset the track record at the one-mile concrete oval. Hamlin’s lap bested the record set by Chase Elliott earlier this year at the Monster Mile.

The Virginia native barely edged his friend and rival Kyle Larson for the pole, with Larson coming up .003 seconds short. Larson will start Sunday’s race from the second position.

“For two days we were working on our golf plans for the afternoon and I said well, what time are we leaving? He said, ‘Well, I plan on getting the pole so I gotta do media, so it might be about 15 extra minutes. I’m like yeah, that sounds about right. He is fast in qualifying here,” said Hamlin, who will be making his 500th series start Sunday. “I got him. I’m so happy I beat him.

“To have that lap there, that was a really good lap for us. I knew when I ran it that it was really solid. About nine tenths quicker than we ran all day yesterday.”

Martin Truex Jr., who won the spring race at Dover Int’l Speedway, qualified third. Kevin Harvick and ROVAL winner Chase Elliott completed an all-playoff driver top-five in qualifying.

Playoff competitor William Byron qualified sixth, followed by Aric Almirola, Erik Jones, Kurt Busch and playoff driver Ryan Blaney.

Other playoff drivers in the field include Alex Bowman in 12th, Joey Logano in 14th, Brad Keselowski in 16th, Clint Bowyer in 17th and Kyle Busch in 18th.

Drydene 400 Starting Lineup

1. Denny Hamlin
2. Kyle Larson
3. Martin Truex Jr.
4. Kevin Harvick
5. Chase Elliott
6. William Byron
7. Aric Almirola
8. Erik Jones
9. Kurt Busch
10. Ryan Blaney
11. Jimmie Johnson
12. Alex Bowman
13. Paul Menard
14. Joey Logano
15. Daniel Suarez
16. Brad Keselowski
17. Clint Bowyer
18. Kyle Busch
19. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
20. Matt DiBenedetto
21. David Ragan
22. Chris Buescher
23. Matt Tifft
24. Ryan Newman
25. Ty Dillon
26. Bubba Wallace
27. Austin Dillon
28. Michael McDowell
29. Corey LaJoie
30. Landon Cassill
31. Daniel Hemric
32. Ryan Preece
33. B.J. McLeod
34. Ross Chastain
35. J.J. Yeley
36. Joe Nemechek
37. Garrett Smithley
38. Reed Sorenson