The pain in Anthony Davis' right foot continues to subside and the Los Angeles Lakers' star plans to begin the ramp up process to return to play when the team returns to L.A. this week, league sources told ESPN.

Davis missed his 12th straight game on Saturday -- a 136-134 win for the Lakers over the Sacramento Kings - because of a bone spur fractured off the navicular bone in his right foot, as well as a stress reaction.

The Lakers have won a season-best five straight games without him, going 7-5 overall heading into Monday's game against the Nuggets, wrapping up a two-game road trip.

Davis' injury occurred the last time L.A. played the Nuggets on Dec. 16 when he felt a sharp pain in his right foot after his lower leg made contact with Denver's Nikola Jokic when the two were matched up in the paint.

Since then, Davis has been limited to spot shooting thus far, sources said, in his on-court work beyond rehabilitating the foot, some 3 ½ weeks after the injury occurred.

The ramp up process will involve aquatic pool workouts and running on an altered-gravity treadmill to keep the big man's full weight off his foot while it continues to heal, sources said.

There is optimism within the Lakers that the ramp up process could only take a couple weeks before Davis could start penciling a potential return to game action, sources told ESPN.

Thomas Bryant, who two years ago this week suffered a partially torn ACL in his left knee and appeared in only 37 games for the Washington Wizards over the last two seasons because of the injury, has been a capable fill-in for Davis in the interim.

Bryant, signed to a one-year veteran's minimum contract in the offseason, is averaging 21.2 points on 71.9% shooting and 13.6 rebounds during the Lakers' current win streak.

"I've already kind of had visions of what that could possibly look like with the frontcourt of myself, AD and Thomas on the floor together," LeBron James said after the win in Sacramento when asked about Bryant's contributions. "I think it could be extremely beneficial for our ballclub."

Bryant has yet to be on the court with Davis for even one minute this season, according to NBA.com's NBA Advanced Stats database.

Before the injury, Davis was averaging 27.4 points, while posting career bests in rebounds per game (12.1) and field goal percentage (59.4%), along with 2.1 blocks per night this season.

"We're just trying to hold it down until our big guy comes back," James said of Davis. "And Thomas has definitely done his part and we're all trying to chip in."

Brooklyn Nets star forward Kevin Durant will miss at least two weeks after being diagnosed with an isolated MCL sprain of his right knee, the team announced Monday.

Durant underwent an MRI, which confirmed the nature of his injury. The Nets said he will be reevaluated in two weeks.

He sustained the injury in the third quarter of the Nets' 102-101 victory over the Miami Heat on Sunday night.

The injury occurred with 1:05 left in the third quarter as Heat swingman Jimmy Butler went to the rim and got his shot blocked by Nets big man Ben Simmons. Butler fell back into Durant's knee, and Durant stayed on the ground for a few moments but remained in the game.

Durant kept rubbing at the knee up and down the floor and was taken out when the Nets called a timeout about 30 seconds later. He walked straight back to the locker room to get checked out and did not return.

This isn't the first time Durant has dealt with a knee issue. He injured the MCL in his left knee during a Jan. 15, 2022, win over the New Orleans Pelicans and had to miss more than 1½ months while rehabbing. The Nets, who were 27-15 at the time and still playing with Kyrie Irving on a part-time basis because of the New York City vaccination mandate, were 5-17 in Durant's absence, including an 11-game losing streak.

There's optimism that this injury is less severe than the one he suffered earlier this year, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

Durant also missed over a month in 2017 when he sprained an MCL and suffered a tibial bone bruise after former Golden State Warriors teammate Zaza Pachulia accidentally fell into his knee.

Durant has vaulted himself into the MVP conversation this season by averaging 30 points, 6.8 rebounds and 5.4 assists -- leading the Nets (27-13) back toward the top of the Eastern Conference after a tumultuous start to the season on and off the floor.

ESPN's Nick Friedell contributed to this report.

Track and field athletics timetable for next year’s Olympics in French capital announced

The new year has no doubt brought a laser-eyed focus for athletes, especially that they can now map out what’s possible at the Paris Olympics.

The athletics timetable for the Games has been released and offers athletes in the sprints and longer distances – both on the track and road – to double up and maximise their chance of winning a medal.

It will be the third time that Paris has hosted the Olympics – previously 1900 and 1924 – and to mark the 100th anniversary of the last time the city held the Games, the opening ceremony will amalgamate a flotilla of boats across a 6km procession along the River Seine.

That will take place on July 26 but as usual athletics fans will have to wait a bit longer with the schedule between August 1-11.

All of the track and field events will take place during 17 sessions at the Stade de France. The finals will be held in the evening sessions, while the road events will take place in the mornings on four different days.

The athletics action kicks off with both men’s and women’s 20km race walks on August 1 while the first track final will be the men’s 10,000m on August 2.

What do you all make of the Paris 2024 Olympics qualifying standards? ??

Athletes can also qualify via the world rankings ? pic.twitter.com/FAFEStyXM7

— AW (@AthleticsWeekly) December 21, 2022

As usual, the last track discipline will be the two 4x400m relays but it will be the women’s marathon, which takes place on August 11, that ends the action at next year’s Olympics. The marathon course will be an arduous journey for athletes as it involves 1584ft of elevation from start to finish.

The schedule means it will be possible for athletes to double up in the 100m and 200m, 800m and 1500m, 1500m and 5000m, plus 5000m and 10,000m, without having to compete in more than one discipline on any given day. Athletes can also double up in the long and triple jump or 20km and 35km walks.

There will also be a repechage round in all individual track events from 200m to 1500m in distance, including the hurdles events.

It means that athletes who do not qualify by place in the heats of the 200m to 1500m will have a second chance to qualify for the semi-finals by participating in repechage heats.

Due to the prioritisation of the World Athletics ranking system – only 50% of athletes will qualify via the entry standards – the marks needed to make the Paris Olympics are tougher than usual.

World champion is out-kicked at BMC event in Sheffield while Sam Talbot wins high-quality heptathlon at England Athletics Combined Events Champs in the same venue

As well at the middle-distance races and combined events action in Sheffield’s EIS Centre, this results round-up includes news of Lynsey Sharp’s comeback race where she won a 600m in Glasgow.

BMC SHEFFIELD GRAND PRIX, Sheffield, January 8

The 2:12:10 marathon runner Phil Sesemann sensationally out-sprinted world 1500m champion Jake Wightman at 3000m 7:54.34 to 7:54.58 despite Wightman’s 1:43.65 800m speed compared to Sesemann’s 1:51.13 best.

The global gold medallist kicked hard at the bell and went four metres clear down the back straight on the final lap but his legs seem to give way in the straight and Sesemann’s acceleration took him past in the last five metres as the Scot tumbled across the line.

Wightman ran 7:50.97 for second place in the same race last year. On that occasion he was beaten by Ossama Meslek, but with Meslek currently training in South Africa it was left to another Leeds City runner, Sesemann, to deliver the victory.

“I wasn’t expecting to beat the world champion but I know training has been going quite well lately,” said Sesemann, who represented Britain over 3000m at the European Indoor Champs in Torun in 2021.

Wightman began the winter with a sprained ankle and then illness but spent a pre-Christmas stint altitude training in Flagstaff. Then, after returning to the UK, he ran the Dulwich parkrun in 14:52 on New Year’s Eve.

Wightman said: “I hadn’t done much prep for this as I’m going to South Africa tomorrow to get some track work done for the indoors, which is exactly the same prep as last year.

“With 200m to go I felt good but it was literally as I came into the home straight I just didn’t have it in my legs. I think three weeks’ time when I come back from this camp I will be stronger.”

Three other athletes were also inside eight minutes with Charlie Wheeler (7:57.06) and Tom Keen (7:57.53) setting PBs either side of teenager Osian Perrin’s 7:57.11. Keen is one of Wightman’s training partners and as he finished he accidentally stomped on the world champion’s leg as he lay on the track moments after falling over the finish line.

Phil Sesemann beats Jake Wightman in a dramatic 3000m at the BMC event in Sheffield. ?

The marathon man clocks 7:54.34 to out-kick the world 1500m champ, who tumbles over the line in second.

? @BritishMilers pic.twitter.com/RTRQpvO7Qq

— AW (@AthleticsWeekly) January 8, 2023

European under-23 800m champion Issy Boffey improved her outright PB to 2:00.99 as she won her race by over seven seconds with an impressive front-running performance which was also a European Indoor Champs qualifying time.

“I’m super-excited as it’s my first race out,” said Boffey, who has been training recently with Keely Hodgkinson. “Myself and my coach had a plan and it went so well. I really didn’t want to let the pace drop in the third lap. Hopefully I can break the two-minute barrier soon.”

Hannah Nuttall, whose father John had a 7:36.40 3000m PB, improved her own PB to 8:52.63 in finishing close to half a minute clear of Olympian Renee Walcott-Nolan. Nuttall now plans an altitude spell of training in Flagstaff before tackling another 3000m in Boston on February 4.

There was a UK indoor record as well as Oscar Schofield clocked 3:52.53 for an under-17 men’s national mark. Schofield, who runs for Sale and is coached by Trevor Painter, the 15-year-old won the B race in Sheffield in his first race of the year to break Ben Greenwood’s eight-year-old UK record of 3:55.5.

Men: 800: A: 1 H Fisher (B&B) 1:51.49; 2 Z Curran (WSEH) 1:51.55. B: 1 A Parkinson (Corby) 1:51.32. C: 2 J Organ (Brec, U20) 1:54.16; 3 S Temple (Hart AC, U20) 1:54.19. 1500: A: 1 T Bilyard (Gt Yar) 3:49.65. B: 1 O Schofield (Sale, U17) 3:52.53. 3000: A: 1 J Goodwin (Bedford) 8:13.63; 2 J Rowe (TVH) 8:15.60; 3 A Melloy (C&C) 8:17.33; 4 A Penney (HW) 8:17.86; 5 T Bridger (C&C) 8:22.68; 6 E Moran (Exe) 8:28.84; 7 A Durant (Shef/Dearn) 8:33.33; 9 F Richardson (C&T) 8:38.58. B: 1 C Eastaugh (HW) 8:22.22; 2 C Smith (Notts) 8:23.08; 3 S Denby (Norw) 8:36.83; 4 C Perkins (Birt, U20) 8:37.42; 5 I Thomas (Carm, U17) 8:44.55; 8 M Cummings (Herne H, M35) 8:49.89. C: 1 P Sesemann (Leeds C) 7:54.34; 2 J Wightman (Edin) 7:54.58; 3 C Wheeler (MKDP) 7:57.06; 4 O Perrin (Menai) 7:57.11; 5 T Keen (C&C) 7:57.53; 6 A Manthorpe (Shef/Dearn) 8:01.13; 7 J Travers (Herne H) 8:03.10; 8 B Potrykus (WG&EL) 8:04.36; 9 J Young (Morp) 8:06.14; 10 Z Seddon (Brack) 8:15.52

Women: 800: A: 1 I Boffey (E&H) 2:00.99; 2 M Hudson (Der) 2:08.56; 3 G Vans Agnew (Craw) 2:08.63; 4 A Bennett (Kett, U20) 2:09.73; 5 I Downes (Shrews, U20) 2:10.06. B: 2 L Creasey (M’bro, U20) 2:12.48. C: 2 E Creasey (M’bro, U17) 2:15.51. D: 1 E Bartalotta (Salf, U17) 2:14.65; 2 S Harding (Vale R, U17) 2:15.35. 1500: A: 1 K Mhlanga (Herts P) 4:26.37; 3 A Lloyd (Wig D, U20) 4:28.15. 3000: A: 1 H Nuttall (Charn) 8:52.63; 2 R Walcott-Nolan (Lut) 9:21.21; 3 R Johnson (High) 9:34.57; 4 G Hartigan (Bir) 9:36.55; 5 K Weir (TVH) 9:37.25; 6 E Palmer (Birm U) 9:41.88; 7 S Tucker (A’deen) 9:54.91; 8 A Bates (Kett, U20) 9:57.73

Full results are on Power of 10 here

MANCHESTER INDOOR OPEN MEETINGS, Sportcity, January 8

Mixed events: 60: r1.1: 1 S Baffour (Cov) 6.79; 3 C Nealon-Richards (Cov, U20) 6.98. r1.2: 3 D Bradley (C&N, M45) 7.20. r1.10: 6 K Mcdevitt (IRL, W40) 8.60. r1.16: 1 C Ufuoma (Bolt, U17W) 7.87. r1.23: 1 A May (Bolt, U15W) 8.02; 2 O Schrimshaw (Dees, U15W) 8.08. r2.1: 1 S Baffour (Cov) 6.77; 5 C Nealon-Richards (Cov, U20) 7.02. 200: r6: 1 D Bradley (C&N, M45) 23.45. r18: 1 L Golding (Pend, M55) 25.09. r20: 1 N Le’Gall (Wirr, U17W) 25.29. 600: r2: 2 M Moon (Worc, M40) 1:30.79; 5 J Turner (Sheff RC, M60) 1:39.80. r6: 3 I Beddow (Wirr, U13W) 1:48.38. HJ: A: 1 M Ogedenbe Dobies (Sale, U20) 1.92; 4 L Byrne (S’port W, U17W) 1.67; 5 K Dacosta (B’burn, U17W) 1.67. PV: A: 3 C Park (Sale, U15) 2.80; 5 P Robinson (SHS, M50) 2.80; 6 P Wiley (Sale, U15) 2.70; 10 C Berry (Wig D, U15W) 2.60. B: 1 G Heppinstall (Shef/Dearn) 5.00; 2 W Lane (Shef/Dearn, U20) 4.70; 3 N Cole (Shef/Dearn) 4.40; 4 R May (Shef/Dearn, U17) 4.10. LJ: B: 5 F Santus (Wig D, U17W) 5.56; 8 O Schrimshaw (Dees, U15W) 5.26

Men: 60H: 1 M Perera (Harrow) 8.03; 2 D Naylor (C&N) 8.61

U20: 60H: 1 H Curtis (Shef/Dearn) 8.30

U17: 60H: r1: 1 L Shaw (Warr) 8.58; 2 C Beechall (Liv H) 8.59

U17 women: 60H: r1: 1 K Brant (Burt) 9.10

U15: 60H: r1: 1 M Mills (Stock H) 9.44; 2 E Elliott (Bury) 9.47

Full results are on Power of 10 here

ENGLAND ATHLETICS SENIOR & U20 COMBINED EVENTS & WALKS CHAMPS, Sheffield, January 7-8

Sam Talbot moved to eighth all team among British multi-eventers with a clear win with a heptathlon score of 5823 points with Lewis Church second on 5587 points.

Talbot, who looks like a potential 8000+ points decathlete in future, set PBs at 60m (6.89), 1000m (2:38.94), 60m hurdles (7.85), pole vault (4.60m) and shot (14.26m).

Another exciting prospect, Sammy Ball, was even more dominant in the under-20 event as he won by over 500 points although his 5434 score was down on last year and his only PB was a 14.30m throw in the shot.

American Caitlin Smith won the women’s pentathlon with 4019 points with Laura Voss only 21 points in arrears.

The under-20 women’s event was also a close affair with Bryony Bovell’s 3727 PB edging Lucy Fellows by 20 points.

Tom Partington won the men’s 3000m walk in 13:12.13 just three seconds up on Luc Legon while Abigail Jennings won the women’s title in 14:54.79.

Men

60: Ht4: 1 S Talbot (Shef/Dearn) 6.89; 2 A Hoole (Tm E Loth) 6.95. 60H: Ht2: 1 S Bates (Nun) 8.78; 2 G Asprey (AFD) 8.82; 3 C Moncur (SB) 8.92; 4 J Frew (Read) 9.05; 5 B Hillman (Card) 9.17; 6 N Langley (Donc) 9.25. Ht3: 1 L Reveley (J&H) 8.46; 2 W Hodi (Liv H) 8.51; 3 O Adnitt (KuH) 8.66; 4 E Thompson (E&H) 8.71; 5 C Roe (Cov) 8.85; 6 D Thomas (BMH) 8.88; 7 S Ram (Amber) 9.02. Ht4: 1 S Talbot (Shef/Dearn) 7.85; 2 E Bradley (W Ches) 8.16; 3 A Hoole (Tm E Loth) 8.17; 4 H Maslen (Ilkley) 8.28; 5 L Church (Ton) 8.36; 6 C Joseph (BMH) 8.42; 7 C Newby (Edin) 8.65; 8 O Sproston (Stoke) 9.15. 3000W: 1 T Partington (Manx) 13:12.13; 2 L Legon (Bexley) 13:15.92; 3 M Crane (Bexley) 13:22.94; 4 E Simmonds (2dash, U17) 16:11.77. HJ: HtA: 1 L Church (Ton) 1.98. HtB: 9 K Cranmer (Read, M40) 1.68. PV: HtA: 1 E Bradley (W Ches) 4.70; 2 H Maslen (Ilkley) 4.60; 3 C Joseph (BMH) 4.60; 4 L Church (Ton) 4.50; 5 C Newby (Edin) 4.40; 6 D Noel (Inv EK) 4.20. HtB: 1 S Talbot (Shef/Dearn) 4.60; 2 O Adnitt (KuH) 4.40; 3 A Hoole (Tm E Loth) 4.30; 4 W Hodi (Liv H) 4.20. HtD: 3 K Cranmer (Read, M40) 3.40. LJ: HtA: 1 C Joseph (BMH) 7.23; 2 H Maslen (Ilkley) 7.10; 3 L Church (Ton) 6.93; 4 C Roe (Cov) 6.92; 5 A Hoole (Tm E Loth) 6.89. SP: HtA: 1 S Talbot (Shef/Dearn) 14.26; 2 L Church (Ton) 13.85; 3 A Hoole (Tm E Loth) 13.15; 4 L Reveley (J&H) 13.00. HepI: 1 S Talbot (Shef/Dearn) 5823; 2 L Church (Ton) 5587; 3 H Maslen (Ilkley) 5559; 4 C Joseph (BMH) 5449; 5 A Hoole (Tm E Loth) 5336; 6 E Bradley (W Ches) 5200; 7 O Adnitt (KuH) 5171; 8= C Roe (Cov) 5147; 8= L Reveley (J&H) 5147; 10 W Hodi (Liv H) 5103; 11 C Newby (Edin) 4983; 12 G Asprey (AFD) 4861; 13 C Moncur (SB) 4678; 14 S Ram (Amber) 4652; 15 S Bates (Nun) 4575; 16 B Hillman (Card) 4560; 17 E Thompson (E&H) 4517; 18 D Noel (Inv EK) 4489; 19 D Thomas (BMH) 4417; 20 N Langley (Donc) 4399; 21 J Simms (Donc) 4267; 22 J Frew (Read) 4121; 23 K Cranmer (Read, M40) 3458; 24 L Williams (Ashf) 3440; 25 D Steel (Hunts) 3408

U20: 60H: Ht3: 1 I Grant (Card Arch) 8.34; 2 W Reid (York) 8.51; 3 S Ball (Read) 8.54; 4 R Wells (Wyc P) 8.54. HJ: HtA: 1 S Ball (Read) 1.95. PV: HtA: 1 S Ball (Read) 4.30; 2 S Ouiles (Chelt) 4.20; 3 M White (Sale) 4.10. LJ: HtA: 1 S Ball (Read) 6.97; 2 C Winter (Norw) 6.75. SP: HtA: 1 S Ball (Read) 14.30; 2 C Winter (Norw) 13.70. HepI: 1 S Ball (Read) 5434; 2 C Winter (Norw) 4788; 3 W Reid (York) 4732; 4 M White (Sale) 4577; 5 J Harney (E Ches) 4495; 6 I Grant (Card Arch) 4440; 7 D Richardson (Shef/Dearn) 4395; 8 L McConville (WSEH) 4232; 9 A Stirzaker (WSEH) 4187; 10 A Street (Banb) 4174; 11 S Ouiles (Chelt) 4146; 12 A Graham-Mulvaney (Card) 4060

Women: 60H: P1: 1 S Brooks (Yate) 9.11. P2: 1 N Manson (Giff N) 9.13; 2 S Whittaker (Sale) 9.22; 3 L Darcey (BMH) 9.27; 4 L Armorgie (Herts P) 9.31; 5 A McTeggart (MMU) 9.35. P3: 1 E Tyrrell (Exe) 8.57; 2 L Evans (Card) 8.59; 3 K Smith (USA) 8.61; 4 G Morgan (Card Arch) 8.73; 5 L Voss (N’humb U) 9.19; 6 A Linaker (York) 9.24. 3000W: 1 A Jennings (AFD) 14:54.79; 2 H Hopper (Camb H) 15:31.92; 3 J Nicholls (Leic WC) 15:35.31; 4 P Spooner (HPH) 15:52.18; 5 M Dunwell (Nthn (IOM), U20) 16:06.69; 6 L Carty (AFD, U20) 16:39.83; 7 G Manzotti (Ton, W50) 16:55.18. HJ: PA: 1 J Morrish (Brack) 1.78; 2 N Manson (Giff N) 1.69; 3 L Voss (N’humb U) 1.69; 4 L Evans (Card) 1.69; 5 L Darcey (BMH) 1.69; 6 K Smith (USA) 1.66; 7 A McTeggart (MMU) 1.66; 8 I Davis (Thanet) 1.66. PB: 1 E Tyrrell (Exe) 1.69. LJ: PA: 1 N Manson (Giff N) 6.04; 2 E Tyrrell (Exe) 5.98; 3 L Voss (N’humb U) 5.85; 4 J Morrish (Brack) 5.83; 5 K Smith (USA) 5.64; 6 L Darcey (BMH) 5.61. SP: PA: 1 K Smith (USA) 11.96. PenI: 1 K Smith (USA) 4019; 2 L Voss (N’humb U) 3998; 3 J Morrish (Brack) 3966; 4 L Evans (Card) 3917; 5 E Tyrrell (Exe) 3876; 6 N Manson (Giff N) 3813; 7 L Darcey (BMH) 3662; 8 A McTeggart (MMU) 3587; 9 G Morgan (Card Arch) 3490; 10 L Armorgie (Herts P) 3454; 11 I Davis (Thanet) 3331; 12 S Whittaker (Sale) 3313; 13 C Schraub (GER) 3309; 14 S Brooks (Yate) 3281; 15 A Linaker (York) 3258; 16 A Freely (Harrow) 2425; 17 A Robinson (Amber) 2349; 18 H Cranmer (Read) 2073

U20: 60H: P1: 1 B Bovell (G&G) 8.96. P2: 1 A Kennedy (Jag) 9.12; 2 M Hardy (Hallam) 9.14; 3 M Stewart (Worc) 9.19. P3: 1 L Fellows (WSEH) 8.87; 2 F Dockerty (Sale) 9.06; 3 G Colmer (Win) 9.06. HJ: PA: 1= J Lee (Carm) 1.66; 1= B Bovell (G&G) 1.66. LJ: PA: 1 J Lee (Carm) 5.91; 2 L Fellows (WSEH) 5.81; 3 B Bovell (G&G) 5.62. SP: P1: 1 A Kennedy (Jag) 13.97; 2 H Dimond (Mil K) 11.38; 3 P Nemanyte (Der) 10.97. PenI: 1 B Bovell (G&G) 3727; 2 L Fellows (WSEH) 3707; 3 A Kennedy (Jag) 3583; 4 G Colmer (Win) 3524; 5 J Lee (Carm) 3509; 6 F Hogg (York) 3447; 7 M Hardy (Hallam) 3377; 8 E Fryer-Francis (Sale) 3243; 9 M Stewart (Worc) 3189; 10 P Nemanyte (Der) 3005; 11 H Dimond (Mil K) 2900; 12 F Dockerty (Sale) 2852; 13 I Humphreys (Craw) 2605; 14 E Kealey (Donc) 2408; 15 J Keenan (S’port W) 2076

Full results on Power of 10 here

BMC / GLASGOW AA METRIC MILER MEETING (Inc SCOTTISH 3000m CHAMPIONSHIPS), Emirates Arena, January 6

Former European 800m champion Lynsey Sharp made a welcome return after the birth of her first baby with a strong 88.91 for 600m. It was her first race since the 2019 World Championships in Doha.

“I was nervous even though I’ve been training here for weeks and was telling myself ‘it is just the same,” she said. “I think it is the first time I have finished a race in Glasgow since that night at Hampden in the Commonwealths.

“It has been really hard coming back because first there was Covid and then there was having a baby. I was really getting close last April when I then had a stress fracture – at that point I thought the Birmingham 2022 qualifying standard was on for me.

“So it is tough and there have been times when I’ve wondered if I really want to do this all again. But I have had great support from Andrew (Butchart, her husband) and we are both doing it so it takes a lot of team-work to make things happen the way you want.”

Women: 600: A: 1 L Sharp (Edin) 1:28.91; 2 H Cameron (A’deen) 1:30.35; 3 H Taylor (A’deen, U20) 1:31.66; 4 L Keisler (Law) 1:31.82; 5 A Macaulay Orr (Jag, U20) 1:34.38. 3000: Ht: 1 M Reid (I’clyde, U20) 9:40.57; 2 A Teasdale (Kilb, U17) 9:49.45; 3 Z Redmond (Kilb, U17) 9:49.53; 4 M McClelland-Brooks (I’clyde, U17) 9:50.44; 5 P Carcas (Edin) 9:58.04

Men: 3000: A: 1 B MacMillan (Centr) 8:02.47; 2 J Patton (Kilb) 8:07.71; 3 S Mackay (Glas C) 8:13.60; 4 C Campbell (Tm E Loth, U20) 8:13.97; 5 C Tharme (Gala) 8:15.95; 6 K Reilly (Ton) 8:18.99; 7 L Hannigan (Kilb) 8:19.26; 8 J MacKinnon (Cambus) 8:19.70. B: 1 C Deverill (Giff N, U20) 8:28.08; 2 A McGill (Living, U20) 8:29.88; 3 C Bell (Centr, U20) 8:31.06; 4 R Marshall (Fife, U20) 8:32.38; 5 F Ross-Davie (Gars, U20) 8:34.40; 6 O Patton (Kilb, U17) 8:38.34. C: 3 M Doherty (I’clyde, M40) 8:42.64. D: 3 G Baillie (E Kilb, M40) 8:52.50; 6 E Walker (Edin, W) 8:56.77. E: 2 J Connor (E Kilb, U17) 8:48.85; 3 T Robin (Giff N, U17) 8:49.90; 4 A McWilliam (Lass, U17) 8:50.40. F: 5 P Kieran (PH Racing, M45) 9:29.69; 9 S Allen (C’nauld, M50) 9:41.72. I: 3 R Paterson (Maryh, M50) 9:43.31; 10 L Bell (Gars, W45) 9:58.19; 12 C Upson (Cambus, M55) 10:08.91
Mixed events: 3000: G: 2 M Davies (Sale, W) 9:24.39; 5 S Tait (Jag, W) 9:39.80; 6 H Anderson (E Kilb, W) 9:47.36. K: 8 G Matheson (Falk, M60) 10:55.39

Full results are on Power of 10 here

LEE VALLEY NEW YEAR’S OPEN, Lee Valley, January 2

Dan Putnam, who improved his outdoor 400m PB to 46.30 last summer, set an indoor best of 47.14.

Nic Baker, who won the 2021 British Championships 400m but hasn’t run a 400m for 18 months and ran a single 100m in 2022, set an indoor 300m best of 34.44.

Phoebe Gill, who ran 2:03.34 for 800m last summer at the age of 15, ran an indoor 400m PB of 58.10.

Mixed events: 60: r1.1: 2 R Earle (TVH, U20) 6.99. r1.2: 1 J Nash (E&H, U20) 7.05; 2 D Goriola (Bexley, U20) 7.05. r1.5: 5 A Foster (WG&EL, U15) 7.52. r1.6: 7 B Karabulut (S’end, U13) 8.29. r1.7: 6 B Ironside (B’mth, W) 7.62. r1.10: 2 C Anah (Craw, U15) 7.55. r1.11: 6 M McAllister (Ton, M50) 7.98. r1.12: 2 S Morgan (R&N, U17W) 7.80; 3 H Medlen (Ton, U17W) 7.84. r2.3: 1 I Davies (Bir, U15W) 7.97. r2.4: 3 L Foster (WG&EL, U13) 7.90; 5 G Sikora (Brack, U15W) 8.06. r2.6: 4 T Beaglehole (B’mth, M60) 8.36. r2.7: 1 A Jaiyeola (SB, U13W) 7.96. r2.14: 4 N Harrison (SB, W40) 8.95; 6 P Wootten (Oxf C, W50) 9.44. r2.15: 1 C Hancock (WG&EL, U15W) 8.01; 7 H Kehoe (Lon Hth, W55) 9.59. r2.16: 5 S Dornbusch (B&H, W50) 9.63; 6 C St. John-Coleman (Chelm, W60) 9.97. r2.17: 2 F Forsyth (High, W45) 9.23; 5 E Le Rossignol (Poole, W60) 10.85. 200: r1.4: 2 I Horlock (Woking, M35) 23.95; 3 B Ironside (B’mth, W) 24.61. r1.8: 2 I Davies (Bir, U15W) 25.27. r1.9: 1 S Sutherland (SB, M50) 25.73. 300: r1: 1 N Baker (Craw) 34.44. 400: r1: 1 D Putnam (B&B) 47.14; 2 L Lennon-Ford (TVH) 48.45; 3 O Okoh (Chelm, U20) 48.54; 4 T Hockley (Harrow, U20) 49.21. r3: 2 I Horlock (Woking, M35) 52.67. r4: 1 K Kazemaks (Woking, M35) 52.83. r5: 3 J Tappin (TVH, W) 55.46; 4 A Fashanu (SB, W) 55.60. r6: 1 A Virgilio (Swin, U15) 55.42; 2 P Gill (St Alb, U17W) 58.10. r7: 1 W Odele (Camb H, M55) 59.05; 3 M Jessup (Holl S, M55) 60.83. 800: r1: 1 M Ayling (St Ed, U17) 1:57.36. r10: 2 C Ridley (Col H, M60) 2:21.67. r2: 4 D Locker (Kett, M45) 2:03.52. r3: 4 G Vans Agnew (Craw, W) 2:09.50. r5: 1 A Haines (Phoe, M55) 2:12.05; 3 E Fryer (SMR, U20W) 2:13.28. r6: 2 B Taylor (St Ed, U15W) 2:15.29. r7: 2 L Unwin (Reig, U17W) 2:13.20

Full results on Power of 10 here

RUN JUMP THROW & MASTER GP, Sheffield, December 29

U15 mixed events: SP: A: 1 B Pendlebury (Traff, U15W) 11.05

Mixed events: 60: r1A: 1 H Taylor (Norw) 6.90; 5 S Barratt (Notts, U13W) 7.21. r1B: 6 L Ashmeade (Wake, W) 7.62. r1C: 3 E Williams (Mans, U15) 7.59; 7 N Desir (Card Arch, U17W) 7.76. r1D: 1 D Scott (SHS, M50) 7.61. r1E: 2 S Morgan (R&N, U17W) 7.84; 4 A Burniston (Donc, M55) 8.02. r1G: 8 P Ilo (RSC, M60) 8.74. r1I: 7 P Clayton (Notts, M65) 9.24. r1J: 3 M Garland (Worc, W60) 9.41; 6 A Bryant (FoD, W60) 9.85. r2A: 1 J Smith (B&W) 6.95. r2B: 2 L Ashmeade (Wake, W) 7.58; 3 N Desir (Card Arch, U17W) 7.71; 4 S Morgan (R&N, U17W) 7.79. r2C: 1 D Scott (SHS, M50) 7.69. r2D: 1 A Burniston (Donc, M55) 8.10; 4 P Ilo (RSC, M60) 8.89. 200: B: 3 A Bellis (Traff, M45) 23.87. D: 3 M White (Mans, M50) 25.71; 5 A Burniston (Donc, M55) 26.39. I: 2 M Garland (Worc, W60) 32.36; 3 A Bryant (FoD, W60) 33.02. 300: A: 1 L Thompson (Shef/Dearn) 33.67; 2 H Dalbal (Shef/Dearn) 34.29; 3 D Towart (Tyne, M45) 38.68; 4 T McHugh (Sale, W) 39.41. 400: A: 2 R Yates (Traff, M35) 50.34. B: 4 A Bellis (Traff, M45) 53.12. C: 2 F Roberts (Card, W) 55.74. D: 1 A Halliday (H’gate, M45) 55.95; 3 A Fairclough (PNV, U20W) 56.94. E: 1 D Wood (Bir, U15) 56.37. F: 1 P Ilo (RSC, M60) 63.60. 800: C: 2 J Turner (Sheff RC, M60) 2:22.87; 3 C Ireland (Sheff RC, M60) 2:27.26. 3000: 8 D Watson (Warr, M65) 11:34.22. PV: A: 1 W Lane (Shef/Dearn, U20) 4.60; 2 H Maslen (Ilkley) 4.60; 3 R May (Shef/Dearn, U17) 4.10; 7 A Scott (Shef/Dearn, U20W) 3.35; 9 S Gonzalez Betancourt (SB, W45) 2.75. B: 3 A Leiper (AFD, M60) 2.70; 4 T McManus (Bir, U15W) 2.55. LJ: D: 4 L Ramm (Linc W, M50) 5.53; 15 M Garland (Worc, W60) 4.29. SP: B: 1 A Leiper (AFD, M60) 13.54

Men: 60H: 1 H Maslen (Ilkley) 8.41; 2 N Langley (Donc) 9.19. SP: B: 1 G Beard (NEB, M40) 15.62; 2 J Ward (Hallam) 13.39. C: 3 D Cripps (Worc, M50) 10.52

U20: 60H: 1 W Reid (York) 8.52; 2 M Roe (PNV) 8.65

U15: SP: A: 1 H Beard (Shef/Dearn) 12.50

M50: 60H: 1 L Ramm (Linc W) 9.10. SP: B: 1 L Ramm (Linc W) 11.77

Women: 60H: 1 P Ellis (Gate, U20) 8.96. SP: B: 1 J Rowland (Craw) 12.46

Full results on Power of 10 here

Players at the Australian Open will not need to take Covid-19 tests and could play if they have the virus.

"We have gone a step further by making a recommendation around staying away when you're ill."

Last year players had to test daily and isolate if positive and also had to be vaccinated, while in 2021 the event took place in a biosecure bubble.

Nine-time champion Novak Djokovic, who is unvaccinated, was deported last January just before the tournament because of his Covid-19 status.

"We've made it clear to our players, as well as our staff, if anyone is feeling unwell, stay home, our medical staff will continue to monitor that, with the players individually as well." Tiley added.

"It's a normalised environment for us and, not dissimilar to the cricket, there will potentially be players that will compete with Covid-19."

Last week cricketer Matt Renshaw continued to play for Australia in a five-day test match against South Africa in Sydney after testing positive for Covid-19.

The Australian Open starts on Monday, 16 January and runs until Sunday, 29 January.

Heather Watson was among three Britons beaten in the first round of qualifying for next week's Australian Open.

Watson, 30, who reached the Wimbledon fourth round last year, has now failed to qualify for a second Grand Slam in a row after missing out at the US Open.

Compatriots Sonay Kartal and Paul Jubb also lost in Melbourne on Monday.

Kartal, 21, was beaten 4-6 6-3 1-6 by American Elizabeth Mandlik, while 23-year-old Paul Jubb lost 3-6 6-1 4-6 to Dalibor Svrcina of the Czech Republic.

Qualifying continues on Tuesday (23:00 GMT Monday), with Britons Lily Miyazaki, Katie Swan, Jodie Burrage and Katie Boulter in action.

They will hope to join Harriet Dart and Emma Raducanu as Britain's representatives in the women's singles main draw, although 2021 US Open champion Raducanu is still recovering from an ankle injury.

In men's qualifying, Britons Liam Broady and Ryan Peniston face Ecuador's Emilio Gomez and Canada's Alexis Galarneau respectively on Tuesday.

The pair could join Cameron Norrie, Dan Evans, Kyle Edmund, Andy Murray and Jack Draper in the main draw of the men's singles at the opening Grand Slam of the year.

Briton Jack Draper reached the last 16 of the Adelaide International 2 but compatriots Dan Evans and Kyle Edmund were knocked out in straight sets.

Kyle Edmund was beaten 6-4 7-5 by sixth-seeded Serb Miomir Kecmanovic.

In the women's event, 2022 Australian Open finalist Danielle Collins beat Karolina Pliskova 6-2 6-4.

And in a battle between current and former Wimbledon champions, Kazakhstan's 2022 winner Elena Rybakina lost 6-3 7-5 to Czech Petra Kvitova.

There are two ATP-WTA Adelaide Internationals this month as players gear up for next week's Australian Open, with Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka winning the titles in week one.

Draper, who will compete at the Australian Open for the first time, will face American eighth seed Tommy Paul or Australian lucky loser Christopher O'Connell in the next round.

The top four seeds - Andrey Rublev, Pablo Carreno Busta, Karen Khachanov and Roberto Bautista Agut - were given byes into the last 16.

In the women's draw, American Collins continued her fine form and cemented her status as one of the favourites for the Australian Open singles crown with a straight-set win over former world number one Pliskova.

Collins will face Jil Teichmann in the next round after the Swiss qualifier defeated 2021 French Open finalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-5 6-4.

It was the Russian's first match for eight months after sustaining a knee injury last summer.

World number one Iga Swiatek and third-ranked Jessica Pegula had been due to play this week, but both pulled out after their exploits at the United Cup with Poland and the United States respectively.

Emma Raducanu says she hopes she will be fit for this month's Australian Open but is trying "not to expect too much".

The Grand Slam begins next Monday, with the full extent of the 2021 US Open champion's injury yet to be diagnosed.

"We'll see hopefully by Monday or whenever the tournament starts," Raducanu said.

"We're just taking it a day at a time and not trying to expect too much at this point."

Raducanu left the court in tears last week after rolling her ankle during the second set against Slovakia's Viktoria Kuzmova, with the score 6-0 5-7.

The world number 75 is hoping to improve on her second-round exit in her Australian Open debut in 2022.

"It was really unfortunate because I was feeling great about my season and I was feeling really good with the preparation I did physically," said Raducanu, who has been working with Andy Murray's former physical trainer Jez Green in a bid to make herself less injury prone.

"I just had an accident on the court, I don't know what I could have done to really prevent that."

Raducanu had an injury-blighted 2022 season, retiring from five matches, but said she was injury-free and feeling "good" following an exhibition match in December.

England captain Owen Farrell could miss the start of the Six Nations after being cited for a dangerous tackle.

Referee Karl Dickson did not act on the incident at the time, and Farrell went on to kick a game-winning drop-goal in the final minute.

England's Six Nations campaign starts at home to Scotland in four weeks, with Italy visiting Twickenham a week later.

Should the incident be seen as a mid-range offence a starting point for a ban would be six weeks, with the possibility of it being reduced with mitigation.

A top-end offence carries a a 10-week starting point - Farrell admitted a top-end offence in September 2020 when he was banned for five weeks after a dangerous tackle on Charlie Atkinson in a game against Wasps.

Farrell's hearing will take place on Tuesday, 10 January at 18:30 GMT and will be heard by an independent disciplinary panel chaired by Philip Evans, with Becky Essex and Mitch Read.

For the seventh time, the U.S. Open will head to Winged Foot in 2028.

The USGA made the announcement Monday as Winged Foot’s West Course, the 1923 A.W. Tillinghast gem located in Mamaroneck, New York, is set to match Baltusrol as the second-most visited host site in the championship’s history, behind only Oakmont (nine).

Bobby Jones won the first U.S. Open at Winged Foot, in 1929, when he beat Al Espinosa in a 36-hole playoff by 23 shots. The most recent U.S. Open at Winged Foot took place in the fall of 2020 with Bryson DeChambeau bombing and gouging his way to a six-shot victory in the pandemic-rescheduled championship.

Billy Casper (1959), Hale Irwin (174), Fuzzy Zoeller (1984) and Geoff Ogilvy (2006) also can claim U.S. Open titles at Winged Foot.

The West Course was restored by Gil Hanse in 2018.

“Winged Foot has provided the backdrop for some of the most dramatic moments in the history of our sport, with many of golf’s legendary champions being crowned on the club’s iconic West Course,” said John Bodenhamer, the USGA’s chief championships officer. “We strive to provide players with the greatest stages on which to compete for a national championship, and there are a few stages as grand as Winged Foot.”

With Winged Foot slotting in for 2028, that leaves the next six U.S. Open sites spoken for, starting with The Los Angeles Country Club this summer and followed by Pinehurst No. 2 (2024), Oakmont (2025), Shinnecock Hills (2026) and Pebble Beach (2027).

The next open slot is 2029, a year before Merion returns to hosting for the first time since 2013.

Pinehurst, Oakmont and Pebble have previously been designated as “anchor sites” for the USGA with 13 total U.S. Opens slated for the three courses from now through 2049. The furthest out a U.S. Open has been matched with a club is the 2051 championship, which will be held at Oakland Hills, another Hanse restoration.