Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian channeled Nick Saban on Monday, issuing a warning to his Longhorns after their near upset of No. 1 Alabama on Saturday.

"First of all, to quote my old boss, we've got to be careful of the rat poison of people telling us how good we are, which is important," Sarkisian said. "A week ago, everyone told us how bad we were. Now this week, everyone wants to tell us how good we are. We've got to be careful to quiet the noise outside of our building and focus on us."

Alabama, which had won 53 straight nonconference games, had to kick a field goal with 10 seconds left to beat the Longhorns 20-19 in front of a record crowd of 105,213 fans at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Texas was a 21.5-point underdog going into the game, the largest spread the Longhorns had faced at home since the 1978 FBS/FCS split.

"I definitely wanted to address it because, you know, I'm getting the text messages too," Sarkisian said. "I'm getting the phone calls. 'Hey, you guys are great, man. You look great,' this and that. Thanks, but you know, we got more work to do."

The Longhorns are facing a UTSA team that went 12-2 last season and won the Conference USA title. This is the first time the two system schools have faced each other, with UTSA just starting a football program in 2012. Texas hasn't lost to a current Group of 5 team since Rice in 1994, although the Owls were Southwest Conference rivals at that point. UTSA is 1-1 after a triple-overtime loss to No. 24 Houston and an OT win at Army this past weekend.

"They have our attention," Sarkisian said. "That didn't take long this morning when we turned the tape on for them. They get your attention. We need to be ready to go."

Sarkisian was specifically impressed with his defense's performance against Alabama's offense, including Heisman winner Bryce Young, who was sacked twice and pressured on 12 dropbacks. But again, he said it's important that the Longhorns not rest on that performance.

"Like I told the team, in particular the defense, but the team in general: We've now created a new standard of what's acceptable, what is our standard of play," Sarkisian said. "And now we're held to the standard of defense that we're playing. We need to meet that standard and exceed that. So now's not the time to relax; now's not the time to take a step back. Now's the time to push even harder to go to a new level."

The reminders echoed Sarkisian's comments on Saturday after the game, when he was asked if the perception of Texas football had changed, even after a tough loss.

"I don't really care," Sarkisian said. "I care about our team. The perception doesn't matter. The perception was we were supposed to walk out there and get blown out. So I don't know. So much for perception."

There will be intrigue heading into the game on Texas' quarterback situation. Following injuries to starting quarterback Quinn Ewers and Hudson Card on Saturday, Sarkisian would not reveal who's taking first-team snaps in practice this week for the Longhorns.

"That's for me," he said.

Ewers suffered a clavicle injury on a hit in the first quarter of the Longhorns' loss to Alabama and went to the locker room and returned in street clothes for the remainder of the game. Sources told ESPN that Ewers will miss at least a month with a sternoclavicular sprain to his left shoulder, which was confirmed via an MRI on Sunday. Card replaced him and finished the game but was hobbled enough by an ankle injury that Sarkisian said he felt he had to adjust his game plan to protect him.

Running back Bijan Robinson said his shoulder was banged up but said after the game he expected to get treatment on it and see how it felt. Starting cornerback D'Shawn Jamison, also fourth all time in Texas history in kick return yards, went out with an ankle injury in the first half and did not return.

"All these guys are day-to-day. I really don't know," Sarkisian said. "We're going to have to monitor them every morning to see where they're at. The beauty of it for all for these guys, it's nothing structural, it's not surgery-driven. It's not broken. It's not ligament damage. We've just got to monitor them day-to-day and we'll see who we can get back and when we can get them back."

Sarkisian confirmed on Monday that redshirt freshman quarterback Charles Wright, who started warming up on the sideline at one point while Card was in the game, would've been "next man up" if Card had to come out. Sarkisian would also only say that QB Maalik Murphy, a 6-foot-5, 230-pound freshman who was a four-star recruit and No. 250 in the 2022 ESPN300, is "not healthy."

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Scans on New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones' back came back "normal," a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Monday.

The back injury is not thought to be serious, according to the source, but the team will continue to monitor how Jones is feeling this week before Sunday's road game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Jones experienced back spasms, according to the source.

Sources said Jones felt notably better upon his return to Massachusetts on Sunday night, and then Monday morning, compared to immediately after the team's 20-7 season-opening loss to the Miami Dolphins.

Jones had his postgame news conference canceled and the team announced he had a back injury.

Coach Bill Belichick confirmed that Jones returned home with the team. Speaking on injuries in general, Belichick said Monday morning: "I know everybody's hungry for an up-to-the-second update, but the best way to handle these situations is always to give a little time, see what happens, run whatever tests or analysis need to be run, and then go from there."

After Sunday's game, in which Jones finished 21-of-30 for 213 yards with one touchdown and one interception, the quarterback was seen walking under his own power to the X-ray room flanked by security personnel.

He spent about five minutes in the room before walking back to the team's locker room. Shortly thereafter, a Patriots media official announced that Jones wouldn't be holding his news conference, adding that he had a back injury.

The Patriots said Jones would meet with the media virtually on Monday.

Jones, who is backed up by veteran Brian Hoyer and rookie Bailey Zappe, played the entire game.

He was sacked twice, taking a big hit in the second quarter on a blindside blitz on which he fumbled the ball and the Dolphins returned it for a touchdown. He also absorbed a crushing blow from two Dolphins defenders -- one toward his upper body, one near his legs -- on a fourth-quarter play in which Miami was flagged for a roughing the passer penalty.

PITTSBURGH -- T.J. Watt's outlook for the rest of the season is still up in the air after he sustained a torn pectoral in the Steelers' 23-20 overtime victory against the Bengals.

The reigning Defensive Player of the Year will get second and third medical opinions about his torn pec Tuesday, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter. If doctors determine that Watt needs surgery, his season likely would be over; if he doesn't need surgery, he could possibly return in six weeks, sources told Schefter.

"I don't know what all the details are," defensive lineman Cam Heyward said. "We'll rally around him, make sure guys step up in the meantime and whenever he gets back to us, he'll just be ready. Certainly disheartening, but that's part of the game of football."

Watt appeared to sustain the injury when he went to tackle Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow in the final seconds of regulation. He came off the field immediately and appeared to tell medical personnel that his pec was torn.

Watt -- and his family -- have previously defied the odds and overcome injuries on faster-than-usual timelines. His oldest brother, J.J. Watt, tore his pectoral in October 2019 and returned Jan 4, 2020, for an overtime playoff win when he was with the Houston Texans. T.J. Watt was in the Steelers' locker room Monday, but he declined to speak to reporters. He appeared upbeat in his brief interactions, and he attended a team meeting.

"He always has a good attitude about things, and that's what makes him a good leader as well," outside linebacker Alex Highsmith said. "Even in bad times, he's always trying to make everyone better around him. I think by him having that, he's letting people know that, it's going to be all right."

Week 2 of college football really brought the heat.

Not one, but two top-10 teams got upset by -- drum roll, please -- the Fun Belt. Texas still isn't back (yet), but it hung in there with Alabama the whole game and gave the Tide a run for their money. Kentucky went into the Swamp and beat Florida, Kansas football has started the season 2-0 following a 55-42 OT win over West Virginia, and as if Week 2 didn't provide enough drama, we got a Hail Mary.

Here are some of the best moments from the weekend.

Play of the day

After trailing Buffalo 21-7 late in the second quarter, the Patriot League's Holy Cross charged back with a 21-7 run of its own to make this far more of a game than expected. The Crusaders took a 31-28 lead in the fourth quarter, but while UB tied the game with a 52-yard bomb with 31 seconds left, Holy Cross had no intention of letting this thing go to overtime. It doesn't seem fair to let a team named Holy Cross attempt a Hail Mary, but as you might expect, it worked.

Crusaders 37, Bulls 31. -- Bill Connelly

Upset of the weekend

When Marshall coach Charles Huff was looking through the transfer portal for players to fill out his roster, he realized something: The Group of 5 is just a label. Marshall ended up adding 24 transfers.

"We put the roster together and we're like, 'Guys, we've got a Power 5 roster if we just count the starters,'" Huff told ESPN on Sunday.

Huff's concerns going into Saturday's game at Notre Dame were more about Marshall's depth, particularly along the lines of scrimmage. The drop-off from starter to backup could be significant, especially if Notre Dame could wear down the Thundering Herd.

Despite being three-touchdown underdogs, Marshall knew it could measure up to the eighth-ranked Fighting Irish. It led Notre Dame for most of the way in a 26-21 victory, its second win ever against an AP top-10 opponent.

Obviously. pic.twitter.com/E4W7n7WxCu

— Marshall Football (@HerdFB) September 10, 2022

Huff knew Marshall needed a clean performance against the Irish and, other than having a punt blocked late, got one. He had studied Notre Dame's recent games against Group of 5 teams, a loss to Cincinnati last year and one-score wins over Toledo (2021) and Ball State (2018). In both losses, the Group of 5 team made mistakes that allowed Notre Dame to separate.

"I just kept walking down the sideline, yelling, 'Competitive discipline, competitive discipline, just do your job, man. I know you're going to want to make a play, but just do your job,'" Huff said. "They bought into it and probably what happened is we put a little pressure on Notre Dame as the game got deeper and deeper."

Marshall won without its best player, running back Rasheen Ali, who is sidelined until the second half of the season. Backup Khalan Laborn had 163 rushing yards and a touchdown, while quarterback Henry Colombi completed 16 of 21 passes with a touchdown and no interceptions. Steven Gilmore had a 37-yard interception return for a touchdown to give the Herd a two-score lead with 4:35 to play.

???? ?#WeAreMarshall pic.twitter.com/tlS39b3qzd

— Marshall Football (@HerdFB) September 10, 2022

The victory then set off an incredible celebration.

"A lot of the guys that transferred here were at places where they didn't feel wanted," Huff said. "Here, they feel like they're part of a family, and that was a family celebration in the locker room. It was old players, new players, players who had been here for six years, players who had been here for six months, who all kind of came here and threw their chips in the middle of the table and said, 'We're going to do this together.'" -- Adam Rittenberg

Celebration of the weekend

When the seconds ticked down on App State's 17-14 upset of Texas A&M -- the program's second win over a top-10 team -- the city of Boone, North Carolina, rather quickly fell into chaos.

APP STATE #AppState pic.twitter.com/XXKzah90oa

— Ryan (@KiukRyan) September 10, 2022

We have more chaos. Duck Pond scenes: pic.twitter.com/GqygnO7K4D

— Cameron Burnett (@Cdburnett7) September 10, 2022

More video from the celebration: pic.twitter.com/YanDuw5QVD

— Cameron Burnett (@Cdburnett7) September 11, 2022

Plenty of football programs might be BIGGER than App State, but few are more passionate. The Mountaineers won back-to-back-to-back FCS national titles in the 2000s, and when their ambition took them to the FBS level in 2014, they needed exactly half a season to find their footing. They won their last six games of 2014 and have won at least nine games in every single season since.

App State's win over A&M was a masterpiece in game management and situational prowess. The Mountaineers played keep-away, holding onto the ball for 41:29 and allowing the Aggies only 38 total snaps. Two second-half scoring drives encompassed nearly 16 minutes of clock, and after A&M missed a potential game-tying field goal, they ate up the final 3:43 with aplomb. And then it was time to celebrate.

There honestly might not be a stronger, more fun football culture in America than what exists in Boone. Which is why College GameDay is on its way to town. -- Bill Connelly

GAMEDAY IS COMING TO BOONE❗

Home of @AppState_FB ? pic.twitter.com/r1uzaBobmM

— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) September 11, 2022

Troll of the week

Austin meteorologist Avery Tomasco issued a stunning warning for Austin residents on Thursday, complete with graphics backup. Citing the "turn around, don't drown" warning often cited when people try to drive through flooded roads, he warned of a massive influx of tears that would fill the whole dang football stadium with water after the Crimson Tide put it on the Longhorns.

BREAKING: I know it's early, but I'm expecting a flash flood warning to go into effect at 11 AM on Saturday in Austin.

A mix of longhorn sweat and tears will lead to rapidly rising water levels in DKR. Please plan accordingly! Turn Around, Don't Play Bama #atxwx pic.twitter.com/NMR1d8zXKT

— Avery Tomasco (@averytomascowx) September 8, 2022

The twist, you see, is that Tomasco is an Aggie. And boy did his prediction backfire. Not only did he feel the Texas heat on Saturday, when temperatures still were in the 90s, he felt the heat on Twitter too for daring to taunt the Longhorns, who nearly pulled off the upset of Alabama.

Downgraded to a flood advisory (sweat only LORD ITS HOT) after a helluva game.

Consider this my last sports tweet lol that was stressful https://t.co/cs3pqiflEp

— Avery Tomasco (@averytomascowx) September 10, 2022

Then, his No. 6 Aggies lost at home to Appalachian State in one of the biggest home losses in Texas A&M history. And he got double Doppler'd by his own bit. -- Dave Wilson

THE RIVALRY IS ALIVE AND WELL https://t.co/OOo5kcEJl2

— Avery Tomasco (@averytomascowx) September 10, 2022

Takeaways

1. Notre Dame's season is quickly spiraling

Coaches who watched Notre Dame's season-opening loss to Ohio State concluded that the Fighting Irish went conservative on offense to shorten the game and save their defense. It nearly worked. The next step called for Notre Dame to open up the playbook, turn quarterback Tyler Buchner loose and start asserting itself at the line of scrimmage against Marshall.

None of those things happened in its 26-21 loss to Marshall. The Irish averaged 3.5 yards per carry with one rush longer than 15 yards. It took them 27 minutes to score their first points of the game and they were blanked in the third quarter. The offensive line, a signature unit under previous coach Brian Kelly, is surprisingly struggling under Marcus Freeman, who became the first Notre Dame coach to lose his first three games.

"I'm not going to sit here and say it's the offensive linemen's fault," Freeman said. "It's from offensive line to quarterback to running back to wideouts to tight ends. There's multiple different levels of lack of execution. But again, we are an O-line driven program, and it starts up front."

Freeman is assessing everything after a troubling start to his tenure. But if Notre Dame can't start winning the line of scrimmage, the season will continue to spiral. -- Rittenberg

2. Ewers might just be what Texas needs to win

In just two games as a starter, the Quinn Ewers experience at Texas has already been memorable. He threw an interception against Louisiana-Monroe on his second pass attempt of the season, then settled down and threw for 225 yards and two touchdowns in a 52-10 win, followed by tweeting that his car had been towed during the game.

Then the Mulleted One came out gunning against Alabama, looking breezy and confident, tossing quick sidearm passes while keeping the Crimson Tide on their heels. He was 9-of-12 for 134 yards in just one quarter, leading two scoring drives. But Alabama linebacker Dallas Turner knocked him out of the game, hitting him on a pass rush and getting called for roughing the passer for driving Ewers into the turf. Ewers went to the locker room for X-rays and came back out in street clothes, with coach Steve Sarkisian saying after the game that he had a sprained clavicle. There's no timetable yet on Ewers' return, but there's even bigger anticipation now of what Sarkisian's offense could look like with Ewers' quick release and willingness to take deep shots. -- Wilson

For more takeaways on Alabama and Texas, check this out.

Stephen Curry told Rolling Stone last month that the Golden State Warriors had internal talks about acquiring Kevin Durant and that he would love to play again with his former teammate, who ultimately reconciled with the Brooklyn Nets.

"There was a conversation internally amongst us about 'If he was available, would you?' Every team has those conversations, and obviously in our situation, they're gonna call me and ask me, 'How do you feel about it?" said Curry, who did multiple interviews with the magazine as part of its October cover story.

Curry said he was "never hesitant" in endorsing the idea of a reunion with Durant, who was his teammate for three seasons in which the Warriors won two championships and Durant won back-to-back NBA Finals MVP awards. Durant's time with the Warriors ended in 2019 when he departed for the Brooklyn Nets in a sign-and-trade deal.

Curry also said he talked with his brother, Seth Curry, who is a current teammate of Durant on the Nets.

"The idea of playing with KD and knowing who he is as a person, from our history in those three years, I think KD's a really good dude. I think he is misunderstood," Stephen Curry said. "I think he has had certain things happen in his life that hurt his ability to trust people around him, in a sense of making him feel safe at all times. So all of those things, I understand, having played with him and gotten to know him. I love that dude."

Curry, however, said that although he entertained the idea of playing again with Durant, he had to consider what a trade for the former MVP would cost and he has full confidence the Warriors can repeat as champions with their current roster.

"And if you said, 'Oh, KD's coming back, and we're gonna play with him,' I had so much fun playing with him those three years, I'd be like, 'Hell, yeah!'" Curry told the magazine. "Then you have to think: What does that actually mean? What does it look like?

"You tell me I'm playing with [current Warriors teammates Andrew Wiggins, Jordan Poole, and Draymond Green], I'm like, 'Hell, yeah!' There's all types of emotion and things that happen to the league. And if anybody's saying that you wouldn't entertain that conversation -- no disrespect to anybody on our team -- but you don't know how things work. But you also understand, like, if we run this thing back, I've got complete confidence in my team that we can win it again, as constructed."

Durant initially asked for a trade June 30 and reiterated that desire in a meeting with Nets governor Joe Tsai in London last month during which Durant wanted Tsai to choose between him and the brain trust of coach Steve Nash and general manager Sean Marks, sources confirmed to ESPN. But on Aug. 23, Durant and the Nets agreed to "move forward" with their "partnership."

Durant's four-year, $198 million extension he signed with the Nets last offseason kicks in this season.

The Los Angeles Dodgers will have to put the champagne back on ice for at least one more day.

Major League Baseball announced an internal error in determining the Dodgers' postseason clinching scenarios, meaning Los Angeles still has a magic number of one to secure a playoff spot as of Monday morning.

The Dodgers (96-43), who enter Monday with a commanding 20-game lead atop the National League West, thought they had clinched their 10th consecutive postseason berth Sunday with their 11-2 victory over the San Diego Padres. Manager Dave Roberts led a postgame toast with sparkling wine, and the players and staff were given caps with the postseason logo.

MLB said Monday, however, that it failed to account for a potential scenario in which the Padres (77-64) overtake the Dodgers for the NL West title and Los Angeles finishes in a three-way tie at 96-66 with the Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals. Milwaukee would win the NL Central in that scenario while St. Louis would win the wild-card tiebreaker with Los Angeles based on head-to-head results this season.

The Dodgers can officially clinch a postseason spot with a victory Monday over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Los Angeles also could secure the division title as early as Tuesday.

When MLB issued its clinching scenarios ahead of the Sunday games, it was using the Dodgers' 4-3 record against the Brewers as a head-to-head tiebreaker and was not factoring the possibility of a three-team tie.

The Dodgers would need to lose their final 23 games while the Brewers (75-66) would need to win their last 21 games in order for both clubs to finish 96-66.

Our overseas round-up includes the Diamond League Final results from Switzerland and the final Continental Tour Gold of 2022 in Croatia

Hanžeković, Zagreb, Croatia, September 9-11

Eugene 100m silver medallist Marvin Bracy was a clear 100m winner in 9.97 (0.0) ahead of European bronze medallist Jeremiah Azu’s 10.14.

The Welsh sprinter relegated Commonwealth champion Ferdinand Omanyala (10.19) to third and NCAA champion Joe Fahnbulleh (10.20) to fourth.

Fahnbulleh did win the 200m in 20.07 while Charlie Dobson matched his second best ever legal time from the European semi-finals of 20.21 in third place.

Earlier, the exciting 22 year-old prospect, who was in Britain’s gold-medal winning 4×400 team in Munich, had set a legal 100m best of 10.28 in fifth place ahead of sub-10 men this year Kyree King and Reynier Mena and European indoor bronze medallist Jan Volko.

Six-time European discus champion Sandra Perkovic delighted the home crowd as her final round throw of 68.46m overhauled Olympic champion Valarie Allman’s 67.55m.

This year the American had beaten the Croatian in Birmingham, Eugene, Paris and Zurich but lost to her in Oslo and this made it 4-2 to Allman in their 2022 clashes.

World champion Grant Holloway, who also won the world indoor title and Diamond League final, won the hurdles in 13.19 (0.1) in wet conditions.

The 3000m saw an exciting battle with the first first six separated by less than a second. Woody Kinkaid came from a long way back to power into the lead but he eased off just before the line and initially thought he had lost to an even later rush from World under-20 1500m champion Reynold Kipkorir Cheruiyot but an examination of the photo finish  showed the American had won by a thousandth of a second as both were given 7:38.83.

Back in tenth, European under-18 champion Niels Laros of the Netherlands smashed the European under-18 record by over eight seconds with 7:48.25.

Olympic and world steeplechase champion Soufiane El Bakkali went third all-time in the 2000m steeplechase as he averaged sub-63 laps with a time of 5:14.06 while in third Will Battershill (5:26.91) went twelfth in the UK all-time rankings as he ran 8:10 pace for the longer distance.

Olympic and world champion Ryan Crouser, well beaten by Joe Kovacs in Zurich, gained his revenge with a 22.19m throw compared to to 21.97m from Kovacs.

Kristjan Ceh won the discus with three 68 metre throws in the last three rounds, headed by a 68.60m mark, with Lawrence Okoye continuing his good late season form with 64.99m in fourth.

World 400m finalist and mixed 4x400m gold medallist Fiordaliza Cofil, second in Zurich, who has raised some alarm bells with her improvement from 52.10 to 49.80 this summer easily won the one lap event in 50.73.

Linden Hall won the mile in 4:21.10 with Katie Snowden sixth in 4:25.72.

David Locke set a PB of 1:46.41 in the 800m.

Men:
100 (0.0):
1 Marvin Bracy USA 9.97
2 Jeremiah Azu GBR 10.14
3 Ferdinand Omanyala KEN 10.19
4  Joe Fahnbulleh LBR 10.20
5 Charlie Dobson GBR 10.28
6 Kyree King USA 10.35
7 Ján Volko SVK 10.35
8 Reynier Mena CUB 10.37

200:
1 Joe Fahnbulleh LBR 20.07
2 Reynier Mena CUB 20.17
3 Charlie Dobson GBR 20.21
4 Kyree King USA 20.34
5 Joe Ferguson GBR 20.49
6 Ján Volko SVK 20.61
7 Brendon Rodney CAN 20.80

800:
1 Dániel Huller HUN 1:45.68
2 Sigurd Tveit NOR 1:45.86
3 Amel Tuka BIH 1:45.87
4 David Locke GBR 1:46.41
5 Jan Vukovič SLO 1:47.51

3000:
1 Woody Kincaid USA 7:38.83
2 Raynold Kipkorir KEN 7:38.83
3 Morgan McDonald AUS 7:39.05
4 Getnet Wale ETH 7:39.31
5 Andreas Almgren SWE 7:39.44 NR
6 Nibret Melak ETH 7:39.77
7 Daniel Simiyu KEN 7:40.39
8 Emil Danielsson SWE 7:46.95
9 Ferdinand Kvan Edman NOR 7:48.12
10 Niels Laros NED 7:48.25 (European U18 rec)
11 Dino Bošnjak 7:53.70
12 Kevin Kamenschak AUT 7:54.54
13 Vid Botolin SLO 7:56.46 NU23R

2000SC:
1 Soufiane El Bakkali MAR 5:14.06 =WR
2 Leonardo Feletto ITA 5:23.15
3 Will Battershill GBR 5:26.91
4 Emil Blomberg SWE 5:26.93
5 Velten Schneider GER 5:28.41
6 Simon Sundström SWE 5:28.70
7 Tom Erling Kårbø NOR 5:29.13

110H (0.1):
1 Grant Holloway USA 13.19
2 Freddie Crittenden USA 13.31
3 Robert Dunning USA 13.36
4 Roger V. Iribarne CUB 13.44
5 Shuhei Ishikawa JPN 13.60

400H:
1 CJ Allen USA 49.10
2 Ludvy Vaillant FRA 49.21
3 Joshua Abuaku GER 49.40
4 Julien Watrin BEL 49.58
5 Jacob Paul GBR 50.30

LJ:
1 Henry Frayne AUS 8.11
2 Filip Pravdica 8.03
3 Marko Čeko 8.00w
4 Tajay Gayle JAM 7.99
5 Radek Juška CZE 7.95
6 LaQuan Nairn BAH 7.82

TJ:
1 Hugues Fabrice Zango BUR 17.07
2 Christian Taylor USA 16.63
3 Jean-Marc Pontvianne FRA 16.59
4 Alexis Copello AZE 16.23

SP:
1 Ryan Crouser USA 22.19
2 Joe Kovacs USA 21.97
3 Josh Awotunde USA 21.73
4 Tom Walsh NZL 21.32
5 Nick Ponzio ITA 21.27
6 Roger Steen USA 21.15
7 Filip Mihaljević 21.09
8 Armin Sinančević SRB 21.04
9 Marcus Thomsen NOR 20.31

DT:
1 Kristjan Čeh SLO 68.60
2 Sam Mattis USA 67.19
3 Simon Pettersson SWE 66.93
4 Lawrence Okoye GBR 64.99
5 Daniel Ståhl SWE 64.93
6 Martin Marković 62.44
7 János Huszák HUN 61.94

Women:
200 (1.2):
1 Shania Collins USA 22.80
2 Line Kloster NOR 23.03 NR
3 Nikola Bendová CZE 23.40

400:
1 Fiordaliza Cofil DOM 50.73
2 Candice McLeod JAM 51.52
3 Sada Williams BAR 51.76
4 Stephenie Ann McPherson JAM 51.91
5 Courtney Okolo USA 52.05
6 Ama Pipi GBR 52.15

800:
1 Olivia Baker USA 2:00.16
2 Elise Cranny USA 2:00.49
3 Hedda Hynne NOR 2:02.90

Mile:
1 Linden Hall AUS 4:21.10
2 Hanna Klein GER 4:23.52
3 Winnie Nanyondo UGA 4:23.94
4 Taryn Rawlings USA 4:24.09
5 Marta Zenoni ITA 4:25.29
6 Katie Snowden GBR 4:25.72
7 Elise Vanderelst BEL 4:26.09 NR
8 Josette Norris USA 4:26.77
9 Sintayehu Vissa ITA 4:28.28
10 Hanna Hermansson SWE 4:28.59
11 Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimsek SLO 4:28.82 NR
12 Faith Cherotich KEN 4:28.97
13 Marta García ESP 4:29.22
14 Diana Mezuliáníková CZE 4:29.52
15 Netsanet Desta ETH 4:37.86
16 Winny Chebet KEN 4:44.39

1500 splits:
1 Linden Hall AUS 4:03.35
2 Hanna Klein GER 4:06.60
3 Taryn Rawlings USA 4:06.75
4 Winnie Nanyondo UGA 4:06.99
5 Marta Zenoni ITA 4:07.47
6 Josette Norris USA 4:07.62
7 Katie Snowden GBR 4:07.81
8 Elise Vanderelst BEL 4:08.08
9 Diana Mezuliáníková CZE 4:10.71
10 Marta García ESP 4:10.93
11 Sintayehu Vissa ITA 4:10.97
12 Hanna Hermansson SWE 4:11.24
13 Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimsek SLO 4:11.24
14 Faith Cherotich KEN 4:11.81
15 Netsanet Desta ETH 4:13.43

100H (-0.1):
1 Tonea Marshall USA 12.74
2 Devynne Charlton BAH 12.86
3 Megan Tapper JAM 13.03

400H:
1 Rushell Clayton JAM 53.89
2 Viktoriya Tkachuk UKR 54.97
3 Janieve Russell JAM 55.04
4 Gianna Woodruff PAN 55.14
5 Melissa Gonzalez COL 55.73
6 Anna Ryzhykova UKR 55.76

PV:
1 Tina Šutej SLO 4.61
2 Anjuli Knäsche GER 4.41

TJ:
1 Neja Filipič SLO 14.38

DT:
1 Sandra Perković 68.46
2 Valarie Allman USA 67.55
3 Laulauga Tausaga-Collins USA 63.59
4 Claudine Vita GER 62.66
5 Marija Tolj 61.23
6 Kristin Pudenz GER 59.15

JT:
1 Ariana Ince USA 64.38
2 Marija Vučenović SRB 60.47
3 Adriana Vilagoš SRB 60.17
4 Liveta Jasiūnaitė LTU 59.80

Weltklasse, Zürich, Switzerland, September 7-8

Men’s report here

women’s report here

Thursday report is here

Men:
100 (-0.3):
1 Trayvon Bromell USA 9.94
2 Yohan Blake JAM 10.05
3 Aaron Brown CAN 10.06
4 Akani Simbine RSA 10.07
5 Yupun Abeykoon SRI 10.14
6 Reece Prescod GBR 10.16
7 Kyree King USA 10.18
8 Andre De Grasse CAN 10.21

200 (-0.6):
1 Noah Lyles USA 19.52
2 Aaron Brown CAN 20.02
3 Alexander Ogando DOM 20.02
4 Erriyon Knighton USA 20.20
5 Kenny Bednarek USA 20.20
6 Andre De Grasse CAN 20.43
7 Jereem Richards TTO 20.56
8 Eseosa Desalu ITA 20.79

400:
1 Kirani James GRN 44.26
2 Bryce Deadmon USA 44.47
3 Vernon Norwood USA 44.66
4 Zakithi Nene RSA 44.74
5 Ricky Petrucciani 45.31
6 Isaac Makwala BOT 45.56
7 Liemarvin Bonevacia NED 45.84

800:
1 Emmanuel Korir KEN 1:43.26
2 Marco Arop CAN 1:43.38
3 Jake Wightman GBR 1:44.10
4 Wycliffe Kinyamal KEN 1:44.47
5 Bryce Hoppel USA 1:44.77
6 Andreas Kramer SWE 1:44.94
7 Gabriel Tual FRA 1:45.25
8 Benjamin Robert FRA 1:48.11

1500:
1 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR 3:29.02
2 Timothy Cheruiyot KEN 3:30.27
3 Olli Hoare AUS 3:30.59
4 Abel Kipsang KEN 3:31.36
5 Stewart McSweyn AUS 3:31.45
6 Josh Kerr GBR 3:31.85
7 Charles Grethen LUX 3:33.16
8 Abdelatif Sadiki MAR 3:34.12
9 Jake Heyward GBR 3:34.27
10 Michał Rozmys POL 3:34.80

5000:
1 Nicholas Kipkorir KEN 12:59.05
2 Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu SSD 12:59.40
3 Grant Fisher USA 13:00.56
4 Telahun Haile ETH 13:02.21
5 Berihu Aregawi ETH 13:03.18
6 Cornelius Kemboi KEN 13:09.38
7 Selemon Barega ETH 13:13.16

3000SC:
1 Soufiane El Bakkali MAR 8:07.67
2 Getnet Wale ETH 8:08.56
3 Abraham Kibiwot KEN 8:08.61
4 Ryuji Miura JPN 8:12.65
5 Leonard Bett KEN 8:13.21
6 Amos Serem KEN 8:15.64
7 Lawrence Kemboi KEN 8:17.98
8 Hailemariyam Amare ETH 8:24.49

110H (-1.0):
1 Grant Holloway USA 13.02
2 Rasheed Broadbell JAM 13.06
3 Hansle Parchment JAM 13.26
4 Asier Martínez ESP 13.29
5 Trey Cunningham USA 13.30
6 Jason Joseph 13.54
7 Damian Czykier POL 13.65
8 Just Kwaou-Mathey FRA 13.73
9 Rafael Henrique Pereira BRA 13.73

400H:
1 Alison dos Santos BRA 46.98
2 Khallifah Rosser USA 47.76
3 CJ Allen USA 48.21
4 Wilfried Happio FRA 48.72
5 Julien Watrin BEL 49.08
6 Yasmani Copello TUR 49.10
7 Julien Bonvin 49.63
8 Nick Smidt NED 51.82

HJ:
1 Gianmarco Tamberi ITA 2.34
2 JuVaughn Harrison USA 2.34
3 Django Lovett CAN 2.27
4 Andrii Protsenko UKR 2.24
5 Hamish Kerr NZL 2.21
6 Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT 2.18

PV:
1 Armand Duplantis SWE 6.07
2 Sondre Guttormsen NOR 5.86 =NR
3 Chris Nilsen USA 5.81
4 Renaud Lavillenie FRA 5.81
5 Ben Broeders BEL 5.72
6 Thiago Braz BRA 5.72
7 Dominik Alberto 5.42

LJ:
1 Miltiádis Tentóglou GRE 8.42
2 Marquis Dendy USA 8.18
3 Maykel D. Massó CUB 8.05
4 Thobias Montler SWE 8.01
5 Simon Ehammer 7.93
6 Emiliano Lasa URU 7.64

TJ:
1 Andy Díaz CUB 17.70
2 Pedro Pablo Pichardo POR 17.63
3 Jordan Alejandro Díaz ESP 17.60
4 Hugues Fabrice Zango BUR 17.43
5 Almir dos Santos BRA 17.10
6 Lázaro Martínez CUB 16.75

SP:
1 Joe Kovacs USA 23.23
2 Ryan Crouser USA 22.74
3 Tom Walsh NZL 21.90
4 Jacko Gill NZL 21.51
5 Filip Mihaljević CRO 21.43
6 Nick Ponzio ITA 20.71

DT:
1 Kristjan Čeh SLO 67.10
2 Lukas Weißhaidinger AUT 65.70
3 Andrius Gudžius LTU 65.28
4 Sam Mattis USA 65.24
5 Daniel Ståhl SWE 65.16
6 Matt Denny AUS 64.81

JT:
1 Neeraj Chopra IND 88.44
2 Jakub Vadlejch CZE 86.94
3 Julian Weber GER 83.73
4 Curtis Thompson USA 82.10
5 Patriks Gailums LAT 80.44
6 Leandro Ramos POR 71.96

Women:
100 (-0.8):
1 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce JAM 10.65
2 Shericka Jackson JAM 10.81
3 Marie Josée Ta Lou CIV 10.91
4 Daryll Neita GBR 11.02
5 Aleia Hobbs USA 11.03
6 TeeTee Terry USA 11.10
7 Sha’Carri Richardson USA 11.13
Natasha Morrison JAM DQ

200 (-0.9):
1 Shericka Jackson JAM 21.80
2 Gabby Thomas USA 22.38
3 Tamara Clark USA 22.42
4 Jenna Prandini USA 22.45
5 Mujinga Kambundji 22.65
6 Tynia Gaither BAH 22.66
7 Ida Kathrine Karstoft DEN 22.80
8 Beth Dobbin GBR 23.83

400:
1 Marileidy Paulino DOM 48.99 NR
2 Fiordaliza Cofil DOM 49.93
3 Sada Williams BAR 49.98
4 Candice McLeod JAM 50.03
5 Natalia Kaczmarek POL 50.74
6 Anna Kiełbasińska POL 50.93
7 Lieke Klaver NED 51.55
8 Stephenie Ann McPherson JAM 52.32

800:
1 Mary Moraa KEN 1:57.63
2 Natoya Goule JAM 1:57.85
3 Sage Hurta USA 1:58.47
4 Halimah Nakaayi UGA 1:58.82
5 Keely Hodgkinson GBR 1:59.06
6 Anita Horvat SLO 1:59.25
7 Renelle Lamote FRA 1:59.38
8 Lore Hoffmann 1:59.69
9 Elena Bellò ITA 2:00.24

1500:
1 Faith Kipyegon KEN 4:00.44
2 Ciara Mageean IRL 4:01.68
3 Freweyni Hailu ETH 4:01.73
4 Diribe Welteji ETH 4:01.79
5 Laura Muir GBR 4:02.31
6 Gudaf Tsegay ETH 4:02.41
7 Heather MacLean USA 4:02.90
8 Cory McGee USA 4:04.63
9 Axumawit Embaye ETH 4:05.91
10 Hirut Meshesha ETH 4:06.28

5000:
1 Beatrice Chebet KEN 14:31.03
2 Margaret Kipkemboi KEN 14:31.52
3 Gudaf Tsegay ETH 14:32.11
4 Ejgayehu Taye ETH 14:32.15
5 Sifan Hassan NED 14:37.05
6 Alicia Monson USA 14:37.22
7 Hawi Feysa ETH 14:57.18
8 Amy-Eloise Markovc GBR 15:28.24
9 Marta García ESP 15:49.55
10 Rose Davies AUS 16:07.88

3000SC:
1 Werkwuha Getachew ETH 9:03.57
2 Winfred Yavi BRN 9:04.47
3 Faith Cherotich KEN 9:06.14
4 Zerfe Wondemagegn ETH 9:06.37
5 Jackline Chepkoech KEN 9:11.06
6 Sembo Almayew ETH 9:14.10 NU20R
7 Emma Coburn USA 9:20.00
8 Nataliya Strebkova UKR 9:32.90
9 Chiara Scherrer 9:34.52
10 Daisy Jepkemei KAZ 9:47.50

100H (-0.3):
1 Tobi Amusan NGR 12.29
2 Tia Jones USA 12.40
3 Britany Anderson JAM 12.42
4 Jasmine Camacho-Quinn PUR 12.49
5 Devynne Charlton BAH 12.66
6 Nia Ali USA 12.67
7 Pia Skrzyszowska POL 12.72
8 Kendra Harrison USA 13.02
9 Ditaji Kambundji 13.22

400H:
1 Femke Bol NED 53.03
2 Gianna Woodruff PAN 53.72
3 Janieve Russell JAM 53.77
4 Dalilah Muhammad USA 53.83
5 Rushell Clayton JAM 54.25
6 Viktoriya Tkachuk UKR 54.79
7 Anna Ryzhykova UKR 55.06
8 Ayomide Folorunso ITA 55.86

HJ:
1 Yaroslava Mahuchikh UKR 2.03
2 Iryna Gerashchenko UKR 1.94
3 Nicola Olyslagers AUS 1.94
4 Nadezhda Dubovitskaya KAZ 1.91
5 Elena Vallortigara ITA 1.91
6 Yuliya Levchenko UKR 1.88

PV:
1 Nina Kennedy AUS 4.81
2 Sandi Morris USA 4.76
3 Tina Šutej SLO 4.61
4 Roberta Bruni ITA 4.61
5 Wilma Murto FIN 4.61
6 Ekateríni Stefanídi GRE 4.51
7 Angelica Moser 4.51

LJ:
1 Ivana Vuleta SRB 6.97
2 Khaddi Sagnia SWE 6.55
3 Quanesha Burks USA 6.54
4 Malaika Mihambo GER 6.52
5 Annik Kälin 6.50
6 Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk UKR 6.50
7 Lorraine Ugen GBR 6.38

TJ:
1 Yulimar Rojas VEN 15.28
2 Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk UKR 14.96
3 Shanieka Ricketts JAM 14.85
4 Tori Franklin USA 14.75
5 Thea LaFond DMA 14.56
6 Patrícia Mamona POR 14.24

SP:
1 Chase Ealey USA 20.19
2 Sarah Mitton CAN 19.56
3 Auriol Dongmo POR 19.46
4 Jessica Schilder NED 19.06
5 Danniel Thomas-Dodd JAM 19.04
6 Fanny Roos SWE 18.37

DT:
1 Valarie Allman USA 67.77
2 Sandra Perković CRO 67.31
3 Liliana Cá POR 63.34
4 Kristin Pudenz GER 61.45
5 Claudine Vita GER 61.34
6 Laulauga Tausaga-Collins USA 58.90

JT:
1 Kara Winger USA 64.98
2 Kelsey-Lee Barber AUS 63.72
3 Haruka Kitaguchi JPN 63.56
4 Līna Mūze LAT 60.35
5 Barbora Špotáková CZE 59.08
6 Liveta Jasiūnaitė LTU 57.73

Pápa, Hungary, September 6

Men:
100 (1.6):
1 Brandon Carnes USA 10.04
2 Kendal Williams USA 10.10
3 Emmanuel Matadi LBR 10.11

400:
1 Rusheen McDonald JAM 46.06

800:
1 Erik Sowinski USA 1:46.75
2 Cole Hocker USA 1:47.59

1500:
1 Drew Hunter USA 3:39.38
2 István Palkovits 3:39.72
3 István Szögi 3:40.67

110H (-1.1):
1 Roger V. Iribarne CUB 13.46

400H:
1 Aldrich Bailey USA 49.01
2 Joshua Faulds GBR 50.65
3 Martin Kučera SVK 50.75

DT:
1 Róbert Szikszai 61.46
2 János Huszák 59.62

HT:
1 Dániel Rába 74.04
2 Matija Gregurić CRO 72.88
3 Donát Varga 72.78
4 Krisztián Pars 70.71

Women:
100 (1.3):
1 Javianne Oliver USA 11.07
2 English Gardner USA 11.08
3 Shannon Ray USA 11.23
4 Boglárka Takács 11.31 rec U23 rec

400:
1 Jaide Stepter Baynes USA 51.32
2 Courtney Okolo USA 51.63
3 Kaylin Whitney USA 51.66
4 Junelle Bromfield JAM 51.76
5 Kyra Jefferson USA 51.80
6 Georgina Adam GBR 53.75

800:
1 Bianka Bartha-Kéri 2:00.29
2 Annemarie Nissen DEN 2:00.58 rec
3 Hedda Hynne NOR 2:00.94
4 Josette Norris USA 2:02.04
5 Brenna Detra USA 2:02.45
6 Lovisa Lindh SWE 2:02.49

3000SC:
1 Michelle Finn IRL 9:42.80
2 Veerle Bakker NED 9:47.37
3 Lena Millonig AUT 9:49.85

100H (-1.1):
1 Gabbi Cunningham USA 13.19

400H:
1 Janka Molnár 56.71
2 Lena Pressler AUT 56.79

HJ:
1 Safina Sadullayeva UZB 1.90
2 Kateryna Tabashnyk UKR 1.86
3 Barbara Szabó 1.83

PV:
1 Jacqueline Otchere GER 4.31
2 Maryna Kylypko UKR 4.31
3 Hanga Klekner 4.31

LJ:
1 Yuliana Angúlo ECU 6.42
2 Diána Lesti 6.40
3 Petra Beáta Farkas 6.38

SP:
1 Anita Márton 16.85

HT:
1 Réka Gyurátz 70.18
2 Kati Ojaloo EST 67.47

JT:
1 Irena Gillarová CZE 56.34

Padova, Italy, September 4

Men:
100 (-1.6):
1 Aaron Brown CAN 10.12
2 Marvin Bracy USA 10.13
3 Ackeem Blake JAM 10.17
4 Brandon Carnes USA 10.25
5 Kendal Williams USA 10.27
6 Emmanuel Matadi LBR 10.30
7 Andre De Grasse CAN 10.35
8 Kyree King USA 10.36

400:
1 Bryce Deadmon USA 44.76
2 Michael Cherry USA 45.23
3 Zakithi Nene RSA 45.40
4 Wil London USA 45.55
5 Davide Re 45.66
6 Rusheen McDonald JAM 46.01
7 Fuga Sato JPN 46.28
8 Kevin Metzger GBR 47.25

1500:
1 Yared Nuguse USA 3:33.26
2 Cole Hocker USA 3:35.18
3 Andrew Coscoran IRL 3:35.43
4 William Paulson CAN 3:35.58
5 Drew Hunter USA 3:36.37
6 Matthew Ramsden AUS 3:36.38
7 Sam Prakel USA 3:36.90
8 Federico Riva 3:37.38
9 Ossama Meslek 3:38.34
10 Mohad Abdikadar Sheikh Ali 3:39.47
11 Giovanni Filippi 3:39.66
Charlie Da’Vall Grice GBR DNF

110H (-0.1):
1 Trey Cunningham USA 13.21
2 Jamal Britt USA 13.27
3 Eric Edwards Jr. USA 13.39
4 Damion Thomas JAM 13.49
5 Michael Dickson USA 13.55

HJ:
1 Tomohiro Shinno JPN 2.27
2 Wu Guobiao CHN 2.25
3 Christian Falocchi 2.21

LJ:
1 Tajay Gayle JAM 8.26
2 Darcy Roper AUS 7.99
3 Marquis Dendy USA 7.90
4 Henry Frayne AUS 7.77

SP:
1 Roger Steen USA 21.38
2 Leonardo Fabbri 21.16
3 Josh Awotunde USA 20.98
4 Nick Ponzio 20.95
5 Adrian Piperi USA 20.46
6 Marcus Thomsen NOR 20.34

Women:
100 (-1.2):
1 Marie Josée Ta Lou CIV 10.94
2 TeeTee Terry USA 11.14
3 Sha’Carri Richardson USA 11.25
4 Murielle Ahouré-Demps CIV 11.33
5 Teahna Daniels USA 11.34
6 Javianne Oliver USA 11.42
7 Gabby Thomas USA 11.54
8 Anthonique Strachan BAH 11.66

Race B (-1.2):
1 Natasha Morrison JAM 11.22
2 Arialis Gandulla POR 11.39
3 English Gardner USA 11.41
4 Tynia Gaither BAH 11.42

400:
1 Jaide Stepter Baynes USA 51.43
2 Courtney Okolo USA 51.46
3 Kaylin Whitney USA 51.67
4 Kyra Jefferson USA 52.15

800:
1 Allie Wilson USA 1:58.37
2 Jemma Reekie GBR 1:58.71
3 Nia Akins USA 1:59.56
4 Olha Lyakhova UKR 1:59.87
5 Noélie Yarigo BEN 2:00.05
6 Hedda Hynne NOR 2:00.23
7 Kaela Edwards USA 2:00.25
8 Eloisa Coiro 2:00.92
9 Brooke Feldmeier USA 2:01.10
10 Federica Del Buono 2:01.34
11 Georgia Griffith AUS 2:01.72
12 Brenda Chebet KEN 2:02.10

1500:
1 Martina Tozzi 4:09.18
2 Federica Cortesi 4:13.51

100H (-0.7):
1 Tonea Marshall USA 12.93
2 Pia Skrzyszowska POL 13.03
3 Gabbi Cunningham USA 13.08
4 Sarah Lavin IRL 13.09

400H:
1 Dalilah Muhammad USA 53.84
2 Andrenette Knight JAM 53.95
3 Gianna Woodruff PAN 55.09
4 Ayomide Folorunso 55.40
5 Hanne Claes BEL 55.49
6 Eleonora Marchiando 56.96

TJ:
1 Shanieka Ricketts JAM 14.72
2 Thea LaFond DMA 14.71w
3 Leyanis Pérez CUB 14.53
4 Ana José Tima DOM 14.20w

By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)

England’s Patrick Rooney has returned to the world top 20 today in the latest PSA rankings.

The talented 25-year-old Merseysider, who now lives in Manchester, has climbed three places in the latest PSA rankings, which are now issued on a weekly basis.

Rooney joins fellow England player Mohamed ElShorbagy in the top 20, with ElShorbagy climbing above Diego Elias to return to No.4 after winning the QTerminals Qatar Classic.

After finishing runner-up in Qatar, Frenchman Victor Crouin has moved up seven places in the World Rankings from 18 to a career-high No.11, and moves above Gregoire Marche to become the French No.1 for the first time in his career. They are seeded to meet in the semi-finals of this week’s Open de France which began today in Nantes.

There was much speculation that Paul Coll would be returning to the number one position, but Ali Farag remains on top. Both players made an early exit in Qatar.

In the women’s rankings, Egypt’s Nour El Tayeb is back to world No.6 for the first time since her return to the game.

Following the birth of her baby daughter, the Egyptian has come back to the sport with a bang, winning her first title, the CIB Zed Open, since her return last month.

She made the final of the South Western Women’s Open in Houston this week, finishing runner-up to world No.1 Nouran Gohar, but wins over Georgina Kennedy and Amanda Sobhy have pushed her up two places in this week’s world rankings.

Another to feature in Houston was Emily Whitlock, and thanks to her quarter-final appearance at the Gold level competition she has moved up five places to go back inside the top 20 at No.18. She also moves ahead of Tesni Evans (now 20) to become the Welsh No.1.

PSA World Rankings Monday September 12, 2022.

Pictures courtesy of PSA World Tour 

Newcastle Falcons have signed back Elliott Obatoyinbo on a short-term deal following his release by Saracens after the end of last season.

"I've been looking for a club and I'm happy that Newcastle have given me this opportunity," he told the club website.

"I'm here for two months, but who knows after that. Hopefully it will be for longer."

After coming through Saracens' academy, Obatoyinbo also played on dual registration terms for London Scottish, Ampthill and Old Albanians.

"Elliott is a talented player who gives us lots of options at a time when we have a number of injuries and a packed programme of fixtures," Newcastle Falcons head coach Dave Walder added.

"He comes highly-rated from his time at Saracens, he has a lot of ability and I'm looking forward to seeing what he can add to our group."