Former world No. 1 and two-time major winner Ariya Jutanugarn and her sister Moriya have tested positive for COVID-19 and have withdrawn from next week's LPGA Tour event in Florida, the Pelican Women's Championship.

"Although we have been very cautious, unfortunately Mo and I have tested positive for COVID-19. We are now self-isolating and working on contact tracing all those we have been in contact with," Ariya Jutanugarn posted on her Facebook page on Saturday in Thailand.

The sisters said they contracted the disease earlier this week in the United States but gave no further information.

Ariya Jutanugarn, who won the 2016 Women's Open and 2018 U.S. Women's Open, said her condition is improving but that she has lost her sense of taste and has difficulty breathing.

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The top 3 players in the world are part of a five-way tie for the lead through 36 holes of the 84^th Masters Tournament.

World No. 1 Dustin Johnson (70), No. 2 Jon Rahm (66) and No. 3 Justin Thomas (69) are all at 9 under par, joined by Abraham Ancer (67) and Cameron Smith (68).

Rahm wrapped up his second round on Saturday morning to join the group. The first and second rounds have spilled over into new days because of a lengthy weather suspension early on Thursday.

Five players are one shot back: Patrick Cantlay (66), Sungjae Im (70), C.T. Pan (66), Hideki Matsuyama (68) and 2018 champion Patrick Reed (68).

Five-time – and defending – champion Tiger Woods (71) is part of a group at 5 under, along with three-time winner Phil Mickelson (70) and four-time major champ Brooks Koepka (69).

The cut line fell at even par, the lowest cut in tournament history. Sixty-players qualified for the weekend, including U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau (74), PGA champion Collin Morikawa (74) and 2015 Masters winner Jordan Spieth (70) – all on the number.

The third round began almost immediately following the conclusion of Round 2. Players are again going off split tees and playing in threesomes.

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The weather turned cool, the air heavy, and for the first time all week, it felt like a Masters might feel in November.

That is unlikely what defending champion Tiger Woods wanted to wake up to early Saturday morning as he and others completed the delayed second round.

Woods did well enough, playing the eight holes he had remaining at 1 under par to complete 36 holes at 5-under 139. He is in a tie for 17th place, four strokes behind the five leaders who are tied at 135: Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas -- the top 3 players in the world -- Cameron Smith and Abraham Ancer.

But there were some opportunities missed, as Woods failed to birdie the par-5 13th, let chances at the 12th, 15th, 16th and 17th slide by, and finished with a second-round 71.

"The golf course is playing long right now," Woods said. "The air is heavy. The ball is not really flying like it was yesterday. They definitely have sped up the greens overnight. They were a lot faster this morning, and you could hear the SubAirs [the suction system that removes moisture from the fairways and greens] out there today, so I think as the day progresses, they're only going to get a little bit faster."

Woods began the third round at 10:42 a.m. ET and is grouped with Rickie Fowler and Billy Horschel.

The 15-time major winner had the tough task of beginning the restart with a shot from the rough at one of the most difficult holes, the 505-yard, par-4 11th. Woods had hit his tee shot on Friday, and had 203 yards remaining from the left rough.

He managed to advance the ball to just in front of the green and got up and down for par. He missed a 15-footer for birdie at the 12th, was unable to go for the green at the 13th and settled for par, hit a good chip to save par at the 14th, then holed a 20-footer for birdie at the 15th after a poor approach. At the par-3 16th, Woods misread a 16-footer for birdie, and he let another chance slip at the 17th.

But he got up and down for a par from the left of the 18th green to stay within four of the leaders.

"I certainly thought I could have maybe got a couple more out of it, but I didn't," he said. "The golf course is going to get a little bit quicker and a little bit drier."

Nick Chubb is officially back.

The Cleveland Browns activated the Pro Bowl running back off injured reserve Saturday, clearing the way for his return Sunday against the Houston Texans.

Chubb has been out since Week 4 with a knee injury but practiced all week with the team. He has 335 rushing yards and four touchdowns on the season.

Through the first four weeks of the season, when Chubb was healthy, the Browns led the NFL with almost 205 rushing yards per game -- 25 yards more than any other offense. They also topped the league with 5.9 yards per rushing attempt.

Kareem Hunt, considered one of the top backup running backs in the league, stepped into the starting lineup while Chubb was out. But facing tougher defenses without Chubb, the Browns ranked just 24th with 96 rushing yards per outing over their past four games, while averaging only 3.9 yards per carry -- 26th in the league.

Quarterback Baker Mayfield said this week that having Chubb and Hunt together is what helps make the Cleveland rushing attack special.

"It's a huge part of our offense to be able to sub those guys in with fresh legs, and it wears on defenses," Mayfield said. "Later in the games when they are able to still be somewhat fresh, it is amazing how the grind and the ground game pounds on those guys."

As college basketball officials struggle to create a plan for the season, one of the sport's most influential voices is calling for a new start date to "save the season" and a delay of the NCAA tournament.

Rick Pitino, who took over at Iona earlier this year, tweeted on Saturday that college basketball should create "May Madness" and move the Nov. 25 start of the season to accommodate the multitude of delays and challenges numerous teams have faced amid COVID-19.

Save the Season. Move the start back. Play league schedule and have May Madness. Spiking and protocols make it impossible to play right now.

— Rick Pitino (@RealPitino) November 14, 2020

Pitino also called for the elimination of all nonconference games in favor of a league-only slate.

Pitino is echoing what other coaches have conveyed privately.

One high-profile coach recently told ESPN that the current situation for college basketball is "scary." Another coach in a non-Power 5 league said he thinks it's "impossible" for his league to play.

Multiple programs have already been sidelined by the NCAA's recommended 14-day quarantine for teams after a player, coach or staffer (Tier I participants, per the guidelines) tests positive. Iona is currently sidelined for two weeks following a positive test.

Contact tracing has also been a challenge.

With the season set to begin in less than two weeks, dozens of schools have not released their schedules for the 2020-21 season. On Thursday, the Ivy League canceled all winter sports, including men's and women's basketball, amid the ongoing pandemic.

NCAA guidelines strongly encourage schools to test three times per week on nonconsecutive days during the season. The NCAA also recommends a two-week quarantine for positive tests. Those guidelines sometimes compete with local and state regulations.

In the American Athletic Conference, teams will test three times per week, but Temple must test its athletes seven consecutive days prior to competition under local rules in Philadelphia.

A non-Division I coach in Michigan, where state officials have labeled the sport as "high risk," said his league is preparing to have players compete in masks during games.

Both New Mexico State and New Mexico could be forced to relocate their teams this season due to state regulations on competition.

At UC Irvine, only six players were allowed to practice, each with his own hoop and basketball, for a chunk of the preseason.

Teams can't play a road game at Hawai'i unless they've received negative tests at least 72 hours prior to entering the island.

Ohio State recently withdrew from the Crossover Classic in South Dakota due to state guidelines of a 14-day quarantine for teams that travel to states with severe COVID-19 situations.

This week, South Dakota's positivity rate hovered above 50%, the highest rate in the country.

Per the ACC's new guidelines, any athlete who leaves campus for more than three days must quarantine for 24 hours before returning to practice or competition.

And then there is contact tracing, the most complicated and perhaps disruptive component for college basketball.

"Effective contact tracing is critical in breaking the chain of transmission and limiting the spread of infection for infectious diseases such as COVID-19," according to the NCAA's guidelines. "However, there is no federal oversight of contact tracing programs, and the number of contact tracers in this country is currently inadequate to effectively manage disease spread among individuals and groups of people with high-contact risk exposure. As a result, athletics departments, in consultation with institutional leadership, should consider evaluating the availability of and accessibility to local contact tracing resources."

In September, Dan Gavitt, the NCAA's senior vice president of men's basketball, conveyed the sport's need for flexibility. He said the announcement of the Nov. 25 start was fluid but added the "preference" was to host the NCAA tournament in its traditional slot in March and April.

However, after a source told ESPN this week that the NCAA might have more flexibility with the NCAA tournament, a spokesman responded that the game's power brokers continue to explore their options.

"Nothing has changed with regards to the committee's ongoing study of various contingency plans," David Worlock said.

Kim Collison tells Jessica Whittington and Euan Crumley why ultra runners across the country have gone the extra mile(s) in 2020 to secure themselves a slice of history

Before this summer, the pursuit of Fastest Known Times – or FKTs, for short – was already a popular pastime for ultra and trail athletes. The restrictions and changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, however, have been the catalyst for an extraordinary period of achievement by those who like to push the boundaries of endurance towards eyewatering levels.

In recent months, barely a week has gone by without a bulletin announcing another epic, groundbreaking feat.

The sharp rise in FKTs is all the more understandable when you consider the current circumstances. With all major races cancelled or postponed, targets have instead been moved and energy redirected towards goals which require no organisation other than from the athletes themselves.

Given that most of these attempts take place in extreme landscapes and weather conditions, meticulous planning and safety considerations are very much required but, essentially, the FKT process is as ‘simple’ as picking an established route or planned course, working out whether or not you will be supported by other runners and pacers, honing your fuelling strategy and then setting off. Don’t forget your tracker, though – you have to be able to prove what you’ve done, of course!

Whether it be scaling the peaks of the Lake District, Highland Scotland or Wales, traversing some of the UK’s best-known long-distance paths or even running all the way from Land’s End to John O’Groats, hardly an FKT stone has been left unturned. The same has been happening across the globe.

Kim Collison is one of those athletes who has written himself further into the fabric of his sport. On July 12, the British international broke the Lakeland 24-hour record, climbing 78 Lakeland peaks within 24 hours to break a 23-year-old record which had been held by Mark Hartell.

The challenge requires each peak to be more than 2000ft and in total Collison covered 153km with more than 12,000m (39,000ft) of ascent in 23 hours and 45 minutes, adding one more peak to Hartell’s record.

“It was something that I always thought about, but it was one of those things that I thought ‘maybe I haven’t got the ability or the talent quite to reach that lofty goal’,” says Collison, who is also a coach and mountain guide.

“I guess it wasn’t until last December, when I broke the winter Bob Graham record (another legendary fell running route in the Lake District) that I started to believe that I could potentially try this record.

“I was going to target the other two rounds – the Paddy Buckley in Wales and the Ramsay Round in Scotland – but with COVID and lockdown it meant they became out of the question.

“Luckily, I live on the side of a fell, right at the bottom, so even during lockdown I could run from my door and train – it was like having a training camp.

“I was actually thinking maybe if I could then peak towards the UTMB (Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc) race, that would be good, and then when that was cancelled it was like ‘okay, where do I re-evaluate my goals?’”

That re-evaluation pointed towards the Lakeland attempt – something which became an unforgettable adventure.

“The early parts of the Round were really good and smooth but then when I dropped into Wasdale about 14 hours in roughly, I suddenly started to get the energy lows and the stomach crisis that you get in ultra running and suddenly you are faced with this big wall of mountain that is really steep,” he explains.

“That was a particular low point. I came through that, got moving again and was able to add the extra summit in with the time up I had built in and then it came to the last leg.

“It was about 11pm and by that point I was really tired and fatigued. It was dark, I was struggling to climb the hills quickly enough to keep on to the schedule and I was starting to lose a bit of the buffer.

“Then the stress levels started to rise a bit because the mists came in and we could see about a metre in front of us with our head torches. You’re trying to run, not being able to see much of the ground in front of you, and trying to navigate because every second was quite vital, getting the right lines.

“If we had got it wrong and gone down into the wrong valley or on to the wrong mountain top, we could quite easily lose five or 10 minutes and that’s the record gone.

“All I had to do, though, was try and focus on following the people in front and keep moving and keep pushing. It wasn’t until the last summit that I felt ‘yes, this is going to happen today’. The feelings of joy start to flood in then, which is brilliant.”

The simple act of keeping going is crucial when it comes to these ultra attempts. However, there are also various skills required for maintaining momentum.

“I use quite a bit of visualisation before the event,” says Collison. “I am constantly going through the routes and the vision in my head and what it looks like. Then I try and pick out what I know are likely to be the hard points so I can plan those into my consciousness that I know, ‘this is going to be hard, how can I work through this?’

“Being mentally prepared for the lows, whenever they hit, can really help. Also trying to chunk it down into small parts, so just try and focus on each leg and then each top and then each little section and focus in on doing that bit the best you can, in the moment.

“I guess the other thing I’ll try and do is accept mistakes and go ‘okay, that has happened, move on, what do I need to do now to make it work on the day?’

“The other one really at the end was a lot of self-talk and using positive words to reinforce the actions that I wanted to happen. So every time I would start to slow down and the stomach and the brain is screaming at you to stop and go easy and give us a break, I think my key word at the time was ‘I am strong, you can do this’ just to try and up the pace again.”

“You need to be able to forget the pain … It is hard and takes a lot to complete an ultra, both physically and mentally”

Supported runners also have help on hand. In few other sports, however, can the camaraderie be stronger. In even fewer would you find the current record-holder actively helping someone to beat their time and yet, when it comes to FKTs, such a scenario is a very common occurrence.

“I guess part of the spirit is to help others achieve their dreams, their ambitions, and be supportive, because that usually comes back to you as well,” says Collison.

“It is really good to see other people achieve their dreams and push themselves and if you can be a small part of that, it is brilliant. Because we all know what it is like to challenge ourselves and push ourselves and that is what it is, it’s about trying to get the best out of yourself, whatever that may be. For some challenges, you need that support. It helps with the motivation, the positivity, the sharing the journey.”

Such things make for unforgettable moments, which makes Collison’s choice of a key attribute to have when it comes to covering big distances a little incongruous.

“Forgetfulness I would say is a really useful skill!” he grins. “You need to be able to forget the pain and suffering that is tied into it. It is hard and takes a lot to complete an ultra, both physically and mentally.

“But those aches and pains, they disappear, and all you’re left with is that feeling of pride and happiness, the smile that you get from a big achievement.”

This summer, there has been a lot of that going around.

WHAT IS AN FKT?

FKT is an abbreviation for ‘Fastest Known Time’. It is essentially a race without organisation and rules, a record set by an individual over a particular course or planned route.

Some of the most notable FKTs in Britain this summer:

Women's Six Nations champions England showed their quality in the second half to beat France 33-10 in Grenoble.

Alex Matthews and Jess Breach scored in quick succession to put England on top after the break.

Captain Emily Scarratt kicked the rest of the points as England beat France for the 10th time in 11 meetings.

The two sides meet again at Twickenham next Saturday.

More soon.

Scotland recovered from a slow start to beat Italy in their Autumn Nations Cup opener and earn a fifth win in a row.

The hosts performed ferociously, with Paolo Garbisi's boot and a fine Matteo Minozzi score looking like earning them a first win in nine against Scotland.

But those second-half tries - added to Duhan van der Merwe's opener - clinched a 28-17 victory in Florence.

Gregor Townsend's side host France in their second game of the competition next Sunday.

The French had their Pool B opener against Fiji postponed after a spate of coronavirus cases in the latter's camp. It has yet to be decided if they will be awarded victory.

Italy by far better side in first half

Italy's rage for victory was evident from the off - even before the off, if truth be told.

The thunderous way they belted out their anthem was a portent of trouble for the Scots, who won 17-0 in Rome in the Six Nations, then followed it up with three more wins against France, Georgia and Wales.

To say that Italy deserved their half-time lead would be to downplay what they delivered. For the most part, they were on top and excellent.

They were 3-0 ahead through a penalty from Garbisi, but that was that least of Scotland's problems. Jamie Ritchie went off early for a brain injury assessment and never returned. Then, Rory Sutherland went and was later seen on crutches.

Scotland's scrum, so strong against Wales, was in trouble. Their breakdown, utterly dominant in Llanelli, was bettered by the Italians, who were exceptional on the floor.

Garbisi made it 6-0 as Scotland's penalty count, so low in Wales, began to rise ominously.

The moment Scotland got some ball, they scored, Van der Merwe cutting a great line off Ali Price to cruise over. That's two tries in three Tests for the wing. The big man is proving to be everything that Scotland hoped he would be when he qualified on the residency rule.

The score was against the run of play and Italy resumed dominance within minutes. The try that put them back in front was a beauty, beginning with Marco Zanon's ferociousness in attack.

He started it by brushing off Duncan Weir's weak tackle and then handing-off Darcy Graham for good measure. He took Italy in behind and found support runners everywhere. Marcello Violi and Mattia Bellini evaded despairing last-ditch tackles and Bellini found Minozzi for a score of the highest class.

Garbisi missed the conversion but all the momentum was theirs. It had been a while since Scotland's defence had been shredded the way Italy had shredded it. It had been a while since their breakdown and their penalty count had looked so troubling.

The only downside for the Italians was that they held a mere four-point lead at the break. They deserved to be ahead by considerably more.

Scots have to battle... but earn win

Garbisi made it 14-7 early in the new half, but that was the galvanising moment for the visitors. At last they found something, some phases, some control, some Italian weakness.

Even then, Fagerson's try had good fortune attached. In trying to offload near the Italy line, Hamish Watson saw his pass hit an Italian hand and land flush in Fagerson's mitts.

The prop looked stunned momentarily, then jogged over the line. An easy five points, which became an easy seven when Weir banged over the conversion.

All square at 14-14, but not for long. Under major pressure, Stuart Hogg was adjudged to have carried the ball over his own line. When the siege ended, Italy had three more points from Garbisi. A quarter of the game remained.

The turning point came with 14 minutes left. Scotland had an eminently kickable penalty on offer - and a decision to make. A simple three or a bid for five or seven? They went for the latter - and it paid off.

Turner broke off the lineout maul and took Scotland close. Oli Kebble took them closer still. Price then found Cummings outside him and the lock crashed over. Weir added the extra two and Scotland led by four.

A fortnight ago in Llanelli, they went into the last 10 minutes with a narrow lead and managed the game wonderfully from there. They now had to do the same against a side that presented them with way more problems than Wales managed to muster.

They saw it out and in the process they added to their lead. Another lineout maul had an impact. It's proving to be quite a weapon for the Scots. Turner, as part of an excellent cameo, was on the end of the surge. Weir put over the conversion and Scotland had their win.

They had to battle for it, but this is five victories in a row now. The progress continues. For Italy, improvement, but that win remains elusive.

The Scots host France next. A sixth victory and things will get positively giddy.

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Bryson DeChambeau said Saturday morning that he’s been experiencing dizziness and stomach pain the past few days at Augusta National.

DeChambeau said he first noticed the dizziness on Thursday night, after his opening round of the Masters. Since then, he said, he’s been feeling “dull” and “odd” and “numb.”

DeChambeau said he and members of his inner circle were tested for COVID-19 on Friday night, out of precaution, and received negative results.

“I’m not good, unfortunately,” he said. “I don’t know what it is. There’s something in my stomach that’s just not doing well.”

DeChambeau was sweating the cut line after bogeying his last two holes on Saturday morning to sign for a second-round 74. At even-par 144, he was nine shots off the lead.

It’s been a struggle the first two rounds for the reigning U.S. Open champion, who entered the week as the oddsmakers’ favorite. He had an adventurous 70 in the opening round, when he made a double-bogey 7 on the par-5 13^th hole, but he still was within five of the early lead.

Teeing off late Friday, DeChambeau got a bad break on the third hole when his tee shot plugged in the second cut and couldn’t be found during a 3-minute search. He walked off with a triple bogey, then dropped shots on the next two holes.

When he resumed his second round at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, he was 1 over par, one shot off the cut line with six holes to play. He birdied three of his first four holes, then drove into the trees on No. 17 and couldn’t get up-and-down behind the 18^th green.

“I don’t know what it is or what happened, but these past couple days I’ve felt really, really odd and just not 100%,” he said. “Some of that’s played into it. I just feel kind of dull and numb out there, just not fully aware of everything, and making some silly, silly mistakes for sure.”

With his Masters bid likely over, DeChambeau said he’ll soon undergo bloodwork to determine the issue.

“I’ll go figure it out, just like anything,” he said. “Golf is golf. You’re going to have stuff go on, but I want to fix my body. You know me. Last time I had back issues, I went and fixed that, and I haven’t really had any body issues since, until now it’s internal. So I’ve got to go fix that.”

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Bryson DeChambeau was already running hot after his drive on the third hole wasn’t found in the second cut after a 3-minute search.

Then the spotter apparently rubbed it in.

“Definitely throws you for a loop when the guy goes and gives you the ball on the fourth tee box: ‘Oh, I found it!’” DeChambeau said Saturday.

He promptly bogeyed the next two holes, a disastrous stretch that saw him drop from 3 under par to 2 over – for the moment, outside the cut line.

Reflecting on his bad break a day later, DeChambeau said: “I struggle whenever we know it’s in that area and it’s all wet and it’s a plugged lie, guaranteed. They have to say it’s within a couple foot area. I’m like, Well, I know it’s in this area, that’s plugged, so I would think I would get some relief, but clearly not. The three minutes was up, so I took a penalty and went back to the tee box and proceed to hit in the same spot and had a really bad lie after that.”

Resuming his second round on Saturday morning, DeChambeau birdied three of his first four holes but bogeyed the last two to make the cut on the number, at even-par 144. He signed for a second-round 74.

“It just seems like there’s a lot of things going not in the right way,” he said. “I’ve certainly played worse golf than this and won golf tournaments. It’s one of those things where it’s golf. You can’t control everything, as much as you try.”