Atlético Madrid coach Diego Simeone has continued his spat with his Real Madrid counterpart Carlo Ancelotti.

Simeone implied that refereeing decisions have gone Madrid's way for "100 years" when asked about their 5-2 Copa del Rey home win over Celta Vigo last week, with the away side not awarded a penalty after appealing for one.

Ancelotti responded at the weekend to Simeone by stating that "there are some 'thorns' that might hurt" while Madrid midfielder Dani Ceballos added that the Atlético manager "hasn't overcome the two [2013, 2016 Champions League] finals he lost to Madrid."

Simeone hit back on Monday claiming both Ancelotti and Ceballos viewed Madrid differently when they were at Bayern Munich and Real Betis, respectively.

"I never comment on my colleagues' comments," Simeone said in a news conference. "I simply refer to memory. It's normal, they're on the team they're on. They're doing very well. They're a great team. But when they were on another team they thought something else."

Simeone told Ancelotti to remember the comments he made as Bayern Munich coach when the German team lost to Real Madrid in the 2017 Champions League quarterfinal return leg.

At the time, Ancelotti described that loss to Madrid as "an injustice" and that it "wasn't something normal."

On Monday, Simeone said: "When one goes back to the past and goes to the [Real Madrid] match with Bayern Munich, the coach's [Ancelotti's] comments had been according to what had happened on the field.

"It is clear that it is not to play to the gallery. And the same thing about Ceballos. It's the same comments when he was at Betis."

Real Madrid overtook Atlético at the top of LaLiga after their 4-1 win against Las Palmas on Sunday. Atlético lost 1-0 at Leganés on Saturday to see their 15-game winning run in all competitions end.

A wild week of upsets and court stormings led to a massive shake-up in the AP Top 25.

One constant: Auburn.

The Tigers were the unanimous pick at No. 1 in the Associated Press men's college basketball poll released Monday, holding on to the top spot following a week in which 19 ranked teams lost at least once -- including seven teams in the top 10.

Auburn claimed the program's second No. 1 ranking last week and won both its games despite playing without injured big man Johni Broome. The Tigers rolled over No. 14 Mississippi State 88-66 and survived a late comeback to beat then-No. 19 Georgia 70-68.

No. 2 Duke moved up a spot after winning both of its games last week and swapped places with No. 3 Iowa State, which blew out No. 12 Kansas but lost to No. 23 West Virginia. Alabama and Florida rounded out the top five despite each losing a game last week.

Only three teams -- Alabama, Florida and No. 6 Tennessee -- held the same spot from a week ago. The chaotic week allowed No. 8 Michigan State to move into the top 10 for the first time this season and No. 22 Missouri into the poll for the first time since 2022-23.

Louisville's climb

Louisville has made quite a turnaround under first-year coach Pat Kelsey.

The Cardinals won a combined 12 games the previous two seasons but are playing some of their best basketball in years. Following a three-game skid, Louisville has won eight straight to move into the poll for the first time in four years at No. 25. Last week, the Cardinals won at Syracuse for the first time in eight years and capped the week by sweeping Virginia for the first time since joining the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013.

Rising Red Storm

No. 20 St. John's moved back into the poll this week and has its highest ranking since reaching No. 15 on Dec. 29, 2014, under coach Steve Lavin. The Red Storm, in their second season under Rick Pitino, moved into first place in the Big East with their win over Seton Hall and Marquette's loss to Xavier. They haven't won a share of the Big East regular-season title since 1992.

St. John's (16-3) is off to its best start through 19 games since opening 17-2 (ultimately 20-2) in 1985-86. And the Johnnies are 7-1 in Big East play for the first time since opening 8-1 in 1998-99.

Rising and falling

No. 11 Purdue and No. 18 Wisconsin had the biggest jump among the teams in the poll, each climbing six spots. No. 16 Ole Miss is up five places after splitting games against No. 4 Alabama and No. 14 Mississippi State.

No. 24 Memphis had the week's biggest drop, losing six places after losing to Temple and beating Charlotte. Two-time NCAA champion UConn fell five places to No. 19 after seeing its 28-game home winning streak end in a 68-63 loss to Creighton.

Welcome back

No. 22 Missouri is ranked for the first time this season after ending Florida's 16-game home winning streak and posting an 18-point win over Arkansas. No. 23 West Virginia is back in the poll after taking down Iowa State.

Louisville had not been ranked since reaching No. 25 on Jan. 25, 2021.

Three ranked teams lost both of their games last week and dropped out of the poll.

Gonzaga lost to Oregon State and Santa Clara, falling out of the AP Top 25 for the first time since early last year. Georgia dropped out from No. 23 following losses to Tennessee and Auburn. Baylor, No. 25 a week ago, is out after losses to Arizona and TCU.

Utah State's stint in the AP Top 25 lasted two weeks. The Aggies dropped out from No. 22 following a 65-62 loss to UNLV.

Conference watch

The SEC has eight ranked teams after Georgia dropped out of the poll, including five in the top 10.

The Big Ten was next with six, followed by the Big 12 with five. The Big East and Atlantic Coast each had two ranked teams, with the American Athletic and Mountain West conferences at one each.

Djokovic triumphed when the pair last played - in the Paris 2024 Olympics final - but Alcaraz has won their past two meetings at a Grand Slam tournament.

Alcaraz outlasted Djokovic over five sets in the 2023 Wimbledon final before demolishing his out-of-sorts opponent, who had knee surgery less than six weeks before, to retain the All England Club title last year.

Djokovic avenged those losses on faster grass courts by landing Olympic gold, a high-octane performance over three sets on the slower Roland Garros clay earning him a 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-2) win.

"Carlos is a very dynamic, explosive player. Incredibly talented and a charismatic player," said Djokovic, who has won a record 24 Grand Slam men's titles.

"We've had some long battles, long exchange kind of matches. They remind me of my match-ups against [Rafael] Nadal in terms of the intensity and the energy on the court."

Djokovic knows he is likely to need the same intensity over five sets on the quick Melbourne surface.

The most eagerly-anticipated match of the Australian Open so far will be the first time they have played at a hard court major.

"It is not often that Djokovic is an underdog in Melbourne, it's probably been 15 years since he was," added Australian Cash.

Swiatek, who defeated Britain's Emma Raducanu 6-1 6-0 in the third round, conceded just 10 points as she wrapped up the first set in 24 minutes.

She had won 20 straight games across the two matches before Germany's Lys, ranked 128th in the world, eventually managed to hold serve.

"Usually I don't feel comfortable with my game at the Australian Open, but this year it is a bit better," said Swiatek, who will replace Aryna Sabalenka as world number one if the defending champion fails to reach the semi-finals.

Lys was the first women's singles lucky loser to reach the Australian Open fourth round in the Open era and she described her run in Melbourne as "the nicest week in my life".

The 23-year-old had her flight home booked after losing in the final round of qualifying, but she was given a spot in the main draw following Anna Kalinskaya's withdrawal.

"I've had a lot of nights where I was actually talking to my parents, often with tears, asking, 'When will the time come?'," Lys said.

"Because I know I have the potential, but sometimes I was the only person that's really standing in my own way.

"Everything just came down to this week where on one side it's definitely the tennis I played, but also it was the luck in the beginning."

Swiatek will face Emma Navarro in the last eight after the American eighth seed clinched a narrow 6-4 5-7 7-5 win against Russian Daria Kasatkina, the ninth seed.

Defending champion Jannik Sinner came through a tough physical battle against Holger Rune to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals.

In a match disrupted by medical timeouts and a broken net, both Sinner and Rune seemed to struggle with the 32C heat on Rod Laver Arena.

Sinner, towards the end of the second set and into the third, was visibly shaking during the changeovers as he wrapped ice towels around his neck.

But the world number one prevailed to win 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-2 against the Dane.

"I was not feeling really well," said Italy's Sinner.

Speaking on court after his win, the 23-year-old said: "I knew in my mind even before the match I would struggle today.

"This morning was a very strange morning because I didn't even warm up today, trying to go on court as fit as I could."

He will face Alex de Minaur, the last Australian standing in the singles, next after he claimed an assured 6-0 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 win over American Alex Michelsen to reach the Melbourne last eight for the first time.

"There's nothing I want more than to play well here in Australia in front of you guys. I'm glad I finally made it to the quarter-finals here but let's go for bigger and better things," said eighth seed De Minaur.

Elsewhere, fellow Italian Lorenzo Sonego beat American qualifier Learner Tien 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-1 to reach his first Grand Slam quarter-final.

Sonego will play 21st seed Ben Shelton next after the American's fourth-round opponent, Frenchman Gael Monfils, retired with a back issue while trailing 7-6 (7-3) 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (7-2) 1-0.

Djokovic, a 10-time champion at Melbourne Park, plays world number three Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals on Tuesday.

Channel Nine also apologised, saying "no harm was intended towards Novak or his fans".

The Serbian Council of Australia has called for Jones to be sacked, saying his comments were "offensive, racist and only serve to incite further discrimination of Australian-Serbs".

Jones said he particularly felt he had "overstepped the mark" with his "kick him out" comment - which he accepted could be interpreted as a reference to Djokovic's 2022 deportation from Australia because of the country's Covid-19 regulations.

"That has angered Novak I completely understand that," said Jones.

"It has been an unfortunate situation and one of personal angst for Novak and personal angst for me as well. The priority now is to focus on the tennis. He has an amazing match and I hope he can focus on that.

"I can only again tell Novak what I told him 48 hours ago which is I do apologise if he feels I disrespected him.

"I agreed to meet him in person, they came back and yes, that hasn't transpired yet but I hope it will happen in the next 24 hours."

Tennis Australia said: "Novak acknowledges the apology has been given in public as requested and is now moving on and focusing on his next match."

Satomi Watanabe and Marwan Elshorbagy have won the Squash in the Land 2025 titles, recording convincing wins over Amanda Sobhy and Tarek Momen respectively on finals day in Cleveland.

Kicking off the days play, the matchup between Watanabe and Sobhy represented a significant opportunity for both players, with Watanabe targeting the biggest title of her career and Sobhy seeking her first tournament win since returning from a second career-threatening achilles injury.

Both players had needed all five games to get through their semi-final encounters, with the American fighting back from 2-1, 5-1 down to beat Rowan Elaraby, while Watanabe recorded an epic win over rising star Amina Orfi, clinching a fifth-game tiebreak 12-10.

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That result came 48 hours after the Japanese star had knocked out No.1 seed Georgina Kennedy in the quarter-finals, with Watanabe saying after her semi-final win that this week has been some of the best squash of her career.

She continued that fine form in the early stages of this final, too, showing no signs of being overawed by the occasion or the American crowd.

Cutting a relaxed figure, Watanabe moved Sobhy around the court well en route to a 10-5 lead, and while Sobhy mounted a comeback to close the score back to 10-8, the World No.12 slammed the door shut with a brilliant serve return winner down the line.

The action was taking place at Clevelands Outcalt Theatre in Playhouse Square, the second-biggest theatre district in the USA behind only New York and Watanabe continued to put on a show early in game two, quickly leading 5-2.

Sobhy found her feet and moved back to 7-7, rushing Watanabe, forcing her into a handful of errors, but the 26-year-old responded in kind, producing three outstanding points to stop another comeback in its tracks and take a two-game lead.

Watanabes backhand had been outstanding throughout the first two games and she opened game three with another clinical volley drop on the same side, kickstarting a charge towards the title that would not let up.

From 4-3 down she won seven points on the bounce to bring up six match balls, seeing the first two saved before getting over the line on the third, securing the first Silver-level title of her career.

I dont think I can describe how I feel at the moment with words, she said moments after victory.

But Im definitely really, really happy that I fought through the whole week. It was one of my toughest tournaments as well so Im just over the moon to win this tournament, and I think its my biggest title.

I think I was really calm today in knowing what was happening on court. I made some errors here and there but she was putting me under a lot of pressure as well, so Im happy with how I played today.

At the point of 10-4 [in the third] I thought I was really pushing her and then she hit the really, really nice lob at the corner and I just could not get it back, I was like alright, ok, here we go, its a really nervous time, but I was just trying to relax my arm, make sure I hit the length again.

That performance was swiftly followed by an equally impressive display from mens No.4 seed Elshorbagy, who needed just 35 minutes to see off Momen.

The Egyptian had beaten top seed Mohamed Elshorbagy 24 hours earlier, denying the Cleveland crowd the chance of all-Elshorbagy final, while Marwan had put a slow start behind him to see off Karim Abdel Gawad in four.

Those results set up this final showdown, the 14th PSA Tour meeting between the two players but the first in a final.

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Elshorbagy had only won two of the previous 13 matchups but he looked sharp from the off in this encounter, taking less than 10 minutes to take the opening game.

Momen would have been hoping for a turnaround similar to that which he produced in his semi-final win over Mohamed Elshorbagy, when he lost the opening game before winning the next three, but instead he made the worst possible start to game two, losing seven of the first eight points.

Elshorbagy was attacking well to the front and hitting his targets well in the back corners too, and while Momen closed the gap back to 9-6, hed left himself far too much to do, going down 11-6.

The crowds at Clevelands Outcalt Theatre had been treated to some spectacular comebacks in this years event but any hopes of another one here were soon dashed in the early stages of game three, as Elshorbagy continued to play exceptionally sharp squash.

He stormed into a 5-1 lead and didnt give the Egyptian a look-in, closing the door with another 11-6 win when an ambitious backhand dropshot attempt from Momen fell short on match ball.

Im very happy with the week, Elshorbagy said after collecting his trophy.

To come here and win means a lot to me. It was a tough match playing Tarek today, I dont have the best record against him of course and Ive already played him twice this season but I woke up today and mentally, I was telling myself that I have nothing to lose, and to stay calm as much as possible, try to play good squash and stick to my tactics.

Im glad it worked, I felt very sharp from the beginning, I didnt lose my focus through the whole three games so I was happy with my solid performance today.

Result: Mens Final

[4] Marwan Elshorbagy (ENG) bt. [3] Tarek Momen (EGY) 3-0: 11-4, 11-6, 11-6 (35m)

Result: Womens Final

[5] Satomi Watanabe (JPN) bt. [4] Amanda Sobhy (USA) 3-0: 11-8, 11-8, 11-6 (26m)

Fit-again Dan Sheehan and James Lowe are set to return to action for Leinster this week before linking up with Ireland's Six Nations squad.

Hooker Sheehan, 26, has not played since sustaining an anterior cruciate ligament injury during Ireland's defeat by South Africa in July.

New Zealand-born wing Lowe, 32, has been out since Ireland's Autumn Nations Series win over Australia on 30 November with a calf problem.

On Monday, Leinster confirmed both players are available for Saturday's United Rugby Championship match against the Stormers at Aviva Stadium.

Sheehan and Lowe returned to full training last week but did not feature in Saturday's Investec Champions Cup win over Bath.

Back row Will Connors is also available for Leinster, who have won all 13 of their games in the URC and Champions Cup this season.

The Ireland squad gathered in Dublin on Monday before travelling to Portugal for a training camp.

Ireland begin their bid for a third successive Six Nations title at home to England on 1 February.

"We have a Six Nations campaign and Rugby World Cup to prepare for in what promises to be the biggest year in the history of women's rugby.

"We have work to do but having coached, and coached against, the Welsh internationals in England, I know we have the players to make the nation proud."

As well as coaching the PWR team, Lynn oversaw the rugby programme at Hartpury College and University.

He was unveiled by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) at the Principality Stadium on Monday.

Lynn had made no secret of his ambition to coach at international level, but played down links to the role a few weeks after Cunningham's exit.

His appointment could be a good fit for Wales, with Gloucester-Hartpury home to a large contingent of Welsh internationals including Hannah Jones, Sisilia Tuipulotu, Lleucu George, Bethan Lewis, Kate Williams and Kelsey Jones.

He will work closely with Belinda Moore, who was recently named the WRU's head of women's rugby in Wales, a new high-profile role.

WRU chief executive Abi Tierney said Lynn's appointment "underlines the importance" of Wales' women's team and emphasises how the union want the side to progress.

She added: "His ability as a coach is second to none as he has proved with two back-to-back titles in the PWR.

"I am delighted he has accepted the role. He was the outstanding candidate among a field of high-calibre of applicants who recognised what a prestigious and important role it is to be the Wales head coach."

Saracens' Phil Morrow will join England as head of performance at the end of the season, after an initial attempt to recruit him was blocked by Premiership clubs.

England had hoped to bring in Morrow last autumn, but Saracens would only allow him to take up the role midway though a campaign if he continued with his club duties.

Premiership clubs blocked the job-sharing proposal over concerns of a potential conflict of interest, with England's strength and conditioning department now working more closely with top-flight sides over star players' fitness and recovery programmes as part the new Professional Game Agreement.

However, Morrow will step down from his Saracens post at the end of the domestic season to make the switch.

The situation means England will continue with a reduced conditioning department through the Six Nations.

Gloucester fitness coach Dan Tobin was recruited in September after Aled Walters switched to Ireland and long-serving Tom Tombleson left the camp.

"I'm incredibly proud to be joining England Rugby," said Morrow.

"I've worked in the Premiership for a long time and week in, week out I see the quality of the players we have in England. The clubs do an outstanding job of developing these players, and I look forward to working with them to help them reach their full potential.

"Under Steve [Borthwick] the England team is in an exciting phase of growth and development, and I cannot wait to start contributing to the team's future success."

Morrow has spent almost 14 years with Saracens, during which they have won five Premiership titles and three European crowns.

He was also part of the strength and conditioning staff on the British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand in 2017.