Keep your schedule open in the fall of 2032 and 2033.

That’s because the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Notre Dame Fighting Irish announced on Wednesday morning that the two schools will take part in a college football home-and-home series in 2032 and 2033.

The Fighting Irish will travel to Lincoln to play Nebraska on Oct. 30, 2032, and the Cornhuskers will travel to South Bend to play Notre Dame on Oct. 29, 2033.

“The series with Notre Dame is the type of matchup that college football fans circle on their calendars years in advance,” Nebraska Director of Athletics Troy Dannen said in a statement. “Our fans have a tremendous appreciation for the history of college football and iconic venues. We are excited to welcome Notre Dame and their fans to Lincoln in 2032, and I know our fans will travel to South Bend in full force in 2033.”

The scheduled 2032 game will be the first time the two programs square off since the Cornhuskers beat the Fighting Irish in Nebraska on Sept. 8, 2001, 27-10, and just the third time since 1948. Nebraska is 8-7-1 all time against Notre Dame.

As for the present, both teams are 2-0 in the 2026 college football season, with the Cornhuskers getting home victories over the Ohio Bobcats (49-21) and Bowling Green Falcons (56-7) and the No. 3 AP-ranked Fighting Irish defeating the Wisconsin Badgers at Lambeau Field (41-13) and the Rice Owls at home (52-0).

Nebraska’s Big Ten season opener comes on the road against the Michigan State Spartans on Sept. 26, and it has four AP Top 25-ranked teams on its remaining schedule (Indiana, Oregon, Ohio State and Iowa). Meanwhile, Notre Dame has three AP Top-25 ranked teams on its remaining schedule: BYU, Miami and SMU.

Both Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule and Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman signed new contracts with their respective schools within the last year.

The Cornhuskers are a combined 21-19 under Rhule since 2023, while the Fighting Irish are a combined 45-12 under Freeman since he took over as head coach during the 2021 season, highlighted by reaching the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship.

Keely Hodgkinson admitted she was a “little nervous” to walk out in her ninja-like new speedsuit in London but felt the all-female Athlos meet was the ideal place to debut the fashion-forward Nike ensemble.

Athlos made its international debut at the StoneX Stadium on Friday night after two stagings in New York City. Red carpets, DJs, fashion and music are all part of its entertainment and digital-first ethos.

The 24-year-old walked out to pyrotechnic plumes on a strobe-lit stage to thumping music from a DJ before dominating the 800 metres in sunglasses and an all-black, Catwoman-like, hooded, part-backless kit with a ponytail cutout and long sleeves.

“I’m honoured they let me put this on show,” said the Olympic 800m champion. “I was a little nervous, walking out. The shades helped me block out the noise, but it was really fun and it’s something I’ll remember forever.

“Honestly this has been like a year in the making with all the adjustments and fittings. It was a really fun process with the Nike innovation team. I think it’s a mixture of fashion, speed and science all coming together, for maybe the future of athletics potentially.

“It was a real honour for them to choose me to put this out first. We weren’t sure when we were going to wear it, but in hindsight an all-women’s event, which is all about the glitz and glamour and putting eyes on women, a bit of a moment was the perfect way to finish the season. So it’s really exciting.”

Hodgkinson believes the suit meets legal standards, and while aerodynamics were of the utmost importance, she did negotiate one critical compromise.

She revealed: “The science was like technically with the air drag you’re slower with your hair out, but I was like, ‘that’s a non-negotiable. My hair is staying out’. I’m very much ‘look good, feel good’ [and that] mental and physical balance.”

Asked if everyone will be wearing the style by the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028, Hodgkinson said: “We might know some things that people don’t.

“It was a test out there. This is not something we haven’t seen before. Like Cathy Freeman and some other athletes from a while ago did something like this, and this is the updated new version, with the new technology.

“(Freeman) was before I was born, but I have seen the race and photos. It was really cool to draw inspiration from the past and make it your own as well. The style was a big thing for me.

“I wanted to be comfortable but I wanted to feel a little bit sexy, the back’s open and that makes it feel really cool. It feels like I’m wearing nothing to be honest. I trained in it in South Africa in 37-degree heat and it was OK.”

Hodgkinson won in one minute 56.40 seconds to claim 65,000 US dollars (£48,522) from the 1,057,000 million USD (£790,266) prize pot.

Containers set up to house athletes from various countries participating in the 20th Asian Games, in Nagoya, Japan. (PTI Photo)

NEW DELHI: India’s karate team is heading to the Asiad without a dedicated coach while five equestrian riders in Tokyo are scrambling to get accreditation for their personal coaches. Some are even considering a two-hour train journey to Nagoya to sort out the issue in person, TOI has learnt.For the karate contingent, reigning Asian champion Alisha Choudhary’s repeated pleas to sports authorities and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) officials for accreditation for her coach, Vikas Panchal, have gone unheard. The two-member team also includes Chetan Bhatt (men’s kumite 84kg), with Adikessava Peroumal Sinouvassane the designated ‘team leader’.When the sports ministry’s sanction clearing coaches was issued on September 2, no coach was named for karate. Alisha has since sent multiple emails and reminders, underlining that Panchal has trained her for 11 years and guided her to every major international achievement, including her historic gold at the 2026 Asian Karate Championship. He is certified by the World Karate Federation and Asian Karate Federation and has accompanied her to international camps and competitions.Interestingly, during a bout, only a coach can occupy the coaching corner and seek a video review by throwing the challenge block onto the mat. The team leader cannot perform those duties, leaving India’s karate athletes without vital technical and tactical support.The equestrian camp, meanwhile, is caught in its own accreditation scramble. All five foreign coaches are awaiting accreditation and, without it, cannot enter the competition or training venue. The riders are coordinating by phone with IOA contingent staff based in Aichi and Nagoya, a logistical headache made worse by the distance between the two locations.Some riders are now contemplating a roughly two-hour train journey from Tokyo to Nagoya simply to meet IOA officials and get their coaches’ accreditations sorted, potentially losing an entire day of crucial training.It is learnt the five coaches were approved late by the IOA and sports authorities, despite the rider-horse combinations and coaches’ names having been shared with the IOA in May. The riders had also been following up on travel approvals.None of these five coaches are govt funded. Their entire Games expenses will be borne by the riders themselves. Yet, they are still struggling for the accreditation needed to do the job. The accreditation troubles come on top of the equestrian contingent scrambling for hay, bedding and fodder for their horses, with the IOA-appointed ad-hoc committee citing a “shortage of govt funds”.

Dual Melbourne Cup champion Half Yours is set for a challenging campaign as weights for the 2026 race have been released.

The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained stayer has been handed 59kg for this year’s Melbourne Cup, a significant 6kg rise from his winning weight 12 months ago.

Half Yours carried 52.5kg in the Caulfield Cup, and his weight for that event has now increased to 57.5kg, with Sir Delius assigned the topweight of 59kg.

Following consultations with industry groups, this year’s Cups will implement a minimum weight of 51kg, a 1kg increase on last year’s benchmark.

This 1kg rise also necessitates a 59kg minimum for the topweight when weights are initially announced.

While Sir Delius was the obvious topweight for the Caulfield Cup (2400m) on October 17, the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained galloper was not entered for the Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on November 3.

This absence required an adjustment of 1.5kg to the Melbourne Cup weights to achieve the 59kg minimum topweight.

“Sir Delius, a three-time Group 1 winner, stands out as the best performed horse and natural topweight for this year’s Caulfield Cup, however his absence from the Melbourne Cup has necessitated two different sets of weights,” said David Hegan, Racing Victoria’s Head of Handicapping.

“Last year saw the introduction of a 1kg overall increase to the weight structure of both races where topweights must be assigned 59kg at the release of weights and the minimum weight for older horses is 51kg.

“Half Yours was the dominant Caulfield and Melbourne Cup champion in 2025 and has been weighted accordingly. He effectively rises 4.5kg from his Melbourne Cup performance before the additional 1.5kg was applied to ensure a 59kg topweight.”

“That increase applies to all Melbourne Cup entrants above the minimum weight.”

Hegan highlighted Highwayman, a recent winner of the English St Leger, as one of the more interesting contenders in the handicap.

Having achieved the same rating as the 2024 winner Jan Brueghel, Highwayman has been allocated 56.5kg under the new weight scale.

Last year’s Melbourne Cup runner-up, Goodie Two Shoes, will carry 55kg, an increase from the 51.5kg she shouldered in the previous year’s Cup.

Joseph O’Brien, trainer of two Cup winners, has 11 runners entered, including Sons And Lovers (57.5kg) and Defiantly (56.5kg), who are carrying significant weights.

Aeliana has been assigned 58kg for the Melbourne Cup and would have been the topweight, were it not for the 2kg weight-for-age allowance for mares.

The current Caulfield Cup favourite, Green Spaces, has been allocated 54.5kg following his Australian Derby victory at Randwick in the autumn, the same weight as European Group 3 winners Enfjaar and Wine Dark Sea.

Check out the latest racing odds for the Melbourne Cup with top online bookmakers.

Alejandro Tosti took off. 

On his Instagram story late Thursday afternoon, the Argentine pro posted videos of what looked like him aboard a two-seat seaplane flying over the mountains near Asheville, N.C. — a quick joy ride between the first and second rounds of the PGA Tour’s Biltmore Championship Asheville. There was a post of him about to board. Another showed his plane to the side of a commercial plane nearing take-off. Others showed him in the air, and one showed that his plane touched down in a lake.

All of that, though, preceded another departure. 

His caddie’s. 

On Thursday, Tosti and his looper, Cliff Ellis, started the Biltmore Championship on hole 10 at the Cliffs at Walnut Cove, played the back nine, then things got weird. As first reported by Golfweek’s Adam Schupak and then shown Friday on Golf Channel, Ellis stopped carrying Tosti’s bag — on his ninth hole. 

To that point, Tosti had parred his first eight holes, but, according to Schupak’s report, Tosti and Ellis had had a disagreement on Tuesday during a practice round, and it seemingly spilled over to Thursday. On Golf Channel, the two were seen going back and forth as they approached the 18th green, then Ellis dropped Tosti’s bag in the middle of the fairway, took off his caddie bib and walked away. In a text exchange, Tosti told Schupak that he thought Ellis on Thursday had gone to a restroom on the 18th hole. Schupak also reported that Tosti wrote: “He couldn’t keep up with eight pars in a row,” followed by laughing emojis. 

In his eight years as a pro, Tosti has made a few headlines, including one with a caddie in March — at the Tour’s Valspar Championship, caddies wear personalized bibs, and this year, the bib of Tosti’s caddie read: “Need a wife.” In 2023, Tosti was also forced to withdraw from a Korn Ferry Tour event for what was called “a disciplinary measure.” In 2024, Tosti and Tony Finau were at odds over their playing order at the PGA Tour’s Houston Open. 

On Thursday, Tosti shot a one-over 72 — and Golf Channel said he pulled a fan from the crowd to tote his bag for the back nine. As of this writing on Friday, Tosti was through seven holes in his second round and still at one over, four off the projected cutline. He also had new looper on his bag, Patrick Talledo.

Below is Golf Channel’s footage of what happened:

Week 2 of the college football season was nothing but thrilling. 

Oregon and Oklahoma faced massive upsets, Texas claimed the No. 1 spot in the rankings and Bob Chesney and UCLA are continuing to prove their offseason hype in the regular season. Notably, Mississippi State’s Kamario Taylor defeated its first Big Ten opponent on the road for the first time since 1980. 

But after two weeks, where do some teams sit in terms of their outlook on the rest of the year?

On “The Joel Klatt Show,” FOX Sports’ Joel Klatt broke down teams that fall into three categories: Time to panic, stay calm and get excited. 

Time To Panic

Klatt’s thoughts: “If not for those two defensive scores, that is a route. A route! The film was alarming for Oregon. On both sides of the ball. I think it’s time to panic. It’s not just the result, now they’re dealing with some injury issues… Injuries are always going to happen, there’s no doubt, but you don’t want them to happen when you’re trying to right the ship.

“I was on a deep dive in both last year’s film from Oregon, and this year against Boise State, and what did I find? Oregon has run-pass tells in their offense, and this is a devastating deal… but the film was also alarming on the defensive side.”

Klatt’s thoughts: “Oklahoma doesn’t have an offensive line and they cannot run the football. And in order to move the ball, John Mateer has to be Superman, or they’ve got to create explosive plays. And they couldn’t do either of those things against Michigan last week. Can you really rely on splash explosive plays the entire season? I don’t think you can, it’s ultimately what their Achilles heel was a year ago.”

Klatt’s thoughts: “Washington barely snuck out a win against Utah State, 16-14 last week. The offense has not clicked, and that’s where Jed Fish’s experience and expertise lies. And yeah they’re 2-0, but I’m sitting here looking at their schedule and I’m like, ‘Oh I don’t know about this.’ 

“The offense has been hit by a ton of injuries right now. They lost their top two running backs. They lost wide receiver Christian Moss to a leg injury. Starting wide receiver Rashid Williams, he’s week to week… they’re banged up right now.”

Klatt’s thoughts: “Does ‘panic’ encapsulate Florida State? I don’t think it does. Fired their athletic director on Monday – by the way that was the same guy who gave Mike Norvell his extension, so handwriting is on the wall there. The athletic department finished the 2025 fiscal year with $437 million of debt. Yikes.

Florida State enters Week 3 on the road at Alabama. (Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images)

“The debt thing is a big deal, because if you fire Mike Norvell in the middle of the year you’re going to owe him $50 million… it would be roughly $800,000 a month until 2031… I bring all of that up because this roster is limited, reportedly it’s in the bottom half of the ACC as far as funding goes. They’re 3-14 in their last 17 ACC games. And look at their next four games against Power 4 opponents – this is like panic, panic, panic: at Alabama this weekend in Tuscaloosa; Virginia, which is a good team, they’re ranked; Louisville, which is a very good team, almost beat Ole Miss; and at Miami, who we think is one of the best teams in the country.”

Klatt’s thoughts: “Time to panic. They were 8-0 last year at one point behind Haynes King. Now all of a sudden, they’ve lost six of their last seven. Their only win was a fourth quarter comeback against Boston College. I don’t love that. I don’t love the trajectory that’s going on at Georgia Tech. I just don’t. It’s time to panic there.”

Stay Calm

Klatt’s thoughts: “I think it would be easy to get excited based on the way that Colorado ran the ball against Georgia Tech, the way that they threw the ball last week against, granted, FCS Weber State, but this looks different. This looks a lot more real than any of the versions of Colorado. You see their nine-win team with Travis Hunter, Heisman trophy winner and Shedeur Sanders at quarterback – they largely just had elite, upper-level skill position players, and then got by everywhere else. This looks a lot more fundamentally sound.

“They changed their philosophy over the offseason. They went from trying to go after splash recruiting and roster building to production over potential roster building, and it shows. They’re a lot tougher on the line of scrimmage, their defense can actually play up front, they’re committed to the run – they do it with a tight end and a fullback at times, which I really love that physical aspect of the run game.”

Klatt’s thoughts: “Let’s all relax about Ohio State. Would they have liked to win that game? Obviously. Were they in position to win that game? Yes… Let’s just take a bit of a chill pill, can we? I mean this is a team that was dominating Texas in their building for three quarters, basically. 

Are they going to be ok? Yes, they are going to be ok. Mainly, the one they’ve got to get fixed is the fact that their defense was exposed late to volume. That’s what happened… What killed Ohio State was the fact that their defense was on the field for the entire fourth quarter and part of the third. So what’s the fix? Well. you’ve got to figure out the red zone. They’re going to have to find a run game in the red zone, and find ways to execute better in the red zone.”

Klatt’s thoughts: “Cautiously optimistic about BYU. I think that they are very good, but what we don’t know is can they level up? We’ve seen this before. I know Bear Bachmeier is a grinder and he’s a good player. I know LJ Martin is a good player. I know you’re going to play solid defense. I know all these things – I know you’re going to beat teams that are at your level or below.

“I don’t know what to make of BYU at that level until they play Notre Dame, until they play a Texas Tech.”

Klatt’s thoughts: “I’m going to stay calm. Let’s let Keelon Russell get good at quarterback. I wanted to get excited about them, and not because of Russell and not even because their defense was dominant against Kentucky… this other element showed up in the second half against Kentucky…they stayed committed to the run game…and they ran for over 150 yards. Now that’s a blueprint, a blueprint that allows you to keep the pressure off of your young quarterback. He’s going to continue to get better. 

Keelon Russell led the Crimson Tide to a 45-17 win over Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

“I’m cautiously optimistic about Alabama… I think they’ve got real high potential, a high ceiling if they can run it, bring their quarterback along, and allow him to be explosive both in the pass game and in the run game down the stretch. 

Klatt’s thoughts: “The freshman are really good, I love what they’ve got going out there. At wide receiver, Trent Mosley is a star, Kayden Dixon-Wyatt is very good. Their tight end, Mark Bowman, he’s excellent. Luke Wafle, their defensive end, is one of the better freshmen defensive ends that I’ve seen in a long time – he creates havoc in the backfield. And this is looking like what Lincoln Riley told us about over the course of the offseason.

“But I’m going to be cautious with this one, and the reason is I still want to see it from a defensive perspective against better competition. I still need to see them play well, get after the quarterback and more specifically stop the run in a big matchup-style game.”

Get Excited

Klatt’s thoughts: “I’m excited about UCLA. Now, this doesn’t mean I think they’re going to the playoff. This means that, if I’m a UCLA fan, I am thrilled with how this season has started. You’ve got an experienced quarterback in Nico Iamaleava…Wayne Knight has been tremendous…

(Bob) Chesney knows what he’s doing. He brought that entire staff, he brought all that core of players, this is a team that I think is going to knock somebody off in the Big Ten that we don’t expect them to knock off in the Big Ten. That’s a real team.”

Klatt’s thoughts: “I am absolutely thrilled and excited about Miami. I think they’re better than they were a year ago. Here’s the thing that I’m going to hang my hat on: Darian Mensah looks like an upgrade at quarterback from Carson Beck. He looks dynamic, and that’s scary because they’re still dominating at the offensive line level.

“They’re still dominating at the defensive line. That’s the DNA of their program, they’ve recruited very well… the one thing that gets me the most excited: Malachi Toney. Malachi Toney is an absolute cheat code. He is phenomenal, you can get him the ball anywhere and he can dominate a game.”

Klatt’s thoughts: “Yeah it was sloppy for Texas, but I’m excited about Texas. If I’m a Longhorn fan today, I am fired up. Why? Because the ceiling has now been lifted off of my program. [Coach Steve] Sarkisian said it himself in the postgame presser: ‘Now we know we can.’ That was the most important comment, from any coach, across America on Saturday.

Arch Manning and Texas are the new No. 1 team in the nation after upsetting Ohio State 24-23. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

“What’s more dangerous than a talented team? A talented team that believes. And now Texas believes. It wasn’t pretty. In fact, they’re watching the film thinking to themselves, ‘We should have won that by more.’ … I’m excited about those backs. Woo! Those backs can run, man.” 

Klatt’s thoughts: “You could tell me, ‘No, no, no, Joel, you need to stay calm.’ I’m not going to stay calm, I’m going to get excited about Michigan. And here’s the reason why: they won Kyle Whittingham’s way. His DNA was all over that field. He won the tug of war.

“New coaches have to go in and win the culture of that locker room. And to win the locker room over, you’ve got to be more steadfast than the locker room. And that’s what that win did for them against Oklahoma. They did it with man coverage – that’s Kyle Whittingham. They did it with great pass rush. That’s Kyle Whittingham. And they did it running the quarterback, being rugged on offense. That’s. Kyle. Whittingham.”

Kamario Taylor and Mississippi State defeated Minnesota on the road 38-13. (Photo by Justin Ford/Getty Images)

Klatt’s thoughts: “I am excited about Mississippi State, and I think you should be too. They’re quietly out there. They went up there and hammered Minnesota, and that’s not a bad Minnesota team… That’s a really good win for Jeff Lebby and Mississippi State. I love their quarterback, Kamario Taylor. He’s the new star on the block. This kid can throw it, he’s athletic. He’s big, 6-foot-4, 230 pounds. He’s mobile, he’s got an absolute cannon. This kid executes this system really well. 

“They will beat someone that raises your eyebrows in the SEC this year. I’m excited about Mississippi State this year. I really like them. Defense is playing well. In particular, last week didn’t allow an offensive touchdown against Minnesota.”

Andoni Iraola almost did too well for his own good at Bournemouth. As Liverpool stuttered and stalled towards the end of Arne Slot’s reign, they were nearly caught by the rising force on the south coast. Bournemouth finished the season unbeaten in 18 league games. Had the campaign been a couple of weeks longer, they may have overtaken the team in fifth. And as that side was Liverpool, maybe Iraola would have cost himself the chance to manage in the Champions League.

Instead, they held on, three points ahead of Bournemouth. The Cherries’ first foray abroad for a competitive game came this week in the Europa League, in Iraola’s native Basque country, to beat Real Sociedad. It may have been particularly special for a former Athletic Bilbao captain; but, long before Bournemouth came sixth, Iraola had already informed them he would not renew his contract. They had a successor lined up before Liverpool sacked Slot and anointed him as their next head coach.

Perhaps, had Iraola known he would be staying in the Premier League and would require three points at the Vitality Stadium a month into the next campaign, he may not have been as helpful. Maybe it was entirely in character that he was. One of his last acts at Bournemouth was to hold a meeting with his replacement, briefing Marco Rose. It was part of an amicable transfer of power. It was a rarity in football.

“I think everything was so clean with the club that normally in this process you don’t have the chance to talk to the previous manager,” Iraola said. “Everyone knew in this case the situation, everyone knew that Marco was coming. I stayed in Bournemouth until the kids finished school at the end of June. We had chance to have a proper meeting and we were talking until they stopped us, over two hours.”

Iraola took Rose through the squad he would inherit, one by one. “Yes, we had a lot of good players,” he said. “Private things also that I hope can help him in this process. All the club, all the staff, all the players, it is nice to know. It was good for him and good for me also.” Iraola had questions in return. “I asked him about other teams he has previously had and he is a good manager and a good person,” he said.

That may not have just been polite conversation. Iraola is the Spaniard with pressing principles that is more associated with the German school of thought. Rose has managed both Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig. Liverpool chose Iraola in part to try and return to Jurgen Klopp’s high-paced football. Rose may be a seamless successor to Iraola in Dorset.

“I don’t think they’ve changed too much, definitely not in terms of names,” said Iraola. “You see mostly the same starting 11, very few changes. They lost Marcos Senesi and they’ve signed [Antonio] Silva that is a very similar kind of player. I also have this advantage – I know their strengths, their weaknesses.”

He also has the disadvantage that he took Bournemouth to a new level. Eddie Howe may forever remain Bournemouth’s greatest manager but Iraola took them to the highest finish in their history. He was the first man to take them into Europe.

If there are similarities between his old and new side, it is understandable. One may be unwelcome at Anfield: a drawing habit. Liverpool have drawn three of their four league games under him. Bournemouth have drawn their last three under Rose, to follow 18 last season. Eight of their final 12 matches under Iraola finished all square. Had they won a couple more, and every other result stayed the same, they would have ended up above Liverpool.

Iraola may have shared his knowledge with Rose. He realises he cannot carry on sharing the points with other managers. “It’s something that I knew before coming here,” he said. “When you draw 2-2 at Newcastle with Bournemouth, it is a good result, but I understand that with Liverpool it is not. If you draw a game, you lose two points.”

A question for Iraola, as for every manager who makes the step up to a club of Liverpool’s stature, is whether his methods work at elite level. In his case, it means whether his players will buy into his requests for relentless running, as Bournemouth’s did. “For me the demands on the players and positions are the same,” Iraola said. “I don’t give different instructions to one player because he is more expensive than another player because he has cost us less money.”

At Bournemouth, though, they never cost huge sums, by Premier League standards. His side were the energetic underdogs whose running took them further than most had expected. Now he faces the team he built and improved, with the risk his unselfishness will backfire if his parting advice to Rose proves telling.