NBA All-Star Game

East Starters: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Pascal Siakam, Joel Embiid, Kemba Walker and Trae Young

West Starters: LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Kawhi Leonard, Luka Doncic and James Harden 

*Notes: This is LeBron's sixteenth All-Star nod, Harden's eighth and Davis' seventh 

Mixed Martial Arts News

Bryce Meredith, a two-time NCAA D1 wrestling finalist at Wyoming, is targeting a MMA career after potential Olympic competition this summer 

Stephen Thompson, working towards recovery from a hand injury, is targeting a UFC return in April or May 

Urijah Faber has renewed his UFC contract. Twenty-seven of his thirty-five career wins have come via stoppage. Faber is a UFC Hall of Famer with the most fights in UFC bantamweight history (seventeen) and has won four UFC post-fight bonuses   

The sports minister of France has selected a regulation committee for MMA, one potential step towards future UFC cards in the country 

A women's bantamweight bout between Ketlen Vieira and Marion Reneau is potentially on for UFC 250 in May 9th 

A featherweight bout between Jeremy Stephens and Calvin Kattar is potentially being booked for UFC 249 in April instead of UFC 248 in March 

Paige VanZant is out of a March 14th UFC bout v. Amanda Ribas at UFC Brasilia due to injury. She has been replaced by Randa Markos  

English FA Cup: Round of 32 tomorrow

Northampton Town v. Derby County, 3 pm Eastern on ESPN+

Queens Park Rangers v. Sheffield Wednesday, 3 pm Eastern on ESPN+

Soccer: Australian A-League tomorrow

Wellington Phoenix v. Newcastle United Jets, 1:15 am Eastern on ESPN+

Melbourne Victory v. Sydney FC, 3:30 am Eastern on ESPN+

Italian Serie A tomorrow

Brescia v. AC Milan, 2:45 pm Eastern on ESPN+

Soccer: Bangabandhu Cup

Burundi def. Bangladesh 3-0 

Final on Saturday: Palestine v. Burundi 

Soccer: Premier League

Liverpool def. Wolverhampton 2-1 

Soccer: English FA Cup

Tranmere Rovers def. Watford 2-1 in added time 

Tokyo 2020- Current Fields

Men's Soccer in Alphabetical Order 

Egypt, France, Germany, Ivory Coast, Japan, New Zealand, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea and Spain (four teams left to qualify)

Women's Water Polo in Alphabetical Order

Australia, Canada, Japan, Russia, Spain and United States (four teams left to qualify)

Tokyo 2020- Men's Soccer Qualifying

South Korea and Saudi Arabia, as Asia tournament finalists, will advance to Tokyo 2020 along with the winner of the third-place game on Saturday between Australia and Uzbekistan 

Tokyo 2020- Women's Water Polo Qualifying

Russia are the European representatives for Tokyo 2020. It's Russia v. Spain in the Europe final but Spain has already qualified based on their World Championship finish last year 

Tokyo 2020- Men's Water Polo Qualifying

Europe Tournament

Semifinals tomorrow: Montenegro v. Hungary and Spain v. Croatia (Spain is already qualified for Tokyo 2020)

Sunday will see the tournament final, with one Tokyo 2020 spot available 

Tokyo 2020- Men's Team Handball Qualifying

Africa Tournament

Semifinals tomorrow: Egypt v. Algeria and Tunisia v. Angola

The tournament final- with one Olympic spot on the line- is set for Sunday 

Europe Tournament

Semifinals tomorrow: Spain v. Slovenia and Norway v. Croatia 

The tournament final- with one Olympic spot on the line- is set for Sunday