Tokyo 2020- Tennis Qualifying
56 men's and women's singles players based on rankings as of June 8 will also qualify
Already Qualified- Women's Singles
Nadia Podoroska, Argentina (twelve career ITF titles)
Caroline Dolehide, United States (if less than four U.S. players qualify from June 8 rankings)
Wang Qiang, China
Mayar Sherif, Egypt (seven career ITF titles; 126 wins and counting at a 71% clip)
Already Qualified- Men's Singles
Joao Menezes, Brazil
Tomas Barrios, Chile (six career ITF titles)
Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan (close to six million U.S. dollars in prize money)
Mohamed Safwat, Egypt (top-ranked in Egypt)
Tokyo 2020- Boxing Qualifying
The Asia tournament was originally scheduled to run February 3rd through the 14th in China, but now both the location AND dates are in the TBD stage
The Africa tournament will run from February 20th through the 29th; The Europe tournament is scheduled for March 13th through the 23rd; the Americas tournament is scheduled for March 26th through April 3rd; and the final qualifying tournament will take place in May
Upcoming Youth Olympics
The next summer installment will be in Dakar, Senegal in 2022- the first IOC event on the African continent.
Some of the events will include Baseball5, 3X3 Basketball, Breakdancing, Futsal (Indoor Soccer), Beach Handball, Field Hockey5s, Karate, Coastal Rowing, Skateboarding, Sport Climbing, Surfing, Beach Wrestling and Wushu
Boxing in April
Men's Bantamweight: 19-0 IBF and WBA beltholder Naoya Inoue will take on WBO titleholder John Riel Casimero in a three-belt unification bout in Las Vegas on Saturday, April 25th
*Inoue has won 16 bouts by KO, while Casimero is a 33-bout veteran (29-4) with 20 KOs
UFC London
12-0 Jack Shore- a former Cage Warriors champion- will meet Geraldo de Freitas at bantamweight on Saturday, March 21st
Horse Racing
Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida will host the Pegasus World Cup tomorrow. Post time is 5:34 pm Eastern and will most likely be on NBC
NBA Standings
If the regular season ended today...
East Quarterfinals
1-Seed Bucks v. 8-Seed Nets
2-Seed Heat v. 7-Seed Magic
3-Seed Raptors v. 6-Seed Sixers
4-Seed Celtics v. 5-Seed Pacers
West Quarterfinals
1-Seed Lakers v. 8-Seed Spurs
2-Seed Jazz v. 7-Seed Thunder
3-Seed Clippers v. 6-Seed Rockets
4-Seed Nuggets v. 5-Seed Mavericks
NBA News
LeBron James needs just 18 more points to move past Kobe Bryant for third on the all-time scoring list. The Lakers have their next game tomorrow at Philadelphia
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