Men's Soccer- 2022 World Cup Qualifying- Asia

Qatar v. Bangladesh on Friday

4-0-1 Qatar leads the group and will most likely win the group if they defeat Bangladesh, which would put them into round three 

0-3-1 Bangladesh is fifth of five and can't win the group 

Eliminated: Chinese Taipei, Indonesia and Sri Lanka 

AFC Champions League

Beijing FC and Vissel Kobe have qualified for the Round of 16 

Fantasy Matchmaking

UFC Women's Bantamweight Division

Holly Holm v. Germaine de Randamie

Aspen Ladd v. Juliana Pena 

What's next for the UFC rankings?

A recent transparency article (from either Bloody Elbow or MMA Mania) revealed that half of the media sources that help rank fighters don't closely follow the UFC. No word yet on where the promotion goes from here, although my idea would be for more transparency by the UFC regarding voting media when it comes to the UFC rankings  

UFC Middleweight Division

Jack Hermansson will meet Marvin Vettori in the main event on Saturday- he will be Hermansson's third scheduled opponent 

Kevin Holland- Hermansson's second scheduled opponent- will meet Ronaldo Souza next weekend at UFC 256 

MLS Playoffs

The Eastern Conference final is set: New England Revolution v. Columbus Crew

Winner -- MLS Cup Final and a step closer to joining Portland and Philadelphia in the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League 

Coppa Italia

Round of 16 in January 

Atalanta v. Cagliari

Lazio v. Parma

Napoli v. Empoli 

Roma v. Spezia

Fiorentina v. Inter Milan 

AC Milan v. Torino 

Sassuolo v. SPAL 

Juventus v. Genoa 

English FA Cup
Second Round Proper -- Third Round Proper (a sampling)

AFC Wimbledon, Blackpool, Bristol Rovers, Cheltenham Town, Crawley Town, Doncaster Rovers, Exeter City, Mansfield Town, Milton Keynes Dons, Morecambe, Newport County, Oldham Athletic, Plymouth Argyle, Portsmouth, Shrewsbury Town, Stevenage and Tranmere Rovers