UFC 272 on March 5th

Men's Flyweight: Tim Elliott v. Tagir Ulanbekov 

Canadian Football

After leading Edmonton to a Grey Cup in 2015, Chris Jones is returning for a four-year stint as head coach and GM 

Soccer News

Ferran Torres is joining Barcelona from Manchester City on a reported five-year deal 

ONE Championship: Only the Brave on January 28th

Heavyweight Interim Title Fight: 10-0 Anatoly Malykhin v. 5-0 Kirill Grishenko 

NBA News

Cleveland has signed head coach JB Bickerstaff to a six-year extension through the 2026-27 season 

Eagle FC on March 11th

Kevin Lee v. Diego Sanchez expected at 165lb 

Eagle FC 44 on January 28th

Light Heavyweight: Rashad Evans v. Gabriel Checco

Yorgan de Castro v. Shaun Asher 

Bellator 273 on January 29th

Lightweight Co-Main: Benson Henderson v. Islam Mamedov

Featherweight: Henry Corrales v. Aidan Lee

Welterweight: Sabah Homasi v. Jaleel Willis

Heavyweight: Ben Parrish v. Sullivan Cauley  

Legacy Fighting Alliance 2022

LFA 123: February 4th at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana

LFA 124: February 11th at the Arizona Federal Theater in Phoenix 

LFA 125: February 25th at Seneca Resorts & Casinos in New York  

Bare Knuckle FC

The 2022 return on January 29th will feature a rematch between Elvin Brito and Kaleb Harris to crown the inaugural welterweight champion

Location: Jackson Convention Complex in Jackson, Mississippi and streaming on FITE 

UFC on March 12th

Men's Featherweight: Damon Jackson v. Joshua Culibao

Middleweight: Cody Brundage v. Dalcha Lungiambula

Combat Sports News

MMA

Showtime Fighting Championship will debut on UFC Fight Pass February 11th at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland, Florida

Michel Prazeres, who went 10-4 in the Octagon, has announced his retirement 

UFC on March 19th

Timur Valiev will replace Umar Nurmagomedov against Jack Shore

ONE Championship: Heavy Hitters on January 14th

Strawweight Title Fight Main Event: champion Jing Nan Xiong v. Ayaka Miura

Expected location: Singapore Stadium

Streaming on B/R Live   

UFC on March 26th

Men's Featherweight: Seungwoo Choi v. Tucker Lutz 

Men's Flyweight: Kai Kara-France v. Askar Askarov 

*Expected location: Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio  

Boxing on February 12th

Super Middleweight: Daniel Jacobs v. John Ryder

Bellator on February 19th

Welterweight: Neiman Gracie v. Logan Storley

*Expected location: Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut   

Boxing on March 12th

Nottingham Arena in Nottingham, England

Leigh Wood v. Michael Conlan 

NFL News

RB Le'Veon Bell is signing with Tampa after stints with the Steelers, Jets and Ravens over the previous three years 

UFC on February 19th

Women's Bantamweight: Jessica-Rose Clark v. Stephanie Egger 

Heavyweight: Ilir Latifi v. Alexandr Romanov  

Boxing News

WBO middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade v. mandatory challenger Janibek Alimkhanuly has a purse bid set for January 15th 

Keith Thurman v. Mario Barrios has been moved from January 29th to February 5th 

Also on the card

Featherweight: Leo Santa Cruz v. Keenan Carbajal 

Welterweight: Abel Ramos v. Josesito Lopez

Luis Nery v. 27-0 Carlos Castro 

UFC 272 on March 5th

Women's Flyweight: Maryna Moroz v. Mariya Agapova 

UFC on March 12th

Men's Bantamweight: Marlon Moraes v. Song Yadong

Middleweight: Bruno Silva v. Alex Pereira

Eagle FC 44 on January 28th

9-0 Ramazan Kuramagomedov v. John Howard

Welterweight Boxing

WBC/IBF champ Errol Spence Jr v. WBA champ Yordenis Ugas expected in the first quarter of next year

18-0 Vergil Ortiz Jr v. 21-0 Michael McKinson also expected early next year 

*Ortiz Jr has finished all eighteen bouts     

Eagle Fighting Championship

Eight weight classes: 135, 145, 155, 165, 175, 185, 205 and heavyweight 

No flyweight division for U.S. debut on January 28th

Second U.S. show confirmed for March 11th with both taking place at Miami's FLX Arena (specifically for Eagle FC shows)   

Invicta FC 45 on January 12th

Atomweight Main Event Title Fight: Champion Alesha Zappitella v. Jessica Delboni  

Claire Guthrie v. UFC vet Lauren Mueller

Courtney King v. Ramona Pascual 

Monica Franco v. Hailey Cowan 

Hilarie Rose v. Emily Whitmire

Maria Favela v. a TBD opponent 

UFC on April 9th

Men's Featherweight: Pat Sabatini v. Gavin Tucker

Boxing News

Tokyo women's featherweight boxer Skye Nicholson from Australia has signed a multi-year deal with Matchroom with a pro debut set for March  

UFC next year

Strawweight: Carla Esparza will get the next shot at champion Rose Namajunas 

Light Heavyweight: Johnny Walker v. Jamahal Hill 

Boxing on February 5th

ESPN+ in Fresno, California

Super Lightweight: Jose Ramirez v. Jose Pedraza 

Richard Torrez Jr, the Tokyo gold medalist at super heavyweight, will make his pro debut 

Boxing on December 31st

Super Flyweight: Ryoji Fukunaga will replace Jerwin Ancajas opposite Kazuto Ioka

Combat Sports News

Former UFC strawweight title challenger Claudia Gadelha has officially retired from MMA, joining former UFC featherweight title challenger Felicia Spencer. She's submitted seven opponents over a twenty-three bout career and holds Octagon wins over Angela Hill, Randa Markos, Carla Esparza, Karolina Kowalkiewicz, Cortney Casey, Jessica Aguilar and Tina Lahdemaki in a UFC career that started in 2014. 

*Gadelha and Spencer join Joseph Benavidez, Luke Campbell, Carlos Condit, Bethe Correia, Artem Lobov, Manny Pacquiao, Shawn Porter and Gian Villante in stepping away from the fight game this year   

A-League Men

Western United def. Adelaide United 1-0

Super Middleweight Boxing

David Benavidez v. David Lemieux has been approved for a WBC interim title fight 

Bellator on February 25th

Lightweight Co-Main: Peter Queally v. Kane Mousah 

*Main event will see Gegard Mousasi defend the middleweight belt v. Austin Vanderford 

Boxing on February 5th

Smith-Vargas card

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai v. Carlos Cuadras as one half of a WBA four-man box-off 

Indian Super League

Northeast United def. East Bengal 2-0

Boxing News

Liam Smith v. Jessie Vargas has been rescheduled from January 29th to February 5th  

A-League Women

Western Sydney and Newcastle Jets tied 1-1 

English League Championship

Barnsley and West Bromwich Albion tied 0-0 

Coupe de France

The Round of 64 match between Paris FC and Lyon has been abandoned at 1-1 due to crowd trouble

La Liga

Celta Vigo def. Espanyol 3-1

Serie A

Lazio def. Genoa 3-1

Inter Milan def. Salernitana 5-0 

Bundesliga

Bayern Munich def. Wolfsburg 4-0 with Thomas Muller, Leroy Sane and Robert Lewandowski contributing solo scores

Coppa Italia

Second Round

Lecce def. Spezia 2-0

Sampdoria def. Torino 2-1 

Copa del Rey

Almeria, Cadiz, Mallorca, Osasuna, Real Betis and Valencia among the teams that advance to round three while Getafe and Granada suffered respective 5-0 and 1-0 losses 

Premier League

Chelsea and Everton tied 1-1 with Mason Mount scoring Chelsea's only goal in the seventieth minute

Liverpool def. Newcastle United 3-1 behind goals from Diogo Jota, Mohammed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold

Super Featherweight Boxing

Xavier Martinez will make his Top Rank debut v. Robson Conceicao on January 29th

College Football Recruiting

WR Shazz Preston has picked Alabama 

CB Travis Hunter has picked Jackson State  

UFC News

Derek Brunson v. Jared Cannonier at middleweight has shifted from UFC 270 next month to UFC 271 in February, most likely to serve as the co-main to Adesanya-Gastelum 2 for the middleweight title

Super Middleweight Boxing

Daniel Jacobs and John Ryder are in the negotiation stage for a bout planned for early next year 

MLS News

Charlotte FC will have its first game February 26th at DC United and will have its first home game on March 5th  

Eagle FC

Former UFC lightweight/welterweight Kevin Lee has signed with the promotion and will most likely debut next year in the 165-pound class 

College Football News

Florida State HC Mike Norvell has verbally extended his contract through 2026 

Bellator on February 25th

Target Location: 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland 

Middleweight Title Fight: Gegard Mousasi v. Austin Vanderford 

*This comes after Bader v. Moldavsky for the undisputed heavyweight crown targeted for January 29th 

Boxing on January 7th

ShoBox at Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando

Lightweight: Luis Nunez v. Carlos Arrieta

Lightweight: 16-0 Starling Castillo v. 10-0 Otar Eranosyan

Super Featherweight: 13-0 Edwin De Los Santos v. 13-0 William Foster III   

UFC News

Michel Prazeres is no longer on the roster after winning ten-of-fourteen bouts in the Octagon 

Boxing on Saturday

Paul-Woodley 2 card

Women's Lightweight: Amanda Serrano v. Miriam Gutierrez

*A Serrano win could set up a clash with Katie Taylor, who moved to 20-0 a couple days ago   

Heavyweight: Frank Gore v. Deron Williams in a NFL v. NBA bout

Liam Para v. Yoma Alamo to kick off the Showtime PPV

Women's Soccer

Alex Morgan, with 115 goals in 190 appearances for the USWNT, will join the San Diego Wave for their inaugural NWSL season next year  

Eagle FC

The upcoming Miami card on January 28th, Eagle FC 44, will feature a former UFC champion as Renan Barao will face Horacio Gutierrez. This will be Barao's first fight since 2019

EFC 44 will have a redone main event with Sergei Kharitonov stepping in for Antonio Silva against Tyrone Spong 

Bellator 273 on January 29th

Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona

Showtime broadcast 

Heavyweight Main Event: Champion Ryan Bader v. interim champ Valentin Moldavsky

Darrion Caldwell v. Enrique Barzola (Barzola's promotional debut)

NFL News

Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium is expected to be named the host site of the 2024 Super Bowl 

NHL Contracts

F Robby Fabbri has signed a three-year extension with Detroit. He has eight goals in twenty-eight appearances this season   

Professional Fighters League News

fuboTV will host their Challenger Series, their newest program, as part of a multi-year deal.

The Challengers Series will begin on February 18th and run through April   

RIZIN 33 on New Year's Eve

Roberto Satoshi will defend his lightweight title v. Yusuke Yachi

Bantamweight grand prix semifinals: Kai Asakura v. Kenta Takizawa and Hiromasa Ougikubo v. Naoki Inoue

Bantamweight grand prix final: Asakura-Takizawa winner v. Ougikubo-Inoue winner  

Boxing on January 29th

Keith Thurman will take on Mario Barrios in his first outing since summer 2019 against Manny Pacquiao

Potentially some heavyweight action between Mahmoud Charr and Trevor Bryan in addition to a cruiserweight title fight between Ilunga Makabu and Thabiso Mchunu    

USA Basketball

Lynx HC/GM Cheryl Reeve will be the next women's national team head coach 

World Fighting League Updates

*Plan is to sign 192 athletes next year (starting January 1st) ahead of a February 5th, 2023 start

*Guaranteed contracts for WFL time, free to work with other promoters to offset the one-year delay and insurance to cover training camp injuries

*Three events will be February 5th, 2023 with a fourth February 6th, 2023 

*Florida, Texas and Nevada will host WFL events in 2023 

*In talks with providers like DAZN and Amazon Prime for streaming rights, although nothing official 

*A plan for four conferences- North America, South America, Europe/Africa and Asia/Oceania

*Between eight and twenty-four teams in each conference

*Twenty-four fighters per roster with three per weight class

*Weight classes: women's flyweight, women's bantamweight, featherweight, lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight

*Regular season events will determine team and fighter points that feed into the playoffs

*Fighters will be paid the higher amount of either a traditional purse or just over three percent of the events' earnings

*Owners will share the remaining revenue after a 50-50 split with the fighters on their roster  

*Six owners have so far been approved, with four in the United States and two in Canada 

*League officials will be paid in either US dollars or cryptocurrency  

Boxing tomorrow

Joseph Agbeko has replaced John Riel Casimero against Paul Butler after Casimero didn't make it to the weigh-ins 

NFL News

LB Zach Cunningham is now with the Texans after being claimed off waivers from the Titans 

Golf News

ESPN+ will add four new streaming feeds of the PGA Tour equating to an additional 4300 hours of coverage starting next month 

NHL News

Marc-Andre Fleury is the third goalie to reach 500 wins, joining Martin Brodeur and Patrick Roy 

Boxing on January 15th

Martin Bakole will replace Carlos Takam against Joe Joyce (Joyce-Takam was originally set for tomorrow)

NHL Trades

Maple Leafs -- Blackhawks: F Kurtis Gabriel

Blackhawks -- Maple Leafs: D Chad Krys 

College Football News

Mike MacIntyre will be the new head coach at Florida International 

Boxing on January 22nd

Gary Russell Jr v. mandatory challenger Mark Magsayo 

Subriel Matias v. Petros Ananyan in a rematch

2022 NFL Draft Declarees

Southern Cal WR Drake London  

Boxing News

Super Lightweight: Gervonta Davis has vacated his WBA title and will remain at lightweight 

Welterweight: Yordenis Ugas and Eimantas Stanionis are targeting a springtime bout. This is one-half of a WBA tournament to clear out their sundry titles, with the winner facing Radzhab Butaev at a TBA date 

Boxing News

Holly Holm has been inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. In 38 bouts between 2002 and 2013 she racked up eighteen title defenses across three weight classes

IBF super featherweight champ Kenichi Ogawa has signed with Matchroom

UFC on January 15th

Middleweight: Caio Borralho v. Jamie Pickett 

*Borralho had been scheduled to compete next weekend 

Vancouver Canucks

General Manager: Jim Benning is no longer with the team 

Head Coach: Bruce Boudreau will most likely replace current coach Travis Green  

Heavyweight Boxing

Dillian Whyte has been named the WBC mandatory for Tyson Fury's title 

UFC next weekend

Victor Henry will replace Trevin Jones against Raoni Barcelos 

Eagle Fighting Championship

First U.S. card will be in Miami at the currently-under-construction FLX Arena on January 28th

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans is on the card 

Heavyweight Main Event: Tyrone Spong v. Antonio Silva 

UFC on March 19th

Men's Flyweight: Muhammad Mokaev v. Cody Durden 

MLB Offseason

OF Jackie Bradley Jr is heading back to Boston from the Brewers along with prospects David Hamilton and Alex Binelas. In return, the Brewers are getting fellow outfielder Hunter Renfroe  

Indian Super League

Hyderabad def. Bengaluru 1-0 

English League One

Milton Keynes Dons and Plymouth Argyle tied 1-1

Wigan Athletic def. Shrewsbury Town 2-1 

A-League Men

Melbourne City def. Perth Glory 1-0

AFF Cup- Group Stage

Myanmar def. Timor-Leste 2-0 

Singapore def. Philippines 2-1  

English League Two

Bradford City and Colchester United tied 0-0

Hartlepool United def. Rochdale 2-1

Barrow-Salford City was postponed  

Scottish Premiership

Livingston def. Hibernian 1-0

UFC News

UFC 271 on February 12th will be returning to Houston and a TBD location 

UFC on March 5th

Women's Flyweight: Jessica Eye v. Manon Fiorot

Super Featherweight Boxing

The WBC has announced a mini-tournament to fill the belt that will be vacant when Miguel Berchelt moves up a division, with O'Shaquie Foster v. Muhammadkhuja Yaqubov and Robson Conceicao v. TBA. Oscar Valdez will face the last man standing  

MLB Offseason

Anthony DeSclafani and Alex Wood are heading back to the Giants, with DeSclafani rejoining for three years and Wood for two 

UFC on March 26th

Strawweight: Amanda Ribas v. Michelle Waterson 

NBA News

Wesley Matthews is back with the Bucks after 67 starts with the team in 2019-20 

UFC next weekend

Julia Avila is out of a bantamweight bout v. Raquel Pennington and has been replaced by Macy Chiasson  

College Football News

Lane Kiffin has agreed to a new contract with Ole Miss 

Boxing on December 11th

Lomachenko-Commey card

Jared Anderson v. Oleksandr Teslenko in the co-main

Nico Ali Walsh (2-0 with two stoppages) v. Reyes Sanchez 

Keyshawn Davis pro debut v. Jose Zaragoza 

MLS Playoffs

Portland Timbers def. Real Salt Lake 2-0 in the Western Conference final and move a step closer to the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League  

Premier League

West Ham def. Chelsea 3-2

Newcastle United def. Burnley 1-0 

Southampton and Brighton & Hove Albion tied 1-1

Liverpool def. Wolverhampton 1-0 

Manchester City def. Watford 3-1 

UFC on February 5th

Middleweight Main Event: Jack Hermansson v. Sean Strickland 

Bellator Grand Prix News

The men's bantamweight division will have a grand prix tournament next year. Juan Archuleta, James Gallagher, Leandro Higo, Kyoji Horiguchi, Magomed Magomedov, Patchy Mix, Sergio Pettis and Raufeon Stotts have been announced as the full field with Josh Hill as the alternate

Combat Sports Retirements

Former Invicta featherweight champion and UFC title challenger Felicia Spencer has announced her retirement. She's notable for decision losses to Cris Cyborg in 2019 and Amanda Nunes last year

UFC on December 18th

Gerald Meerschaert and Dustin Stoltzfus will now face each other after their opponents withdrew

Boxing on January 15th

Light Heavyweight: Joe Smith Jr will defend his WBO title v. Callum Johnson

Featherweight: 20-0 Abraham Nova v. Jose Enrique Vivas   

UFC on March 12th

Men's Bantamweight: Kris Moutinho v. Guido Cannetti and Javid Basharat v. Trevin Jones 

Boxing Postponements

Gennadiy Golovkin v. Ryota Murata on December 29th

Kazuto Ioka v. Jerwin Ancajas on December 31st    

MLS News

Nico Estevez is the new head coach of FC Dallas 

College Football Recruiting

RB Raleek Brown has committed to Southern Cal 

UFC on March 26th

Light Heavyweight Main Event: Jan Blachowicz v. Aleksandar Rakic 

Lightweight Boxing

Jorge Linares v. Zaur Abdullaev penciled in for February 22nd 

UFC News

Welterweight Impa Kasanganay has been released 

Kevin Lee, who's fought at both lightweight and welterweight, has been released

Bellator News

Strawweight Keri Melendez has inked a contract extension  

Boxing News

Bantamweight: Jason Moloney v. Nawaphon Sor Rungvisai to determine Nonito Donaire's next challenger 

Minimumweight: Petchmanee CP Freshmart will defend his belt against Wanheng Menayothin 

Super Bantamweight: WBC and WBO have both named Daniel Roman the mandatory challenger for Stephen Fulton  

Copa del Rey

Alaves, Granada, Huesca, Valladolid and Villareal are among the teams that progress to the second round

Serie A

Atalanta def. Venezia 4-0

Fiorentina def. Sampdoria 3-1  

Boxing on December 17th

WBA Junior Middleweight Eliminator: Israil Madrimov v. Michel Soro

Junior Welterweight: Shakhram Giyasov v. Cristian Rafael Coria

Junior Flyweight: Hasanboy Dusmatov v. Jose Rivas 

Soccer News

Club World Cup set for February 3rd through the 12th in UAE

Semifinal Byes: Chelsea (defending Champions League winners) and Palmeiras (defending Copa Libertadores winners)

Also in: Al-Ahly, Al-Hilal, Al-Jazira, Auckland City and Monterrey

*Chelsea will need to postpone Premier League games on the 8th and 12th  

MLB Trades

Pirates -- Marlins: C Jacob Stallings

Marlins -- Pirates: RHP Zach Thompson and prospects Kyle Nicolas (P) and Connor Scott (OF) 

Boxing on Thursday

TrillerVerz Main Event

Heavyweight: Michael Hunter v. Jerry Forrest  

College Football News

Mark Stoops has agreed to a seven-year extension with Kentucky

Brian Kelly will leave Notre Dame to replace Ed Orgeron as the LSU head coach 

UFC on December 18th

Dustin Stoltzfus will replace Anthony Hernandez against Caio Borralho

Bellator 272 on Friday

Jared Scoggins v. Josh Hill has been moved to the main card after the removal of Jay Jay Wilson v. Alfie Davis  

UFC on February 26th

Lightweight: Arman Tsarukyan v. Joel Alvarez

*This joins the Dariush-Makhachev main event at lightweight

Boxing News

Amir Khan v. Kell Brook is set for February 19th in Manchester

MLB Offseason

C Yan Gomes has signed with the Cubs for two years 

RHP Sandy Alcantara has signed a five-year extension with the Marlins

C Roberto Perez has signed with Pittsburgh for one year 

Reliever Kirby Yates has signed with Atlanta for two years 

RHP Michael Lorenzen has signed a one-year deal with the Angels

LHP Brooks Raley has signed a two-year deal with Tampa Bay 

RHP Kevin Gausman has signed a five-year deal with Toronto

College Football Recruiting

WR Evan Stewart has committed to Texas A&M  

Beijing '22 Winter Olympics

*Action starts February 3rd

Men's Ice Hockey: Complete Field

Group A: Canada, China, Germany and United States

Group B: Czech Republic, Denmark, ROC and Switzerland

Group C: Finland, Latvia, Slovakia and Sweden

Women's Ice Hockey: Complete Field

Group A: Canada, Finland, ROC, Switzerland and United States

Group B: China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Japan and Sweden 

2022 CONCACAF Champions League

Qualified Teams: Cavaly, CF Montreal, Colorado Rapids, Comunicaciones, Cruz Azul, Forge FC, Guastatoya, Leon, Motagua, New England Revolution, Santos Laguna, Santos de Guapiles, Saprissa, Seattle Sounders and UNAM

*The final spot will be the MLS Cup champion

Eastern Conference final: New England/NYCFC winner v. Philadelphia Union

Western Conference final: Portland Timbers v. Real Salt Lake 

The Round of 16 draw will be December 15th

Boxing News

The Jermell Charlo-Brian Castano rematch looks to be set for February 26th in Houston 

Liam Williams v. Chris Eubank Jr has been moved from December 11th to January 29th and will land in Cardiff, Wales

Cruiserweight Boxing

A rematch between WBC champ Ilunga Junior Makabu and mandatory challenger Thabiso Mchunu is targeted for January 29th 

MLB Offseason

RHP Corey Kluber has signed with Tampa for one year 

Closer Hector Neris has signed with Houston for two years 

UFC on February 26th

Lightweight Main Event: Beneil Dariush v. Islam Makhachev 

MLB Trades

Padres -- Mariners: 2B/OF Adam Frazier

Mariners -- Padres: LHP Ray Kerr and OF Corey Rosier 

Indian Super League

Bengaluru and Kerala Blasters tied 1-1 

English League One

Ipswich Town def. Crewe Alexandra 2-1 

A-League Men

Melbourne Victory def. Brisbane Roar 3-0

Western Sydney and Newcastle Jets tied 2-2 

Scottish Premiership

Rangers def. Livingston 3-1

Celtic def. Aberdeen 2-1 

Eredivisie

Ajax-Amsterdam def. Sparta Rotterdam 1-0

Twente and Feyenoord tied 0-0

Utrecht and Heracles tied 1-1

English League Championship

Sheffield United def Bristol City 2-0 

Ligue 1

Paris Saint-Germain def. Saint-Etienne 3-1

Monaco and Strasbourg tied 1-1 

Brest def. Bordeaux 2-1

Rennes def. Lorient 2-0

Reims def. Clermont 1-0 

Lyon def. Montpellier 1-0 

Serie A

Udinese and Genoa tied 0-0

Sassuolo def. AC Milan 3-1

Bologna def. Spezia 1-0 

Bundesliga

Eintracht Frankfurt def. Union Berlin 2-1 

Bayer Leverkusen def. RB Leipzig 3-1

La Liga

Real Betis def. Levante 3-1

Espanyol def. Real Sociedad 1-0 

Premier League

Brentford def. Everton 1-0

Leicester City def. Watford 4-2 behind two goals from Jamie Vardy

Manchester City def. West Ham 2-1

Chelsea and Manchester United tied 1-1 with Jadon Sancho scoring the lone goal for Man U

Burnley-Tottenham has been postponed

Super Welterweight Boxing

Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano are expected to have their rematch in February 

La Liga

Celta Vigo def. Alaves 2-1

Valencia and Rayo Vallecano tied 1-1

Super Flyweight Boxing

A unification bout between WBO champ Kazuto Ioka and IBF champ Jerwin Ancajas is expected for a New Year's Eve card in Japan  

Premier League

Arsenal def. Newcastle United 2-0

Aston Villa def. Crystal Palace 2-1

Liverpool def. Southampton 4-0 with two goals from Diogo Jota and a solo strike from Virgil van Dijk 

Norwich City and Wolverhampton tied 0-0 

NFL News

RB Phillip Lindsay has been claimed by the Dolphins after being released by the Texans 

UFC on March 5th

Men's Featherweight: Edson Barboza v. Bryce Mitchell 

Cage Warriors 131 on December 10th

Lightweight: George Hardwick v. Mehdi Ben Lakhdar 

Bantamweight: Liam Gittins v. Kingsley Crawford

Featherweight: PK Zadeh v. Ben Rees 

UFC on March 19th

Men's Bantamweight: Jack Shore v. Umar Nurmagomedov 

College Football Head Coaching Extensions

James Franklin, Penn State: Ten years 

Hugh Freeze, Liberty: Seven years

Jonathan Smith, Oregon State: Six years 

Mel Tucker, Michigan State: Ten years

Cage Warriors 132 on December 11th

Featherweight: Tobias Harris v. Jair Junior and Paull McBain v. Konmon Deh

140 Catchweight: Aidan Stephen v. Edward Walls

Bantamweight: Aidan James v. Tanio Pagliariccio 

College Football Recruiting

CB Jaheim Singletary has committed to Georgia    

UFC next weekend

Light Heavyweight: Alonzo Menifield v. William Knight 

Middleweight: Chris Curtis will replace Roman Dolidze opposite Brendan Allen

Welterweight: Alex Morono v. Mickey Gall; Matt Brown is out of his bout against Bryan Barberena

Strawweight: Mallory Martin v. Cheyanne Vlismas   

Boxing on December 11th

Light Heavyweight: Dmitry Bivol will defend his WBA title v. Umar Salamov 

Super Bantamweight: Hiroaki Teshigawara v. Marlon Tapales in an IBF eliminator  

UFC on February 5th

Welterweight: Shavkat Rakhmonov v. Carlston Harris 

MLB Offseason

Reliever Kendall Graveman has signed with the White Sox for three years 

LHP Jose Quintana has signed with Pittsburgh for one year 

C Pedro Severino has signed with Milwaukee for one year 

LHP Aaron Loup has signed with the Angels for two years 

Boxing on December 29th

Flyweight: Junto Nakatani will defend his WBO title v. Cristian Gonzalez

Lightweight: Masayuki Ito v. Shuichiro Yoshino for the OPBF title 

NCAA D1 Women's Volleyball Tournament

Sun Belt: South Alabama earns the automatic bid with a 3-0 win over Texas State

NCAA Men's Soccer

D1 Tournament

Georgetown def. Georgia State 2-0

Duke def. UCLA 2-1

Providence def. Marshall 2-1

West Virginia def. Virginia Tech on penalties

Indiana def. Bowling Green 2-0

New Hampshire def. North Carolina 4-1 

Saint Louis def. Long Island 5-1

Pittsburgh def. Northern Illinois 5-2

Notre Dame def. Villanova 3-0

Hofstra def. Penn State 8-2

Wake Forest def. Florida International 3-2

Clemson def. Denver 1-0 in added extra time

Kentucky def. Santa Clara 2-0

Tulsa def. Creighton 1-0

Washington def. Portland 3-1

Oregon State def. Saint John's 2-0 

A-League Men

Central Coast Mariners def. Newcastle Jets 2-1

MacArthur FC and Wellington Phoenix tied 1-1 

Scottish League Cup

Hibernian def. Rangers 3-1

Mexican Liga BBVA MX

UNAM def. Toluca 2-1

Monterrey def. Cruz Azul 4-1

FA Women's Super League

Arsenal def. Manchester United 2-0

Chelsea def. Birmingham City 5-0 behind three goals from Sam Kerr

Everton def. Leicester City 1-0

Reading def. Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0

West Ham def. Tottenham 1-0  

English League Championship

Derby County def. Bournemouth 3-2

Eredivisie

Groningen def. Go Ahead Eagles 1-0

Feyenoord def. PEC Zwolle 4-0 

Heerenveen def. Willem II 2-1

Ajax-Amsterdam def. RKC Waalwijk 5-0 

Cambuur def. Utrecht 2-1 

Ligue 1

Brest def. Racing Club de Lens 4-0

Angers def. Lorient 1-0

Metz and Bordeaux tied 3-3 

Strasbourg and Reims tied 1-1

Saint-Etienne def. Troyes 1-0

Nice def. Clermont 2-1

Lyon-Marseille was abandoned 

Bundesliga

Eintracht Frankfurt def. Freiburg 2-0

Mainz and Cologne tied 1-1

Serie A

Sassuolo and Cagliari tied 2-2

Venezia def. Bologna 1-0 

Sampdoria def. Salernitana 2-0 

Inter Milan def. Napoli 3-2

Roma def. Genoa 2-0  

La Liga

Getafe def. Cadiz 4-0

Real Madrid def. Granada 4-1  despite Luis Suarez scoring in the thirty-fourth minute 

Real Betis def. Elche 3-0 

Real Sociedad and Valencia tied 0-0 

MLS Playoffs

Eastern Conference: NYCFC def. Atlanta United 2-0 and will meet the New England Revolution in the conference semis

Western Conference: Portland Timbers def. Minnesota United 3-1 and will take on the Colorado Rapids in the conference semis 

Premier League

Manchester City def. Everton 3-0 with Raheem Sterling marking his 300th PL appearance with the first goal

Tottenham def. Leeds United 2-1

2021 Sports Retirements

Joseph Benavidez: Two-time UFC flyweight title challenger and tied for most wins in UFC divisional history with Demetrious Johnson  

Luke Campbell: Sixteen of twenty bouts won by KO; all four losses in title fights; two-time lightweight title challenger; 2012 Olympic gold medalist at bantamweight 

Carlos Condit: Former UFC interim welterweight champion with five Fight of the Night bonus awards, including his 2016 classic v. Robbie Lawler 

Bethe Correia: Twelve bouts in the Octagon; challenged Ronda Rousey for the UFC bantamweight title at UFC 190  

Paul Felder: Competed fifteen times in the Octagon with nine wins and won six post-fight bonuses  

Pau Gasol 

Carli Lloyd: Three-time Olympian in soccer; highest-scoring USWNT midfielder; most USWNT Olympics goals with 10; 316 appearances with 134 goals in total for USWNT  

Artem Lobov: Competed seven times in the Octagon, including for the Ultimate Fighter 22 lightweight title; won twice under the BKFC banner 

Manny Pacquiao 

Shawn Porter 

Luke Sanders: Competed eight times in the Octagon and logged two Performance of the Night bonuses

Ronaldo Souza: Sixteen bouts under the UFC banner with seven post-fight bonuses  

Gian Villante

Joe West 

*Italics = newly announced

2022 Sports Retirements

Roxanne Modaferri (after UFC 271 bout v. Casey O'Neill)   

*Modaferri has competed ten times inside the Octagon, including for the inaugural women's flyweight title

NFL News

CB Avonte Maddox has signed a three-year extension with Philadelphia 

Boxing on December 4th

Haney-Diaz Jr card 

Women's Welterweight Title Fight: Jessica McCaskill v. Victoria Noelia Bustos

Heavyweight: Filip Hrgovic v. Scott Alexander

Montana Love v. Carlos Diaz    

UFC on February 5th

Middleweight: Punahele Soriano v. Nick Maximov 

Boxing on December 2nd

Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC

Cassius Chaney v. George Arias

Michael Hunter v. Mark De Mori 

Trey Lippe Morrison v. Mike Balogun

Andrey Fedosov v. Junior Wright

WBC Women's Heavyweight Title Fight: champ Hanna Gabriels v. Danielle Perkins 

Scottish League Cup

Celtic def. Saint Johnstone 1-0 

A-League Men

Western Sydney and Sydney FC tied 0-0

Melbourne Victory def. Western United 1-0

Perth Glory and Adelaide United tied 1-1 

USL Championship

Tampa Bay Rowdies def. Louisville City 3-2 in added extra time

Scottish Premiership

Dundee United def. Aberdeen 1-0

Motherwell def. Heart of Midlothian 2-0

Saint Mirren and Livingstone tied 1-1  

Mexican Liga BBVA MX

Santos Laguna def. Atletico San Luis 2-0

USL League One

Union Omaha def. Greenville Triumph 3-0  

English League Championship

Sheffield United and Coventry City tied 0-0

Bristol City and Blackburn Rovers tied 1-1

Fulham def. Barnsley 4-1

Huddersfield Town def. West Bromwich Albion 1-0

Hull City def. Birmingham City 2-0 

Middlesbrough and Millwall tied 1-1

Cardiff City def. Preston North End 2-1

Reading and Nottingham Forest tied 1-1

Stoke City def. Peterborough United 2-0 

Swansea City and Blackpool tied 1-1

FA Women's Super League

Manchester City def. Aston Villa 5-0

Eredivisie

PSV Eindhoven def. Vitesse 2-0

Twente def. Sparta Rotterdam 1-0

AZ Alkmaar and Nijmegen tied 1-1

Heracles def. Fortuna Sittard 3-1  

Ligue 1

Paris Saint-Germain def. Nantes 3-1

Rennes def. Montpellier 2-0

NWSL

Washington Spirit def. Chicago Red Stars 2-1 in added extra time  

Bundesliga

Bielefeld and Wolfsburg tied 2-2

Bayer Leverkusen def. Bochum 1-0

Borussia Dortmund def. Stuttgart 2-1

Borussia Monchengladbach def. Greuther Furth 4-0

Hoffenheim def. RB Leipzig 2-0

Union Berlin def. Hertha Berlin 2-0

Serie A

Atalanta def. Spezia 5-2

Juventus def. Lazio 2-0

Fiorentina def. AC Milan 4-3   

La Liga

Celta Vigo and Villareal tied 1-1

Sevilla and Alaves tied 2-2

Atletico Madrid def. Osasuna 1-0

Barcelona def. Espanyol 1-0 

MLS Playoffs

Eastern Conference: Philadelphia Union def. New York Red Bull 1-0

Western Conference: Sporting Kansas City def. Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 

Premier League

Chelsea def. Crystal Palace 3-0

Aston Villa def. Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0

Burnley and Crystal Palace tied 3-3

Newcastle United and Brentford tied 3-3

Norwich City def. Southampton 2-1

Watford def. Manchester United 4-1

Wolverhampton def. West Ham 1-0

Liverpool def. Arsenal 4-0 

NCAA Men's Soccer- D1 Tournament

Saint John's def. Princeton 1-0

Long Island def. Maryland 1-0

Creighton def. Missouri State 1-0

North Carolina def. Loyola-Maryland on penalties

Villanova def. Vermont 1-0

Virginia Tech def. Campbell 2-1

Wake Forest def. Mercer 2-1 

Bowling Green def. Louisville 1-0 

Santa Clara def. Akron 2-1

Georgia State def. Charlotte 1-0

Hofstra def. Lipscomb 4-2

Northern Illinois def. Oakland 2-1

Providence def. Marist College 2-0

Denver def. Grand Canyon 1-0 

Portland def. Seattle 3-2 

Boxing on January 15th

Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York 

Light Heavyweight: Joe Smith Jr will defend his WBO title v. Callum Johnson 

UFC on December 4th

Middleweight: Roman Dolidze will replace Brad Tavares against Brendan Allen

Boxing on January 1st

Fox Sports PPV

IBF Eliminator: previously announced Luis Ortiz v. Charles Martin

Frank Sanchez v. Carlos Negron 

Jonnie Rice v. Michael Coffie 

Gerald Washington v. Ali Eren Demirezen   

8-0 Viktor Faust v. Iago Kiladze 

Winter Olympics

3-on-3 hockey is being explored for future Olympics but will most likely not take place in Beijing 

UFC News

6-0 Brave CF prospect Muhammad Mokaev has signed with the promotion 

Flyweight Liana Jojua has been released, the third on the women's side in the past week or so after Livinha Souza and Randa Markos

NHL News

The Maple Leafs have acquired F Kyle Clifford from the Blues. Clifford will report to Toronto's AHL affiliate, the Toronto Marlies  

MLB Offseason

1B Brandon Belt has accepted San Francisco's qualifying offer and will remain with the Giants for at least one more year 

Justin Verlander has re-signed with Houston for one year  

Boxing News

Lightweight: Michel Rivera v. Jorge Linares in a WBA final eliminator 

Keyshawn Davis and Richard Torrez Jr have both signed with Top Rank 

Welterweight: Vergil Ortiz Jr v. David Avanesyan in a WBC final eliminator

World Cup '22

Which teams have been eliminated?

Afghanistan, Albania, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chinese Taipei, Comoros, Congo, Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Gibraltar, Greece, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Northern Ireland, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, US Virgin Islands, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

World Cup '22

Currently Qualified Teams

1. Argentina

2. Belgium 

3. Brazil

4. Croatia 

5. Denmark 

6. England 

7. France 

8. Germany

9. Netherlands 

10. Serbia 

11. Spain

12. Switzerland  

Beijing '22 Winter Olympics

Women's Ice Hockey

Final qualifier winners Czech Republic, Denmark and Sweden join China and Japan in Group B 

UFC on December 4th

Light Heavyweight: 10-0 Azamat Murzakanov v. Phillipe Lins 

Strawweight: Cheyanne Buys will replace Montserrat Ruiz against Mallory Martin 

Welterweight: Alex Morono v. Mickey Gall

Middleweight: Maki Pitolo v. Dusko Todorovic

Combat Sports Retirements

Paul Redmond, who won fifteen bouts across multiple promotions including Bellator, Cage Warriors and UFC, joins Joseph Benavidez, Luke Campbell, Carlos Condit, Artem Lobov, Manny Pacquiao, Luke Sanders and Gian Villante  

UFC 269 on December 11th

Main Event: Charles Oliveira v. Dustin Poirier for the lightweight title

Co-Main: Amanda Nunes v. Juliana Pena for the women's bantamweight title 

Heavyweight: Tai Tuivasa v. Augusto Sakai 

Middleweight: Andre Muniz v. Eryk Anders

Boxing on January 15th

Heavyweight: 11-0 Tony Yoka v. Carlos Takam 

UFC Releases

Teemu Packalen, Andrew Sanchez, Laureano Staropoli and Khama Worthy join Randa Markos and Livinha Souza  

UFC Fight Night on January 15th

Women's Flyweight: Silvana Gomez Juarez v. Vanessa Demopoulos 

Boxing News

Joshua Buatsi is out of a December 18th bout v. Maxim Vlasov due to a hand injury; Lee McGregor will make a defense of his European title v. Narek Abgaryan on that date  

Undisputed super middleweight champ Canelo Alvarez will challenge WBC cruiserweight champion Ilunga Makabu in May 

Light Flyweight: Masamichi Yabuki v. Kenshiro Teraji rematch in the spring 

UFC 271 on February 12th

Light Heavyweight: Ed Herman v. Maxim Grishin  

Cage Warriors 131 on December 10th

Middleweight: Matthew Bonner v. Djati Melan and John-Martin Fraser v. Christian Duncan

Featherweight: Jean N'Doye v. Tom Mearns and Nik Bagley v. Scott Pederson

UFC on March 26th

Women's Bantamweight: Sarah McMann v. Karol Rosa   

Boxing on January 1st

Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida

Heavyweight: Luis Ortiz v. Charles Martin

Cage Warriors 132 on December 11th

Flyweight: Sam Creasey v. Luke Shanks II, Scott Malone v. Conor Hignett, Aaron Aby v. Samir Faiddine and Adam Amarasinghe v. Michele Martignoni 

Welterweight: Jamie Richardson v. Leonardo Damiani   

Middleweight: Justin Moore v. Mick Stantos 

Boxing on December 29th

Golovkin-Murata middleweight title unification will air on Amazon Prime in Japan and DAZN everywhere except Japan and Kazakhstan

UFC on February 19th

Men's Bantamweight: Mario Bautista v. Khalid Taha 

Lightweight: Nasrat Haqparast v. John Makdessi 

Boxing on Friday

Jose Velasquez (21-fight win streak) will replace Ronny Rios opposite Murodjon Akhmadaliev

UFC on March 12th

Light Heavyweight Main Event: Magomed Ankalaev v. Thiago Santos  

Boxing on December 11th

19-0 Katie Taylor v. mandatory challenger Firuza Sharipova

Karim Guerfi defending his European featherweight title against Jordan Gill 

MLB Offseason

C Manny Pina has signed a two-year deal with Atlanta 

LHP Eduardo Rodriguez has signed a five-year deal with Detroit  

Boxing on Christmas

PBC on Fox 

Welterweight: Vito Mielnicki Jr v. Nicholas DeLomba

Middleweight: Joey Spencer v. Limberth Ponce 

Africa World Cup Qualifying

Second Round -- Third Round

DR Congo

Egypt

Ghana

Mali 

Morocco

Senegal 

Asia World Cup Qualifying

Third Round

UAE def. Lebanon 1-0

Saudi Arabia def. Vietnam 1-0

China and Australia tied 1-1 (Wu Lei scored his twelfth goal of the tournament for China) 

South Korea def. Iraq 3-0 

Africa World Cup Qualifying

Second Round

Egypt def. Gabon 2-1

Libya and Angola tied 1-1

Mozambique def. Malawi 1-0 

Asia World Cup Qualifying- Third Round

Australia and Saudi Arabia tied 0-0

South Korea def. UAE 1-0 

Iran def. Lebanon 2-1

Japan def. Vietnam 1-0

China and Oman tied 1-1 (Wu Lei scored his eleventh goal of the tournament for China, extending his second-place mark)

Iraq and Syria tied 1-1   

Africa World Cup Qualifying- Second Round 

Ethiopia and Ghana tied 1-1

DR Congo def. Tanzania 3-0 

Uganda and Kenya tied 1-1 

Benin def. Madagascar 2-0

Congo and Namibia tied 1-1

Mali def. Rwanda 3-0 to win the group and advance to round three

South Africa def. Zimbabwe 1-0

Togo and Senegal tied 1-1  

CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifying

Ecuador def. Venezuela 1-0

Chile def. Paraguay 1-0

Brazil def. Colombia 1-0 to qualify for Qatar '22

Peru def. Bolivia 3-0  

Europe World Cup Qualifying- First Round

North Macedonia def. Armenia 5-0

Luxembourg def. Azerbaijan 3-1

Georgia def. Sweden 2-0

Russia def. Cyprus 6-0 

Germany def. Liechtenstein 9-0 with two goals each from Leroy Sane and Thomas Muller

Croatia def. Malta 7-1

Ireland and Portugal tied 0-0

Slovakia and Slovenia tied 2-2  

UFC 271 on February 12th

Welterweight: Mike Diamond v. Orion Cosce

UFC on December 18th

Trevin Jones has withdrawn from a bantamweight bout v. Raoni Barcelos 

Boxing on December 18th

Lewis Ritson v. Christian Uruzquieta 

Ricky Burns v. Emiliano Dominguez

Thomas Patrick Ward v. Leonardo Padilla 

WBA eliminator: Gilberto Ramirez v. Yunieski Gonzalez

Seneisa Estrada defending the WBA light flyweight title v. Maria Santizo

Lamont Roach Jr v. Rene Alvarado

Marlen Esparza will defend her WBC flyweight title v. Anabel Ortiz

Action on Fox will see David Morrel Jr defend his WBA belt at super middleweight v. Alantez Fox

The Fox card will also see Jose Valenzuela v. Austin Dulay

UFC News

Livinha Souza has been released   

Boxing on December 11th

Chris Eubank Jr v. Liam Williams on Sky Sports

Claressa Shields will defend her WBC, WBA and IBF middleweight titles v. Ema Kozin 

NFL News

WR Odell Beckham Jr has signed with the Rams after being released from Cleveland         

Boxing on December 5th

Davis-Cruz card 

Sebastien Fundora v. Sergio Garcia

Sergiy Derevyanchenko v. Carlos Adames

Eduardo Ramirez v. Miguel Marriaga  

UFC this weekend

Kyle Daukaus v. Roman Dolidze at middleweight has been scrapped

Boxing News

Jose Zepeda is the WBC junior welterweight mandatory challenger for the Josh Taylor-Jack Catterall winner 

UFC 269 on December 11th

Dricus Du Plessis is out of a planned bout v. Andre Muniz 

Jorge Masvidal is out of a planned bout v. Leon Edwards due to injury

ONE Championship on December 3rd

Winter Warriors card

Atomweight Grand Prix final: Stamp Fairtex v. Ritu Phogat 

Marcus Almeida v. Kang Ji Won 

Lightweight Kickboxing Title Fight: champion Regian Eersel v. Islam Murtazaev

Timofey Nastyukhin v. Saygid Guseyn 

Hu Yong v. Yuya Wakamatsu 

Kickboxing: Qiu Jianliang v. Hiroki Akimoto   

Boxing on December 11th

Sunny Edwards will defend his IBF flyweight title v. Jayson Mama

John Riel Casimero will defend his WBO bantamweight title v. Paul Butler 

UFC on February 19th

Middleweight: Kyle Daukaus v. Julian Marquez 

UFC on December 18th

Welterweight: Stephen Thompson v. Belal Muhammad 

Lightweight: Carlos Diego Ferreira v. Mateusz Gamrot 

Strawweight: Angela Hill will replace Nina Nunes against Amanda Lemos 

UFC News

Strawweight Randa Markos is off the roster following the completion of her contract  

Kay Hansen v. Jasmine Jasudavicius at flyweight has been moved from a Fight Night on January 15th to UFC 270 at Honda Center on January 22nd 

UFC next weekend

Lupita Godinez will replace Cheyanne Buys opposite Loma Lookboonmee  

UFC 271 on February 12th

Middleweight Title Fight: Israel Adesanya v. Robert Whittaker 2

Men's Bantamweight: Ronnie Lawrence v. Mana Martinez  

Light Heavyweight: Carlos Ulberg v. Fabio Cherant  

Africa World Cup Qualifying

Second Round

Who's still in it?

Group A is between Algeria and Burkina Faso

Group B is between Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea and Zambia

Group C is between Nigeria, Cape Verde and Central African Republic

Group D is between Ivory Coast and Cameroon

Group E is between Mali and Uganda

Group F is between Egypt, Libya and Gabon

Group G is between South Africa and Ghana

Group H (Senegal) and Group I (Morocco) have already been wrapped up

Group J is a four-horse tussle between Tanzania, Benin, DR Congo and Madagascar      

World Cup 2022 Qualifying on Friday

Africa- Second Round

Burkina Faso v. Niger

Djibouti v. Algeria

Gabon v. Libya

Guinea v. Guinea-Bissau

Angola v. Egypt

Sudan v. Morocco  

South America

Uruguay v. Argentina

Europe- First Round

Moldova v. Scotland

Andorra v. Poland

Austria v. Israel

Denmark v. Faroe Islands

England v. Albania

Hungary v. San Marino

Italy v. Switzerland

Northern Ireland v. Lithuania 

CONCACAF

Honduras v. Panama

El Salvador v. Jamaica

Canada v. Costa Rica

United States v. Mexico 

World Cup 2022 Qualifying on Thursday

Africa- Second Round

Ethiopia v. Ghana

Tanzania v. DR Congo

Uganda v. Kenya

Benin v. Madagascar

Congo v. Namibia

Rwanda v. Mali 

South Africa v. Zimbabwe

Togo v. Senegal   

Asia- Third Round

Australia v. Saudi Arabia

South Korea v. United Arab Emirates

Lebanon v. Iran

Vietnam v. Japan

China v. Oman

Iraq v. Syria 

South America

Ecuador v. Venezuela

Paraguay v. Chile

Brazil v. Colombia

Peru v. Bolivia 

Europe- First Round

Armenia v. North Macedonia

Azerbaijan v. Luxembourg

Georgia v. Sweden

Russia v. Cyprus

Germany v. Liechtenstein

Greece v. Spain

Malta v. Croatia

Ireland v. Portugal

Romania v. Iceland

Slovakia v. Slovenia

Boxing on December 18th

Women's Lightweight: Amanda Serrano v. Miriam Gutierrez

English FA Cup

First Round

Salford City def. Dagenham & Redbridge 1-0  

UFC 269 on December 11th

Women's Flyweight: Erin Blanchfield v. Miranda Maverick after Maycee Barber withdrew 

*This is the third scheduled bout in this slot after Barber v. De La Rosa and Barber v. Blanchfield 

Boxing News

Previously announced to be returning to action December 11th, Connor Benn will face Chris Algieri 

Liam Smith v. Jessie Vargas is in the works for February 

Matchroom Boxing has won the rights to Leigh Wood v. Michael Conlan

UFC on January 15th

Welterweight: Michel Pereira v. Muslim Salikhov  

Global Soccer Roundup 

Austrian Bundesliga: LASK Linz picked up three points, while Rapid Vienna fell 4-1

Danish Superliga: Midtjylland lost 3-0 

Greek Super League: Olympiakos and PAOK Athens both won 

Serie B: Lecce def. Parma 4-0 in a matchup of former Serie A teams while Crotone tripped in their bid to return to the top flight courtesy of a 1-1 tie 

Swiss Super League: FC Basel lost by a 1-0 score 

Turkish Super Lig: Galatasaray left two points on the table with a 1-1 tie   

Mexican Liga BBVA MX

UNAM def. Cruz Azul 4-3

Santos Laguna and Atletico San Luis tied 0-0

Scottish Premiership

Celtic def. Dundee 4-2

Rangers def. Ross County 4-2  

La Liga

Villareal def. Getafe 1-0

Valencia and Atletico Madrid tied 3-3 with Atletico receiving solo goals from Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann

Mallorca and Elche tied 2-2

Real Sociedad def. Osasuna 2-0

Sevilla def. Real Betis 2-0

Eredivisie

Groningen and RKC Waalwijk tied 1-1

PSV Eindhoven def. Fortuna Sittard 4-1

Feyenoord def. AZ Alkmaar 1-0

Vitesse def. Utrecht 2-1 

Ajax-Amsterdam and Go Ahead Eagles tied 0-0 

Women's Super League

Tottenham and Manchester United tied 1-1

Reading def. Birmingham City 3-0

Manchester City def. Leicester City 4-1

Arsenal def. West Ham 4-0 

English FA Cup

Second Round -- Third Round

Shrewsbury Town

St. Albans Town 

Ligue 1

Marseille and Metz tied 0-0

Brest def. Lorient 2-1

Nantes and Strasbourg tied 2-2

Saint-Etienne def. Clermont 3-2

Reims and Monaco tied 0-0

Montpellier def. Nice 1-0

Rennes def. Lyon 4-1

NWSL

Chicago Red Stars def. Gotham NJ/NY 1-0

Washington Spirit def. North Carolina Courage 1-0 

Bundesliga

Hertha Berlin and Bayer Leverkusen tied 1-1

Cologne and Union Berlin tied 2-2

Eintracht Frankfurt def. Greuther Furth 2-1

Serie A

Venezia def. Roma 3-2

Bologna def. Sampdoria 2-1

Udinese def. Sassuolo 3-2    

Premier League

Arsenal def. Watford 1-0

Everton and Tottenham tied 0-0

Leeds United and Leicester City tied 1-1

West Ham def. Liverpool 3-2 

Combat Sports Retirements

Gian Villante will retire after his Saturday bout v. Chris Barnett 

*He's won seventeen bouts overall including seven in the UFC 

Roxanne Modaferri will retire after her UFC 271 fight v. Casey O'Neill in February

*Modaferri has won 25 bouts in her career with UFC wins over Barb Honchak, Antonina Shevchenko, Maycee Barber and Andrea Lee in addition to five wins under the Invicta banner 

They will join Artem Lobov, Luke Sanders, Manny Pacquiao and Luke Campbell in retirement  

Boxing on December 18th

Joshua Buatsi v. Maxim Vlasov

*Buatsi is 15-0 while Vlasov has won 45 bouts 

Carlos Gongora v. Lerrone Richards 

Jack Cullen v. Emre Cukur with a vacant European title on the line

IBF eliminator between Zelfa Barrett and Bruno Tarimo  

NBA News

Chris Paul is now in the top three for career assists, trailing only Jason Kidd and John Stockton 

UEFA Champions League

AC Milan and Porto tied 1-1

Real Madrid def. Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 behind two goals from Karim Benzema

Ajax-Amsterdam def. Borussia Dortmund 3-1 to qualify for the Round of 16 with Sebastien Haller netting his seventh of the tournament

Liverpool def. Atletico Madrid 2-0 and qualify for the Round of 16 

Manchester City def. Club Brugge 4-1

RB Leipzig and Paris Saint-Germain tied 2-2 

Inter Milan def. Sheriff Tiraspol 3-1

Sporting Portugal def. Besiktas 4-0

Boxing next month

Connor Benn and Katie Taylor will both return December 11th against TBD opponents 

Released from the UFC

Laureano Staropoli joins Modestas Bukauskas 

Boxing on December 4th

WBC Lightweight Title Fight: Devin Haney v. Joseph Diaz Jr 

UFC 271 on February 12th

Women's Flyweight: Casey O'Neill v. Roxanne Modaferri 

West Coast Conference Women's Soccer

Pepperdine def. Pacific 3-0 

English League Championship

Preston North End def. Bournemouth 2-1

Barnsley def. Derby County 2-1

Fulham def. Blackburn Rovers 7-0 with five goals in the second half

Stoke City def. Blackpool 1-0

Queens Park Rangers def. Cardiff City 1-0

West Bromwich Albion de. Hull City 1-0    

MLS

Montreal def. Houston 2-0

NY Red Bull and Atlanta tied 0-0  

SEC Women's Soccer

Tennessee def. Florida 5-2 

Irish Premier Division

Waterford and Derry City tied 2-2 

Boxing on December 11th

Dignity Health Sports Park 

WBC Bantamweight Title Fight: Nonito Donaire v. Reymart Gaballo

Brandun Lee v. Juan Heraldez 

Madison Square Garden

Lightweight: Vasiliy Lomachenko v. Richard Commey

English EFL Trophy

Hartlepool United def. Everton U21 1-0  

Boxing on February 5th

Junior Welterweight: Jose Ramirez v. Jose Pedraza 

UEFA Champions League

Chelsea def. Malmo 1-0

Wolfsburg def. Red Bull Salzburg 2-1 

Boxing on Friday

Luis Melendez v. Thomas Mattice 

La Liga

Rayo Vallecano and Celta Vigo tied 0-0 

Granada def. Levante 3-0

Serie A

Bologna def. Cagliari 2-0  

Premier League

Wolverhampton def. Everton 2-1 

Boxing on November 20th

IBF Middleweight Eliminator: Esquiva Falcao v. Patrice Volny

Janibek Alimkhanuly v. Hassan N'Dam

Raymond Muratalla v. Steven Ortiz 

UFC next weekend

Middleweight: Roman Dolidze will replace Kevin Holland opposite Kyle Daukaus 

Boxing on December 5th

Gervonta Davis will take on Isaac Cruz after Rolando Romero's removal 

Bare Knuckle FC

BKFC 22 next Friday will see Britain Hart v. Pearl Gonzalez 

Boxing next weekend

Kyrone Davis replaces Jose Uzcategui against David Benavidez 

USL League One

Toronto FC II def. New England Revolution II by a 1-0 score

Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer

North Carolina def. Notre Dame 3-1

Clemson def. Louisville 5-1

Duke def. Virginia 3-2 in added time

NC State def. Boston College 1-0

Pittsburgh def. Virginia Tech 4-1 

Wake Forest def. Syracuse 2-0   

English League Championship

Queens Park Rangers and Nottingham Forest tied 1-1

Mexican Liga BBVA MX

Necaxa def. Mazatlan 2-1

Puebla def. FC Juarez 2-0 

NWSL

Chicago Red Stars def. Orlando Pride 1-0  

Ligue 1

Paris Saint-Germain def. Lille 2-1

Bundesliga

Hoffenheim def. Hertha Berlin 2-0 

America East Men's Soccer

New Hampshire def. Stony Brook 5-0

Professional Fighters League: 2021 Champions

Featherweight: Movlid Khaybulaev 

Men's Lightweight: Raush Manfio 

Women's Lightweight: Kayla Harrison

Welterweight: Ray Cooper III

Light Heavyweight: Antonio Carlos Junior 

Heavyweight: Bruno Capelozza

American Athletic Conference Women's Soccer

South Florida def. Temple 2-1

*USF clinches the regular-season conference title  

Memphis def. SMU 5-0

College Football

Troy and Coastal Carolina tied 28-28

East Carolina def. South Florida 29-14  

Big 12 Women's Soccer 

Oklahoma State def. West Virginia 2-1

Texas def. Kansas 2-0

Iowa State def. Kansas State 1-0

TCU def. Texas Tech 1-0 

NHL

Lightning def. Coyotes 5-1

Flames def. Penguins 4-0

Hurricanes def. Bruins 3-0

Avalanche def. Blues 4-3  

Big East Women's Soccer

Connecticut def. Georgetown 1-0

NBA

Sixers def. Pistons 110-102

Wizards def. Hawks 122-111

Knicks def. Bulls 104-103

Jazz def. Rockets 122-91

Mavericks def. Spurs 104-99 

SEC Women's Soccer

Mississippi State def. Ole Miss 3-2

LSU def. Arkansas 4-2

Alabama def. Auburn 1-0

Missouri def. Texas A&M 1-0 

Vanderbilt def. Georgia 2-1 

Tennessee def. Kentucky 2-0 

South Carolina def. Florida 2-1

Bellator 271 on November 12th

Prelims Bout: Valerie Loureda v. Taylor Turner  

Pac-12 Men's Soccer

Oregon State def. Stanford 1-0

Boxing News

Jose Uzcategui is out of his bout v. David Benavidez on November 13th and a replacement is being sought

Atlanta Athletic Conference Women's Soccer

Notre Dame def. Wake Forest 2-1

Pittsburgh def. NC State 2-0

Virginia Tech def. Syracuse 2-1 

North Carolina def. Miami 4-0 

Florida State and Virginia tied 1-1 in added extra time

Clemson def. Boston College 4-1

Duke def. Louisville 1-0

Boxing on November 27th

Vacant IBF Super Featherweight Title Fight: Azinga Fuzile v. Kenichi Ogawa 

Pac-12 Women's Soccer

Southern Cal def. California 2-0  

Mexican Liga BBVA MX

Tijuana def. Atlas 2-0 

NWSL

Louisville and Gotham NJ/NY tied 1-1 

Serie A

Napoli def. Bologna 3-0

La Liga

Real Sociedad def. Celta Vigo 2-0

Granada and Getafe tied 1-1

Levante and Atletico Madrid tied 2-2 

Combat Sports News

Kevin Holland v. Kyle Daukaus rematch is off the November 13th UFC card

Boxing: Gennadiy Golovkin v. Ryota Murata is set for December 29th 

Andrew Sanchez has been released from the UFC after five wins in ten bouts 

ONE: X has been postponed from December 5th  

Mike Perry has signed with Bare Knuckle FC on a multi-fight deal

UFC on January 15th

Men's Featherweight Main Event: Calvin Kattar v. Giga Chikadze 

Featherweight Boxing

WBA: Leigh Wood v. Michael Conlan purse bid set for Monday 

Bellator 271 on November 12th

Women's Flyweight: Bruna Ellen v. Desiree Yanez

Welterweight: Roman Feraldo v. Robert Turnquest 

Middleweight: Jordan Newman v. Shane O'Shea  

Super Featherweight Boxing

WBA champ Roger Gutierrez v. interim champ Chris Colbert could take place February 19th  

Boxing on December 11th

WBC bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire's mandatory defense v. Reymart Gaballo could be part of a doubleheader, joining John Riel Casimero v. Paul Butler 

Bellator 272 on December 3rd

Men's Bantamweight: Josh Hill v. Jared Scoggins

Men's Featherweight: John De Jesus v. Keoni Diggs 

Boxing News

Liam Williams is the frontrunner to welcome back Chris Eubank Jr in December 

Serie A

Spezia and Genoa tied 1-1

Torino def. Venezia 2-1 

English Carabao Cup

Round of 16

Arsenal def. Leeds United 2-0 

Bellator 271 on November 12th

Heavyweight: Rakim Cleveland v. Steve Mowry

Super Bantamweight Boxing

The WBA is moving towards a final eliminator between Ra'eese Aleem and Azat Hovhannisyan 

UFC on November 20th

Men's Featherweight: Tucker Lutz v. Pat Sabatini

*Lutz is 1-0 in the Octagon while Sabatini is 2-0   

High School Cross Country

The Atlanta Athletic Conference championship meet will be tomorrow 

UFC 268 next weekend

TJ Laramie v. Melsik Baghdasaryan at featherweight is off the card. This is the second planned-then-scrapped bout for the card after Rockhold-Strickland at middleweight  

UFC 270 on January 22nd

Men's Featherweight: 15-0 Movsar Evloev v. 11-0 Ilia Topuria

Boxing News

Joseph Diaz Jr v. Devin Haney is targeted for either December 3rd or 4th  

UFC 271 on February 12th

Lightweight: Renato Moicano v. Alexander Hernandez 

Welterweight Boxing

WBA Belt Reduction Tournament

Yordenis Ugas v. Eimantas Stanionis and Jamal James v. Radzhab Butaev

The last person standing will be the WBA welterweight champion 

UFC 269 on December 11th 

Men's Featherweight: Josh Emmett v. Dan Ige 

Bellator 271 on November 12th

Men's Featherweight: Cody Law v. Colton Hamm 

UFC on November 13th

Women's Flyweight: Cynthia Calvillo will replace Jessica Eye against Andrea Lee 

Irish Premier Division

Waterford def. Bohemian 2-1

Saint Patricks def. Dundee 1-0 

La Liga

Celta Vigo def. Getafe 3-0 

La Liga

Sevilla def. Levante 5-3

Real Madrid def. Barcelona 2-1

Real Betis def. Rayo Vallecano 3-2 

Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad tied 2-2

MLS

Austin def. Houston 2-1

Premier League

Leicester City def. Brentford 2-1

West Ham def. Tottenham 1-0

Liverpool def. Manchester United 5-0 behind a hat trick from Mohammed Salah 

Boxing on December 14th

Naoya Inoue will defend his IBF bantamweight title against Aran Dipaen 

UFC on December 4th

Lightweight: Clay Guida v. Leonardo Santos 

Boxing News

Josh Taylor's title defense v. Jack Catterall has been moved from December 18th to February 26th 

UFC on Saturday

Marvin Vettori v. Paulo Costa has been announced at a 195 catchweight with Costa surrendering a percentage of his fight purse 

Boxing on November 27th

Teofimo Lopez v. George Kambosos Jr for three of four lightweight belts (IBF, WBA, WBO)

Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden

UFC on December 18th

Men's Bantamweight: Raoni Barcelos v. Trevin Jones  

Boxing on December 5th

Gervonta Davis v. Rolando Romero at the Staples Center will most likely see Sebastian Fundora v. Sergio Garcia as the co-main   

UFC this weekend

Due to Costa being unable to make middleweight, the status of the Costa-Vettori main event is unclear as to whether it'll be rebooked or whether it'll be a catchweight or at light heavyweight (205 as opposed to 185) 

Boxing next weekend

Whyte-Wallin is off the card after an injury to Whyte. This was supposed to produce Tyson Fury's next opponent. 

Chantelle Cameron v. Mary McGee for the WBC and IBF junior welterweight titles will now headline the card 

Also still on the card are Alen Babic v. Eric Molina and Craig Richards v. Marek Matyja 

Released from the UFC

Modestas Bukauskas leaves the Octagon after four fights and a 1-3 record. His lone UFC win came in July of last year by stoppage against Andreas Michailidis in his Octagon debut 

Boxing on November 13th

Munguia-Rosado card in Anaheim

Alexis Rocha v. Jeovanis Barraza 

D'Mitrius Ballard v. Paul Valenzuela Jr 

William Zepeda v. John Moralde

*Prelims

Diego De La Hoya v. Jose Gonzalez  

USL League One

Forward Madison def. Union Omaha 2-1

UFC News

The UFC has officially reached a manufacturing/distribution deal with the Brazilian manufacturer of their Venum apparel- a key first step in landing fight cards in the country as previously the UFC didn't have those rights (with two different branches of the Venum brand) under their new apparel deal 

South African Premiership

Mamelodi Sundowns def. Lamontville Golden Arrows 1-0

Maritzburg United and Orlando Pirates tied 0-0 

Collegiate Men's Soccer

Georgetown-U def. Saint John's 2-1 in added extra time

Virginia Tech def. Winthrop 3-0  

USL Championship

Charleston Battery def. LA Galaxy 2 3-1

NY Red Bull II def. Loudoun United 3-0

Tampa Bay Rowdies def. Miami FC 3-0

Tulsa FC def. Atlanta United 2 4-0 

Mexican Liga BBVA MX

UNAM def. Leon 2-1

Toluca and Necaxa tied 1-1 

English League Championship

Fulham def. Cardiff City 2-0

Huddersfield Town and Birmingham City tied 0-0

Peterborough United def. Hull City 2-1

Middlesbrough def. Barnsley 2-0

Preston North End def. Coventry City 2-1

Swansea City def. West Bromwich Albion 2-1

Blackpool def. Reading 3-2

MLS

Atlanta United and NYCFC tied 1-1

New England def. DC United 3-2

Chicago def. Cincinnati 4-3

Inter Miami def. Toronto 3-0

Orlando and Montreal tied 1-1

LAFC def. Dallas 3-2

Minnesota def. Philadelphia 3-2 

Boxing on December 5th

Gervonta Davis will defend his WBA lightweight title v. Rolando Romero on Showtime PPV at the Staples Center in Los Angeles

UEFA Champions League

Group Stage- Day 3 of 6

Barcelona def. Dinamo Kiev 1-0 (Barcelona is now 5-0 all-time in the series)

Red Bull Salzburg def. Wolfsburg 3-1

Bayern Munich def. Benfica 4-0 to ensure at least Europa League transfer behind two goals from Leroy Sane

Chelsea def. Malmo 4-0

Lille and Sevilla tied 0-0

Manchester United def. Atalanta 3-2 behind goals from Marcus Rashford, Harry Maguire and Cristiano Ronaldo 

Villareal def. Young Boys 4-1

Juventus def. Zenit Saint Petersburg 1-0    

Boxing on November 6th

*Alvarez-Plant card in Las Vegas 

Anthony Dirrell v. Marcos Hernandez

Rey Vargas v. Leonardo Baez 

Elvis Rodriguez v. Juan Pablo Romero 

UFC on Saturday

David Onama will replace Alan Patrick against Mason Jones

Zviad Lazishvili will replace Aaron Phillips against Jonathan Martinez  

Bellator 272 on December 3rd

Men's Bantamweight: Sergio Pettis will defend his title v. Kyoji Horiguchi 

UFC on January 15th

Strawweight: Ashley Yoder v. Vanessa Demopoulos (the first bout in Yoder's four-fight extension)

Middleweight: Joaquin Buckley v. Abdul Razak Alhassan  

Women's Flyweight: Jennifer Maia v. Katlyn Chookagian 

RIZIN 32 on November 20th

Women's Super Atomweight: Rena Kubota v. Miyuu Yamamoto

Flyweight: Mitsuhisa Sunabe v. Yutaro Muramoto and Tomohiro Adinaya v. Yuichi Miyagi   

Heavyweight Boxing next weekend

Eric Molina will replace Lucas Browne against Alen Babic 

College Football

Louisville will retire Lamar Jackson's #8 on November 13th. Over three seasons, Jackson tallied 69 touchdowns through the air and another 50 on the ground 

Purse Bid News

D4G Promotions has won the purse bid for the Lee McGregor-Jason Moloney eliminator 

Bellator 271 on November 12th

Men's Featherweight: Aaron Pico v. Justin Gonzales

Premier League

Arsenal and Crystal Palace tied 2-2 

Bellator 269 this weekend

Middleweight: Anatoly Tokov v. Sharaf Davlatmurodov 

UFC on TBD

Welterweight: Warlley Alves v. Jack Della 

NBA News

Mikal Bridges has signed a four-year rookie extension with the Suns 

UFC on February 26th

Lightweight: Ignacio Bahamondes v. Zhu Rong 

UFC on February 19th

Men's Bantamweight: Jesse Strader v. Chad Anheliger

Men's Featherweight: Austin Lingo v. Jonathan Pearce 

UFC 267 on October 30th

Middleweight: Hu Yaozong v. Andre Petroski

UFC 270 on January 22nd

Official: Brandon Moreno v. Deiveson Figueiredo 3 for Moreno's flyweight title

Welterweight: Michael Morales v. Trevin Giles

Lightweight: Matt Frevola v. Genaro Valdez  

Boxing on November 27th

Ryan Garcia will not face Joseph Diaz Jr due to hand surgery 

Teofimo Lopez v. George Kambosos Jr could fill that spot  

UFC this weekend

Aaron Phillis is out of a bantamweight contest v. Jonathan Martinez 

Boxing on November 13th

IBF featherweight title: Kid Galahad defends v. Kiko Martinez 

WBC super featherweight title: Terri Harper defends v. Alycia Baumgardner 

Cruiserweight Boxing

WBC champion Ilunga Makabu will have his next title defense v. Thabiso Mohunu 

UFC on November 13th

Welterweight: Miguel Baeza v. Khaos Williams 

Boxing on November 20th

Jared Anderson v. Oleksandr Teslenko and Isaac Dogboe v. Christopher Diaz  

Boxing on December 17th

Marie Eve Dicaire for the IBF super welterweight belt

Kim Clavel for the WBC light flyweight belt  

Boxing on October 30th

Las Vegas

Welterweight: Jamal James v. Radzhab Butaev and Jaron Ennis v. Thomas Dulorme

Lightweight: Michel Rivera v. Matias Romero

NHL Milestones

Alex Ovechkin scored his 732nd goal yesterday, putting him by himself in fifth all-time 

Men's College Basketball Recruiting

Jett Howard has committed to Michigan 

Boxing on December 4th

Lyndon Arthur v. Anthony Yarde 2 at Copper Box Arena in London 

NHL News

D Ryan Pulock has signed an eight-year extension with the Islanders 

C Nick Suzuki has signed an eight-year extension with Montreal 

Boxing on December 17th

Light Heavyweight WBC/IBF Title Fight: Artur Beterbiev (c) v. Marcus Browne

WNBA Playoffs

Finals- Game 2

Mercury def. Sky 91-86 in OT to tie the series at 1-1

NHL Regular Season

Maple Leafs def. Canadiens 2-1

Capitals def. Rangers 5-1

*Alex Ovechkin scored twice, once on a power play and one shorthanded, and was also credited with two assists; Evgeny Kuznetsov was credited with three assists     

USL Championship

Hartford def. Loudoun United 3-2

Birmingham def. Austin 3-1

Memphis def. Louisville City 2-1

Sporting KC 2 def. ATL United 2 by a 1-0 score

El Paso def. Colorado Springs 4-2 

UFC this weekend

Lupita Godinez will replace Sijara Eubanks v. Luana Carolina 

CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying

United States def. Costa Rica 2-1

*US moves top of the eight-team field at 3-1-2 while Costa Rica are fifth at 1-2-3

Canada def. Panama 4-1

*Canada sits third at 2-0-4 and in the final WC qualifier spot while Panama are fourth at 2-2-2 

Jamaica def. Honduras 2-0

*Jamaica pick up their first win of the round in six tries while Honduras remain winless in the group at 0-3-3  

UFC 268 on November 6th

Middleweight: Phil Hawes v. Chris Curtis 

NWSL

Washington def. North Carolina 2-1

Chicago def. Orlando 1-0

Kansas City def. Houston 3-0 

UFC on November 20th

Heavyweight: Tai Tuivasa v. Augusto Sakai (Tuivasa was originally scheduled to fight Walt Harris the weekend after next)

English EFL Trophy

Chelsea U21 def. Bristol Rovers 2-1

Sunderland def. Manchester United U21 2-1 

UFC on December 4th

Welterweight: Jake Matthews v. Jeremiah Wells 

Big East Men's Soccer

Providence def. Georgetown 3-0 

UFC 269 on December 11th

Women's Flyweight: Erin Blanchfield will replace Montana De La Rosa v. Maycee Barber

Soccer: SAFF Championship

Group Stage- Final Day

Bangladesh and Nepal tied 1-1

India def. Maldives 3-1 

UFC 271 on February 12th

Men's Bantamweight: Kyler Phillips v. Marcelo Rojo