Quick Hits

Club World Cup- Soccer

Quarterfinals on Thursday

Al-Duhail v. Al Ahly (winners v. Bayern Munich in semifinals)

UANL v. Ulsan Hyundai (winners v. Palmeiras in semifinals) 

Africa Nations Championship- Soccer

The semifinals on Wednesday will see Mali against Guinea and Morocco opposite Cameroon 

Friday Grab Bag

Coppa Italia

Quarterfinals -- Semifinals

Atalanta, Inter Milan, Juventus and Napoli

*First leg

Inter Milan v. Juventus on Tuesday

Atalanta v. Napoli on Wednesday 

Updated soccer calendar- next week

Tuesday- Coppa Italia semifinal first leg- Inter Milan v. Juventus

Wednesday- Coppa Italia semifinal first leg- Atalanta v. Napoli

Thursday- Club World Cup quarterfinals: Al-Duhail v. Al-Ahly and UANL v. Ulsan Hyundai 

Combat Sports- ONE Championship

TNT debut- Wednesday, April 7th at 10p Eastern 

Australian A-League

Western Sydney and Newcastle Jets tied 1-1

CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores

Final/Club World Cup Qualifier

Palmeiras v. Santos, 3 pm Eastern tomorrow

*Winners will face either UANL or Ulsan Hyundai in the Club World Cup semifinals 

Africa Nations Championship

Quarterfinals tomorrow

Mali v. Congo, 11a Eastern

Cameroon v. DR Congo, 2p Eastern

Quarterfinals on Sunday

Morocco v. Zambia, 11a Eastern

Guinea v. Rwanda, 2p Eastern  

Australian W-League

Melbourne Victory def. Adelaide United 1-0   

Copa del Rey

Round of 16 -- Quarterfinals

Almeria, Athletic Bilbao, Barcelona, Granada, Levante, Real Betis, Sevilla and Villareal 

Sporting Saturday on TV- a sampling

1:05 am Eastern

Australian A-League on ESPN+: Western United v. Melbourne Victory

3:10 am Eastern

Australian A-League on ESPN+: MacArthur FC v. Sydney FC

5:15 am Eastern

Australian A-League on ESPN+: Brisbane Roar v. Adelaide United 

7:30 am Eastern

English League Championship on ESPN+: Norwich City v. Middlesbrough 

9 am Eastern

Serie A on ESPN+: Bologna v. AC Milan 

9:30 am Eastern

Bundesliga on ESPN+: Bayern Munich v. Hoffenheim, Borussia Dortmund v. Augsburg, Eintracht Frankfurt v. Hertha Berlin, Union Berlin v. Borussia Monchengladbach and Werder Bremen v. Schalke

10 am Eastern

English League Championship on ESPN+: Huddersfield Town v. Stoke City and Sheffield Wednesday v. Preston North End 

Noon Eastern

Serie A on ESPN+: Sampdoria v. Juventus

12:30 pm Eastern

Bundesliga on ESPN+: RB Leipzig v. Bayer Leverkusen

2:45 pm Eastern

Serie A on ESPN+: Inter Milan v. Benevento

3 pm Eastern

Dutch Eredivisie on ESPN+: Vitesse v. RKC Waalwijk

7 pm Eastern

NHL on ESPN+: Islanders v. Flyers and Bruins v. Capitals  

8:30 pm Eastern

NBA on ABC: Lakers v. Celtics 

10 pm Eastern

Mexican Liga BBVA MX on ESPNDeportes: Cruz Azul v. Queretaro   

Sports on TV tomorrow- a samplibng

3:05 am Eastern

Australian A-League on ESPN+: Western Sydney v. Newcastle Jets 

Australian W-League on ESPN+: Adelaide United v. Melbourne Victory 

9 am Eastern

Indian Super League on ESPN+: FC Goa v. East Bengal 

2:30 pm Eastern

Bundesliga on ESPN+: Stuttgart v. Mainz

2:45 pm Eastern

Serie A on ESPN+: Torino v. Fiorentina 

3 pm Eastern

English League Championship on ESPN+: Reading v. Bournemouth 

4 pm Eastern

NCAA Men's Basketball on ESPN+: Monmouth v. Niagara 

5 pm Eastern

NCAA Men's Basketball on ESPN3: Detroit-Mercy v. Youngstown State 

6 pm Eastern

NCAA Men's Basketball on ESPN+: Charleston Southern v. High Point, Gardner-Webb v. Radford, Illinois-Chicago v. Northern Kentucky, Longwood v. Presbyterian, Bellarmine v. Kennesaw State, Florida International v. Charlotte   

NCAA Men's Basketball on ESPN3: UNC Asheville v. Winthrop, Milwaukee v. IUPUI  

6:30 pm Eastern

Men's College Basketball on ESPN2: Saint Louis v. Richmond 

7:30 pm Eastern

NBA on ESPN: Bucks v. Pelicans 

10 pm Eastern

NBA on ESPN: Mavericks v. Jazz 

Tuesday Grab Bag

Australian A-League

Melbourne Victory def. Perth Glory 2-1

UFC on April 17th

Middleweight: Robert Whittaker v. Paulo Costa  

Major League Soccer

The regular season is targeting an April 3rd start while the MLS Cup final is slated for December 11th 

Indian Super League

Northeast United def. ATK Mohun Bagan 2-1 

Africa Nations Championship

Morocco def. Uganda 5-2 

English FA Cup

Bournemouth def. Crawley Town 2-1

Dutch Eredivisie

PEC Zwolle and Heracles tied 2-2

PSV Eindhoven def. Emmen 2-0

Groningen def. ADO Den Haag 3-0 

Coppa Italia

Inter Milan moves into the semifinals with a 2-1 win over AC Milan 

English League Championship

Bristol City def. Huddersfield Town 2-1

Millwall and Watford tied 0-0 

Copa del Rey

Levante, Real Sociedad and Villareal move into the quarterfinals 

Premier League

West Ham def. Crystal Palace 3-2

Leeds United def. Newcastle United 2-1

A Tokyo Summer Games Update

Women's Water Polo

World Qualifier Tournament

Semifinals -- Tokyo

Netherlands def. Greece 7-4

Hungary def. Italy 13-10

Complete Field: Australia, Canada, China, Hungary, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, South Africa, Spain and United States

Friday Updates

Tokyo Summer Games- Women's Water Polo

World Qualifier Tournament- Quarterfinals today 

Greece def. Slovakia 22-3

Hungary def. France 20-7

Italy def. Israel 15-7

World Qualifier Tournament- Semifinals tomorrow 

Netherlands/Kazakhstan winner v. Greece

Hungary v. Italy

UFC 257 tomorrow

Arman Tsarukyan will now face Matt Frevola after their respective opponents didn't show up for weigh-ins 

Soccer- Africa Nations Championship

Morocco and Rwanda tied 0-0 

Australian A-League Soccer

Central Coast Mariners def. Sydney FC 2-0   

Calendar

Thursday, February 4th

Club World Cup quarterfinals

Monday, February 8th

Club World Cup semifinals

Thursday, February 18th

Tokyo Women's Soccer CAF-CONMEBOL Playoff- first leg

Friday, February 19th

Tokyo Asia Women's Soccer China-South Korea final qualifier- first leg

Sunday, February 21st

Tokyo Men's Water Polo World Qualifier Tournament begins

Wednesday, February 24th

Tokyo Women's Soccer CAF-CONMEBOL Playoff- second leg 

Tokyo Asia Women's Soccer China-South Korea final qualifier- second leg

Sunday, February 28th

Tokyo Men's Water Polo World Qualifier Tournament ends  

Thursday, March 18th

Start of the Tokyo CONMEBOL Men's Soccer qualifiers

Tokyo Karate Qualifiers- the WKF Olympic Standings will be released 

Tuesday, March 30th

Finish of the Tokyo CONMEBOL Men's Soccer qualifiers

Friday, April 2nd

Tokyo Wrestling Africa/Oceania Qualifiers start

Sunday, April 4th

Tokyo Wrestling Africa/Oceania Qualifiers finish

Thursday, April 8th

Tokyo Summer Games Men's and Women's Soccer group-stage draws

Friday, April 9th

Tokyo Wrestling Asia Qualifiers start

Sunday, April 11th

Tokyo Wrestling Asia Qualifiers finish   

Thursday, April 22nd

Tokyo Boxing Europe Qualifiers resume

Monday, April 26th

Tokyo Boxing Europe Qualifiers finish 

Thursday, May 6th

Tokyo Wrestling World Qualifiers start

Friday, May 7th

Tokyo Taekwondo Asia Qualifiers start

Sunday, May 9th

Tokyo Wrestling World Qualifiers finish 

Tokyo Taekwondo Asia Qualifiers finish

Friday, June 11th

Tokyo Karate World Qualifier Tournament start

Sunday, June 13th

Tokyo Karate World Qualifier Tournament finish  

Tuesday, June 22nd

Tokyo Men's Basketball final qualifiers start

Sunday, July 4th

Tokyo Men's Basketball final qualifiers finish 

Grab Bag #3

Club World Cup- updates

The tournament will start on February 4th- not February 1st- due to the withdrawal of Auckland City

Thursday, February 4th- Quarterfinals

Al-Duhail v. Al-Ahly

UANL v. Ulsan Hyundai

Monday, February 8th- Semifinals

Al-Duhail/Al-Ahly winner v. Bayern Munich

UANL/Ulsan Hyundai winner v. CONMEBOL winner

*The CONMEBOL spot will go to either Palmeiras or Santos next weekend 

Coppa Italia

Final Round of 16 game: Lazio def. Parma 2-1

Quarterfinals next week

Atalanta v. Lazio

Napoli v. Spezia

Inter Milan v. AC Milan

Juventus v. SPAL 

Grab Bag #2

NBA News

Stephen Curry needs just nine three-pointers to surpass Reggie Miller for second all-time 

UFC on March 20th

Lightweight: Leonardo Santos v. Grant Dawson 

UFC on April 10th

Women's Bantamweight: Bea Malecki v. Norma Dumont 

Tokyo Summer Games- Women's Water Polo

The World Qualifier tournament quarterfinal bracket is set for tomorrow:

Netherlands v. Kazakhstan

Slovakia v. Greece

France v. Hungary 

Italy v. Israel 

English FA Cup- Fourth Round tomorrow

Chorley v. Wolverhampton 

La Liga Soccer

Valencia and Osasuna tied 1-1 

Copa del Rey

Athletic Bilbao moves into the Round of 16

Soccer- Africa Nations Championship

Libya and DR Congo tied 1-1

Congo and Niger tied 1-1 

Australian W-League

Adelaide United def. Melbourne City 2-1 

Indian Super League

ATK Mohun Bagan def. Chennaiyin 1-0 

KNVB Beker

Nijmegen moves into the quarterfinals  

Grab Bag #1

Coppa Italia- Quarterfinals

*Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week 

Atalanta v. Lazio/Parma winner

Napoli v. Spezia

Inter Milan v. AC Milan 

Juventus v. SPAL

Tokyo Summer Games- Combat Sports Qualifying 

Boxing: The Europe qualifiers will resume April 22nd through the 26th while the Pan Am qualifiers will take place in May 

Judo: A majority of spots will be contingent on the IJF World Rankings list as of June 28th 

Karate: The WKF Olympic Standings will be revealed on March 18th, followed by the World Qualifier Tournament June 11th through the 13th 

Taekwondo: The Europe qualifiers- which were scheduled for next weekend- will now take place May 7th through the 9th   

Wrestling: March will see the Europe qualifiers; April will see the Africa/Oceania qualifiers in addition to the Asia qualifiers; The World qualifier tournament will wrap things up in May

Scottish Premiership

Current Champions League Spot: Rangers

Current Europa League Spots: Celtic and Hibernian  

Tokyo Summer Games- Women's Water Polo Qualifying

World Qualifier Tournament- Quarterfinals tomorrow

Netherlands v. Israel/Kazakhstan winner

Slovakia v. Greece

France v. Hungary 

Italy v. Israel/Kazakhstan loser 

Tokyo Summer Games Update

Qualifying Update- Women's Water Polo

World Qualifier Tournament- the quarterfinals will be on Friday, but the final seeding games will be tomorrow 

*Every team in the seeding round will progress to the quarters

*I believe that only the two semifinal winners advance to Tokyo  

Group A

France (3rd in the group) v. Netherlands (1st in the group)

Italy (2nd in the group) v. Slovakia (4th in the group)

Group B

Hungary (1st in the group) v. Greece (2nd in the group)

Israel (4th in the group) v. Kazakhstan (3rd in the group) 

If the Champions and Europa League spots were decided today...

Champions League Group Stage: AC Milan, Atletico Madrid, Ajax-Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan, Leicester City, Lille, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Napoli, Paris Saint-Germain, RB Leipzig, Real Madrid, Roma, Villareal

Champions League Qualifiers: Lyon, Vitesse   

Europa League Group Stage: Juventus, Monaco, Real Sociedad, Tottenham, Union Berlin    

Quarterbacks in the NFL Draft

Mac Jones (Alabama)

Previously Announced

Trevor Lawrence (Clemson)

Kellen Mond (Texas A&M)

Ian Book (Notre Dame)

Coppa Italia

SPAL advance to the quarterfinals to face Juventus after defeating Sassuolo 2-0

Atalanta def. Cagliari 3-1

Spanish Supercopa- Semifinal

Athletic Bilbao def. Real Madrid 2-1 and will meet Barcelona in the final 

Indian Super League

FC Goa def. Jamshedpur 3-0 

Australian W-League

Adelaide United def. Perth Glory 2-1 

Dutch Eredivisie

Heerenveen and RKC Waalwijk ted 1-1

Ajax-Amsterdam def. Twente 3-1 

Groningen def. Willem II 3-2  

Premier League

Arsenal and Crystal Palace tied 0-0 

The Copa Libertadores final between Palmeiras and Santos will take place on Saturday the 30th with the winner advancing to the Club World Cup

The final women's water polo qualifier for Tokyo will start on Sunday 

The third and fourth quarterfinals in the Coppa Italia are now set, with Inter Milan set to face AC Milan and Juventus taking on SPAL 

Indian Super League

Northeast United and Bengaluru tied 1-1

Boxing

Bouts can resume next month in the United Kingdom  

English National League

Dover Athletic and Boreham Wood tied 1-1 

Coppa Italia

AC Milan def. Torino on penalties and will face either Fiorentina or Inter Milan in the quarterfinals

Scottish Premiership

Dundee United and Saint Johnstone tied 2-2 

English League Two

Exeter City and Bolton Wanderers tied 1-1

Salford City def. Scunthorpe United 1-0 

Harrogate Town-Carlisle United has been postponed 

Copa Libertadores

River Plate def. Palmeiras 2-0 but Palmeiras advance to the final by 3-2 aggregate  

DFB Pokal- Second Round

Bayer Leverkusen def. Eintracht Frankfurt 4-1

English League One

Charlton Athletic and Rochdale tied 4-4 

Dutch Eredivisie

Vitesse def. Utrecht 1-0

Heracles def. Emmen 4-0 

Premier League

Sheffield United def. Newcastle United 1-0

Manchester United def. Burnley 1-0 

Everton def. Wolverhampton 2-1

English League Championship

Queens Park Rangers def. Luton Town 2-0

Bournemouth and Millwall tied 1-1 

La Liga

Granada def. Osasuna 2-0

Atletico Madrid def. Sevilla 2-0 

UFC 260 in April will be potentially headlined by a heavyweight title fight rematch between Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou. 

Australian soccer from earlier today saw both Newcastle Jets teams lose by 2-1 scores- the men against Western Sydney and the women against Sydney FC.  

Petr Yan has opened as the favorite for his UFC 259 bantamweight title defense against Aljamain Sterling. Yan hasn't lost in the Octagon while Sterling has won five straight. 

Texas A&M QB Kellen Mond has declared for the NFL draft. He's tied Johnny Manziel's school record with his 93rd career total touchdown

Notre Dame QB Ian Book has declared for the NFL draft. He tallied his 30th career win under center earlier this season to set the school career win record

Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence has declared for the NFL draft. He's won 34 games as a starter with his only two losses in a national title game and a national semifinal contest 

The UFC Fight Night next weekend will air on ABC for the first time (prelims start at noon Eastern with main card action starting at 3 pm Eastern)

UFC Men's Bantamweight title fight: Petr Yan (c) v. Aljamain Sterling

UFC Men's Flyweight title fight rematch: Deiveson Figueredo (c) v. Brandon Moreno

UFC Heavyweight title fight rematch: Stipe Miocic (c) v. Francis Ngannou 

UFC Light Heavyweight title fight: Jan Blachowicz (c) v. Israel Adesanya 

The English Carabao Cup final on April 25th will be Tottenham v. Manchester City 

Copa Libertadores

Palmeiras have one foot in the final after a 3-0 win over River Plate in their semifinal first-leg game

Peach Belt Basketball 

The Young Harris-SC Aiken women's game scheduled for today has been postponed, while the men's game is still on   

Serie A Soccer

Benevento def. Cagliari 2-1

Atalanta def. Parma 3-0

Bologna and Udinese tied 2-2

Roma def. Crotone 3-1

Lazio def. Fiorentina 2-1

Sampdoria def. Inter Milan 2-1

Sassuolo def. Genoa 2-1

Torino and Verona tied 1-1 

Copa del Rey

Almeria, Elche, Granada, Leganes, Levante and Real Betis among the teams to advance to round three 

NFL Records

Quarterbacks

Lamar Jackson- first with consecutive 1,000-rushing-yard seasons

Drew Brees- first with 80,000 passing yards

Tom Brady- first 40-year-old quarterback with 40 touchdown passes in a season 

Tight Ends

Travis Kelce- first with multiple 100-reception seasons 

Kickers

Matt Prater- most 50+-yard made field goals in a career (59) 

Wide Receivers

Mike Evans- most consecutive 1,000 receiving yard seasons (7)

UFC card on February 20th

Heavyweight: Andrei Arlovski v. Tom Aspinall 

Featherweight: Mike Trizano v. Rafael Alves 

English League Two

Mansfield Town def. Salford City 2-1

Copa del Rey

Sevilla, Valladolid and Villareal among the teams to advance to the next round  

Indian Super League

Mumbai City def. Bengaluru 3-1 

English Carabao Cup

Tottenham def. Brentford 2-0 and will meet either Manchester United or Manchester City in the final