Boxing News

Matchroom will be switching networks from Sky Sports to DAZN starting July 1st 

July 17th UFC Fight Night

Men's Flyweight: Francisco Figueiredo v. Malcolm Gordon  

Bellator 259 on May 21st

Rescheduled Women's Flyweight: Valerie Loureda v. Hannah Guy (originally scheduled for Bellator 258 on May 7th)

June 19th UFC Fight Night

Men's Bantamweight: Marlon Vera v. Davey Grant 

Bellator 258 on May 7th

Middleweight: Lorenz Larkin v. Costello van Steenis 

Australian A-League

Melbourne Victory def. Western Sydney 5-4 

Australian A-League 

Western United and Wellington Phoenix tied 1-1 

Eredivisie

Ajax-Amsterdam and Utrecht tied 1-1 

La Liga

Atletico Madrid def. Huesca 2-0

Granada def. Eibar 4-2

Real Sociedad def. Celta Vigo 2-1

Barcelona def. Getafe 5-2 

Serie A

Roma and Atalanta tied 1-1

Napoli def. Lazio 5-2 

Premier League

Leicester City def. West Bromwich Albion 3-0

Tokyo Summer Games Qualifying Updates

Men's Soccer Groups

Group A: France, Japan, Mexico, South Africa

Group B: Honduras, New Zealand, Romania, South Korea

Group C: Argentina, Australia, Egypt, Spain

Group D: Brazil, Germany, Ivory Coast, Saudi Arabia

Women's Soccer Groups

Group A: Canada, Chile, Great Britain, Japan

Group B: Brazil, China, Netherlands, Zambia

Group C: Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, United States 

The final two baseball qualifiers have officially been rescheduled. The Americas qualifier will start May 31st and continue through June 5th while the World qualifier will take place from June 16th through the 20th 

WNBA Draft

The Dallas Wings drafted post players Charli Collier and Awak Kuier with the top two picks while the Atlanta Dream drafted Arizona G Aari McDonald with the third pick 

May 22nd UFC Fight Night

Lightweight: Damir Hadzovic v. Yancy Medeiros. Hadzovic was originally booked for May 8th against Nikolas Motta.

Ghanaian Super League

Dreams FC def. Karela United 1-0  

May 8th UFC Fight Night

Middleweight: Phil Hawes v. Kyle Daukaus 

Bellator 260 on June 11th

Welterweight Title Fight: Douglas Lima (c) v. Yaroslav Amosov 

June 5th UFC Fight Night

Welterweight: Santiago Ponzinibbio v. 10-0 Miguel Baeza 

Junior Welterweight Boxing

24-0 Gervonta Davis v. 26-0 Mario Barrios 

Middleweight Boxing

31-0 Jermall Charlo v. Juan Montiel, June 19th 

UFC 265 in August

Women's Bantamweight Title Fight: Amanda Nunes (c) v. Juliana Pena 

July 17th UFC Fight Night

Men's Featherweight: 15-3 Billy Quarantillo v. 11-3 Herbert Burns 

Also on July 17th...

Super Welterweight Boxing- title unification on Showtime

34-1 WBC/WBA/IBF champion Jermell Charlo v. 17-0-1 WBO champion Brian Castano 

South African Nedbank Cup

Mamelodi Sundowns def. Orlando Pirates 4-1

English League Championship

Coventry City def. Rotherham United 1-0

South African Premiership

Baroka FC and Moroka Swallows tied 1-1  

UEFA Europa League

Quarterfinals -- Semifinals

Arsenal (def. Slavia Prague 5-1 on aggregate)

Manchester United (def. Granada 4-0 on aggregate)

Roma (def. Ajax-Amsterdam 3-2 on aggregate)

Villareal (def. Dinamo Zagreb 3-1 on aggregate)

Super Featherweight Boxing

IBF Eliminator: Martin Joseph Ward v. Azinga Fuzile, May 29th 

2021 CONCACAF Champions League

Quarterfinal Matchups

Portland Timbers v. Club America

Atlanta United v. Philadelphia Union

Real Esteli/Columbus Crew winner v. Atletico Pantoja/Monterrey winner

Toronto FC v. Cruz Azul

BellatorMMA

Michael Page v. Derek Anderson has been rebooked for Bellator 258 on Friday, May 7th 

Peruvian Primera Professional

Ayacucho def. Alianza Atletico 1-0 

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Lightweight: Damir Hadzovic needs a new opponent for Saturday, May 8th after Nikolas Motta has withdrawn 

Scottish League Two

Stranraer def. Stenhousemuir 4-0 with three goals in a four-minute span in the first half 

Huascar Ynoa had four or five strikeouts on the season before yesterday's game against Miami and struck out ten in six innings; Mixed martial artist Jack Shore is now 14-0 overall and 3-0 in the Octagon after out-pointing Hunter Azure on Saturday; Mackenzie Dern moves into the UFC strawweight top five after her fourth straight win; The UFC will have three title fights next weekend; Patricio Freire v. AJ McKee in the Bellator featherweight grand prix final; Stephen Curry has set the Golden State Warriors career scoring record; 11-0 boxer Claressa Shields will make her MMA debut this summer against a TBD opponent; Ryan Bader advances to the semifinals of the Bellator light heavyweight grand prix; The 2021 PFL season will open in ten days; China and Chile have claimed the final two spots in the Tokyo women's soccer tournament; The 2021 WNBA season will tipoff on May 14th

Australian W-League

Melbourne Victory def. Sydney FC 1-0 

Eredivisie

Feyenoord def. Utrecht 2-1

Heerenveen def. Groningen 2-0

PSV Eindhoven def. VVV Venlo 2-0

Ajax-Amsterdam def. RKC Waalwijk 1-0 

Mexican Liga BBVA MX

Monterrey def. Toluca 2-1

Queretaro def. Santos Laguna 1-0 

Scottish Premiership

Rangers def. Hibernian 2-1

Ligue 1

Rennes def. Nantes 1-0

Brest and Nimes tied 1-1

Racing Club de Lens def. Lorient 4-1

Nice and Reims tied 0-0

Saint-Etienne def. Bordeaux 4-1

Monaco def. Dijon 3-0

Lyon def. Angers 3-0 

La Liga

Osasuna def. Villareal 2-1

Valencia and Real Sociedad tied 2-2

Granada def. Valladolid 2-1

Real Betis and Atletico Madrid tied 1-1

Serie A

Inter Milan def. Cagliari 1-0

Lazio def. Verona 1-0

Juventus def. Genoa 3-1

Napoli def. Sampdoria 2-0

Roma def. Bologna 1-0

Atalanta def. Fiorentina 3-2

Australian A-League

Wellington Phoenix def. Western United 3-2  

Bundesliga

Schalke def. Augsburg 1-0

Mainz def. Cologne 3-2

Premier League

Newcastle United def. Burnley 2-1

West Ham def. Leicester City 3-2

Manchester United def. Tottenham 3-1 

Arsenal def. Sheffield United 3-0

Tokyo Women's Soccer Qualifiers

Asia Playoff

China leads South Korea 2-1 after the first leg

Africa-South America Playoff

The first leg game will take place on Saturday 

Tokyo Wrestling Qualifiers

The Asia tournament will start tomorrow and conclude on Sunday 

Bellator 258 on May 7th

Main Event: Juan Archuleta v. Sergio Pettis- Bantamweight Title Fight

Co-Main: Anthony Johnson v. Yoel Romero- Light Heavyweight GP First Round/Quarterfinals

Women's Flyweight: 3-0 Valerie Loureda v. 2-1 Hannah Guy 

Coupe de France

Lyon move on to the quarterfinals after defeating Red Star on penalties 

Qualified Teams

Angers 

Canet Roussillon 

Lyon 

Monaco 

Montpellier

Paris Saint-Germain

Rumilly-Vallieres 

Toulouse

Sports on TV Tomorrow

5:05a Eastern

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

2p Eastern

Eredivisie on ESPN+: Vitesse v. ADO Den Haag 

2:30p Eastern

Bundesliga on ESPN+: Bielefeld v. Freiburg

2:45p Eastern

Scottish Championship on ESPN+: Heart of Midlothian v. Alloa Athletic 

English League Championship on ESPN+: Watford v. Reading

5p Eastern

NCAA Men's Soccer on ESPN3: Vermont v. New Hampshire

7p Eastern

NHL on ESPN+: Penguins v. Devils 

7:30p Eastern

NBA on NBATV: Grizzlies v. Knicks  

8:10p Eastern

MLB on ESPN+: Athletics v. Astros   

10p Eastern

NBA on NBATV: Wizards v. Warriors 

Northern Irish Premiership

Linfield def. Coleraine 2-1

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Heavyweight: Andrei Arlovski will replace Parker Porter against Chase Sherman next weekend; Greg Hardy v. Tai Tuivasa, UFC 264

Women's Flyweight: Taila Santos needs a new opponent for May 8 after Roxanne Modaferri withdrew 

Australian A-League

Sydney FC def. Perth Glory 1-0 

DFB Pokal 

Werder Bremen moves into the semifinals with a 1-0 win 

CONCACAF Champions League

Philadelphia Union def. Deportivo Saprissa 1-0 

Leon and Toronto FC tied 1-1 

La Liga

Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao tied 1-1 

Serie A

Inter Milan def. Sassuolo 2-1

Juventus def. Napoli 2-1

UEFA Champions League

Paris Saint-Germain def. Bayern Munich 3-2

Chelsea def. Porto 2-0 

Tokyo Summer Games Update- Team Handball

Men's Tournament

Group A

Argentina (2019 Pan Am Games)

Brazil 

France

Germany

Norway

Spain (2020 European Championship)

Group B

Bahrain (2019 Asian Qualifiers)

Denmark (2019 World Championships)

Egypt (2020 African Championships)

Japan (Hosts)

Portugal

Sweden

*Teams without (  ) qualified for Tokyo via the World Qualifiers 

Women's Tournament

Group A

Angola (2019 African Qualifiers)

Japan (Hosts)

Montenegro

Netherlands (2019 World Championships)

Norway

South Korea (2019 Asian Qualifiers)

Group B

Brazil (2019 Pan Am Games)   

France (2018 European Championship)

Hungary

Russia/ROC

Spain

Sweden 

*Teams without (  ) qualified for Tokyo via the World Qualifiers 

English League Two

Carlisle United def. Scunthorpe United 2-0

Morecambe and Southend United tied 1-1

Japanese J-League

Yokohama F. Marinos def. Cerezo Osaka 1-0  

Australian A-League

Western Sydney and Central Coast Mariners tied 2-2 

English League Championship

Brentford and Birmingham City tied 0-0

Norwich City def. Huddersfield Town 7-0 

Coupe de France

Monaco moves into the quarterfinals after defeating Metz 5-4 on penalties 

UEFA Champions League

Quarterfinals- First Leg

Manchester City lead Borussia Dortmund 2-1

Real Madrid lead Liverpool 3-1

Sports on TV on Saturday

4:05a Eastern

Australian A-League on ESPN+: Brisbane Roar v. Western Sydney 

6:30a Eastern

Serie A on ESPN+: AC Milan v. Sampdoria 

7:30a Eastern

English League Championship on ESPN+: Huddersfield Town v. Brentford 

9a Eastern

Serie A on ESPN+: Atalanta v. Udinese, Benevento v. Parma, Cagliari v. Verona, Genoa v. Fiorentina, Lazio v. Spezia, Napoli v. Crotone and Sassuolo v. Roma 

9:30a Eastern

Bundesliga on ESPN+: Bayer Leverkusen v. Schalke, Borussia Dortmund v. Eintracht Frankfurt, Augsburg v. Hoffenheim, Mainz v. Bielefeld and Wolfsburg v. Cologne

Noon Eastern

Serie A on ESPN+: Torino v. Juventus 

12:30p Eastern

Bundesliga on ESPN Networks: RB Leipzig v. Bayern Munich 

1:10p Eastern

MLB on ESPN+: Orioles v. Red Sox 

2p Eastern

Eredivisie on ESPN+: Twente v. Vitesse 

2:30p Eastern

Bundesliga on ESPN+: Borussia Monchengladbach v. Freiburg 

Scottish Cup on ESPN+: Celtic v. Falkirk 

2:45p Eastern

Serie A on ESPN2/ESPNDeportes: Bologna v. Inter Milan 

3:30p Eastern

Copa del Rey Final on ESPN+: Athletic Bilbao v. Real Sociedad 

5:14p Eastern

NCAA D1 Men's Final Four on CBS: Houston v. Baylor

7p Eastern

NHL on ESPN+: Flyers v. Islanders 

8:34p Eastern

NCAA D1 Men's Final Four on CBS: UCLA v. Gonzaga 

9p Eastern

Mexican Liga BBVA MX on ESPNDeportes: Club America v. Necaxa 

NHL on ESPN+: Wild v. Golden Knights 

Sports on TV Tomorrow

3:05a Eastern

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

7:30a Eastern

English League One on ESPN+: Doncaster Rovers v. Charlton Athletic 

10a Eastern

English League Championship on ESPN+: Cardiff City v. Nottingham Forest 

English League Two on ESPN+: Cheltenham Town v. Tranmere Rovers 

12:30p Eastern

English League Championship on ESPN+: Barnsley v. Reading

3p Eastern

English League Championship on ESPN+: Birmingham City v. Swansea City

6p Eastern

NCAA D1 Women's Final Four on ESPN: South Carolina v. Stanford  

7:30p Eastern

NBA on NBATV: Mavericks v. Knicks 

9p Eastern

NHL on ESPN+: Flames v. Oilers and Blues v. Avalanche 

9:30p Eastern

NCAA D1 Women's Final Four on ESPN: Arizona v. Connecticut 

10p Eastern

NBA on NBATV: Bucks v. Trail Blazers 

10:10p Eastern

MLB on ESPN+: Diamondbacks v. Padres 

11:30p Eastern

Mexican Liga BBVA MX on ESPNDeportes: FC Juarez v. Cruz Azul 

UFC- Recent Fight Announcements

Next Saturday- Erin Blanchfield will step in for Bea Malecki to face Norma Dumont 

May 1st- Luana Carolina will replace Mayra Bueno Silva and will face Poliana Botelho 

Bellator Men's Featherweight Grand Prix

The headliner tomorrow will see double champion Patricio Freire put his featherweight belt on the line opposite Emmanuel Sanchez, with the winner facing 17-0 AJ McKee in the final 

UEFA U-21s- Quarterfinals

May 31st

Netherlands v. France

Denmark v. Germany

Spain v. Croatia

Portugal v. Italy 

Men's World Cup 2022- Who will we not see? 

Anguilla, Aruba, Bahamas, Bangladesh, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Dominica, Guam, Indonesia, Mongolia, Palestine, Sri Lanka, Turks and Caicos Islands 

Tokyo Summer Games- Soccer Updates

The round-robin draw for both men's and women's soccer will be on the 21st of this month

Complete men's field: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Egypt, France, Germany, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea and Spain

Tokyo Summer Games- Women's Soccer Qualifying

April 8th- Thursday, in other words- and 13th will see China and South Korea meet for the final Asia spot

April 10th and 13th will see Chile face off against Cameroon for the final spot in the field via the Africa-South America playoff 

2022 Men's World Cup Qualifiers- CONCACAF 

Eliminated: Anguilla, Aruba, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Turks and Caicos Islands 

 

Still In:  Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Canada, Curacao, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, U.S. Virgin Islands   

Withdrew: Saint Lucia

2022 Men's World Cup Qualifiers- Asia

Eliminated: Bangladesh, Chinese Taipei, Guam, Indonesia, Mongolia, Palestine, Sri Lanka 

  

Still In: Afghanistan, Australia, Bahrain, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen    

Tokyo Summer Games- Wrestling Qualifying Updates

The Africa/Oceania qualifiers will start tomorrow and continue through Sunday

The Asia qualifiers will be next weekend  

Tokyo Summer Games- Boxing Qualifying Updates

The Pan Am qualifiers will take place from May 6th through the 13th

The Europe qualifiers will resume June 4th through the 8th

The World qualifiers have been scrapped 

Africa Cup of Nations

Qualified Teams- Last 24 Stage

Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Comoros, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tunisia and Zimbabwe 

*The final spot will be contested in June between Benin and Sierra Leone. Benin will be looking for their fifth appearance while Sierra Leone will be looking to make their third after qualifying in 1994 and 1996.