Monday, June 28, 2021

Copa America- Quarterfinals
Friday
Brazil v. Chile
Peru v. Paraguay

Saturday
Argentina v. Ecuador
Uruguay v. Colombia 


UEFA Euros- Quarterfinals
Friday
Belgium v. Italy
Switzerland v. Spain

Saturday 
Sweden/Ukraine winner v. England/Germany winner
Czech Republic v. Denmark 
Boxing- IBF Flyweight Eliminator
Ricardo Sandoval def. Jay Harris by stoppage in round eight 


NHL Outdoor Games
January 1st- Wild v. Blues, Target Field in Minneapolis
February 26th- Predators v. Lightning, Nissan Stadium in Nashville


UFC 265 on August 7th
Interim Heavyweight Title Fight: Derrick Lewis v. Cyril Gane 


X Games 2021
The summer installment will run July 14th through the 18th 


Boxing on September 10th
WBO Flyweight Title Fight: Junto Nakatani (c) v. Angel Acosta  


NHL News
The 2021-22 All-Star weekend will take place in Las Vegas 

The Canadiens will host the 2022 draft 


Professional Fighters League
Women's Lightweight Semifinals in August 
Larissa Pacheco v. Taylor Guardado 
Kayla Harrison v. Genah Fabian 


Canadian Football
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed QB Paxton Lynch 


UFC on July 24th
Men's Bantamweight: Randy Costa v. Adrian Yanez 


Copa America
Argentina def. Bolivia 4-1
Uruguay def. Paraguay 1-0 


UEFA Euros
Round of 16
Spain def. Croatia 5-3 in added extra time
Switzerland def. France on penalties

If the UFC's 2019 went as originally planned (Part One)

UFC 234 would've seen Robert Whittaker v. Kelvin Gastelum for the undisputed middleweight strap following Israel Adesanya's decision win over Anderson Silva. This sets up Adesanya to face either of them for the undisputed title and means that UFC 236 in April doesn't see Gastelum-Adesanya as the co-main event. 

Tyron Woodley v. Robbie Lawler at welterweight goes ahead in June in a rematch of former champs from UFC 201. This most likely means that Covington-Lawler doesn't go ahead for August, which means that UFC 245 probably wouldn't see Usman-Covington. 

Aspen Ladd v. Holly Holm goes ahead at UFC 235 in March. This means that Ladd-Eubanks probably wouldn't have happened and the Ladd-Holm winner would've gotten a title shot before December. 
Soccer News
Lionel Messi will remain with Barcelona for at least the next two years 


NFL News
Friday (July 2) has been set as the opt-out deadline for the 2021 season 


Bellator News
Fedor Emilianenko will return for Bellator's first Russia card in October 


Boxing on August 14th
Vergil Ortiz Jr v. Egidijus Kavaliauskas, The Star in Frisco, Texas 


NBA News
The Harlem Globetrotters are looking to become the 31st team in the league 


USL Championship
Tacoma Defiance def. LA Galaxy II 2-0 
OKC Energy def. Atlanta United II 2-1 


Australian A-League
Melbourne City def. Sydney FC 3-1 


Major League Soccer
Atlanta United and NY Red Bulls tied 0-0 
New York City FC def. DC United 2-1
Austin FC and Columbus tied 0-0
FC Dallas def. NE Revolution 2-1


Copa America
Brazil and Ecuador tied 1-1 
Peru def. Venezuela 1-0 


UEFA Euros- Round of 16
Czech Republic def. Netherlands 2-0
Belgium def. Portugal 1-0 

Sunday, June 27, 2021

UEFA News
The away-goals rule has been removed for all club competitions starting with the upcoming season 


NFL News
Alternate helmet use has been approved starting with the 2022 season 


Soccer- Africa Cup of Nations
Main-stage action will start in January and continue through February 


UFC on July 17th
Main Event: Islam Makhachev v. Thiago Moises at lightweight will replace Max Holloway v. Yair Rodriguez at men's featherweight 


Spanish Soccer
La Liga teams will resume allowing fans starting next season 


Heavyweight Boxing
WBA/IBF/WBO Title Fight on September 25th
Anthony Joshua (c) v. Oleksander Usyk


NCAA Men's Basketball
Gavitt Tipoff Games- November 
November 15th: Providence v. Wisconsin and Illinois v. Marquette 
November 16th: Michigan v. Seton Hall and Nebraska v. Creighton
November 17th: Michigan State v. Butler and Saint John's v. Indiana
November 18th: Ohio State v. Xavier and Rutgers v. DePaul  


Boxing in October
Welterweight WBO Title Fight: Terence Crawford (c) v. Jose Zepeda


Bellator 264 on August 13th
Main Event: Middleweight Title Fight: Gegard Mousasi (c) v. John Salter  


Boxing in November
Super Lightweight WBO Title Fight: Josh Taylor (c) v. Jack Catterall 


Professional Fighters League- Postseason
Lightweight Semifinals in August 
Loik Radzhabov v. Alexander Martinez
Clay Collard v. Raush Manfio 


UFC on October 9th
Strawweight: Lupita Godinez v. Sam Hughes 


UFC on July 31st
Men's Flyweight: Askar Askarov v. Alex Perez 
Men's Bantamweight: Raulian Paiva will replace Raphael Assuncao against Kyler Phillips 

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Boxing on Saturday
Bantamweight: Robert Rodriguez v. Luis Fernando 
Bantamweight: 2-0 Jaime Jasso v. 1-0 Floyd Diaz
Subaru Murata pro debut v. Kevin Monroy
DeMichael Harris (3-0, 3 by stoppage) v. Jonatan Hernan Godoy 


Combat Sports News
Combate Global has now partnered with CBS Sports and Paramount+
June 25th on CBS Sports
July 9 and onward through 2021 on Paramount+ 


UFC 265 on August 7th
Strawweight: Karolina Kowalkiewicz v. Jessica Penne 


PFL News
August 27th at Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida
Claressa Shields v. TBD 


UFC on October 2nd
Women's Bantamweight: Bethe Correia v. Karol Rosa 
*Correia's retirement fight 

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Boxing on September 10th- Casino del Sol in Tucson, Arizona 
Oscar Valdez will defend his WBC super featherweight crown v. Robson Conceicao 


Boxing on Saturday 
Welterweight: Giovanni Santillan v. Cecil McCalla

Julian Williams is out of a bout v. Brian Mendoza due to injury; Carlos Adames v. Alexis Salazar replaces Williams v. Mendoza 


USL Championship
Colorado Springs Switchbacks def. Austin Bold 3-2 


Fury-Wilder III Undercard- July 24th
Bruce Carrington pro debut


Boxing- Targeted Bouts
Heavyweight: European title fight: Joe Joyce (c) v. Marco Huck 
Flyweight: WBO title defense: Junto Nakatani (c) v. Angel Acosta 


Cristiano Ronaldo G.O.A.T. Resume
*First to be the top scorer for a season in Premier League, La Liga and Serie A


High School Boys Basketball 2021-22
National Interscholastic Basketball Conference
Florida: IMG Academy and Montverde Academy
Indiana: La Lumiere School 
Kansas: Sunrise Christian Academy 
Utah: Wasatch Academy 
Virginia: Oak Hill Academy 


Boxing on August 14th 
Bantamweight: WBC champ Nonito Donaire will replace Guillermo Rigondeaux opposite WBO champ John Riel Casimero
*Casimero will most likely face the winner  


Boxing on September 1st
Super Flyweight WBA Title: Kazuto Ioka v. Francisco Rodriguez Jr. 


Boxing on July 3rd
Tugstogt Nyambayar will replace Yuriorkis Gamboa against Chris Colbert
*WBA Super Featherweight Interim Title on the line  


NBA Draft- Top Five
1. Pistons
2. Rockets
3. Cavaliers
4. Raptors
5. Magic 


UEFA Euros
Croatia def. Scotland 3-1 
England def. Czech Republic 1-0 


Major League Soccer
Orlando City def. San Jose Earthquakes 5-0 
Women's Junior Lightweight Boxing
WBO champ Mikaela Mayer v. IBF champ Maiva Hamadouche 


Boxing on July 3rd
Yuriorkis Gamboa is out of his scheduled bout opposite Chris Colbert due to injury 


Basketball News
The Basketball Tournament will start on July 16th 


UFC on Saturday
Warlley Alves will now face Jeremiah Wells, who has won eight-of-ten in his career, instead of Ramazan Emeev 
UEFA Euros
Netherlands def. North Macedonia 3-0
Austria def. Ukraine 1-0
Belgium def. Finland 2-0 
Denmark def. Russia 4-1 

Round of 16 on Saturday
Italy v. Austria
Wales v. Denmark 


Copa America
Uruguay and Chile tied 1-1
Argentina def. Paraguay 1-0 

Monday, June 21, 2021

UEFA Euros
Italy def. Wales 1-0
Switzerland def. Turkey 3-1


WNBA
Liberty def. Sparks 76-73 


College World Series
Virginia def. Tennessee 6-0
Mississippi State def. Texas 2-1 


NHL Playoffs
Golden Knights def. Canadiens 2-1 in OT and tie the semifinal series 2-apiece 


USL Championship
Indy Eleven def. Sporting Kansas City II 2-1


NBA Playoffs
Suns lead the Western Conference Finals 1-0 against the Clippers with a 120-114 win
The Hawks def. the Sixers 103-96 in game seven of the Eastern Conference Semifinals and will face the Bucks in the Eastern Finals 


English National League- Promotion Final 
Hartlepool United def. Torquay United 5-4 on penalties and will be in English League Two next season 


USL League One
Chattanooga Red Wolves def. North Carolina FC 3-2


Australian A-League Semifinals
Melbourne City def. MacArthur FC 2-0 and will face Sydney FC in the final 


Major League Soccer
Atlanta United and Philadelphia Union tied 2-2  


Copa America
Venezuela and Ecuador tied 2-2
Peru def. Colombia 2-1

Friday, June 18, 2021

Boxing- IBF Middleweight Final Eliminator
Patrick Wojcicki v. Esquiva Falcao 


Boxing- IBF Flyweight
Sunny Edward's first title defense will be against Jayson Mama 


Boxing- Super Bantamweight
Matchroom outbid Golden Boy for control of Murodjon Akhmadaliev's mandatory title defense against Ronny Rios and intend to hold it August 21st 


Boxing- MTK Fight Night next Friday (June 25th)
IBF Flyweight Eliminator: Jay Harris v. Ricardo Sandoval
Vacant WBO World Bantamweight Title/WBO Eliminator: Paul Butler v. Joseph Agbeko  
Regional Light Heavyweight Eliminator: Hosea Burton v. Liam Conroy 
Blaine Hyland v. Reiss Taylor
Inder Bassi v. MJ Hall 


UFC on September 25th
Women's Flyweight: Manon Fiorot v. Mayra Bueno Silva 


Boxing on August 14th
Welterweight: Egidijus Kavaliauskas v. Vergil Ortiz Jr. 


Women's Boxing- Super Featherweight
An eight-woman 130lb tournament under the World Boxing Super Series banner is set to take place this fall 


Boxing on July 17th
Super Middleweight Unification: Jermell Charlo v. Brian Castano 
Lightweight: Rolando Romero v. Austin Dulay 
Middleweight: Amilcar Vidal v. Immanuel Aleem 
Tokyo Summer Games- Boxing Schedule- Part One 
Saturday, July 24th
Men's Welterweight Round of 32
Light Heavyweight Round of 32
Heavyweight Round of 16
Women's Featherweight Round of 32

Sunday, July 25th
Men's Middleweight Round of 32
Super Heavyweight Round of 16
Women's Flyweight Round of 32
Women's Welterweight Round of 32

Monday, July 26th
Men's Featherweight Round of 32
Men's Welterweight Round of 16
Women's Featherweight Round of 16

Tuesday, July 27th
Men's Lightweight Round of 32
Light Heavyweight Round of 16
Women's Welterweight Round of 16 

Bellator 262 on July 16th
Heavyweight: Tyrell Fortune v. Matt Mitrione and Linton Vassell v. Marcelo Golm 


Boxing
The International Boxing Association has opened an investigation into the Rio 2016 boxing tournament focusing on potential match-fixing and corruption- "sporting integrity",  in other words 


Tennis
Wimbledon main draw begins in ten days 


UFC News
Max Holloway will no longer fight Yair Rodriguez on July 17th due to an injury 


UEFA Euros
Belgium and Netherlands join Italy in the Round of 16 

Thursday, June 17, 2021

Lightweight Boxing
Teofimo Lopez v. George Kambosos bout rescheduled from Saturday to August 14th 


UFC 265 on August 7th
Welterweight: Michael Chiesa v. Neil Magny 


USL League One
Yesterday 
Greenville Triumph def. North Carolina FC 2-1
Fort Lauderdale and Toronto FC II tied 2-2


UFC on September 18th
Light Heavyweight: Ion Cutelaba v. Devin Clark 


Bellator Featherweight Grand Prix
Final: Bellator 263, July 31st, The Forum at Inglewood, California


UFC Next Weekend
Heavyweight: Ovince Saint Preux will replace Maxim Grishin against Tanner Boser
Welterweight: Warlley Alves v. TBD after Ramazan Emeev withdrew from the card   


UEFA Euros
Yesterday 
Russia def. Finland 1-0 
Wales def. Turkey 2-0
Italy def. Switzerland 3-0 to qualify for the Round of 16  


USL Championship
Yesterday
Louisville City def. Birmingham Legion 2-0
Tulsa FC def. Sporting Kansas City II 4-3
NY Red Bulls II def. Charlotte Independence 3-1
Austin Bold def. Rio Grande Valley Toros 2-1 
Memphis 901 def. Atlanta United 2 1-0
Colorado Springs Switchbacks def. Tacoma Defiance 4-2
New Mexico United def. San Antonio FC 2-0 

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

U.S. Olympic Swim Trials Updates

Kieran Smith is headed to Tokyo in the 200 and 400 meter freestyle. 

Lilly King is headed to Tokyo in the 100 meter breaststroke. She is the defending Olympic champion. 

Ryan Murphy is headed to Tokyo in the 100 meter backstroke. He won both backstroke events in Rio. 

CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying

Second Round
Second-Leg Games
Curacao and Panama tied 0-0
Canada def. Haiti 3-0
El Salvador def. Saint Kitts 2-0

Two-Leg Aggregate Results
Panama def. Curacao 2-1
Canada def. Haiti 4-0
El Salvador def. Saint Kitts 6-0

Second Round -- Third Round
Canada
El Salvador 
Panama


Third Round Teams: Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama and United States
*Third-round play will begin August 30th
*Top three teams qualify for the 2022 World Cup

Eliminated Teams: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands and U.S. Virgin Islands  

British Boxing Board of Control Updates- Super Welterweight
Championship: Ted Cheeseman (c) v. Troy Williamson
Eliminator: Anthony Fowler v. Sam Eggington 


Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying
Sierra Leone def. Benin 1-0 


Asia World Cup Qualifying
Japan def. Kyrgyzstan 5-1
Tajikistan def. Myanmar 4-0
India and Afghanistan tied 1-1
Philippines and Maldives tied 1-1
Australia def. Jordan 1-0 
Bahrain def. Hong Kong 4-0
Iran def. Iraq 1-0 
Malaysia def. Thailand 1-0
UAE def. Vietnam 3-2
Oman def. Bangladesh 3-0
China def. Syria 3-1
Palestine def. Yemen 3-0
Saudi Arabia def. Uzbekistan 3-0 
Kuwait def. Chinese Taipei 2-1 

Second Round -- Third Round: Australia, China, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam  


UEFA Euros
Portugal def. Hungary 3-0
France def. Germany 1-0 


UFC News
Andre Fili v. Daniel Pineda at men's featherweight is a late addition to the Fight Night next Saturday 

Tim Means v. Danny Roberts at welterweight is off the card scheduled for Saturday 

Thiago Santos v. Johnny Walker at light heavyweight will headline October 2nd, instead of September 25th


UFC 265 on August 7th
Strawweight rematch: Angela Hill v. Tecia Torres


Canadian Football League
The 2021 season will begin August 5th with the title game scheduled for December 12th  


UFC 266 on September 25th
Men's Bantamweight: Marlon Moraes v. Merab Dvalishvili 
Heavyweight: Curtis Blaydes v. Jairzinho Rozenstruik 

Friday, June 11, 2021

Light Flyweight Boxing
The WBA has ordered a unification bout between Hiroto Kyoguchi and Esteban Bermudez 


Light Heavyweight Boxing on July 10th
Lyndon Arthur v. Davide Faraci
Anthony Yarde v. Emin Atra


Boxing on TV
Top Rank has finalized a four-year deal with Sky Sports for U.K. broadcasts   


Heavyweight Boxing
Anthony Joshua v. Oleksandr Usyk is being targeted for September at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 


College Football
LB Jaquez Jones has transferred from Ole Miss to Kentucky. He led the Rebels with 75 tackles last season  


Bare Knuckle
BKFC 19 on July 23rd will crown a new men's bantamweight champion with a matchup of Johnny Bedford v. Reggie Barnett Jr. 


UFC 266 on September 25th
Women's Flyweight: Jessica Andrade v. Cynthia Calvillo 


Men's College Basketball
Rutgers v. Seton Hall, December 12th at the Prudential Center 


Summer Olympics
Brisbane is set to be named 2032 host next month 


NBA 2021-22
September 28th: Start of training camps 
October 19th: Start of the season
April 16th: Start of 2022 Playoffs
June 19th: Finish of the 2022 Finals
June 23rd: 2022 NBA Draft 


Bellator Featherweight Grand Prix
Final: Patricio Freire v. AJ McKee: July 30th on Showtime 


French Open Tennis
Men's Singles Final: Novak Djokovic v. Stefanos Tsitsipas 

Thursday, June 10, 2021

Sports on TV Tomorrow

2:20p Eastern
MLB on ESPN+: Cardinals v. Cubs 

3p Eastern
UEFA European Championship on ESPN: Turkey v. Italy 

7:30p Eastern
NBA on ESPN: East Semifinals Game 3: Hawks v. Sixers
USL Championship on ESPN+: Tampa Bay Rowdies v. Loudoun United

8p Eastern
WNBA on CBSSN: Storm v. Dream 

10p Eastern
NBA on ESPN: West Semifinals Game 3: Suns v. Nuggets  

10:30p Eastern
USL Championship on ESPN+: Las Vegas Lights v. San Antonio FC 

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

UFC on July 17th
Gabriel Benitez will replace Herbert Burns against Billy Quarantillo 


PFL 2021 Playoff Schedule
August 13th- Lightweight and Featherweight (7p Eastern on ESPN2)
August 19th- Light Heavyweight and Welterweight (7p Eastern on ESPN)
August 27th- Heavyweight and Women's Lightweight (8p Eastern on ESPN2) 
All three cards will also be on ESPN+ and ESPNDeportes 


UFC 266 on September 4th
Targeted men's featherweight title fight: Alexander Volkanovski v. Brian Ortega 


Boxing on July 24th
Heavyweight: 9-0 Jared Anderson v. 22-0-1 Vladimir Tereshkin, Robert Helenius v. Adam Kownacki rematch, 18-0 Frank Sanchez v. 15-0 Efe Ajagba


French Open Tennis
Men's Singles- Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic both advance to the semifinals  


UFC on June 26th
Women's Bantamweight: Julia Avila v. Julija Stoliarenko 


Indian Soccer
East Bengal and Kerala Blasters can't sign any new players in the summer transfer window 


UFC 263 on Saturday
Lightweight: Terrance McKinney steps in for Frank Camacho against Matt Frevola


Invicta FC atomweight tournament on Friday
Marisa Messer-Belenchia will replace Katie Saull in the eight-woman field 


PFL 6 on June 25th
Heavyweight: Brandon Sayles will face Denis Goltsov after Fabricio Werdum and Mohammed Usman withdrew from the card  


CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying
First Round -- Second Round
Group A: El Salvador
Group B: Canada
Group C: Curacao
Group D: Panama
Group E: Haiti 
Group F: Saint Kitts & Nevis 


Two-leg second round starts Saturday
3-1 Saint Kitts v. 3-0-1 El Salvador
3-0 Haiti v. 4-0 Canada
4-0 Panama v. 3-0-1 Curacao 

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Asia World Cup Qualifying Tomorrow
Group H 
Turkmenistan v. Lebanon- both teams competing for a top-two spot in the group (Lebanon currently second)
Sri Lanka v. South Korea- Sri Lanka has been eliminated, South Korea currently leads the group  
UAE Warriors 20 June 19th
Bantamweight Title Fight: Ray Borg v. Jesse Arnett 
Welterweight: Handesson Ferreira v. Amiran Gogoladze
*UAE Warriors 19 will take place Friday, June 18th  


World Series of Poker
Former San Antonio Spur Tony Parker will compete in the main event, which will start November 4th 


Horse Racing News
Bob Baffert has been handed a two-year ban from Churchill Downs 


Euro 2020 (starts Friday)
England: Trent Alexander-Arnold (thigh) has been ruled out


UFC 266
Targeted middleweight bout: Darren Till v. Derek Brunson 


Middleweight Boxing next weekend (Saturday, June 19th) 
Kamil Szeremeta will replace Maciej Sulecki against Jaime Munguia 


PFL 4 on Thursday
Natan Schulte will face Raush Manfio instead of Mikhail Odintsov 


Invicta FC
The atomweight tournament on Friday will have the quarterfinal matchups determined by fan voting, with voting live on the Invicta website and will conclude one hour prior to Thursday's ceremonial (evening) weigh-ins 
Participants: Jessica Delboni, Jillian DeCoursey, Katie Perez, Katie Saull, Lindsey VanZandt, Linda Mihalec, Paulina Granados and Tabatha Watkins  


Combat Sports
Alistair Overeem is transitioning from MMA to kickboxing after inking a multifight deal with the GLORY kickboxing promotion 


College Baseball
Columbia Regional- Elimination Game
Virginia def. Old Dominion 4-3 in 10 innings 


French Open Tennis
Men's Singles- Alexander Zverev (Germany) moves into the semifinals in straight sets 
World Cup Qualifiers- Top Goalscorers by Region
Asia: Takumi Minamino (Japan) with nine 
CONCACAF: Nigel Hasselbaink (Suriname) with six 
CONMEBOL: Marcelo Moreno (Bolivia) with five 

CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers- Most Team Goals

23 (Canada)
16 (Panama)
15 (Suriname, Curacao)
14 (Guatemala) 
12 (Haiti) 
10 (El Salvador, Nicaragua)
8 (Dominican Republic, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Puerto Rico)
7 (Montserrat)
6 (Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, Cuba)
5 (Belize) 
4 (Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana)
3 (Aruba, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
2 (Barbados)
1 (Grenada, Cayman Islands)

CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers- Games Today

Guyana v. Puerto Rico in Group F: Both teams have already been eliminated
 
Saint Vincent v. Cuba in Group C: Both teams have already been eliminated 

Haiti v. Nicaragua in Group E: Only two teams in the group in contention for the second round 

Trinidad v. Saint Kitts in Group F: Trinidad is eliminated, Saint Kitts is already moving on 

Grenada v. Montserrat in Group A: Grenada is already eliminated, Montserrat needs a win  by pretty hefty goal difference and an El Salvador/Antigua draw to have any hope of advancing in the tournament 

Barbados v. Dominica in Group D: Both teams have already been eliminated

Bermuda v. Cayman Islands in Group B: Both teams have already been eliminated 

Curacao v. Guatemala in Group C: Both teams are 3-0 in the group and the winner moves on 

Panama v. Dominican Republic in Group D: Panama is 3-0; Dominican Republic is 2-1; winner moves into the next round 

Canada v. Suriname in Group B: Winner advances to the second round

El Salvador v. Antigua in Group A: Winner tops the group 

CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers- First Round

First Round -- Second Round
Teams in contention
Group A: Antigua & Barbuda, El Salvador and Montserrat
Group B: Canada and Suriname
Group C: Curacao and Guatemala
Group D: Dominican Republic and Panama
Group E: Haiti and Nicaragua 
Saint Kitts & Nevis have already qualified for the second round from Group F

Eliminated
Anguilla, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands and U.S. Virgin Islands 

Monday, June 7, 2021

World Cup Qualifying Tomorrow

CONMEBOL
Ecuador v. Peru
Venezuela v. Uruguay
Colombia v. Argentina
Paraguay v. Brazil
Chile v. Bolivia

CONCACAF
Guyana v. Puerto Rico
Saint Vincent v. Cuba
Haiti v. Nicaragua
Trinidad & Tobago v. Saint Kitts
Barbados v. Dominica
Grenada v. Montserrat
Bermuda v. Cayman Islands
Curacao v. Guatemala
Panama v. Dominican Republic 
Canada v. Suriname
El Salvador v. Antigua & Barbuda 
Asia World Cup Qualifying
Mongolia def. Kyrgyzstan 1-0
Japan def. Tajikistan 4-1
India def. Bangladesh 2-0
Syria def. Guam 3-0 


UFC News
Uriah Hall-Sean Strickland at middleweight will headline on July 31st. It was previously scheduled for UFC 265 on August 7th 


Chelsea Soccer
Olivier Giroud and Thiago Silva will stay with the team until at least June of next year 


NCAA News
The SEC has joined the Big 12, Pac-12 and ACC in eliminating the intraconference transfer rule (student-athletes can transfer between SEC schools without losing a year of eligibility 


NFL News
WR Julio Jones has moved from Atlanta to Tennessee 

The Vikings have signed CB Bashaud Breeland from the Chiefs 


UFC Fight Night August 21st
Middleweight Main Event: Kelvin Gastelum will replace Paulo Costa against Jared Cannonier 

Friday, June 4, 2021

Tokyo Europe Boxing Qualifier- Day One Quick Recap

Men's lightweight is into the Round of 16

Women's featherweight, men's and women's welterweight, women's middleweight and light heavyweight is into the quarterfinals 

Women's lightweight and men's middleweight is moving into the quarterfinals

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Asia World Cup Qualifying
Bangladesh and Afghanistan tied 1-1
Iran def. Hong Kong 3-1
Nepal def. Chinese Taipei 2-0
Bahrain def. Cambodia 8-0
Thailand and Indonesia tied 2-2
UAE def. Malaysia 4-0
Qatar def. India 1-0
Palestine def. Singapore 4-0 
Australia def. Kuwait 3-0


UFC 263 next weekend
Welterweight: Leon Edwards v. Nate Diaz (rescheduled from May 15th) 


NHL News
G Marc-Andre Fleury is in the top three for all-time wins, joining Martin Brodeur and Patrick Roy 


Boxing on Sunday
Badou Jack will no longer be facing Jean Pascal in a scheduled rematch 


UFC on Saturday
Tabatha Ricci steps in on two days' notice as she replaces Maryna Moroz against Manon Fiorot


Middleweight Boxing
Gennadiy Golovkin and Ryota Murata will meet on December 28th in a title unification bout, although both plan to fight at least once before then  


UFC 264 on July 10th
Welterweight: Carlos Condit v. Max Griffin  


UEFA U-21s
Semifinals
Portugal def. Spain 1-0
Germany def. France 2-1 

Asia World Cup Qualifying

Bangladesh and Afghanistan tied 1-1 

Sporting TV Tomorrow

7p Eastern
USL Championship on ESPN+: Charleston Battery v. LA Galaxy 2

7:20p Eastern
MLB on ESPN+: Dodgers v. Braves 

7:30p Eastern
NHL on USA Network: North Second Round Game 2: Canadiens v. Jets 

8p Eastern
WNBA on Facebook: Dream v. Lynx 

9p Eastern
NBA on ESPN: West First Round Game 6: Clippers v. Mavericks 

10p Eastern
USL Championship on ESPN+: Real Monarchs v. New Mexico United
NHL on NBCSN: West Second Round Game 3: Avalanche v. Golden Knights 
WNBA Commissioner's Cup on Amazon Prime Video: Wings v. Storm  
RIZIN 28 on June 13th
Inaugural lightweight title fight: Tofiq Musayev v. Roberto Satoshi


Australian A-League
Adelaide United and Western Sydney tied 2-2 


NBA Playoffs
The Jazz are the first team to advance to the Western Conference semifinals  


RIZIN Rule Change
Fighters can now use elbows to the face from any angle on the ground 


Bellator 260 on June 11th
128 Catchweight: Vanessa Porto v. Ilara Joanne 


NHL Draft Lottery
Buffalo Sabres will select first
Newly formed Seattle Kraken will pick second 
Anaheim Ducks will pick third 


College Basketball News
Jacob Young has transferred from Rutgers to Oregon 

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Asia World Cup Qualifying tomorrow

Bangladesh v. Afghanistan
Iran v. Hong Kong
Nepal v. Chinese Taipei
Bahrain v. Cambodia
Thailand v. Indonesia
UAE v. Malaysia
India v. Qatar
Palestine v. Singapore
Australia v. Kuwait

CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifying tomorrow

0-3-1 Bolivia v. 1-3 Venezuela

2-2 Uruguay v. 1-0-3 Paraguay 

3-1 Argentina v. 1-2-1 Chile

0-3-1 Peru v. 1-2-1 Colombia 

Sporting TV Tomorrow

Noon Eastern
UEFA U-21 Semifinal on ESPNU: Spain v. Portugal 

2:10p Eastern
MLB on ESPN+: Red Sox v. Astros 

3p Eastern
UEFA U-21 Semifinal on ESPNU: Netherlands v. Germany 

7:30p Eastern
NHL on NBCSN: East Division Second Round Game 3: Bruins v. Islanders

8p Eastern
NBA on TNT: West First Round Game 6: Nuggets v. Trail Blazers 
NHL on USA Network: Central Division Second Round Game 3: Hurricanes v. Lightning 

9p Eastern
USL Championship on ESPN2/ESPNDeportes: Austin Bold v. El Paso Locomotive 

10p Eastern
WNBA on CBSSN: Sky v. Mercury 

10:30p Eastern
NBA on TNT: West First Round Game 6: Suns v. Lakers 
Boxing on June 26th
Middleweight: Rob Brant v. Janibek Alimkhanuly


NBA Playoffs Game 5s
Sixers def. Wizards 129-112 and win the series 4-1
Hawks def. Knicks 103-89 and win the series 4-1 


NBA Playoffs- Eastern Semifinals
Philadelphia v. Atlanta
Milwaukee v. Brooklyn 


Canadian Football
The Edmonton team will be the Elks moving forward after dropping the Eskimos moniker last year  


College Football News
CB Derion Kendrick is transferring from Clemson to Georgia
TE Erik Gilbert is also transferring to Georgia 


Bare Knuckle FC
BKFC 18 on June 26th
Pearl Gonzalez v. Charisa Sigala 

BKFC 19 on July 23rd
Paige VanZant v. Racheal Ostovich
Britain Hart v. Jenny Savage  


Bellator 261 on June 25th
Light Heavyweight: Christian Edwards v. Ben Parrish 


Boxing on July 9th
Tenkai Tsunami will defend her WBO junior flyweight title against Seniesa Estrada
Lightweight: Hector Tanajara v. William Zepeda (combined record of 41-0)  


Invicta FC
Next Friday will see an eight-woman, one-night tournament to determine Alesha Zappitella's next atomweight challenger. Competing in the tournament are Jessica Delboni, Jillian DeCoursey, Linda Mihalec, Katie Saull, Lindsey VanZandt, Paulina Granados, Katie Perez and Tabatha Watkins  


CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying
Dominica def. Anguilla 3-0
Group A: Montserrat def. US Virgin Islands 4-0
Cuba def. British Virgin Islands 5-0 
Aruba def. Cayman Islands 3-1


Professional Fighters League
Fabricio Werdum is out of a June 25th bout v. Brandon Sayles 


USL Championship
Tampa Bay Rowdies def. NY Red Bulls 2 1-0
Sporting Kansas City 2 def. Tulsa FC 4-1   


Australian A-League
Brisbane Roar def. Perth Glory 2-1 

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Middleweight Boxing
June 19th- Jamie Mungia v. Maciej Sulecki 


Celtics-Nets tonight (7:30p Eastern on TNT)
The Nets can clinch the series and move into the conference semifinals against Milwaukee 
The Celtics can force a game six 


Junior Lightweight Boxing
June 12th- Shakur Stevenson v. Jeremiah Nakathila 


PFL 4- 2021
Lance Palmer will meet Jesse Stern instead of Lazar Stojadinovic
 
Bubba Jenkins will meet Bobby Moffett instead of Anthony Dizy  


Lightweight Boxing
The July 9 bout between Joseph Diaz and Javier Fortuna will be for the interim WBC title 


French Soccer
Nimes and Dijon have been relegated from Ligue 1 to Ligue 2 for next season 


Cruiserweight Boxing Summer Belt Unification 
Tommy McCarthy (European) v. Chris Billam-Smith (British and Commonwealth)


Dana White's Contender Series
September 7th
Bruno Rodrigues v. CJ Vergara 

September 28th
Lightweight: Lucas Almeida v. Daniel Zellhuber. The pair is a combined 23-0 with 19 combined wins by stoppage

October 12th
Heavyweight: Hugo Cunha v. Martin Buday

October 26th
Jansey Silva v. Gadzhi Omargadzhiev    


2021 FA Community Shield
Reigning FA Cup champ Leicester City v. reigning Premier League champ Manchester City


UFC Fight Night on August 28th
Light Heavyweight: Dustin Jacoby v. Askar Mozharov  


2021 DFL-Supercup
Reigning DFB-Pokal champ Borussia Dortmund v. reigning Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich  


Tokyo Summer Games- 3X3 Basketball Qualifying
Men's Field: Poland, Netherlands and Latvia join Japan, China, Russia and Serbia

Women's Field: United States, France and Japan join Russia, China, Mongolia and Romania


Australian A-League
Newcastle Jets def. Central Coast Mariners 2-1  


Tokyo Summer Games- Boxing Qualifying
Europe Qualifiers
Super Heavyweight: Petar Belbirov of Bulgaria moves into the quarterfinals by walkover and is a win away from Tokyo