Tokyo Updates

Men's Team Handball

Group B: Sweden joins Egypt and Denmark in the quarterfinals. Portugal and Bahrain will compete for the final spot 

Men's Field Hockey

Quarterfinals on Sunday

Australia v. Netherlands

Germany v. Argentina

India v. Great Britain

Belgium v. Spain 

Irish Premier Division

Waterford def. Drogheda United 2-1

Shamrock Rovers def. Saint Patricks 3-1 

USL League One

Toronto FC II and Greenville Triumph tied 0-0 

UFC on October 23rd

Men's Flyweight: Jeff Molina v. Daniel Lacerda 

Bellator 264 on August 13th

Men's Bantamweight: Danny Sabatello v. Johnny Campbell 

NHL News

F Mathieu Perreault has signed with Montreal for one year

Blue-liner Brendan Smith has signed with Carolina for one year  

F Corey Perry has signed with Tampa Bay for two years, joining Brayden Point on the roster 

NBA Draft

1: Cade Cunningham from Oklahoma State -- Detroit Pistons 

2: Jalen Green from G-League Ignite -- Houston Rockets 

3: Evan Mobley from Southern Cal -- Cleveland Cavaliers 

4: Scottie Barnes from Florida State -- Toronto Raptors 

6: Josh Giddey from Adelaide 36ers -- Oklahoma City Thunder

7: Jonathan Kuminga from G-League Ignite -- Golden State Warriors 

8: Franz Wagner from Michigan -- Orlando Magic 

10: Ziaire Williams from Stanford -- Memphis Grizzlies 

11: James Bouknight from Connecticut -- Charlotte Hornets 

12: Joshua Primo from Alabama -- San Antonio Spurs  

13: Chris Duarte from Oregon -- Indiana Pacers 

14: Moses Moody from Arkansas -- Golden State Warriors 

15: Corey Kispert from Gonzaga -- Washington Wizards 

MLB Trades

Cubs -- Giants: 3B Kris Bryant

Giants -- Cubs: OF Alexander Canario and RHP Caleb Kilian 

Indians -- White Sox: 2B Cesar Hernandez

White Sox -- Indians: LHP Konnor Pilkington 

Cubs -- Yankees: 1B Anthony Rizzo

Yankees -- Cubs: Minor league P Alexander Vizcaino and minor league OF Kevin Alcantara 

Rays -- Mariners: P Diego Castillo, who has saved 14 games this season  

Mariners -- Rays: Pitcher JT Chargois and IF prospect Austin Shenton 

MLS News

Austin F.C. have signed M Sebastian Driussi from Zenit St. Petersburg 

UFC 265 next weekend

Amanda Nunes' bantamweight title defense v. Julianna Pena has been postponed 

Tokyo Updates

Men's Middleweight Boxing: Quarterfinals

Oleksandr Khyzhniak (Ukraine) v. Euri Cedeno (Dominican Republic)

Arman Darchinyan (Armenia) v. Eumir Marcial (Philippines) 

Hebert Conceicao (Brazil) v. Abilkhan Amankul (Kazakhstan)

Darrelle Valsaint (Haiti) v. Gleb Bakshi (ROC) 

Fencing: Men's Team Sabre

Gold: South Korea

Silver: Italy

Bronze: Hungary

Fencing: Women's Team Epee

Gold: Estonia

Silver: South Korea

Bronze: Italy 

Men's Team Table Tennis

Round of 16 Sunday and Monday

China v. Egypt

Hong Kong v. France

Brazil v. Serbia

Slovenia v. South Korea

Japan v. Australia

United States v. Sweden

Chinese Taipei v. Croatia

Portugal v. Germany 

Women's Team Table Tennis

Round of 16 Sunday and Monday

China v. Austria

France v. Singapore

South Korea v. Poland

Australia v. Germany

Hong Kong v. Brazil

Egypt v. Romania

Chinese Taipei v. United States

Hungary v. Japan  

Men's Water Polo

Group Stage -- Quarterfinals

Greece

Italy

Women's Team Handball

Group Stage -- Quarterfinals

Netherlands

Norway 

Men's Team Handball

Group Stage -- Quarterfinals

Denmark

France

Spain

Sweden

Women's Field Hockey

Current Quarterfinal Qualifiers

Group A: Netherlands and Germany

Group B: Australia and Argentina 

Men's Field Hockey

Group A: India joins Australia in the quarterfinals

Group B: With Belgium, Netherlands and Great Britain through to the quarterfinals, one remaining spot is up for grabs between Germany and South Africa 

Men's Basketball

Group C: Slovenia and Spain have qualified for the quarterfinals as they are both 2-0

France is 2-0 in Group A while Australia is 2-0 in Group B  

Men's Beach Volleyball

Pool D has officially wrapped up. Brazil and Netherlands move to the Round of 16 with United States moving to the Lucky Losers round 

Pool E: Poland and Brazil qualify for the Round of 16 while the Chile-Morocco match tomorrow will determine who heads to the Lucky Losers competition 

Lucky Losers

The U.S. pairing of Lucena and Dalhauser, at 2-1, should move through to the Round of 16 and avoid the Lucky Loser playoffs 

Boxing on September 11th

Dillian Whyte v. TBD and potentially Kyoguchi-Soto and Akhmadaliev-Rios (latter two had been scheduled for August 28th)

Showtime: super bantamweight doubleheader (Brandon Figueroa-Stephen Fulton; Ra'eese Aleem-Daniel Roman) 

Triller: Oscar De La Hoya v. Vitor Belfort 

NBA Trades

Pelicans -- Grizzlies: Steven Adams, Eric Bledsoe, 10th pick in today's draft and one other first-round pick

Grizzlies -- Pelicans: 17th pick in today's draft 

General News

The OKC Thunder's home arena is now the Paycom Center (was Chesapeake Energy Arena). The deal extends through 2036  

MLB News

OF Joey Gallo is heading from the Rangers to the Yankees for RHP's Glenn Otto and Randy Vazquez, 2B Ezequiel Duran, shortstop Josh Smith, 2B/OF Trevor Hauver and OF Everson Pereira 

Boxing on Saturday

Xu Can-Leigh Wood for the WBA featherweight title is the new Matchroom main event on DAZN (Benn-Granados off the card) 

UFC on October 2nd

Women's Bantamweight rescheduled bout: Aspen Ladd v. Macy Chiasson 

Boxing News

Standby September date worked out for Lopez-Kambosos 

Vasiliy Lomachenko v. TBD could headline Madison Square Garden on December 11th 

Super Lightweight: Josh Taylor's first IBF defense v. Jack Catterall headed for Scotland, either on November 20th or 27th 

*Also a potential for November: Terence Crawford v. Shawn Porter

November 13th will most likely see WBO super featherweight champ Jamel Herring face mandatory Shakur Stevenson 

Light Heavyweight: Joe Smith Jr WBO defense v. Umar Salamov is targeted for October 23rd. Targeted locations between Madison Square Garden, Barclays Center or Nassau Coliseum 

Targeted date for Lyndon Arthur-Anthony Yarde rematch is October 9th 

NHL News

F Zach Hyman has signed with Edmonton for seven years

F Blake Coleman has signed with Calgary for six years  

D Tyson Barrie has re-signed with Edmonton for three years

Edmonton has bought out the final two years of the contract of F James Neal

D Dmitry Kulikov has signed with Minnesota for two years 

The Sabres have signed goalies Craig Anderson and Aaron Dell to respective one-year deals. Anderson has 19,994 saves and is the winningest goalie in Senators history (202 of his 291 wins), while Dell has a .906 save percentage in 114 NHL appearances  

Tokyo Updates

Under-Represented Country Tracker

Bermuda: first gold medal in national history (women's triathlon) 

Ivory Coast: men's soccer quarterfinal v. Spain on Saturday

Kosovo: Gold in 48K judo- second medal and second gold (both in judo) in national history 

Mozambique: Acinda Panguana is in the women's welterweight boxing quarterfinals; Rady Gramane is in the women's middleweight boxing quarterfinals 

Qatar: spot in the men's beach volleyball Round of 16

Panama: Atheyna Bylon is in the women's middleweight boxing quarterfinals

Turkmenistan: first medal in national history (silver in women's weightlifting) 

Women's Featherweight Boxing

Semifinal 1

Nesthy Petecio (Philippines) v. Irma Testa (Italy)

At stake for Petecio: a 4-0 start to her Olympic boxing career

At stake for Testa: a fifth win in Olympic boxing (currently 4-1 in two Olympic appearances) 

Rounds Won

Petecio: Thirteen-of-fifteen

Testa: Fourteen-of-fifteen 

Semifinal 2

Karriss Artingstall (Great Britain) v. Sena Irie (Japan)

Both 3-0 so far in the tournament and both have won thirteen-of-fifteen rounds 

Swimming

Caeleb Dressel (United States) won the 100m freestyle- his first individual Olympic gold 

Boxing tomorrow

Men's and Women's Middleweight: Round of 16

Super Heavyweight: Round of 16

Women's Flyweight: Round of 16 

Men's Beach Volleyball 

Pool A: Russia and Norway advance to the Round of 16; Spain heads to the Lucky Loser round

Pool E: Poland and Brazil advance to the Round of 16 as they're both 2-0 in their group 

NHL News

Ryan Getzlaf has signed an extension with Anaheim for one year 

Toronto has signed forwards Michael Bunting, Kurtis Gabriel and David Kampf 

NHL Trades

Lightning -- Blackhawks: F Tyler Johnson and a second-round pick in 2023

Blackhawks -- Lightning: Brent Seabrook's contract 

BKFC 20 on August 20th

Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi 

FITE TV and the BKFC app 

Vacant Bantamweight Title: Johnny Bedford v. Reggie Barnett

Heavyweight: Alan Belcher v. Tony Lopez

Quentin Henry v. Jason Fish in a featured bout 

NHL News

F Erik Haula has signed with Boston for two years

D Dougie Hamilton has signed with New Jersey for seven years 

F Tomas Nosek has signed with Boston for two years 

G Philipp Grubauer has signed with expansion side Seattle for six years 

D Alex Edler has signed with Los Angeles for one year 

F Nick Bonino has signed with San Jose for two years 

D Tony DeAngelo has signed with Carolina for one year 

F Brayden Point has signed an eight-year extension with Tampa Bay 

G David Rittich has signed with Nashville for one year 

F Boone Jenner has signed a four-year extension with Columbus 

D Derek Forbort has signed with Boston for three years 

F Mattias Janmark has signed with Las Vegas for one year 

D Ryan Suter has signed with Dallas for four years 

G Laurent Brossoit has signed with Las Vegas for two years (keep in mind Vegas traded Marc-Andre Fleury to the Blackhawks) 

F Mikael Granlund has re-signed with Nashville for four years 

G Braden Holtby has signed with Dallas for one year 

D Travis Hamonic has re-signed with Vancouver for the next two years 

G Jonathan Bernier has signed with New Jersey for two years 

D Tucker Poolman has signed with Vancouver for four years 

G Martin Jones has signed with Philadelphia for one year 

D Cody Ceci has signed with Edmonton for four years 

F Sean Kuraly has signed with Columbus for four years 

D David Savard has signed with Montreal for four years 

NFL News

Niners QB Trey Lance has officially signed a rookie contract for four years and $34 million 

UFC on October 16th

Women's Featherweight: Holly Holm v. Norma Dumont  

MLB News

IF Eduardo Escobar is heading to Milwaukee from Arizona. He's homered 22 times this season 

P Yimi Garcia is headed from Miami to Houston. He has 15 saves this season and has a 35-to-5 strikeout-to-walk ratio 

The Marlins have traded OF Starling Marte to the Athletics for LHP Jesus Luzardo 

P Jack Leiter, the 2021 second pick, has signed with the Rangers for nearly $8 million 

Thoughts on the UFC

1. So apparently Stipe Miocic is tired of waiting for a heavyweight title shot when most likely the winner of Lewis-Gane next month will get the next shot at Ngannou's belt and then maybe Jon Jones will be waiting in the wings. That seems like a fairly logical order to go in, but... wait... Is this the same Miocic that didn't seem to see an issue in delaying everyone else in the heavyweight division for three years during his Cormier trilogy? So I guess it's not fun when you're the one doing the waiting.

2. In the light heavyweight division, Glover Teixeira is the next person with a shot at Jan Blachowicz's title- and he's the top contender! Crazy how the people that are the most deserving to fight for the belt actually get chances to do so now and then, right? You don't have to go by potential champ-champ status or off of victory interviews.

3. Can we get some clarification on the "booted from rankings due to inactivity" thing? The same inactivity trigger that clipped Tatiana Suarez from the strawweight rankings and Leon Edwards from the welterweight rankings after slightly more than a year... for some reason let Brian Ortega stay at the top at 145 for two years and, even more ridiculously, let Conor McGregor stay at the lightweight rankings top five for more than that- see below.

November 2016- last win at 155 in the UFC

October 2018- fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229

January 2020- return fight against Donald Cerrone- at welterweight, mind you- still in the top five

October 6th, 2020- two years since his last fight at 155- still, for God only knows, ranked at 155

November 12th, 2020: four-year anniversary of his last Octagon win at 155 

January 2021: twenty-seven months since his last 155 bout, takes on Dustin Poirier at UFC 257

Still in the lightweight top five (finally dropped after UFC 264 earlier this month)

So I guess it's inactivity for some fighters. Got it. 

  

Invicta FC 44 on August 27th

Vacant Strawweight Title: Emily Ducote v. Danielle Taylor

Vacant Bantamweight Title: Lisa Verzosa v. Teneisha Tennant

MLB News

Yankees -- Reds: RHP Luis Cessa and LHP Justin Wilson

Reds -- Yankees: Player to be named later 

Pittsburgh -- Seattle: LHP Tyler Anderson

Seattle -- Pittsburgh: Minor-league C Carter Bins and P Joaquin Tejada 

NCAA News

Oklahoma and Texas have given the SEC a 2025 membership request  

Boxing on August 21st

22-0 Mark Magsayo v. Julio Ceja 

Tokyo Soccer

Women- Quarterfinals on Friday

2-0-1 Great Britain v. 1-1-1 Australia

3-0 Sweden v. 1-1-1 Japan

2-0-1 Netherlands v. 1-1-1 United States

1-0-2 Canada v. 2-0-1 Brazil 

Men- Quarterfinals on Saturday

3-0 Japan v. 1-1-1 New Zealand

1-0-2 Spain v. 1-0-2 Ivory Coast

2-0-1 South Korea v. 2-1 Mexico

2-0-1 Brazil v. 1-1-1 Egypt 

Tokyo Summer Games- Updates

Men's Beach Volleyball

Pool C: Teams from Qatar and United States have qualified for the Round of 16 as they are both 2-0 in the group 

Pool E: Teams from Poland and Brazil have qualified for the Round of 16 as they are both 2-0 in the group

Women's Beach Volleyball

Pool A: Teams from Canada and Switzerland have qualified for the Round of 16 as they are both 2-0 in the group

Pool B: April Ross and Alix Klineman from the United States have qualified for the Round of 16 as they are 2-0 in their group 

Pool E: Teams from Russia and Australia have qualified for the quarterfinals as they are both 2-0 in their group 

Men's Field Hockey

Australia has qualified for the quarterfinals from Group A

Belgium has qualified for the quarterfinals from Group B 

Women's Field Hockey

Netherlands and Germany have qualified for the quarterfinals from Group A

Australia has qualified for the quarterfinals from Group B 

Men's Team Handball

France and Spain have qualified for the quarterfinals from Group A

Denmark and Sweden have qualified for the quarterfinals from Group B 

Tokyo Men's Soccer

Germany and Ivory Coast tied 1-1

Brazil def. Saudi Arabia 3-1

Romania and New Zealand tied 0-0

South Korea def. Honduras 6-0

Egypt def. Australia 2-0 

Spain and Argentina tied 1-1

Japan def. France 4-0

Mexico def. South Africa 3-0  

NHL News

D Keith Yandle will reportedly move from the Panthers to the Flyers for one season 

Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog has re-signed for the maximum eight years 

D Brandon Montour has re-signed with the Panthers for three years 

Tokyo Summer Games Updates

Men's 3X3 Basketball

G- Latvia

S- Russia

B- Serbia

Women's 3X3 Basketball

G- United States

S- Russia

B- China 

Triathlon: Flora Duffy won the women's event, the first-ever Olympic gold for Bermuda 

Weightlifting: Polina Guryeva won silver at the 59K class, which is the first-ever Olympic medal for Turkmenistan

NHL Trades

Panthers -- Coyotes: D Anton Stralman, prospect Vladislav Kolyachonok and a second-round pick in 2024

Coyotes -- Panthers: Seventh-round pick in 2023 

Canucks -- Jets: D Nate Schmidt

Jets -- Canucks: Third-round pick in 2022 

MLB Trades

Mariners -- Astros: P Kendall Graveman and Rafael Montero

Astros -- Mariners: 3B Abraham Toro and P Joe Smith 

Olympic Baseball

Will not be on the 2024 program in Paris

Expected to be on the 2028 program in Los Angeles 

NFL Trades

Texans -- Packers: WR Randall Cobb

*Keep in mind the Texans previously acquired WR Anthony Miller from the Bears  

Boxing on Saturday on DAZN

Junior Middleweight: Anthony Fowler v. Rico Mueller (replacing Roberto Garcia) for a regional WBA title

Conor Benn v. Adrian Granados

Xu Can WBA featherweight title defense v. Leigh Wood

Tommy McCarthy v. Chris Billam-Smith at cruiserweight for the European, British and Commonwealth titles 

Boxing on Saturday on Fox 

Vito Mielnicki Jr v. James Martin

Joey Spencer v. Dan Karpency 

Paul Kroll v. Justin DeLoach 

Andre Dirrell v. Christopher Brooker 

Bellator 263 on Saturday

Lightweight: Islam Mamedov v. Brent Primus

Women's Flyweight: Ilara Joanne v. Vanessa Porto

150 Contract-weight: Daniel Carey v. Gadzhi Rabadanov

Men's Featherweight: Jordan Winski will replace Jared Scoggins against Brian Moore; 5-0 Khasan Magomedsharipov v. Jonathan Quiroz   

Tokyo Women's Featherweight Boxing

First Semifinal

Nesthy Petecio (Philippines) v. Irma Testa (Italy)

Tokyo 3X3 Basketball

Men's Semifinals: Serbia/Russia and Belgium/Latvia

Women's Semifinals: United States/France and Russia/China 

Bellator 264 on August 13th

2-0 Justin Montalvo v. Kendly St. Louis 

Heavyweight: 3-0 Davion Franklin v. 15-0/1NC Everett Cummings 

NBA News

G Bryn Forbes will become an unrestricted free agent for 2021-22 

NFL News

TE Logan Thomas has signed a three-year extension with Washington 

Bellator London

Planned for October 1st at SSE Arena 

Welterweight Main Event: Douglas Lima v. Michael Page rematch 

NHL News

F Paul Stastny has re-signed with the Jets on a one-year deal 

MLB News

LHP Alex Young is headed to Arizona 

NHL Trades

Capitals -- Jets: Brenden Dillon

Jets -- Capitals: 2022 and 2023 second-round picks

Golden Knights -- Blackhawks: G Marc-Andre Fleury  

UFC 267, October 30th

Heavyweight: Shamil Gamzatov v. Michal Oleksiejczuk in addition to Tai Tuivasa v. Walt Harris

*Main Event: Jan Blachowicz defending his light heavyweight title against top contender Glover Teixeira 

*Khamzat Chimaev v. Li Jingliang at welterweight

*Virna Jandiroba v. Amanda Ribas at strawweight  

Heavyweight boxing on Saturday

PBC on Fox: Jonathan Rice replaces Gerald Washington against Michael Coffie 

UFC 266, September 25th

Women's Flyweight: Roxanne Modaferri v. TBD after the withdrawal of Tatiana Suarez 

UFC next weekend

Men's Bantamweight: Kai Kamaka III replaces Doo Ho Choi against Danny Chavez 

UFC on September 18th

Men's Bantamweight: Heili Alateng v. Gustavo Lopez

This joins Antonio Arroyo v. Joaquin Buckley at middleweight  

UFC on October 2nd

Lightweight: Jamie Mullarkey v. Devonte Smith 

UFC on October 23rd

Strawweight: Randa Markos v. Livinha Souza  

UFC on October 9th

Men's Flyweight: Matheus Nicolau v. Tim Elliott 

Ultimate Fighter 29 Finale- Date TBD

Men's Bantamweight TUF Final: Ricky Turcios v. Vince Murdock or Brady Hiestand 

UFC on Saturday- Updates

Sam Alvey v. Roman Kopylov at middleweight has been scrapped, joining a planned heavyweight bout between Shamil Abdurakhimov and Chris Daukaus 

 

Welterweight: Jared Gooden will replace Mounir Lazzez against Niklas Stolze

 

Kyung Ho Kang v. Rani Yahya at bantamweight will reportedly be the co-main (second planned co-main was Mounir Lazzez v. Niklas Stolze at welterweight) 

NHL News

The Panthers have re-signed defenders Lucas Carlsson and Noah Juulsen for at least next season

MLB Trades

Pirates -- Yankees: RHP Clay Holmes

Yankees -- Pirates: Minor league IF Diego Castillo and Hoy Park 

NFL News

After a pro lacrosse stint, WR Chris Hogan has signed with New Orleans 

Bellator 264 on August 13th

Women's Featherweight: Former Invicta champion Pam Sorensen v. PFL alum Roberta Samad

Welterweight: Andrey Koreshkov v. Sabah Homasi  

Men's D1 College Basketball

A Final Four rematch is on tap for November 23rd at the Empire Classic in Las Vegas with UCLA-Gonzaga  

SEC News

A new diversity initiative has been announced for hiring key athletic department leadership roles

Super Middleweight Boxing

Canelo Alvarez has reportedly received a draft contract for a four-belt unification September 18th v. Caleb Plant

UFC 268, November 6th 

Madison Square Garden 

Welterweight Title Fight: Kamaru Usman v. Colby Covington 2 

Women's Bantamweight Boxing

WBA champ Shannon Courtenay has postponed a planned August 14th title defense 

WNBA News

Seven-time All-Star Candice Dupree has signed with Atlanta 

NFL News

DT Jonathan Allen has signed a four-year extension with Washington 

The Eagles have signed CB Steven Nelson to a one-year contract

MLB News

2B Adam Frazier is heading from the Pirates to the Padres

 

RHP Mitchell Miliano, shortstop Tucupita Marcano and OF Jack Suwinski are heading from the Padres to the Pirates  

NHL News

C Sam Bennett has signed a four-year extension with the Panthers 

D Christian Jarros is heading from San Jose to New Jersey 

F Nick Merkley is heading from New Jersey to San Jose 

D Marc Staal has signed a one-year extension with the Red Wings   

Lightweight Boxing

Ryan Garcia could return in the fall v. Joseph Diaz Jr, with the bout targeted for Los Angeles 

CONCACAF Gold Cup Quarterfinals

Canada def. Costa Rica 2-0 

Late from yesterday: Mexico def. Honduras 3-0 

Mexican Liga BBVA MX

Monterrey and Puebla tied 1-1

UNAM and Atlas tied 0-0 

NWSL

New Jersey/New York def. Chicago Red Stars 2-1

Washington Spirit def. Racing Louisville 2-0 

Major League Soccer

New England def. Montreal 2-1

NYCFC def. Orlando 5-0

Inter Miami and Philadelphia tied 1-1

DC United def. NY Red Bull 1-0 

Tokyo Men's Soccer

Argentina def. Egypt 1-0

France def. South Africa 4-3

Honduras def. New Zealand 3-2

Brazil and Ivory Coast tied 0-0

Spain def. Australia 1-0 

Japan def. Mexico 2-1

South Korea def. Romania 4-0

Germany def. Saudi Arabia 3-2 

CONCACAF Gold Cup- Quarterfinals

Qatar def. Honduras 3-2 and will take on either United States or Jamaica  

NHL Schedule Highlights

Rangers-Capitals on Wednesday, October 13th (first game since brawl)

Kraken-Canucks on Saturday, October 23rd (first Seattle home game)

Islanders-Flames on Saturday, November 20th (first NYI game at UBS Arena)

Canadiens-Lightning on Tuesday, December 7th (Stanley Cup finals series rematch)

Wild-Blues on Saturday, January 1st (Target Field Winter Classic) 

Predators-Lightning on Saturday, February 26th (Stadium Series @ Nissan Stadium) 

Boxing on September 11th

Sunny Edwards will defend his IBF flyweight title for the first time v. Jayson Mama 

NHL News

F Trevor Moore has signed a two-year extension with the Kings 

NFL News

WR Anthony Miller has been traded from the Bears to the Texans 

WR Dede Westbrook has joined the Vikings on a one-year deal 

UFC 267 on October 30th

Men's Bantamweight Title Fight: Aljamain Sterling v. Petr Yan 2

Bout will join Jan Blachowicz v. Glover Teixeira for the light heavyweight title and Khamzat Chimaev v. Li Jingliang at welterweight 

Titan FC 71

August 6th

InterContinental Hotel in Miami, Florida

UFC Fight Pass

Vacant Featherweight Title: Jacob Kilburn v. Ali AlQaisi 

Ryan Kuse v. Amir Naser Kazemi 

Nate Marquardt v. Michael Cora

Devon Dixon v. Brandon Lopez 

Andre Harrison v. TBD

Richie Lewis v. Ernesto Rodriguez

NHL Season Opener

October 12th

Lightning hosting the Penguins

Golden Knights hosting the expansion side Kraken

NHL News

Regular season is slated to end April 29th

There will be a break from February 7th through the 22nd to accommodate the Olympics in Beijing  

Tokyo Women's Soccer

Group Stage -- Quarterfinals

Great Britain

Sweden 

MLB News

Cleveland will switch from the Indians to the Guardians after the 2021 season

College Football

Oklahoma and Texas could move from Big 12 to SEC in the next couple of weeks 

USMNT World Cup Qualifiers

September 2nd @ El Salvador

September 5th v. Canada at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee

September 8th @ Honduras  

October 7th v. Jamaica at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas 

October 10th @ Panama 

October 13th v. Costa Rica, site TBD 

Football Manager

For the first time since debuting as Championship Manager in 1992, the video game will introduce women's soccer into gameplay  

Bare Knuckle FC

Bec Rawlings, who is 3-0 under the promotional banner, has re-signed with BKFC after going 1-1 with Bellator. It's expected that her next bout will be October 22nd 

MLB Trades

Twins -- Rays: Nelson Cruz 

Major League Soccer

Columbus def. Atlanta 1-0 

Tokyo Women's Soccer- Day Two

Canada def. Chile 2-1

China and Zambia tied 4-4 (Barbra Banda scored three times giving her six for the tournament)

Sweden def. Australia 4-2 despite two goals from Sam Kerr

Great Britain def. Japan 1-0 behind a goal from Ellen White

Netherlands and Brazil tied 3-3 

United States def. New Zealand 6-1

NHL Olympic Break

February 5th through the 22nd

Opening Ceremony February 4th

Men's ice hockey starts February 9th 

Boxing- Queensberry Promotions

Six new shows this year

BT Sport and their YouTube channel 

Bellator 265 on August 20th

Targeted bout: 30-11-2 Cheick Kongo v. 32-8 Sergei Kharitonov 

Boxing News: IBF

Jermell Charlo has been ordered to face mandatory challenger Bakhram Murtazaliev 

Welterweight Boxing

David Avanesyan has been ordered to defend his title against Liam Taylor 

WBO has ordered champion Terence Crawford and challenger Shawn Porter to begin bout negotiations 

Middleweight Boxing

Gennadiy Golovkin and Ryota Murata will most likely have a unification bout and bypass the planned tuneup bouts

*Most likely December 28th at Saitama Super Arena  

UFC on September 18th

Middleweight: Joaquin Buckley v. Antonio Arroyo 

Professional Fighters League- Semifinals

August 13th, ESPN2 (Welterweight and Men's Lightweight) 

Ray Cooper III v. Rory MacDonald

Magomed Magomedkerimov v. Joao Zeferino 

Clay Collard v. Raush Manfio 

Loik Radzhabov v. Alexander Martinez

August 19th, ESPN (Women's Lightweight)

Kayla Harrison v. Genah Fabian

Bruno Capelozza v. Jamelle Jones

Larissa Pacheco v. Taylor Guardado 

Denis Goltsov v. Ante Delija 

August 27th, ESPN2 (Light Heavyweight and Featherweight) 

Brendan Loughnane v. Movlid Khaybulaev

Chris Wade v. Bubba Jenkins

Emiliano Sordi v. Antonio Carlos Jr. 

Cesar Ferreira v. Marthin Hamlet 

Boxing on September 10th

WBC super featherweight champion Oscar Valdez v. Robson Conceicao 

Super Featherweight: Gabriel Flores Jr v. Luis Alberto Lopez 

Boxing on August 14th

Roger Gutierrez v. Rene Alvarado 3

Felix Alvarado IBF junior flyweight title defense v. Erick Lopez 

Pablo Cesar Cano v. Danielito Zorrilla

Alex Martin v. Josec Ruiz

George Rincon v. TBD

Leonardo Baez v. Hector Valdez

Alex Rincon v. Sanny Duversonne   

Televised Sports Tomorrow

7p Eastern

USL Championship on ESPN+: New York Red Bull II v. Pittsburgh Riverhounds

USL League One on ESPN+: New England Revolution II v. Toronto FC II 

7:05p Eastern

MLB on ESPN+: Braves v. Phillies 

7:30p Eastern

USL Championship on ESPN+: Charleston Battery v. Charlotte Independence

9p Eastern

Bare Knuckle FC 19 on PPV: VanZant v. Ostovich (featuring Paige VanZant v. Rachael Ostovich and Britain Hart v. Jenny Savage) 

ShoBox on Showtime: Kalvin Henderson v. Isaiah Steen 

USL Championship on ESPN+: Colorado Springs Switchbacks v. Louisville City 

10p Eastern

Tokyo Boxing on NBCOlympics.com: Men's and women's featherweight, men's and women's welterweight and heavyweight 

USL Championship on ESPN+: Real Monarchs v. Las Vegas Lights 

Tokyo Men's Soccer: Day One

Egypt and Spain tied 0-0

Mexico def. France 4-1

New Zealand def. South Korea 1-0

Ivory Coast def. Saudi Arabia 2-1

Australia def. Argentina 2-0

Romania def. Honduras 1-0

Japan def. South Africa 1-0

Brazil def. Germany 4-2 

Mexican Liga BBVA MX today

Queretaro v. Club America, 10p Eastern 

Major League Soccer today

Orlando v. Philadelphia, 7:30p Eastern, ESPN and ESPNDeportes

Austin v. Seattle, 9:30p Eastern, ESPN and ESPNDeportes

Tokyo Women's Soccer- Day One

Group A: Great Britain def. Chile 2-0 with Ellen White scoring twice

Group B: Brazil def. China 5-0 with Marta scoring twice

Group C: Sweden def. United States 3-0 

Group A: Japan and Canada tied 1-1 with Christine Sinclair adding to her international goals record

Group B: Netherlands def. Zambia 10-3

Group C: Australia def. New Zealand 2-1 with Sam Kerr scoring in the thirty-third minute

Current Goals Leaders

Vivianne Miedema, Netherlands (4)

Barbra Banda, Zambia (3)

Four people with two apiece

Tokyo Men's Boxing

Flyweight

Amit Panghal of India has earned a bye to the Round of 16 

Boxing on Saturday

The Joyce-Takam card, which will air in the UK on BT Sport, will be carried by FITE TV network 

Upcoming Bellator Fights

November 5th

Men's Bantamweight: James Gallagher v. Patchy Mix 

Boxing on August 28th

Light Flyweight Unification: WBA champ Hiroto Kyoguchi v. WBO champ Elwin Soto 

Super Bantamweight Title Defense: Murodjon Akhmadaliev v. Ronny Rios 

Boxing on September 18th

Canelo Alvarez v. Caleb Plant 168 unification targeted for Fox PPV in Las Vegas 

RIZIN 30- September 19th

Saitama Super Arena

Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarterfinals

*Takafumi Otsuka v. Yuto Hokamura

*Yuki Motoya v. Kai Asakura

*Kenta Takizawa v. Alan Yamaniha 

*Hiromasa Ougikubo v. Naoki Inoue 

Heavyweight Boxing

September 25th, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 

Three-belt champ Anthony Joshua v. WBO mandatory Oleksandr Usyk 

USL League One

North Carolina FC def. Richmond Kickers 4-0 

Major League Soccer

Columbus and Nashville tied 0-0

New England def. Inter Miami 5-0 

NYCFC def. Montreal 1-0 

Toronto and NY Red Bull tied 1-1

Chicago and DC United tied 2-2 

Cincinnati and Atlanta tied 1-1

Kansas City and San Jose tied 1-1  

UFC 265 on August 7th

Men's Bantamweight: Miles Johns v. Anderson dos Santos (originally scheduled for this previous weekend)

Dana White's Contender Series Headliners

*All cards 8p Eastern on ESPN+

August 31st: Matheus Buffa v. Azamat Murzakanov at heavyweight

September 7th: Darian Weeks v. Josh Quinlan at welterweight 

*Bruno Rodrigues v. CJ Vergara as well

September 14th: Jailton Junior v. Nasrudin Nasrudinov at light heavyweight

September 21st: Chris Duncan v. Manuel Gaxhja at lightweight

Contender Series on September 28th

Light Heavyweight: Lukasz Sudolski v. Igor Poterya

Middleweight: Aaron Jeffery v. Caio Borralho   

Lightweight: Lucas Almeida v. Daniel Zellhuber 

NHL News

The 2021-22 season will include an Olympic break, which will take place February 5th through the 22nd 

Boxing on August 29th

Montana Love v. Ivan Baranchyk

Amanda Serrano featherweight defense v. Yamileth Mercado  

College Football Class of 2023

QB Malachi Nelson has committed to Oklahoma 

Boxing on August 28th

Akeem Ennis-Brown v. Sam Maxwell in a British/Commonwealth title fight 

Anthony Cacace v. Lyon Woodstock for the British super featherweight belt 

Brad Foster v. Jason Cunningham for the British, Commonwealth and European super bantamweight belts

9-0 Liam Davies defending his English bantamweight belt v. TBA

12-0 middleweight Nathan Heaney 

5-0 super lightweight Eithan James 

Super lightweight Willo Hayden will make his pro debut 

1-0 by stoppage light heavyweight Ezra Taylor 

Tokyo 3X3 Basketball

United States: Jackie Young will replace Katie Lou Samuelson 

UFC News

Chris Daukaus v. Shamil Abdurakhimov at heavyweight has been moved from this weekend to next weekend 

Tokyo Tennis

Italy's Matteo Berrettini has pulled out of the tournament citing injury. This joins the news of Angelique Kerber and Coco Gauff on the women's side  

Bellator Releases

Adil Benjilany, Ronny Markes and Matt Mitrione

UFC next weekend

Men's Bantamweight: Ronnie Lawrence v. Trevin Jones 

Light Heavyweight: Sam Alvey v. Roman Kopylov

Men's Featherweight: Doo Ho Choi will not be competing against Danny Chavez 

Bellator 263 next weekend

Men's Featherweight: Khasan Magomedsharipov v. Nekruz Mirkhojaev 

Men's Bantamweight: Magomed Magomedov (2-0 Bellator) v. Raufeon Stots (4-0 Bellator) is off the card  

UFC on October 9th

Middleweight: Phil Hawes v. Deron Winn

Women's Flyweight: Sabina Mazo v. Mariya Agapova  

UFC on September 4th

Light Heavyweight: Magomed Ankalaev v. Volkan Oezdemir 

Middleweight: Marc-Andre Barriault v. Dalcha Lungiambula 

Women's Flyweight: Taila Santos v. Mandy Bohm 

Men's Bantamweight: Jack Shore v. Said Nurmagomedov  

COSAFA Cup

Swaziland def. Mozambique on penalties

South Africa def. Senegal on penalties 

USL Championship

Austin Bold def. Real Monarchs 1-0 

Scottish League Cup

Dundee def. Ross County 3-0 

USL League One

Toronto FC II def. North Carolina FC 4-2 

NWSL

New Jersey/New York def. Washington Spirit 3-2

Chicago Red Stars def. OL Reign 3-1 

Major League Soccer

Minnesota United def. Seattle Sounders 1-0 

NHL Trades

Lightning -- Rangers: Barclay Goodrow

Rangers -- Lightning: Seventh-round pick in 2022 draft 

Islanders -- Coyotes: F Andrew Ladd, 60th pick in 2021 NHL draft, conditional second-round pick in 2022, conditional third-round pick in 2023  

UFC 266 Main Card- September 25th

Main Event: Alexander Volkanovski (c) v. Brian Ortega for the men's featherweight title

Co-Main: Valentina Shevchenko (c) v. Lauren Murphy for the women's flyweight title

Welterweight (five rounds): Nick Diaz v. Robbie Lawler 2 

Heavyweight: Curtis Blaydes v. Jairzinho Rozenstruik 

Women's Flyweight: Jessica Andrade v. Cynthia Calvillo 

Boxing on August 14th

John Riel Casimero v. Guillermo Rigondeaux 

Rau'shee Warren v. Damian Vazquez

Emmanuel Rodriguez v. Gary Antonio Russell  

Boxing on August 29th

Charles Conwell v. Mark DeLuca 

European Soccer Updates 

2022: Saint Petersburg will host the Champions League final with Seville hosting the Europa League final

2023: Istanbul will host the Champions League final with Budapest hosting the Europa League final

2024: London will host the Champions League final with Bilbao hosting the finals of the Europa League and the Women's Champions League

2025: Munich will host the Champions League final with Dublin hosting the Europa League final 

MLB News

RHP Lance Lynn will remain with the White Sox for at least two more years 

Cage Warriors -- UFC

Welterweight Ian Garry joins lightweight Paddy Pimblett 

Bare Knuckle FC 20- August 20th

Johnny Bedford v. Reggie Barnett for the vacant bantamweight title

Alan Belcher's BKFC debut at heavyweight v. Tony Lopez, who has 64 wins in MMA 

USA Men's Basketball

Tokyo Games

Keldon Johnson and JaVale McGee will replace Bradley Beal and Kevin Love 

Heavyweight Boxing

Fury-Wilder III has been rescheduled for October 9th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas 

All-heavyweight undercard will remain intact

*Robert Helenius v. Adam Kownacki 2

*Efe Ajagba v. Frank Sanchez

*Jared Anderson v. Vladimir Tereshkin  

Fox/ESPN+ joint PPV 

NBA Postseason News

The play-in format will remain in place for 2021-22 

Tokyo Summer Games Schedule

Saturday, July 24th

Men's and Women's Featherweight Boxing- Round of 32

Men's and Women's Welterweight Boxing- Round of 32

Heavyweight Boxing- Round of 32

Super Heavyweight Boxing- Round of 32

Judo- 48K and 60K Tournaments 

Sunday, July 25th

Men's Lightweight Boxing- Round of 32

Light Heavyweight Boxing- Round of 32

Women's Flyweight Boxing- Round of 32

Women's Middleweight Boxing- Round of 32

Judo- 52K and 66K Tournaments 

Monday, July 26th

Men's Flyweight Boxing- Round of 32

Men's Middleweight Boxing- Round of 32

Women's Featherweight Boxing- Round of 16 

Judo- 57K and 73K Tournaments 

Tuesday, July 27th

Men's and Women's Welterweight Boxing- Round of 16

Heavyweight Boxing- Round of 16 

Women's Lightweight Boxing- Round of 32

Judo- 63K and 81K Tournaments 

Wednesday, July 28th

Men's Featherweight Boxing- Round of 16 

Light Heavyweight Boxing- Round of 16 

Women's Featherweight Boxing- Quarterfinals

Women's Middleweight Boxing- Quarterfinals

Judo- 70K and 90K Tournaments 

Thursday, July 29th

Men's Middleweight Boxing- Round of 16

Super Heavyweight Boxing- Round of 16 

Women's Flyweight Boxing- Round of 16 

Judo- 78K and 100K Tournaments 

Friday, July 30th

Men's and Women's Welterweight Boxing- Quarterfinals

Light Heavyweight Boxing- Quarterfinals

Heavyweight Boxing- Quarterfinals 

Women's Lightweight Boxing- Round of 16 

Saturday, July 31st

Men's Flyweight Boxing- Round of 16 

Men's Lightweight Boxing- Round of 16 

Women's Featherweight Boxing- Semifinals

Women's Middleweight Boxing- Quarterfinals

Sunday, August 1st

Men's Featherweight Boxing- Quarterfinals 

Men's Welterweight Boxing- Semifinals 

Men's Middleweight Boxing- Quarterfinals

Light Heavyweight Boxing- Semifinals

Super Heavyweight Boxing- Quarterfinals

Women's Flyweight Boxing- Quarterfinals

Tuesday, August 3rd

Men's Flyweight Boxing- Quarterfinals

Men's Featherweight Boxing- Semifinals

Men's and Women's Lightweight Boxing- Quarterfinals

Men's Welterweight Boxing- Final

Heavyweight Boxing- Semifinals

Women's Featherweight Boxing- Final

Wednesday, August 4th

Light Heavyweight Boxing- Final

Super Heavyweight Boxing- Semifinals 

Women's Flyweight Boxing- Semifinals

Women's Welterweight Boxing- Semifinals 

 

   

Boxing- Upcoming Fights

Sep 18: Sergio Martinez v. Brian Rose 

TBD: Juan Francisco Estrada v. Roman Gonzalez 3 

Rizin Bantamweight Grand Prix

Opening Round -- Semifinals

Kai Asakura

Naoki Inoue

Hiromasa Ougikubo

Yuki Motoya 

Shohei Ohtani G.O.A.T. Resume 

With 33 homers and counting, he has the most homers in a season while pitching 10+ games as a starter, passing Babe Ruth's 29 

UFC on October 16th

Strawweight: Istela Nunes v. Ariane Carnelossi

This bout joins Andrei Arlovski v. Carlos Felipe and Maryna Moroz v. Luana Carolina 

Boxing on September 4th

18-0 undisputed lightweight champ Katie Taylor will be making her fourth defense against IBF mandatory challenger Jennifer Han  

UFC News

Middleweight Omari Akhmedov has been released after 15 walks to the Octagon 

Boxing on August 3rd

Michael Hunter v. Mike Wilson

Chris Algieri v. Mikkel LesPierre 

Eric Walker v. Ivan Golub 

Joe Ward

Christina Cruz

3-0 Aaron Aponte

6-0 Matthew Trinker

2-0 Robert Sabbagh 

7-0 Nikoloz Sekhniashvili 

Tokyo Games- Women's Singles Tennis

Two-time Olympian and Rio silver medalist Angelique Kerber of Germany has withdrawn from the field 

Tokyo Boxing Field- Light Heavyweight

Loren Alfonso (Azerbaijan) 

Odai Al-Hindawi (Jordan) 

Paulo Aokuso (Australia)

Mohamed Assaghir (Morocco)

Emmett Brennan (Ireland) 

Chen Daxiang (China)

Mohammed Houmri (Algeria)

Gadzimagomed Jalidov (Spain)

Imam Khataev (Russia) 

Nalek Korbaj (Venezuela) 

Arlen Lopez (Cuba)

Keno Machado (Brazil) 

Bayram Malkan (Turkey) 

Shabbos Negmatulloev (Tajikistan) 

Bekzad Nurdauletov (Kazakhstan) 

Abdelrahman Oraby (Egypt)

Luka Plantic (Croatia) 

Rogelio Romero (Mexico)

Dilshodbek Ruzmetov (Uzbekistan) 

Shakul Samed (Ghana)

Jorge Vivas (Colombia)

Benjamin Whittaker (Great Britain)

Tokyo Boxing Field- Heavyweight

Ammar Abduljabbar (Germany) 

Elly Ajowi Ochoa (Kenya) 

Youness Baalla (Morocco)

Abdelhafid Benchabla (Algeria)

Julio Castillo (Ecuador)

Julio Cesar La Cruz (Cuba)

Cheavon Clarke (Great Britain)

Muslim Gadzhimagomedov (Russia)

Hussein Ishaish (Jordan) 

Vassiliy Levit (Kazakhstan) 

Jose Maria Lucar (Peru)

David Nyika (New Zealand)

Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali (Samoa)

Emmanuel Reyes (Spain) 

Uladzislau Smiahlikau (Belarus) 

Abner Teixeira (Brazil)

Sanjar Tursunov (Uzbekistan)

CONCACAF Gold Cup Updates

Group A: 2-0 El Salvador has qualified for the quarterfinals 

Group B: Canada and United States are both 1-0 and can qualify for the quarterfinals if they both win tomorrow

Group C: Costa Rica and Jamaica are both 1-0 and can qualify for the quarterfinals if they win their respective games on Friday 

Group D: Honduras is 1-0; Panama and Qatar are both 0-0-1; Grenada is 0-1   

Boxing News

Terence Crawford will return to the ring October 23rd on ESPN 

Boxing on August 21st

WBC Super Welterweight Eliminator: Sebastian Fundora v. Sergio Garcia

Boxing on September 4th

Mauricio Lara v. Josh Warrington 2

Katie Taylor v. Jennifer Han

Previous MLB Trade Results

Tampa Bay -- Milwaukee: SS Willy Adames and RHP Trevor Richards

Milwaukee -- Tampa Bay: RHP's Drew Rasmussen and JP Feyereisen

Cleveland -- Seattle: 1B Jake Bauers    

Boxing on August 28th

WBC Super Welterweight Eliminator: David Benavidez v. Jose Uzcategui 

NHL News 2021-22

*Planning for a full 82-game season

*Planning two seasons, both with and without an Olympics break

*Metropolitan, Atlantic, Central and Pacific divisions return (no all-Canadian division) 

*With Seattle joining the league, Arizona will move from Pacific to Central   

UFC 266 on September 25th

Men's Featherweight title fight: Alexander Volkanovski v. Brian Ortega 

Women's Flyweight title fight: Valentina Shevchenko v. Lauren Murphy 

Welterweight five-round non-title bout: Nick Diaz v. Robbie Lawler 2 

BellatorMMA in August

Heavyweight: Steve Mowry v. Marcelo Golm 

Either at Bellator 264 on August 13th or an unnumbered card on August 20th

*Bellator 264 will be headlined by Gegard Mousasi v. John Salter for the middleweight title  

Boxing on August 7th

Cody Crowley v. Gabriel Maestre

Eimantas Stanionis v. Luis Collazo

Devon Alexander v. Luke Santamaria  

Released from Bellator

Amanda Bell, Chuck Campbell, Tywan Claxton, Tyree Fortune, Khonry Gracie, Heather Hardy, Demarques Jackson, Mike Jasper, Steve MacDonald, Dominic Mazzotta, Liam McGeary, Bec Rawlings, Olga Rubin, Alessio Sakara, Kirill Sidelnikov, Ryan Spillane, Daniel Straus, John Teixeira

Signed with Bellator

Former Invicta featherweight champion Pam Sorenson 

ESPN+ Price Increases

Starting August 13th

Price will raise from $6 to $7; yearly subscription price to go from $60 to $70 

NHL Calendar

Draft next Friday with the expansion draft next Wednesday  

Bellator 262 on Friday

Current Updates

Off the card: Linton Vassell v. Marcelo Golm at heavyweight

Moved to main card: Matheus Mattos v. CeeJay Hamilton at bantamweight

Added to prelims: Charlie Campbell v. Nick Giulietti at lightweight 

UFC News

A women's flyweight matchup between Taila Santos and Mandy Bohm has been moved from August 14th to September 4th 

UFC fights I want to see

Rose Namajunas v. Carla Esparza 

Francis Ngannou v. Jon Jones

Felicia Spencer v. Danyelle Wolff

Conor McGregor v. Nate Diaz 3

Gilbert Burns v. Leon Edwards OR Kamaru Usman v. Leon Edwards and Jorge Masvidal v. Colby Covington 

Israel Adesanya v. Robert Whittaker 2

Boxing on Saturday

Rolando Romero v. Anthony Yigit 

Shohei Otani G.O.A.T. Resume

-First with 32 homers and 12 stolen bases before the All-Star break

-Most home runs in a season by a Japanese-born major leaguer 

Boxing on August 14th

Joshua Franco v. Andrew Moloney 3 (super flyweight title fight)

Super Lightweight: Arnold Barboza Jr v. Antonio Moran 

Nico Ali Walsh pro debut v. TBD

Bantamweight: Jason Moloney v. Joshua Greer Jr  

*And remember, the next weekend is Pacquiao v. Spence 

Boxing- DiBella Entertainment card on August 20th

UFC Fight Pass 

Women's Super Lightweight

Diana Prazak v. WBA champ Kali Reis

IBF champ Mary McGee v. Victoria Noelia Bustos for the vacant WBO title 

In Addition

Welterweight: Alma Ibarra v. Kandi Wyatt 

10-0 Raquel Miller v. TBD  

Boxing News

Next two targeted fights for Joe Smith Jr. 

October or November in MSG's Hulu Theater on ESPN/ESPN+ v. mandatory Umar Salamov

January or February at Madison Square Garden on ESPN/ESPN+ v. Daniel Jacobs

Professional Fighters League

Claressa Shields v. TBD, August 19th (same date as the women's lightweight semifinals) 

*Shields was originally booked for August 27th   

Boxing on August 29th

Rocket Mortage Fieldhouse, Cleveland 

Showtime 

Jake Paul v. Tyron Woodley (previously set for August 28th) at 190lbs 

Amanda Serrano (WBC/IBO featherweight champ) v. Yamileth Mercado (world super bantamweight champion) 

Tokyo Boxing Field- Super Heavyweight

Mahammad Abdullayev (Azerbaijan)

Mourad Aliev (France) 

Chouaib Bouloudinat (Algeria)

Ricardo Brown (Jamaica)

Frazer Clarke (Great Britain) 

Yousry Hafez (Egypt)

Bakhodir Jalolov (Uzbekistan) 

Satish Kumar (India) 

Kamshybek Kunkabayev (Kazakhstan)

Danis Latypov (Bahrain) 

Dainier Pero (Cuba)

Tsotne Rogava (Ukraine) 

Cristian Salcedo (Colombia)

Richard Torrez (United States)

Ivan Veriasov (Russia)

Maxime Yegnong (Cameroon)

Siyovush Zukhurov (Tajikistan)

Heavyweight Boxing

Fury-Wilder III now targeted for October 

Kickboxing on August 13th 

FightersRep 10- Middleweight (165) IKF California title unification fight

Gabriel Silva (Southern California) v. Kristian Acevedo (Northern California) 

USA Boxing for Tokyo 

Lightweight Keyshawn Davis

Lightweight Rashida Ellis 

Flyweight Virginia Fuchs 

Middleweight and team captain Naomi Graham  

Middleweight Troy Isley 

Welterweight Delante Johnson

Welterweight Oshae Jones 

Featherweight Duke Ragan  

Super Heavyweight Richard Torrez Jr

Mixed Martial Arts

Legacy Fighting Alliance will have its first international events this weekend

LFA 111 (Friday) and 112 (Sunday)

Upper Arena, Rio de Janeiro

UFC Fight Pass

One-night, four-man welterweight tournament at LFA 112 

Mixed Martial Arts

Jason Wilnis has moved from GLORY kickboxing to Levels Fight League based in the Netherlands 

Tokyo Boxing

Asia qualifier Justis Huni of Australia will miss the Olympics due to a hand injury aggravation 

USA Men's Basketball 

v. Australia tomorrow

v. Argentina on Tuesday

v. Australia on Friday

v. Spain on Sunday 

Dallas Mavericks

New HC Jason Kidd

New GM/Head of Basketball Ops Nico Harrison 

UFC 265 Updated Lineup (Bout Order TBD)

Derrick Lewis v. Cyril Gane

Amanda Nunes v. Juliana Pena

Jose Aldo v. Pedro Munhoz

Vicente Luque v. Michael Chiesa

Song Yadong v. Casey Kenney

Manel Kape v. Ode Osbourne

Tecia Torres v. Angela Hill (rematch)

Victoria Leonardo v. Melissa Gatto 

Alonzo Menifield v. Ed Herman 

Karolina Kowalkiewicz v. Jessica Penne 

Vince Morales v. Drako Rodriguez 

Johnny Munoz v. Jamey Simmons

Rafael Fiziev v. Bobby Green

Classic Entertainment & Sport 64

UFC Fight Pass 

September 17th

Connecticut Convention Center, Hartford

Vacant Lightweight Championship: Matt Bessette v. Bruce Boyington 

UFC 265 on August 7th

Toyota Center, Houston

Lightweight: Rafael Fiziev v. Bobby Green 

Boxing on August 21st

T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas

Fox PPV

Manny Pacquiao v. WBC/IBF champion Errol Spence Jr. 

Tuesday Night Boxing at MSG's Hulu Theater

August 3rd: Michael Hunter v. Mike Wilson at heavyweight; Chris Algieri v. TBD 

Boxing on August 28th

Jose Benavidez Jr v. TBD 

Bellator: Lightweight

Gadzhi Rabadanov has signed from the Eagle Fighting Championship on a multi-fight, multi-year deal 

UFC on August 28th

Matt Schnell will replace Askar Askarov against Alex Perez 

UFC on September 4th

Former Cage Warriors champion Paddy Pimblett v. Luigi Vendramini  

UFC on October 2nd

Light Heavyweight: Jimmy Crute v. Jamahal Hill 

UFC on October 9th

Strawweight Main Event: Mackenzie Dern v. Marina Rodriguez

UFC 267 on October 30th

Welterweight: Khamzat Chimaev v. Li Jingliang  

UFC next Saturday

Preston Parsons will replace Abubakar Nurmagomedov against Daniel Rodriguez 

Boxing this Saturday

Arthur-Faraci will continue minus one bout as Emin Atra has withdrawn from his matchup against Anthony Yarde 

Boxing on July 31st

Conor Benn v. Adrian Granados

Xu Can v. Leigh Wood 

Tommy McCarthy v. Chris Billam-Smith

Anthony Fowler v. Roberto Garcia

Avni Yildirim v. Jack Cullen 

UFC News

Marijuana is officially off the list of banned performance-enhancing drugs 

Boxing on September 11th

Fulton-Figueroa co-main: Danny Roman v. Ra'eese Aleem 

Boxing: Conlan-Doheny on August 6th

Super Lightweight: Tyrone McKenna v. Zhankov Turanov 

Super Middleweight: Padraig McCrory v. Sergei Gorokhov 

Lightweight: Sean McComb v. Craig Woodruff 

Bantamweight: Lee McGregor v. Vincent Legrand 

Titan FC

Nate Marquardt will compete on August 6th v. TBD in his first fight since November 2017

UFC on September 18th

Women's Bantamweight: Raquel Pennington v. Pannie Kianzad

This joins Anthony Smith v. Ryan Spann, Devin Clark v. Ion Cutelaba, Jim Miller v. Nikolas Motta, Sarah Alpar v. Erin Blanchfield, Dakota Bush v. Zhu Rong, Danaa Batgerel v. Montel Jackson, Tafon Nchukwi v. Mike Rodriguez and Carlston Harris v. Impa Kasanganay  

UFC 266 on September 25th

Welterweight Co-Main: Nick Diaz v. Robbie Lawler 2 

UFC on October 16th

Heavyweight: Carlos Felipe v. Andrei Arlovski 

Women's Flyweight: Maryna Moroz v. Luana Carolina 

UFC 267 on October 30th 

Strawweight: Amanda Ribas v. Virna Jandiroba 

Boxing on September 10th

Light Flyweight: Kenshiro Teraji will defend his WBO belt against Masamichi Yabuki 

Tony Yoka v. Petar Milas

Vacant European Super Welterweight Title: Dylan Charrat v. Kerman Lejarraga 

Premier League Soccer

Crystal Palace: Patrick Vieira will replace Roy Hodgson as manager 

Boxing: Fury-Wilder III on July 24th

Efe Ajagba v. Frank Sanchez

Robert Helenius v. Adam Kownacki 2

Jared Anderson v. Vladimir Tereshkin 

Boxing on September 4th

Josh Warrington rematch v. Mauricio Lara

Co-main: Katie Taylor undisputed lightweight title defense v. TBD 

Motor Sports

The Australian F1 Grand Prix and MotoGP race will both not be staged this year 

Men's World Cup Qualifying

September 2nd: United States @ El Salvador

September 5th: United States v. Canada, Nissan Stadium, Nashville

September 8th: United States @ Honduras  

Copa America

Argentina v. Colombia, tonight, 9p Eastern

Winner v. Brazil in the final 

Tokyo Summer Games- Schedule

July 24th

Men's and Women's Featherweight Boxing- Round of 32

Men's and Women's Welterweight Boxing- Round of 32

Heavyweight and Super Heavyweight Boxing- Round of 32 

49K and 58K Taekwondo; 48K and 60K Judo 

July 25th

Men's Lightweight Boxing- Round of 32 

Light Heavyweight Boxing- Round of 32 

Women's Flyweight Boxing- Round of 32

Women's Middleweight Boxing- Round of 32  

57K and 68K Taekwondo; 52K and 66K Judo  

July 26th

Men's Flyweight Boxing- Round of 32 

Men's Middleweight Boxing- Round of 32 

Women's Featherweight Boxing- Round of 16 

67K and 80K Taekwondo; 57K and 73K Judo  

July 27th

Men's and Women's Welterweight Boxing- Round of 16

Heavyweight Boxing- Round of 16 

Women's Lightweight Boxing- Round of 32 

+67K and +80K Taekwondo

July 28th

Men's Featherweight Boxing- Round of 16 

Light Heavyweight Boxing- Round of 16 

Women's Featherweight Boxing- Quarterfinals 

Women's Middleweight Boxing- Round of 16 

July 29th

Men's Middleweight Boxing- Round of 16 

Super Heavyweight Boxing- Round of 16 

Women's Flyweight Boxing- Round of 16 

July 30th

Men's and Women's Welterweight Boxing- Quarterfinals

Light Heavyweight Boxing- Quarterfinals

Heavyweight Boxing- Quarterfinals

Women's Lightweight Boxing- Round of 16  

August 1st

76K Freestyle Wrestling- Round of 16, Quarterfinals and Semifinals

August 2nd

68K Freestyle Wrestling- Round of 16, Quarterfinals and Semifinals 

76K Freestyle Wrestling- Repechage and Finals 

August 3rd

62K Freestyle Wrestling- Round of 16, Quarterfinals and Semifinals

68K Freestyle Wrestling- Repechage and Finals 

August 4th

62K Freestyle Wrestling- Repechage and Finals 

August 5th

55K and 67K Kumite Karate and Women's Kata Karate

August 6th

61K and 75K Kumite Karate and Men's Kata Karate 

August 7th

+61K and +75K Kumite Karate 

Tokyo Summer Games Update- Basketball

Men's Tournament

Group A: Czech Republic, France, Iran, United States

Group B: Australia, Germany, Italy, Nigeria

Group C: Argentina, Japan, Slovenia, Spain 

Women's Tournament 

Group A: Canada, Serbia, South Korea, Spain

Group B: France, Japan, Nigeria, United States 

Group C: Australia, Belgium, China, Puerto Rico

Group Stage -- Quarterfinals

Top two in each group and two best third-place teams

Knockout Phase- Schedule 

August 3: Men's Quarterfinals

August 4: Women's Quarterfinals

August 5: Men's Semifinals

August 6: Women's Semifinals 

August 7: Men's Medal Matches; Women's Bronze Medal Game

August 8: Women's Gold Medal Game 

UFC Next Weekend

Current Fight Card

Islam Makhachev v. Thiago Moises

Marion Reneau v. Miesha Tate

Jeremy Stephens v. Mateusz Gamrot

Daniel Rodriguez v. Abubakar Nurmagomedov

Rodolfo Vieira v. Dustin Stoltzfus

Khalid Taha v. Sergey Morozov 

Francisco Figueiredo v. Malcolm Gordon

Amanda Lemos v. Montserrat Ruiz

Anderson dos Santos v. Miles Johns

Rodrigo Nascimento v. Alan Baudot

Billy Quarantillo v. Gabriel Benitez 

*Phil Hawes v. TBD (Deron Winn is out due to injury)

Boxing on August 14th

Guillermo Rigondeaux is back in against John Riel Casimero

Showtime main event

Dignity Health Sports Park (Carson, California) 

UFC next weekend

Strawweight: Amanda Lemos v. Montserrat Ruiz

Heavyweight: Rodrigo Nascimento v. Alan Baudot

Men's Bantamweight: Miles Johns v. Anderson dos Santos

Middleweight: Rodolfo Vieira v. Dustin Stoltzfus   

UFC on August 28th

Men's Featherweight Main Event: Edson Barboza v. Giga Chikadze 

UFC on October 2nd

Middleweight: Kevin Holland v. Kyle Daukaus 

Fernando Padilla v. Sean Soriano 

Dana White's Contender Series

September 9th: Muin Gafurov v. Chad Anheliger 

UFC on October 16th

Men's Featherweight: Ludovit Klein v. Nate Landwehr 

Bellator- Heavyweight

Title Unification TBD: Ryan Bader v. interim champ Valentin Moldavsky 

Tokyo Summer Games Qualifying

Men's Basketball- World Tournaments- Semifinals tomorrow 

Victoria

Canada v. Czech Republic 

Turkey v. Greece

Split

Germany v. Croatia

Brazil v. Mexico

Kaunas

Lithuania v. Poland

Slovenia v. Venezuela

Belgrade

Serbia v. Puerto Rico

Italy v. Dominican Republic  

PFL Postseason

Featherweight and Men's Lightweight Semifinals on August 13th 

Welterweight and Light Heavyweight Semifinals on August 20th

Fury-Wilder III on July 24th

Prelims: Alberto Puello v. Rances Barthelemy

UFC on September 4th

Light Heavyweight: Alexander Gustafsson v. Paul Craig  

Boxing: Regis Prograis v. Mikey Garcia

Targeted for fall on American soil on DAZN at 140lbs 

Women's Champions League

DAZN will stream WCL games free on YouTube as part of a four-deal. This comes after a similar-vein announcement that Spain's top women's soccer league joined the professional ranks 

Soccer News

Germany M Toni Kroos has retired from international competition with 17 goals and 19 assists in 106 appearances 

UFC Departures

Joe Ellenberger, Roque Martinez, Emil Meek, Lara Procopio and Alexander Yakovlev 

Professional Fighters League

UFC and Bare Knuckle FC vet Jason Knight has signed with PFL and is expected to debut August 27th 

UFC on August 28th

Welterweight: Sean Brady v. Kevin Lee (originally scheduled for UFC 264 next weekend) 

UFC on September 18th

Lightweight: Jim Miller v. Nikolas Motta 

UFC on October 2nd

Lightweight: Diego Ferreira v. Grant Dawson 

Irish Premier Division 

Bohemian def. Saint Patricks 3-2

Derry City def. Waterford 2-0 

Drogheda United def. Finn Harps 3-1 

Shamrock Rovers def. Dundalk 3-1 

UEFA Euros- Quarterfinals

Spain def. Switzerland on penalties

Italy def. Belgium 2-1 

Tokyo Summer Games Qualifying

Men's Basketball- World Qualifiers

Victoria Tournament

Canada wins Group A and will face either Uruguay or Czech Republic 

Turkey wins Group B and will face either Greece or China 

Split Tournament

Semifinals on Saturday

Germany v. Croatia

Brazil v. Mexico 

Kaunas Tournament

Semifinals on Saturday

Lithuania v. Poland

Slovenia v. Venezuela 

Belgrade Tournament

Semifinals on Saturday

Serbia v. Puerto Rico

Italy v. Dominican Republic 

Boxing on July 7th

Steve Spark will replace Michael Zerafa opposite Tim Tszyu 

Boxing on July 24th: Joyce-Takam undercard 

WBO European Super Welterweight Title Fight: Hamzah Sheeraz v. Ezequiel Gurria

British/Commonwealth Welterweight Title Fight: Chris Jenkins v. Ekow Essuman 

UFC on August 28th 

Aliaskhab Khizriev v. Alessio Di Chirico 

UFC on September 18th

Welterweight: Impa Kasanganay v. Carlston Harris 

Boxing on August 6th

Junior Featherweight: Michael Conlan v. TJ Doheny 

UFC next weekend

Men's Bantamweight: Kris Moutinho will replace Louis Smolka opposite Sean O'Malley 

USL League One

Forward Madison def. New England Revolution II by a 1-0 score

Toronto FC II def. South Georgia 2-1 

UFC on October 9th

Men's Bantamweight: Chris Gutierrez v. Felipe Colares  

USL Championship

Loudoun United def. Pittsburgh Riverhounds 2-1

Birmingham Legion-Atlanta United 2 has been abandoned tied 1-1 

Rio Grande Valley Toros def. El Paso Locomotive 3-2 

Real Monarchs def. New Mexico United 3-2 

Tokyo Summer Games Qualifying

Men's Basketball- World Qualifiers

Victoria Tournament: Canada advances to Saturday's semifinals as the Group A winner with a 2-0 record 

Split Tournament: Brazil advances to Saturday's semifinals as the Group B winner with a 2-0 record 

Kaunas Tournament: Slovenia and Poland are the semifinal qualifiers from Group B 

Belgrade Tournament: Serbia advances to the semifinals as Group A winner with a 2-0 record