Tuesday, August 31, 2021

International Soccer tomorrow

Men's World Cup '22 Qualifying

Europe- First Round- Matchday 4 of 10
Kazakhstan v. Ukraine
Denmark v. Scotland
Faroe Islands v. Israel
France v. Bosnia-Herzegovina
Latvia v. Gibraltar
Luxembourg v. Azerbaijan
Malta v. Cyprus
Moldova v. Austria
Norway v. Netherlands
Portugal v. Ireland
Russia v. Croatia
Slovenia v. Slovakia
Turkey v. Montenegro 


Africa- Second Round- Opening Games
Central African Republic v. Cape Verde
Guinea-Bissau v. Guinea
Senegal v. Togo
Egypt v. Angola
Libya v. Gabon
Mali v. Rwanda 
UFC on October 2nd
Women's Flyweight: Casey O'Neill v. Antonina Shevchenko


UFC 267 on October 30th
Light Heavyweight: Magomed Ankalaev v. Volkan Oezdemir


English National League today
Stockport v. Grimsby Town  


UFC 268 on November 6th
Men's Bantamweight: Frankie Edgar v. Marlon Vera  


UFC on November 13th
Heavyweight: Ben Rothwell v. Marcos Rogerio de Lima 
Women's Flyweight: Jessica Eye v. Andrea Lee 


UFC 269 on December 11th
Women's Bantamweight Title Fight: Amanda Nunes v. Julianna Pena 

Sunday, August 29, 2021

USL Championship
Sporting KC II and Memphis 901 tied 0-0
OKC Energy def. Rio Grande Valley Toros 2-1
Miami FC def. NY Red Bull II 3-0 


Liga BBVA MX
Toluca def. UNAM 2-1
Santos Laguna def. FC Juarez 2-0 
Cruz Azul and Pachuca tied 1-1


Scottish Premiership
Rangers def. Celtic 1-0
Aberdeen and Ross County tied 1-1 
Saint Mirren and Saint Johnstone tied 0-0  


Eredivisie 
Utrecht def. Feyenoord 3-1
Ajax-Amsterdam def. Vitesse 5-1
Nijmegen def. Heracles 1-0 
AZ Alkmaar def. Heerenveen 3-1  


NWSL
Washington and North Carolina tied 0-0
Orlando def. NJ/NY Gotham 1-0
OL Reign def. Portland 2-1
Houston def. Racing Louisville 1-0 


Ligue 1
Monaco def. Estac Troyes 2-1
Angers def. Rennes 2-0 
Clermont and Metz tied 2-2
Racing Club de Lens and Lorient tied 2-2
Strasbourg def. Brest 3-1 
Lille def. Montpellier 2-1
Paris Saint-Germain def. Reims 2-0  


Serie A
Napoli def. Genoa 2-1
Sassuolo and Sampdoria tied 0-0 
AC Milan def. Cagliari 4-1  
Roma def. Salernitana 4-0  


Major League Soccer
FC Dallas def. Austin FC 5-3 


Bundesliga 
Union Berlin def. Borussia Monchengladbach 2-1
Wolfsburg def. RB Leipzig 1-0 


La Liga
Barcelona def. Getafe 2-1
Osasuna def. Cadiz 3-2
Rayo Vallecano def. Granada 4-0
Atletico Madrid and Villareal tied 2-2  


Premier League
Burnley and Leeds United tied 1-1
Tottenham def. Watford 1-0
Manchester United def. Wolverhampton 1-0 

Thursday, August 26, 2021

Boxing on September 25th
Joshua-Usyk undercard
WBO Cruiserweight Title Defense: champ Lawrence Okolie v. Dilan Prasovic  
Maxim Prodan v. Florian Marku 


UFC on Saturday
Main Card
Main: Edson Barboza v. Giga Chikadze at featherweight
Co-Main: Bryan Battle v. Gilbert Urbina for the TUF middleweight title
Ricky Turcios v. Brady Hiestand for the TUF bantamweight title
Kevin Lee v. Daniel Rodriguez
Andre Petroski v. Micheal Gillmore 
Makhmud Muradov v. Gerald Meerschaert 


Boxing on October 16th
IBF eliminator between Esquiva Falcao and Patrick Wojcicki will be the co-main to Emanuel Navarrete's IBF featherweight title defense v. Joet Gonzalez  


UFC on November 13th
Men's Featherweight: Lando Vannata v. Tucker Lutz 


Major League Baseball Calendar
October 3rd: End of the regular season
October 4th: Tiebreaker games 
October 5th: American League Wild Card
October 6th: National League Wild Card
October 7th: ALDS Starts
October 8th: NLDS Starts
October 15th: ALCS Starts
October 16th: NLCS Starts
October 26th: Start of the World Series 


College Football
Oklahoma and Texas will move from the Big 12 to the SEC in 2025 

The Big Ten has announced that there will be no makeup games due to COVID cancellations (the team that cancels will take the loss, with a no-contest if both teams can't compete) 

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

ONE Championship on September 24th
Three title fights
Lightweight: Christian Lee v. Rae Yoon Ok
Strawweight: Joshua Pacio v. Yosuke Saruta trilogy fight  
Bantamweight Kickboxing: Capitan Petchyindee Academy v. Medhi Zatout


Boxing on October 23rd
Duke Ragan and Nico Ali Walsh, both against TBA, will make their returns on the undercard of Herring-Stevenson at Atlanta's State Farm Arena 


Boxing on October 5th
Teofimo Lopez v. George Kambosos Jr. probable for Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden  


Cruiserweight Boxing
Arsen Goulamirian v. Aleksei Egorov- either November 6th or November 20th in one of three locations:
Paris, France
Moscow, Russia
Monte Carlo 


ONE Championship: Empower
Rescheduled from May 28th to September 3rd 
Xiong Jing Nan v. Michelle Nicolini
Denice Zamboanga v. Seo Hee Ham 
Stamp Fairtex v. Alyona Rassohyna
Meng Bo v. Ritu Phogat
Itsuki Hirata v. Alyse Anderson
Kickboxing: Anissa Meksen v. Cristina Morales
Muay Thai: Jackie Buntan v. Daniela Lopez 
Two GP alternate bouts 
Tokyo Paralympics- Women's Goalball
Group A
RPC def. Canada 5-1
Israel def. Australia 11-1
RPC def. China 4-3

Group B
Turkey def. Japan 7-1
United States def. Brazil 6-4 


Tokyo Paralympics- Men's Goalball
Group A
Brazil def. Lithuania 11-2
Japan def. Algeria 13-4

Group B
Germany def. Turkey 6-4
Belgium def. China 10-3  


USL Championship
Tulsa FC def. Memphis 901 by a 2-1 score 


NWSL
Kansas City def. Racing Louisville 2-1 


USL League One
North Carolina FC def. Forward Madison 1-0 


UEFA Champions League
Qualifying -- Group Stage
Benfica, Malmo, Red Bull Salzburg, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sheriff Tiraspol and Young Boys 
The group stage draw is slated for a noon Eastern start tomorrow 


2024 College Football
Season Opener: LSU v. Southern Cal, Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas 


Boxing News- WBA
The World Boxing Association has declared its interim belts vacant. According to a report, the now-former interim titleholders will immediately become mandatory challengers for the world titles  


UFC on October 2nd
Alex Oliveira v. Niko Price at welterweight 


U.S. Open Tennis
Main draw action starts on Monday 


UFC on November 20th
Terrance McKinney v. Fares Ziam at lightweight 
Cheyanne Buys v. Loma Lookboonmee at strawweight 


NFL Trades
Patriots -- Rams: RB Sony Michel
Rams -- Patriots: Conditional fifth- and sixth-round picks
*This means that Michel will partner with QB Matthew Stafford in the backfield 


UFC on October 23rd
Kris Moutinho v. Aaron Phillips


Bellator 270 on November 5th
3Arena in Dublin, Ireland
Men's Bantamweight Main Event: James Gallagher v. Patchy Mix  


UFC on September 18th
Emily Whitmire will face Hannah Goldy with Cory McKenna off the card 


NBA News
Josh Richardson has signed a one-year extension with the Celtics 


Invicta FC this weekend
Mara Romero Borella and Monique Ariane are both off the card
*Brogan Walker-Sanchez will now face Emilee King
*Katie Saull will now face Marisa Messer-Belenchia 


Boxing News
David Benavidez v. Jose Uzcategui has been moved from Saturday to November 13th, but will remain at Footprint Center in Phoenix 

Super flyweight trilogy fight between Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman Gonzalez has a working date of October 16th 

Artur Beterbiev v. Marcus Browne in the works- both camps have a terms deadline of September 17th 

Gabriel Rosado v. Jaime Munguia in the works for fall 


UAE Warriors 22 on September 4th
Gadzhimurad Antigulov v. Alexander Poppeck 

Monday, August 23, 2021

UEFA Champions League Qualifying
Three of these six teams- Benfica, Ferencvaros, Ludogorets, Malmo, PSV Eindhoven and Young Boys- will move on to the 2021-22 group stage, with the group draw set for Thursday 


USL Championship
Tampa Bay Rowdies def. Loudoun United 2-0 


Serie A
Cagliari and Spezia tied 2-2
AC Milan def. Sampdoria 1-0  


La Liga
Sevilla def. Getafe 1-0
Osasuna and Celta Vigo tied 0-0 


Premier League
West Ham def. Leicester City 4-1 


UFC 266 on September 25th
Lightweight: Dan Hooker v. Nasrat Haqparast 


Tokyo Paralympics
Men's Goalball (action starting tomorrow)
Group A: Algeria, Brazil, Japan, Lithuania and United States
Group B: Belgium, China, Germany, Turkey and Ukraine

Women's Goalball (action starting tomorrow)
Group A: Australia, Canada, China, Israel and RPC
Group B: Brazil, Egypt, Japan, Turkey and United States 


UFC on October 16th
Women's Bantamweight Main Event: Miesha Tate v. Ketlen Vieira 


Boxing on November 6th
Super Middleweight Four-Belt Unification: Canelo Alvarez v. Caleb Plant 


Bellator 267 on October 1st
SSE Arena
Welterweight Main Event: Douglas Lima v. Michael Page rematch
Women's Featherweight Co-Main: Leah McCourt v. Jessica Borga 

Thursday, August 19, 2021

PFL Finals
Men's Lightweight: Loik Radzhabov v. Raush Manfio 
Welterweight: Magomed Magomedkerimov v. Ray Cooper III 
Little League World Series
Hank Aaron Bracket
Hawaii def. Connecticut 9-1 and will face Nebraska or New Jersey

Tom Seaver Bracket
Ohio def. Tennessee 1-0 and will face either New Hampshire or California 


UFC next Saturday 
Sara McMann is out of her bantamweight bout against Ketlen Vieira 

Aliaskhab Khizriev is out of a middleweight bout against Alessio di Chirico 

Ultimate Fighter 29 Finals
Men's Bantamweight: 10-2 Ricky Turcios v. 5-1 Brady Hiestand 
Middleweight: 6-1 Gilbert Urbina v. 5-1 Bryan Battle (Urbina replaces 3-0 Tresean Gore) 


UFC on Saturday
Said Yokub will replace Mana Martinez against Trevin Jones 


NHL News
Starting in the 2022-23 season, NHL jerseys will feature advertising space 


UFC News
Adesanya-Whittaker 2 for the middleweight title will most likely take place next year 


Men's International Basketball
Canada have extended HC Nick Nurse through 2024 


UFC on October 2nd
Middleweight: Misha Cirkunov v. Krzysztof Jotko


ONE Championship News
September 24th: Marcus Almeida's MMA debut v. Thomas Narno  


UFC on October 23rd
Lightweight: Alan Patrick v. Mason Jones 


MLB in 2022
Field of Dreams Game August 11th: Reds v. Cubs 


PFL on October 27th
1-0 Claressa Shields v. 2-0 Abigail Montes


Bellator on September 18th
San Jose, California 
Light Heavyweight Main Event: Yoel Romero v. Phil Davis 


Boxing on October 23rd
State Farm Arena in Atlanta- Jamel Herring v. Shakur Stevenson  


NBA News
Marcus Smart has signed a four-year extension with the Celtics 

Kawhi Leonard has signed a four-year extension with the Clippers 

Friday, August 13, 2021

Irish Premier Division
Saint Patricks def. Waterford 2-1 


La Liga
Valencia def. Getafe 1-0


Scottish League Cup
Rangers def. Dunfermline Athletic 5-0  


Coppa Italia 
Fiorentina, Genoa, Spezia and Udinese advance to the next round 


Ligue 1
Lorient def. Monaco 1-0


Eredivisie
Heerenveen def. Go Ahead Eagles 1-0 


Bundesliga
Borussia Monchengladbach and Bayern Munich tied 1-1 


Premier League
Brentford def. Arsenal 2-0 

Thursday, August 12, 2021

Sporting Saturday

7:30 am Eastern
English League Championship on ESPN+: Peterborough v. Derby County 

9:30 am Eastern
Bundesliga on ESPN+: Bielefeld v. Freiburg, Augsburg v. Hoffenheim, Stuttgart v. Greuther Furth and Wolfsburg v. Bochum

10 am Eastern
English League Championship on ESPN+: Hull City v. Queens Park Rangers 

10:30 am Eastern
Eredivisie on ESPN+: RKC Waalwijk v. AZ Alkmaar 

12:30 pm Eastern
Bundesliga on ESPN+: Borussia Dortmund v. Eintracht Frankfurt  

12:45 pm Eastern
Eredivisie on ESPN+: Heracles v. PSV Eindhoven 

1:30 pm Eastern
La Liga on ESPN+: Cadiz v. Levante and Mallorca v. Real Betis 

3 pm Eastern
English League Championship on ESPN+: Swansea City v. Sheffield United 
Eredivisie on ESPN+: Ajax-Amsterdam v. Nijmegen 

4 pm Eastern
La Liga on ESPN+: Alaves v. Real Madrid and Osasuna v. Espanyol 

4:05 pm Eastern
MLB on FS1: Reds v. Phillies 

5 pm Eastern
USL Championship on ESPN+: Oakland Roots v. LA Galaxy II and Sporting Kansas City II v. Atlanta United II 

6:30 pm Eastern
USL League One on ESPN+: Richmond Kickers v. New England Revolution II

7 pm Eastern
USL Championship on ESPN+: Charlotte Independence v. Pittsburgh Riverhounds, Indy Eleven v. OKC Energy and NY Red Bull II v. San Antonio FC 

7:10 pm Eastern
MLB on ESPN+: Yankees v. White Sox 

7:30 pm Eastern
USL Championship on ESPN+: Louisville City v. Tulsa FC 

8 pm Eastern
MLS on ESPN+: Montreal v. NY Red Bull, NYCFC v. Miami and Toronto v. New England
USL Championship on ESPN+: Rio Grande Valley Toros v. Colorado Springs Switchbacks 
USL League One on ESPN+: Forward Madison v. South Georgia 

8:30 pm Eastern
MLS on ESPN+: Dallas v. Kansas City and Houston v. Colorado
USL Championship on ESPN+: Memphis 901 v. Birmingham Legion 

9 pm Eastern
USL Championship on ESPN+: Austin Bold v. Miami FC
USL League One on ESPN+: North Texas v. North Carolina FC 

9:30 pm Eastern
USL Championship on ESPN+: New Mexico United v. El Paso Locomotive 

10 pm Eastern
MLS on ESPN+: Salt Lake v. Austin 
USL League One on ESPN+: Tucson FC v. Union Omaha 

10:30 pm Eastern
USL Championship on ESPN+: San Diego Loyal v. Tacoma Defiance 

11 pm Eastern
USL Championship on ESPN+: Sacramento Republic v. Las Vegas Lights 

Sporting TV Tomorrow

2 pm Eastern
La Liga 2 on ESPN+: Huesca v. Eibar 

2:30 pm Eastern
Bundesliga on ESPN+: Borussia Monchengladbach 

3 pm Eastern
La Liga on ESPN+: Valencia v. Getafe

7:10 pm Eastern
MLB on ESPN+: Orioles v. Red Sox 

7:30 pm Eastern
USL Championship on ESPN+: Charleston Battery v. Loudoun United and Tampa Bay Rowdies v. Hartford Athletic 

10:30 pm Eastern
MLS on ESPN+: San Jose Earthquakes v. Vancouver Whitecaps 
Leagues Cup
Quarterfinal today: Orlando City v. Santos Laguna, 7p Eastern on ESPN+ 

Semifinals on Saturday: UNAM v. Leon and Seattle Sounders v. Orlando-Santos winner


WNBA today
Commissioner's Cup: Sun v. Storm, 9p Eastern on Prime Video   


CONCACAF Champions League today
Semifinal First Leg: Club America v. Philadelphia Union, 10p Eastern 


UFC on August 28th
Welterweight: Daniel Rodriguez will replace Sean Brady against Kevin Lee 


UFC on October 2nd
Lightweight: Alexander Hernandez v. Leonardo Santos 


UFC on September 18th
Lightweight: Arman Tsarukyan v. Christos Giagos 


UFC on September 4th
Heavyweight: Tom Aspinall v. Sergei Pavlovich 

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Soccer news
Lionel Messi has signed with Paris Saint-Germain for two years after leaving Barcelona. During his Barcelona career, he appeared 778 times and bagged 672 goals 


Boxing next weekend
Yordenis Ugas will replace Errol Spence Jr against Manny Pacquiao 


Combat Sports News
Ronaldo Souza has announced his retirement, joining Artem Lobov and Luke Campbell.
During his career in the UFC, Souza notched nine Octagon wins over Chris Weidman, Derek Brunson, Tim Boetsch, Vitor Belfort, Chris Camozzi (twice), Gegard Mousasi, Francis Carmont and Yushin Okami in addition to going 7-1 in Strikeforce 


NBA Summer League
Hawks def. Pacers 84-83
Celtics def. Nuggets 107-82
Bulls def. Spurs 92-89 
Rockets def. Pistons 111-91 


Europa Conference League Qualifying
Who moves on? 
Rosenborg and Shakhter Karagandy


USL League One
Chattanooga Red Wolves def. North Carolina FC 4-1 


Carabao Cup
Cardiff City def. Sutton United 3-2
Crewe Alexandra def. Hartlepool United 1-0
Gillingham def. Crawley Town on penalties 
Barrow def. Scunthorpe United 1-0
Birmingham City def. Colchester United 1-0
Morecambe def. Blackburn Rovers 2-1
Cheltenham Town def. Bristol Rovers 2-0 
Cambridge United def. Swindon Town on penalties 
AFC Wimbledon def. Charlton Athletic 1-0
Derby County def. Salford City on penalties
Wycombe Wanderers def. Exeter City on penalties 
Forest Green Rovers def. Bristol City on penalties 
Wigan Athletic def. Hull City on penalties 
Newport County def. Ipswich Town 1-0 
Preston North End def. Mansfield Town 3-0
Millwall def. Portsmouth 2-1
Oldham Athletic def. Tranmere Rovers on penalties 
Plymouth Argyle def. Peterborough United on penalties
Sunderland def. Port Vale 4-0
Accrington Stanley def. Rotherham United 2-1
Sheffield United def. Carlisle United 1-0
Shrewsbury Town def. Lincoln City on penalties
Stevenage def. Luton Town on penalties
Stoke City def. Fleetwood Town 2-1
Doncaster Rovers def. Walsall on penalties
Bolton Wanderers def. Barnsley on penalties
Swansea City def. Reading 3-0
Harrogate Town-Rochdale has been postponed  


Europa League Qualifying
Who moves on?
Omonia Nicosia and Slovan Bratislava


USL Championship
Charlotte Independence def. New York Red Bull II 3-2
Memphis 901 and Colorado Springs Switchbacks tied 1-1  


UEFA Champions League Qualifying
Who moves on?
Benfica 
Dinamo Zagreb 
Ferencvaros
Ludogorets Razgrad 
Malmo 
Monaco 
PSV Eindhoven 
Shakhtar Donetsk 
Sheriff Tiraspol 
Young Boys 


2021 Leagues Cup
Leon advances to the semifinals with a 6-1 win over Sporting Kansas City 

Sunday, August 8, 2021

Beijing 2022- Men's Ice Hockey
The final qualifier tournaments will start on the 26th of this month 
Group D: Austria, Belarus, Poland and Slovakia
Group E: France, Hungary, Italy and Latvia
Group F: Denmark, Norway, Slovenia and South Korea 


Swiss Soccer
FC Basel picks up three points and go +4 on goal difference thanks to a 5-1 win 


Austrian Bundesliga Updates
Red Bull Salzburg and Rapid Vienna pick up wins; Rapid Vienna moves +3 on goal difference; LASK Linz records one point with a draw 


USL Championship
Tacoma Defiance def. Oakland Roots 3-1 


Scottish Premiership
Celtic def. Dundee 6-0
Hibernian def. Ross County 3-0
Aberdeen def. Livingston 2-1
Saint Johnstone and Motherwell tied 1-1 
*Best placed from the day: Celtic (3 points and +6 in goal differential) 


Liga BBVA MX
Atletico San Luis def. UNAM 2-1 


English League Championship
Fulham and Middlesbrough tied 1-1
Coventry City def. Nottingham Forest 2-1 


Ligue 1
Rennes and Racing Club de Lens tied 1-1
Clermont def. Bordeaux 2-0
Nice and Reims tied 0-0
Saint-Etienne and Lorient tied 1-1 
Angers def. Strasbourg 2-0
Metz and Lille tied 3-3 
Marseille def. Montpelier 3-2 

Friday, August 6, 2021

Sporting TV Tomorrow

Breakfast
ESPN2 and ESPNDeportes will have international soccer available at 10a Eastern as Watford meets Crystal Palace in a preseason encounter. ESPN+ will have English League Championship soccer at the same time as Blackburn Rovers face off against Swansea City. 


Lunchtime
12:15p Eastern on ESPN+ will see the English FA Community Shield, as Leicester City takes on Manchester City


Snack Break 
ESPN+ will carry English League Championship action with a 3p Eastern first kick as Sheffield United faces Reading. 

International soccer on ESPN+ at 4p Eastern as Spanish side Real Betis meets Italian side Roma. 


Dinner
There will be a host of MLS matches on ESPN+. 7:30p Eastern will see Columbus v. Atlanta and Cincinnati v. Orlando. 8p Eastern will see Minnesota v. Houston and Toronto facing NYCFC. 8:30p Eastern will see Dallas against Austin in a battle for Texas, while 9p Eastern will see Colorado against Kansas City.


Late Night
With a 10:30p Eastern kickoff, ESPN+ will carry a MLS game between Portland and Salt Lake.  
USL League One today
Toronto FC 2 v. Richmond Kickers, 4p Eastern on ESPN+ 


Irish Premier Division today
Derry City v. Drogheda United 


USL Championship today
Loudoun United v. Charlotte Independence, 7p Eastern on ESPN+
NY Red Bull 2 v. Tampa Bay Rowdies, 7p Eastern on ESPN+
Charleston Battery v. Pittsburgh Riverhounds, 7:30p Eastern on ESPN+ 


Liga BBVA MX today
Mazatlan v. Monterrey
Necaxa v. Cruz Azul
Tijuana v. Toluca, 10:06p Eastern on ESPNDeportes and ESPN+  


English League Championship today
Bournemouth v. West Bromwich Albion 


French Ligue 1 today
Monaco v. Nantes 


Tokyo Soccer
Men: Mexico def. Japan 3-1
Bronze: Mexico 

Women: Canada def. Sweden on penalties
Gold: Canada
Silver: Sweden
Bronze: United States

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

UFC 268 on November 6th
Middleweight: Luke Rockhold v. Sean Strickland
*This joins Usman-Covington 2 at welterweight and Gaethje-Chandler at lightweight 


MLS All-Star Game
August 25th
US All-Stars v. Mexico All-Stars  


Boxing on December 11th
Potential Bout: Vasiliy Lomachenko v. Richard Commey 
Tokyo Updates
Track Cycling 
Men's Sprint is into the Round of 16 
Women's Keirin is into the quarterfinals 

Women's Team Table Tennis
Germany v. Hong Kong for bronze
China v. Japan for gold 

Men's Team Table Tennis
South Korea v. Japan for bronze
China v. Germany for gold 

Women's Team Handball: Semifinals
Norway v. ROC
France v. Sweden 

Men's Team Handball: Semifinals
France v. Egypt
Spain v. Denmark

Women's Field Hockey
Great Britain v. India for bronze
Netherlands v. Argentina for gold 

Men's Field Hockey
Germany v. India for bronze
Australia v. Belgium for gold 

Women's Water Polo: Semifinals
Spain v. Hungary
ROC v. United States 

Men's Water Polo: Semifinals
Greece v. Hungary
Serbia v. Spain 

Women's Volleyball: Semifinals
Brazil v. South Korea
Serbia v. United States 

Men's Volleyball: Semifinals
France v. Argentina
Brazil v. ROC
USL Championship
Hartford Athletic and Miami FC tied 1-1
Birmingham Legion def. Atlanta United 2 3-1
Indy Eleven def. Tulsa FC 2-0
Austin Bold def. Colorado Springs Switchbacks 2-1
El Paso Locomotive def. San Antonio FC 2-0 


MLS
New England and Nashville tied 0-0 
Montreal and Atlanta tied 2-2 
DC United def. Columbus 4-2
Philadelphia def. Toronto 3-0
Chicago and NYCFC tied 0-0 
Orlando and Miami tied 1-1
Austin def. Houston 3-2 


UFC News
Nicco Montano, the first women's flyweight champion in UFC history, has been released by the promotion 


Major League Baseball
The 2022 season will reportedly open on March 31st 


NBA Trades
Warriors -- Jazz: F Eric Paschall 
Jazz -- Warriors: Second-round pick in 2026 


Combat Sports News
UFC alum and former interim featherweight title challenger Chad Mendes has signed a multi-fight deal with Bare Knuckle FC. Mendes' last bout was at UFC 232 in December 2018 


Bellator 264 next Friday
Kelvin Tiller will replace Steve Mowry against Marcelo Golm at heavyweight 


NHL News
St. Louis has signed F Jordan Kyrou for two years and re-signed F Zach Sanford for one year  


Boxing
WBO junior lightweight champ Jamel Herring and challenger Shakur Stevenson have agreed to terms for a fall bout 


UFC on December 11th
Men's Flyweight: Cody Garbrandt v. Kai Kara-France 


UFC on October 23rd
Middleweight: Paulo Costa v. Marvin Vettori 


UFC 267 on October 30th
Lightweight: Rafael dos Anjos v. Islam Makhachev
Heavyweight: Alexander Volkov v. Marcin Tybura 
*These bouts joins a pair of title fights: Blachowicz-Teixeira at light heavyweight with Jiri Prochazka at backup and Sterling-Yan 2 at men's bantamweight
*Also on the card: Chimaev-Jingliang at welterweight and Ribas-Jandiroba at strawweight   


NBA News
F Rudy Gay has signed with the Jazz for two years 

G Victor Oladipo has re-signed with the Heat for one year 

F Sam Dekker has signed with the Raptors 

C Andre Drummond has signed with the 76ers for one year 

Forward PJ Tucker has signed with Miami for two years 

Lonzo Ball has signed with the Bulls for four years 

F Torrey Craig has signed with the Pacers for two years 

G Alex Caruso has signed with the Bulls for four years. He heads to Chicago from the Lakers 

TJ McConnell has signed a four-year extension with the Pacers

G Terence Davis has re-signed with Sacramento for two years 

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Tokyo Updates
Boxing
Men's Flyweight: First Semifinal: Ryomei Tanaka (Japan) v. Carlo Paalam (Philippines) 
Men's Featherweight: First Semifinal: Duke Ragan (United States) def. Samuel Takyi (Ghana) 4-1 
Men's Lightweight: First Semifinal: Keyshawn Davis (United States) v. Hovhannes Bachkov (Armenia) 

Women's Lightweight Boxing
First Semifinal
Kellie Harrington (Ireland) v. Sudaporn Seesondee (Thailand)

Women's Featherweight Boxing
Gold: Sena Irie (Japan)
Silver: Nesthy Petecio (Philippines)
Bronze: Irma Testa (Italy) and Karriss Artingstall (Great Britain) 

Baseball
First Semifinal: South Korea v. Japan 

Men's Beach Volleyball: Quarterfinals
ROC v. Norway
Latvia v. Brazil
Qatar v. Italy
Germany v. ROC

Women's Beach Volleyball
Quarterfinals: Canada-Australia and Latvia-Canada 

Semifinal: Switzerland v. United States 

Men's Volleyball: Quarterfinals
Poland v. France
Italy v. Argentina
Japan v. Brazil with the winner facing ROC 

Women's Volleyball: Quarterfinals
Brazil v. ROC
South Korea v. Turkey
Serbia v. Italy
Dominican Republic v. United States 

Men's Team Handball: Quarterfinals
France def. Bahrain 42-28 and will face either Germany or Egypt
Sweden v. Spain and Denmark v. Norway 

Women's Team Handball: Quarterfinals
Norway v. Hungary
Montenegro v. ROC
France v. Netherlands
Sweden v. South Korea 

Men's Field Hockey
Gold Medal Game
Belgium v. Australia/Germany winner
Bronze Medal Game
India v. Australia/Germany loser 

Women's Field Hockey: Semifinals
Netherlands v. Great Britain
Argentina v. India 

Men's Water Polo: Quarterfinals
Greece v. Montenegro
Croatia v. Hungary
Italy v. Serbia
Spain v. United States 

Women's Water Polo: Quarterfinals
Spain v. China
Netherlands v. Hungary
Australia v. ROC
Canada v. United States 
Bellator 264 next Friday
Men's Bantamweight: Danny Sabatello v. Johnny Campbell 


NBA News
G Gary Trent Jr. has signed with Toronto for three years 

G Furkan Korkmaz has signed a three-year extension with Philadelphia 

Nicolas Batum has signed a two-year extension with the Clippers 

C Daniel Theis has signed with Houston for four years 

G Chris Paul has signed a four-year extension with Phoenix 

C Cody Zeller has signed with Portland for one year 


Saturday PBC on Fox boxing
Welterweight: Mykal Fox will replace Cody Crowley against Gabriel Maestre 


MLB News
LHP Andrew Heaney: Angels to the Yankees 
*Heaney joins previous acquisitions Anthony Rizzo and Joey Gallo 


MLB Trades
Nationals -- Athletics: C Yan Gomes and IF/OF Josh Harrison
Athletics -- Nationals: C Drew Millas and RHP's Richard Guasch and Seth Shuman 

Royals -- Braves: OF Jorge Soler
Braves -- Royals: RHP Kasey Kalich 

Cubs -- Mets: Shortstop Javier Baez and RHP Trevor Williams 
Mets -- Cubs: OF prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong 


Combat Sports Retirements
UFC and BKFC vet Artem Lobov as well as boxer Luke Campbell 


Gamebred Fighting Championship 2 on September 11th
Biloxi Civic Center in Biloxi, Mississippi
Watch on the Bareknuckle.tv app 
Men's Featherweight: Rob Emerson v. Charles Bennett 


United States- Men's World Cup Qualifying Schedule
September 2nd @ El Salvador
September 5th v. Canada (Nissan Stadium in Nashville)
September 8th @ Honduras
October 7th v. Jamaica (Q2 Stadium in Austin)
October 10th @ Panama
October 13th v. Costa Rica
November 12th v. Mexico (TQL Stadium, Cincinnati)
November 16th @ Jamaica
January 27th v. El Salvador
January 30th @ Canada
February 2nd v. Honduras
March 24th @ Mexico
March 27th v. Panama
March 30th @ Costa Rica 


Women's Soccer
Marc Skinner is the new manager of Man-U Women, moving over from NWSL's Orlando Pride 


NHL Trades
Golden Knights -- Rangers: enforcer Ryan Reaves
Rangers -- Golden Knights: Third-round pick in 2022 


NCAA Men's Basketball Recruiting
Kyle Filipowski -- Duke
Alex Karaban -- Connecticut 


ONE Championship on August 27th
ONE: Battleground III
Atomweight: Bi Nguyen v. Jenelyn Olsim 


Bellator Russia on October 23rd
Heavyweight: Vitaly Minakov v. Tyrell Fortune 


Bellator Light Heavyweight Grand Prix
Semifinals on October 16th
Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona
Vadim Nemkov v. Anthony Johnson
Ryan Bader v. Corey Anderson


UFC on October 16th
Middleweight: Julian Marquez v. Jordan Wright 


Boxing on August 29th
Tommy Fury v. Anthony Taylor 
Daniel Dubois v. Joe Cusumano 
Ivan Baranchyk v. Montana Love 


UFC News
Fight card on September 4th moving from London to Las Vegas
Women's Flyweight: Ariane Lipski will replace Taila Santos against Mandy Bohm 


NFL News
RB Devonta Freeman has signed with New Orleans for one year 

Former Cardinals and Packers QB Brett Hundley has signed with Indianapolis 

RB Nick Chubb has signed a three-year extension with Cleveland  


NHL News
C Derek Stepan has signed with Carolina for one year 

F Arturri Lehkonen has signed with Montreal for one year 


UFC 268 on November 6th
Lightweight: Justin Gaethje v. Michael Chandler 


Premier League Soccer
Trent Alexander-Arnold has signed a contract extension with Liverpool through 2024-25