Thursday, September 30, 2021

Europa League Standings
Group A: Lyon have won their first two games; Sparta Prague at 1-1; Brondby at 0-1-1 and Rangers at 0-2 

Group B: PSV Eindhoven and Monaco are 1-0-1 with Eindhoven leading on goal difference; Real Sociedad has two draws and Sturm Graz is 0-2

Group C: Legia Warsaw is 2-0, Spartak Moscow is 1-1, Napoli and Leicester City are both 0-1-1 with Napoli having more goals scored

Group D: Olympiakos is 2-0, Eintracht Frankfurt is 1-1, Fenerbahce is 0-1-1 and Antwerp is 0-2

Group E: Galatasaray is 1-0-1, Lazio is 1-1, Marseille has two draws and Lokomotiv Moscow is 0-1-1

Group F: Red Star Belgrade is 2-0, Braga is 1-1, Ludogorets Razgrad and Midtjylland are both 0-1-1 with Ludogorets having a better goal difference 

Group G: Bayer Leverkusen and Real Betis are both 2-0 with Bayer having a better goal differential; Ferencvaros and Celtic are both 0-2 with Ferencvaros holding a better goal difference

Group H: West Ham is 2-0, Dinamo Zagreb and Genk are both 1-1 with Zagreb leading in goal difference and Rapid Vienna is 0-2  
WNBA Semifinals
Sun def. Sky 79-68 to tie the series at 1-1 


SWAC Football
Southern def. Mississippi Valley State 38-25 
Combat Sports
Retired athletes so far this year
Joseph Benavidez
Luke Campbell 
Carlos Condit
Artem Lobov
Manny Pacquiao 
Luke Sanders 
Cage Warriors 128 tomorrow
Bantamweight: Aidan James v. Phillipe Rouch and Kamil Wincenciak v. Luke Riley 
Welterweight: Ioannis Palaiologos v. Jesse Urholin


MLB Postseason
St. Louis has secured a postseason spot and will meet either the Dodgers or Giants (whichever does NOT win the National League West) in the NL wild-card game on October 6th

The Rays have officially secured home-field advantage throughout the American League Championship Series by virtue of clinching the best record in the AL this season 


UFC 270 on January 22nd
Rodolfo Vieira v. Wellington Turman
*This joins Derek Brunson v. Jared Cannonier at middleweight 


Men's College Basketball Recruiting
G Nick Smith has officially committed to Arkansas 


UFC 269 on December 11th
Men's Bantamweight: Dominick Cruz v. Pedro Munhoz 


NFL News
CB Richard Sherman has signed with Tampa Bay 


Cage Warriors 129 on Saturday
Featherweight: Harry Hardwick v. Konmon Deh
Lightweight: George Hardwick v. Jakub Dohnal


UFC on October 16th
Sijara Eubanks will replace Maryna Moroz against Luana Carolina 


Cage Warriors 130 on October 17th 
Light Heavyweight: Chuck Campbell v. Zac Pauga
Welterweight: Emilio Williams v. Devin Goodale   
 
Cage Warriors 127 today
Bantamweight: Kurban Khizriev v. Josh Reed
Featherweight: Ryan Shelley v. Liam Molloy 


PFL Season Finale on October 27th
*Not the actual bout order 
Men's Lightweight Final: Loik Radzhabov v. Raush Manfio 
Women's Lightweight Final: Kayla Harrison v. Taylor Guardado 
Welterweight Final: Ray Cooper III v. Magomed Magomedkerimov 
Heavyweight Final: Bruno Cappelozza v. Ante Delija  
Featherweight Final: Movlid Khaybulaev v. Chris Wade 
Light Heavyweight Final: Antonio Carlos Junior v. Marthin Hamlet  
In addition to Claressa Shields v. Abigail Montes, Omari Akhmedov v. Jordan Young, Don Madge v. Nate Williams and recent signee Julia Budd v. Kaitlin Young (lightweight)  
*Prelims at 4:30p Eastern on ESPN+; Main Card at 8p Eastern on ESPN2 and ESPN+ 


Boxing News
European Boxing Union light heavyweight champion Mathieu Bauderlique will most likely face Joshua Buatsi in his next bout 

Manny Pacquiao has retired from boxing having collected 62 wins over his career 

Matchroom has won the purse bid for the title eliminator bout between Israil Madrimov and Michael Soro and are looking to hold the bout December 11th in either Ukraine or the United States 

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Mexican Liga BBVA MX
UANL def. Atletico San Luis 3-0 


Campeones Cup
Final
Columbus Crew def. Cruz Azul 2-0 
*Not only the first win for Columbus in three all-time tries against Cruz Azul but they scored their first two goals in the series- Cruz Azul was 2-0 all-time previously against Columbus with wins of 2-0 and 5-0 


Major League Soccer
Atlanta United def. Inter Miami 1-0 thanks to a Josef Martinez goal
Toronto FC def. FC Cincinnati 3-2
New England Revolution def. Montreal 4-1
DC United def. Minnesota United 3-1
NY Red Bull and Philadelphia Union tied 1-1
Chicago def. NYCFC 2-0
Sporting KC def. FC Dallas 3-1
Nashville and Orlando City tied 2-2 
Colorado Rapids def. Austin FC 3-0
Houston Dynamo and Vancouver Whitecaps tied 0-0  


UEFA Champions League
Group Stage
Atalanta def. Young Boys 1-0
Zenit St. Petersburg def. Malmo 4-0
Bayern Munich def. Dynamo Kiev 5-0 with Robert Lewandowski scoring twice
Benfica def. Barcelona 3-0 (first ever win in the series for Benfica- Barca had a previous 2W0L2D edge)
Red Bull Salzburg def. Lille 2-1 
Juventus def. Chelsea 1-0
Manchester United def. Villareal 2-1 thanks to a Cristiano Ronaldo goal in stoppage time 
Wolfsburg and Sevilla tied 1-1 

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Sports on Thursday

7p Eastern
USL Championship on ESPN+: NY Red Bull II v. Loudoun United 

7:07p Eastern
MLB on ESPN+: Yankees v. Blue Jays 

7:30p Eastern
College Football on ESPN: Virginia v. Miami 
NHL Preseason on TNT: Flyers v. Bruins 

8p Eastern
WNBA Semifinals Game 2 on ESPN2: Sky v. Sun
USL Championship on ESPNDeportes/ESPN+: Hartford Athletic v. Charlotte Independence 

10p Eastern
WNBA Semifinals Game 2 on ESPN2: Mercury v. Aces 
NHL Preseason on ESPN+: Sharks v. Ducks
NHL Preseason on TNT: Golden Knights v. Kings 

Sporting TV Tomorrow

2:15p Eastern
Women's FA Cup on ESPN+: Arsenal v. Tottenham 

2:45p Eastern
English League Championship on ESPN+: Fulham v. Swansea City 

7p Eastern
MLB on ESPN: Yankees v. Blue Jays 
NHL Preseason on NHL Network: Devils v. Capitals
MLS on ESPN+: Atlanta v. Miami and Toronto v. Cincinnati
NHL Preseason on ESPN+: Maple Leafs v. Senators 

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

7:30p Eastern
MLS on ESPN+: Montreal v. New England, DC United v. Minnesota and NY Red Bull v. Philadelphia 
USL Championship on ESPN+: Atlanta United 2 v. Louisville City

8p Eastern
NHL Preseason on ESPN+: Oilers v. Jets and Panthers v. Stars
MLS on ESPN+: Chicago V. NYCFC and Dallas v. Kansas City 
Campeones Cup on ESPN2: Columbus v. Cruz Azul 

8:30p Eastern
MLS on ESPN+: Nashville v. Orlando 
USL Championship on ESPN+: OKC Energy v. Indy Eleven 

9p Eastern
NHL Preseason on ESPN+: Kraken v. Flames 
MLS on ESPN+: Colorado v. Austin and Houston v. Vancouver
USL Championship on ESPN+: El Paso Locomotive v. Real Monarchs and New Mexico United v. Rio Grande Valley Toros  

9:30p Eastern
MLS on ESPN+: Real Salt Lake v. LA Galaxy 

10p Eastern
MLB on ESPN: Padres v. Dodgers

10:30p Eastern
MLS on ESPN+: Los Angeles FC v. Portland and San Jose v. Seattle
USL Championship on ESPN+: LA Galaxy 2 v. Phoenix Rising  

UFC on November 13th
Men's Featherweight Main Event: Max Holloway v. Yair Rodriguez
Men's Bantamweight: Song Yadong v. Julio Arce


UFC on November 20th
Men's Featherweight: Pat Sabatini v. Gavin Tucker


Bellator 267 on Friday
Lightweight: Charlie Leary v. Benjamin Brander  


UFC on January 15th
Men's Flyweight: Kleydson Rodrigues v. Zarrukh Adashev 
Men's Featherweight: Joanderson Brito v. Bill Algeo  


UFC on October 2nd
Lightweight: Alexander Hernandez v. Mike Breeden (Breeden replaces Leonardo Santos) 


UFC on October 16th
Welterweight: Danny Roberts v. Ramazan Emeev 


UFC 267 on October 30th 
Interim Bantamweight Title Fight: Petr Yan v. Cory Sandhagen 
Men's Featherweight: Lerone Murphy will replace Tristan Connelly against Makwan Amirkhani 
Middleweight: Albert Duraev v. Roman Kopylov 


UFC 268 on November 6th
Heavyweight: Gian Villante v. Chris Barnett 


UFC 270 on January 22nd
Middleweight: Derek Brunson v. Jared Cannonier


UFC on December 18th
Heavyweight Main Event: Derrick Lewis v. Chris Daukaus
Heavyweight: Justin Tafa v. Harry Hunsucker 


Boxing on December 11th
Kosei Tanaka v. Sho Ishida  


UFC on December 4th
Men's Bantamweight Main Event: Rob Font v. Jose Aldo
Men's Flyweight: Manel Kape v. Zhalgas Zhumagulov    


Boxing on October 22nd
Jerry Forrest will replace Bryant Jennings against Oscar Rivas for the first-ever WBC bridgerweight title


NBA News
Unvaccinated players can enter Canada this season, although they'll be restricted to their team hotel and Scotiabank Arena 

F Michael Porter Jr has signed a five-year extension with Denver  


Boxing this weekend
Anatoli Muratov will replace Sven Elbir against Chris Eubank Jr


NFL News
WR Josh Gordon will most likely be signing with Kansas City 


Boxing on November 13th
Middleweight: Jaime Munguia v. Gabriel Rosado 


UFC this weekend
Leonardo Santos has withdrawn from a bout v. Alexander Hernandez 


Boxing on October 30th
Welterweight doubleheader on Showtime: Jamal James v. Radzhab Butaev as one half of a recently-revealed four-person tournament; as well as Jaron Ennis v. Thomas Dulorme 

Super Lightweight: Jose Zepeda v. Josue Vargas
Bantamweight: Carlos Caraballo v. Jonas Sultan 
*Both bouts at Madison Square Garden's Hulu Theater 


NFL Trades
Jaguars -- Panthers: Cornerback CJ Henderson, fifth-round pick
Panthers -- Jaguars: TE Dan Arnold, third-round pick   


Boxing on December 28th
Title Unification: Gennadiy Golovkin v. Ryota Murata


UFC News
Miesha Tate v. Ketlen Vieira has been removed from the fight card on October 16th and will be rescheduled for a later date  


Boxing- Whyte v. Wallin on October 30th 
Alen Babic v. Lucas Browne joins Chantelle Cameron v. Mary McGee


Formula 1 next year
May 8th: Miami International Autodrome around Hard Rock Stadium  


Boxing News
WBO bantamweight champion John Riel Casimero and mandatory challenger Paul Butler will head to a purse bid on October 7th  

Ryan Garcia will meet Joseph Diaz Jr for an interim WBC lightweight title, with the winner facing Devin Haney 

WBC bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire has been ordered to face interim champion Reymart Gaballo 


Bellator 269 on October 23rd
Middleweight: Anatoly Tokov v. Sharaf Davlatmurodov
Lightweight: Vladimir Tokov v. Aymard Giuh 
Featherweight: Aiden Lee v. Alexander Osetrov and Gadzi Rabadanov v. Alexander Belikh 
Women's Flyweight: Darina Mazdyuk v. Katarzyna Sadura 

Sunday, September 26, 2021

Boxing on October 16th
Teofimo Lopez v. George Kambosos Jr at Barclays Center 
The undercard will remain intact, with Daniel Lopez v. Petros Ananyan, Jose Roman v. Cesar Francis and Will Madera v. Jamshidbek Najmitdinov 


UFC 267 on October 30th
Rafael dos Anjos has withdrawn from a lightweight bout v. Islam Makhachev 
Aljamain Sterling has withdrawn from a men's bantamweight title fight rematch v. Petr Yan 


UFC on November 13th
Men's Featherweight Main Event: Max Holloway v. Yair Rodriguez 


UFC on October 23rd
Lightweight: Grant Dawson v. Ricky Glenn (Dawson was originally scheduled to fight this weekend v. Carlos Diego Ferreira)
Welterweight: Francisco Trinaldo will replace Gabe Green against Dwight Grant 


PFL on October 27th
Lightweight: Don Madge v. Nathan Williams 


UFC News
Manon Fiorot v. Mayra Bueno Silva at women's flyweight has been rescheduled for October 16th 


MLB Postseason
1. Los Angeles Dodgers
2. Milwaukee Brewers
3. San Francisco Giants
4. Tampa Bay Rays 

Thursday, September 23, 2021

Sports on Saturday- How to Watch

7:30a Eastern
English League Championship on ESPN+: Reading v. Middlesbrough 

8a Eastern
La Liga on ESPN+: Alaves v. Atletico Madrid

9:30a Eastern
Bundesliga on ESPN+: Union Berlin v. Bielefeld, Bayer Leverkusen v. Mainz, Eintracht Frankfurt v. Cologne, RB Leipzig v. Hertha Berlin and Hoffenheim v. Wolfsburg 

10a Eastern
English League Championship on ESPN+: Bournemouth v. Luton Town 

10:15a Eastern
La Liga on ESPN+: Valencia v. Athletic Bilbao 

10:30a Eastern
Eredivisie on ESPN+: Willem II v. PSV Eindhoven

Noon Eastern
College Football on SEC Network: Georgia v. Vanderbilt
College Football on Big Ten Network: Villanova v. Penn State and Ohio v. Northwestern 
College Football on Fox: Notre Dame v. Wisconsin
College Football on ESPN: LSU v. Mississippi State 
College Football on ESPN2: Missouri v. Boston College 
College Football on ESPN+: Florida International v. Central Michigan and Wagner v. Temple  
College Football on ESPN+/ACC Network Extra: New Hampshire v. Pittsburgh 
College Football on ACC Network: Richmond v. Virginia Tech
College Football on ESPNU: Bowling Green v. Minnesota  
College Football on FS1: SMU v. TCU
College Football on ABC: Texas Tech v. Texas 
College Football on CBSSN: Miami of Ohio v. Army-West Point 
College Football on CBS: Boise State v. Utah State   

12:30p Eastern
Bundesliga on ESPN+: Borussia Monchengladbach v. Borussia Dortmund 
La Liga on ESPN+: Sevilla v. Espanyol
College Football on ESPN3: Central Connecticut v. Miami 

12:45p Eastern
Eredivisie on ESPN+: Ajax-Amsterdam v. Groningen

1p Eastern
College Football on ESPN+: Massachusetts v. Coastal Carolina 

2p Eastern
College Football on ESPN+: San Jose State v. Western Michigan, Toledo v. Ball State and Texas State v. Eastern Michigan 

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

2:30p Eastern
College Football on ESPN3: Maine v. Northern Illinois
College Football on Pac-12 Network: Washington State v. Utah    

3p Eastern
La Liga on ESPN+: Real Madrid v. Villareal 
Eredivisie on ESPN+: Feyenoord v. Nijmegen

3:30p Eastern
College Football onFS1: Colorado State v. Iowa
College Football on CBS: Texas A&M v. Arkansas
College Football on ESPN: Clemson v. NC State
College Football on Fox: Iowa State v. Baylor
College Football on ABC: Rutgers v. Michigan
College Football on ESPNU: Texas-San Antonio v. Memphis
College Football on ESPN2: Louisville v. Florida State 
College Football on Big Ten Network: Illinois v. Purdue and Kent State v. Maryland
College Football on CBSSN: Wyoming v. Connecticut 

4p Eastern
College Football on SEC Network: Georgia State v. Auburn
College Football on ACC Network: Kansas v. Duke 

5p Eastern
College Football on ESPN+: Arkansas State v. Tulsa 

6p Eastern
UFC 266 Early Prelims on UFC Fight Pass
College Football on Pac-12 Network: UCLA v. Stanford
College Football on ESPN+: Buffalo v. Old Dominion, Charleston Southern v. East Carolina and Louisiana-Lafayette v. Georgia Southern  

6:30p Eastern
USL League One on ESPN+: Richmond Kickers v. Toronto FC II
College Football on ESPN3: Texas Southern v. Rice  

7p Eastern
MLS on ESPN+: New England v. Orlando
USL Championship on ESPN+: Hartford Athletic v. Tampa Bay Rowdies and Pittsburgh Riverhounds v. Charleston Battery 
USL League One on ESPN+: Chattanooga Red Wolves v. New England Revolution II
College Football on ESPN: Tennessee v. Florida
College Football on FS1: Nebraska v. Michigan State
College Football on Big 12 Network/ESPN+: Kansas State v. Oklahoma State
College Football on ESPN2: Kentucky v. South Carolina
College Football on ESPNU: Navy v. Houston    

7:30p Eastern
MLS on ESPN+: Columbus v. Montreal, DC United v. Cincinnati and NYCFC v. NY Red Bull
USL Championship on ESPN+: Miami FC v. Loudoun United 
College Football on SEC Network: Southern Mississippi v. Alabama
College Football on ABC: West Virginia v. Oklahoma 
College Football on Big Ten Network: Akron v. Ohio State
College Football on ACC Network: North Carolina v. Georgia Tech 

8p Eastern
MLS on ESPN+: Colorado v. Toronto and Minnesota v. Houston 
USL Championship on ESPN+: Colorado Springs Switchbacks v. Austin Bold and Memphis 901 v. Louisville City 
UFC 266 Prelims on ESPNNews 
USL League One on ESPN+: Forward Madison v. Greenville Triumph and Union Omaha v. Tucson FC
College Football on FS2: Florida Atlantic v. Air Force
College Football on ESPN+: UAB v. Tulane and Troy v. Louisiana-Monroe 
College Football on CBSSN: Indiana v. Western Kentucky  

8:30p Eastern
USL Championship on ESPN+: San Antonio FC v. New Mexico United 

9p Eastern
College Football on ESPN+: New Mexico v. UTEP 

9:30p Eastern
College Football on Pac-12 Network: California v. Washington 

10p Eastern
MLS on ESPN+: Vancouver v. Dallas 
USL Championship on ESPN+: Las Vegas Lights v. San Diego Loyal, Orange County v. Oakland Roots and Tacoma Defiance v. Phoenix Rising 

10:15p Eastern
College Football on ESPN2: South Florida v. Brigham Young 

10:30p Eastern
MLS on ESPN+: Portland v. Real Salt Lake  
College Football on FS1: Oregon State v. Southern Cal 
College Football on ESPNU: Colorado v. Arizona State

Sporting TV Tomorrow

2:20p Eastern
MLB on ESPN: Cardinals v. Cubs- Game 1 of a doubleheader 

2:30p Eastern
Bundesliga on ESPN+: Greuther Furth v. Bayern Munich

3p Eastern
English League Championship on ESPN+: West Bromwich Albion v. Queens Park Rangers

6:30p Eastern
College Football on CBSSN: Middle Tennessee v. Charlotte 

7p Eastern
College Men's Soccer on ESPN+: Canisius v. Bowling Green
College Football on ESPN2: Wake Forest v. Virginia 
College Men's Soccer on ACC Network Extra: NC State v. Wake Forest and Virginia Tech v. Notre Dame

7:30p Eastern
College Men's Soccer on ACC Network Extra: Louisville v. Boston College   

8p Eastern
USL Championship on ESPN+: Sporting Kansas City II v. Tulsa FC 
College Football on ACC Network: Liberty v. Syracuse 
College Men's Soccer on ESPN+: Memphis v. Tulsa and SMU v. South Florida

8:05p Eastern
MLB on ESPN+: Cardinals v. Cubs, Game 2 of a doubleheader  

10p Eastern
College Men's Soccer on ESPN+: Cal State Fullerton v. Santa Clara
College Football on CBSSN: UNLV v. Fresno State 
MLB on ESPN: Braves v. Padres  

10:06p Eastern
Mexican Liga BBVA MX on ESPNDeportes/ESPN+: Tijuana v. Mazatlan 

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Sporting TV Tomorrow

1:30p Eastern
La Liga on ESPN+: Granada v. Real Sociedad and Osasuna v. Real Betis

3p Eastern
Eredivisie on ESPN+: FC Twente v. AZ Alkmaar 

4p Eastern
La Liga on ESPN+: Cadiz v. Barcelona  

6p Eastern
College Women's Soccer on SEC Network+: Georgia v. Mississippi State
College Women's Soccer on ACC Network: Syracuse v. Louisville 

6:30p Eastern
College Women's Soccer on SEC Network+: Florida v. Kentucky 

7p Eastern
College Women's Soccer on ACC Network Extra: Boston College v. Wake Forest, NC State v. Clemson, North Carolina v. Virginia Tech and Virginia v. Duke 
College Women's Soccer on SEC Network+: Ole Miss v. LSU, South Carolina v. Vanderbilt and Tennessee v. Auburn  

7:30p Eastern
College Football on ESPN: Marshall v. Appalachian State 

8p Eastern
WNBA Playoffs First Round on ESPN2: Wings v. Sky
College Women's Soccer on SEC Network+: Alabama v. Missouri
College Women's Soccer on AAC Network: Florida State v. Pittsburgh 
College Women's Soccer on Big 12 Network/ESPN+: Kansas State v. Texas, Oklahoma State v. Baylor, TCU v. Kansas and Texas Tech v. Oklahoma 

8:20p Eastern
Thursday Night Football on NFL Network: Panthers v. Texans

10p Eastern
WNBA Playoffs First Round on ESPN2: Liberty v. Mercury  
UFC 266 on Saturday
The Robbie Lawler-Nick Diaz rematch will now reportedly take place at middleweight, not welterweight 


UFC on December 4th
Welterweight: Matt Brown v. Bryan Barberena 


Cage Warriors 128 on October 1st
Middleweight: Will Currie v. Jonathan Bosuku 


Cage Warriors 129 on October 2nd
Flyweight: Dylan Hazan v. Scott Malone
Featherweight: Walter Cogliandro v. Steve Aimable
Welterweight: Alessandro Botti v. Jamie Richardson  


Cage Warriors 130 on October 17th
Lightweight: Max Rohskopf v. Jordan Bailey and Richie Miranda v. Jamey Lynch  


Bellator 268 on October 16th
Men's Bantamweight: Jaylon Bates v. Raphael Montini de Lima
Welterweight: Mukhamed Berkhamov v. Jaleel Willis  


UFC on December 18th
Middleweight: Gerald Meerschaert v. Abusupiyan Magomedov 
Lightweight: Matt Sayles v. Jordan Leavitt 


Boxing News
The WBA, in the process of trimming down the number of titles they have on offer, is setting up a welterweight semifinal of sorts, with primary beltholder Yordenis Ugas facing Eimantas Stanionis by January and secondary beltholder Jamal James to face Radzhab Butaev by November of this year, with the lone WBA welterweight title presumably on the line by March  
Carabao Cup
Third Round -- Round of 16
1. Arsenal (PL)
2. Brentford (PL)
3. Brighton & Hove Albion (PL)
4. Burnley (PL)
5. Chelsea (PL) 
6. Leeds United (PL) 
7. Leicester City (PL)
8. Liverpool (PL)
9. Manchester City (PL)
10. Preston North End  
11. Queens Park Rangers 
12. Southampton (PL) 
13. Stoke City 
14. Sunderland 
15. Tottenham (PL) 
16. West Ham (PL)
*Just four of sixteen are not in the Premier League this season 

Ligue 1
Monaco def. Saint-Etienne 3-1
Lille def. Reims 2-1
Montpellier and Bordeaux tied 3-3
Nantes def. Brest 3-1
Rennes def. Clermont 6-1 
Angers and Marseille tied 0-0
Strasbourg def. Racing Club de Lens 1-0
Lorient def. Nice 1-0
Lyon def. Estac Troyes 3-1
Paris Saint-Germain def. Metz 2-1 


Eredivisie
PSV Eindhoven def. Go Ahead Eagles 2-1
Utrecht def. Nijmegen 3-0
Vitesse def. Groningen 1-0
Feyenoord def. Heerenveen 3-1
PEC Zwolle and Sparta Rotterdam tied 1-1  


Serie A
Salernitana and Verona tied 2-2
Juventus def. Spezia 3-2
AC Milan def. Venezia 2-0
Empoli def. Cagliari 2-0 


La Liga
Espanyol def. Alaves 1-0
Sevilla def. Valencia 3-1
Real Madrid def. Mallorca 6-1
Villareal def. Elche 4-1 

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Carabao Cup
Third Round -- Round of 16
1. Brentford
2. Burnley
3. Leeds United
4. Liverpool 
5. Manchester City 
6. Preston North End 
7. Queens Park Rangers 
8. Southampton 
9. Stoke City 
10. Sunderland 
Games Tomorrow
Brighton & Hove Albion v. Swansea City
Arsenal v. AFC Wimbledon
Chelsea v. Aston Villa
Manchester United v. West Ham 
Millwall v. Leicester City
Wolverhampton v. Tottenham   


English League One
Morecambe def. Crewe Alexandra 3-1
Gillingham and Charlton Athletic tied 1-1
Portsmouth and Plymouth Argyle tied 2-2  


Eredivisie
Ajax-Amsterdam def. Fortuna Sittard 5-0
Willem II def. RKC Waalwijk 2-1 


Serie A
Bologna and Genoa tied 2-2
Atalanta def. Sassuolo 2-1
Inter Milan def. Fiorentina 3-1  


La Liga
Atletico Madrid def. Getafe 2-1
Rayo Vallecano def. Athletic Bilbao 2-1
Celta Vigo def. Levante 2-0 
UFC on December 4th
Middleweight: Brad Tavares v. Brendan Allen 


UFC on October 2nd
Women's Bantamweight: Shanna Young v. Stephanie Egger


UFC on October 16th
Men's Bantamweight: Marcelo Rojo v. Daniel Santos


UFC on October 23rd
Strawweight: Tabatha Ricci v. Maria Oliveira 
Men's Bantamweight: Jonathan Martinez v. Aaron Phillips   


Alvarez v. Plant on November 6th
The Las Vegas-based title unification fight will officially air on Showtime pay-per-view 


Bellator Light Heavyweight Grand Prix 
Anthony Johnson has withdrawn from a semifinal matchup v. champion Vadim Nemkov on October 16th. Johnson has been replaced by Julius Anglickas. As a result of this change, Anglickas' original opponent for that night, Karl Albrektsson, will now face Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov on the prelims   


Boxing on October 9th
*Along with Fury-Wilder III
Julian Williams v. Vladimir Hernandez 
Edgar Berlanga v. Marcelo Esteban Coceres  


Women's Junior Lightweight Boxing
November 5th in Las Vegas
Mikaela Mayer v. Maiva Hamadouche title unification 


WNBA Playoffs
First Round on Thursday: 8-Seed Liberty at 5-Seed Mercury and 7-Seed Wings at 6-Seed Sky
Quarterfinals on Sunday: 3-Seed Lynx will host lowest remaining first-round team and 4-Seed Storm will host the highest remaining first-round team 
1-Seed: Connecticut Sun
2-Seed: Las Vegas Aces  


MLB Postseason Teams Tracker
1. Milwaukee Brewers (fourth straight) 


RIZIN Men's Bantamweight Grand Prix
Quarterfinals -- Semifinals
Kai Asakura 
Naoki Inoue
Hiromasa Ougikubo 
Kenta Takizawa 
*Semifinals and final expected to take place December 31st 


UFC 269 on December 11th
Men's Flyweight: Alex Perez v. Matt Schnell 
Men's Featherweight: Ryan Hall v. Darrick Minner 


UFC on November 20th
Men's Bantamweight: Adrian Yanez v. Davey Grant 


Boxing News
Stephen Fulton v. Brandon Figueroa tripleheader has been rescheduled for November 27th. The card also has Ra'eese Aleem v. Eduardo Baez and Gary Antonio Russell v. Alejandro Barrios
*Also a potential for that date- the rebooking for Oscar De La Hoya v. Vitor Belfort   


Released from the UFC
Anderson dos Santos 
Roosevelt Roberts
Drako Rodriguez
Jamey Simmons  


ONE Championship on December 5th
Demetrious Johnson v. Rodtang Jitmuangnon (alternating three-minute rounds with Muay Thai in rounds one and three and MMA in rounds two and four)
Men's Bantamweight Title Fight: champion Bibiano Fernandes v. John Lineker
Men's Featherweight Title Fight: champion Thanh Le v. 6-0 Garry Tonon   

Saturday, September 18, 2021

Premier League
Brentford def. Wolverhampton 2-0
Arsenal def. Burnley 1-0
Liverpool def. Crystal Palace 3-0 
Manchester City and Southampton tied 0-0 
Watford def. Norwich City 3-1 


Featherweight Boxing
WBO champion Emanuel Navarrete will meet mandatory challenger Joet Gonzalez October 15th at Pechanga Arena in San Diego


Bridgerweight Boxing
October 22nd in Montreal: Oscar Rivas v. Bryant Jennings rematch for the WBC title 


Super Welterweight Boxing
Tim Tszyu v. Takeshi Inoue on November 17th
Patrick Teixeira v. Magomed Kurbanov on December 11th 


Boxing on October 9th
Utilita Arena in Birmingham 
Brad Foster v. Jason Cunningham for the 122lb British, Commonwealth and European titles
Ekow Essuman v. Danny Ball for the 147lb British and Commonwealth titles 


Heavyweight Boxing
Dillian Whyte v. Otto Wallin- October 30th at London's O2 Arena 


Boxing on October 16th 
Mikey Garcia v. Sandor Martin will take place at a 145 catchweight
Elwin Soto v. Jonathan Gonzalez
Esteban Bermudez v. Jesse Rodriguez 


Boxing News
Erislandy Lara has vacated one of his two belts 


UFC 267 on October 30th
Middleweight: Albert Duraev v. Alessio Di Chirico 


UFC on December 18th
Men's Bantamweight: Raphael Assuncao v. Ricky Simon 


UFC on November 13th
Light Heavyweight: Jailton Almeida v. Danilo Marques 


UFC 268 on November 6th
Men's Flyweight: Ode Osbourne v. CJ Vergara 


Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
BKFC Fight Night Montana, October 9th at MetraPark First Interstate Arena in Billings on the BKTV app
Main Event: Joe Riggs v. Melvin Guillard 
Taylor Starling v. Randine Elkholm 


Combat Sports Retirements
Joseph Benavidez, Luke Sanders and Carlos Condit join Artem Lobov and Luke Campbell  


UFC 269 on December 11th
Men's Flyweight Title Fight: Brandon Moreno v. Deiveson Figueiredo 3 


NBA News
F Aaron Gordon has signed a four-year contract extension with Denver  


Welterweight Boxing
WBO champion Terence Crawford will meet mandatory challenger Shawn Porter November 20th in Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The fight will be an ESPN+ PPV   


MLB News
Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles will host the All-Star Game next year 

Seattle's T-Mobile Park will host the 2023 All-Star Game and All-Star Week events, including the Home Run Derby

Philadelphia will host the 2026 installment  

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

MLB News
Max Scherzer is now the nineteenth in Major League Baseball history with 3,000 strikeouts. He can surpass John Smoltz (3,084) and CC Sabathia (3,093) this season in addition to fellow active pitcher Justin Verlander, who has 3,013
*Four people have 4,000 strikeouts: Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens and Steve Carlton.   


NFL News
CB Marshon Lattimore has signed a five-year extension with the Saints 


UFC on Saturday
Cameron VanCamp will replace Jim Miller against Nikolas Motta 

Sports on TV Tomorrow

2:45p Eastern
English League Championship on ESPN+: Stoke City v. Barnsley 

7p Eastern
MLS on ESPN+: Atlanta United v. FC Cincinnati
USL Championship on ESPN+: Hartford Athletic v. Real Monarchs and NY Red Bull II v. San Antonio FC 
WNBA on CBSSN: Liberty v. Sun 

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

7:30p Eastern
MLS on ESPN+: DC United v. Chicago Fire and Orlando City v. Montreal
USL Championship on ESPN+: Atlanta United 2 v. Charleston Battery 

8:30p Eastern
MLS on ESPN+: Sporting Kansas City v. Minnesota United  

9p Eastern
MLS on ESPN+: Austin FC v. Los Angeles FC
USL Championship on ESPN+: Colorado Springs Switchbacks v. El Paso Locomotive 

10p Eastern
MLS on ESPN+: Portland Timbers v. Colorado Rapids
USL Championship on ESPN+: Oakland Roots v. Tacoma Defiance 
MLB on ESPN: Diamondbacks v. Dodgers 

10:30p Eastern
MLS on ESPN+: LA Galaxy v. Houston Dynamo and San Jose Earthquakes v. Real Salt Lake
USL Championship on ESPN+: Phoenix Rising v. Las Vegas Lights 

11p Eastern
Leagues Cup Semifinal on ESPN+: Leon v. UNAM 

Sunday, September 12, 2021

Liga BBVA MX
UNAM and Guadalajara tied 0-0
Queretaro def. Necaxa 3-0


USL Championship
OKC Energy and Louisville City tied 1-1


Scottish Premiership
Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian tied 0-0  


English League Championship
Cardiff City def. Nottingham Forest 2-1 


La Liga
Atletico Madrid def. Espanyol 2-1
Valencia def. Osasuna 4-1
Real Sociedad def. Cadiz 2-0 
Real Madrid def. Celta Vigo 5-2 


NWSL
Portland Thorns def. North Carolina Courage 1-0 


Premier League
Liverpool def. Leeds United 3-0 


UFC on December 18th
Heavyweight: Josh Parisian v. Don'Tale Mayes


Vaccine Requirements
Fans, employees and event staff need to be fully vaccinated to attend events at McMahon Stadium (CFL's Calgary Stampeders) and Scotiabank Saddledome (NHL's Calgary Flames) 

All players, league personnel and operations staff for the WHL will be required to be vaccinated 


Boxing
Teofimo Lopez v. George Kambosos Jr is set for Monday, October 4th at Madison Square Garden's Hulu Theater 


MMA News
Former two-promotion champ Kyoji Horiguchi has signed with Bellator and will compete in the bantamweight division  


UFC this weekend
Jim Miller has withdrawn from a bout against Nikolas Motta 

Thursday, September 9, 2021

CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying today
1-2-5 Paraguay v. 1-6-1 Venezuela
3-2-3 Uruguay v. 4-3-1 Ecuador
2-2-4 Colombia v. 1-3-4 Chile
4-3 Argentina v. 1-4-3 Bolivia
7-0 Brazil v. 2-4-2 Peru 
CONCACAF World Cup qualifying yesterday
Canada def. El Salvador 3-0
Panama and Mexico tied 1-1
Costa Rica and Jamaica tied 1-1
United States def. Honduras 4-1 


Boxing on September 25th
Maxim Prodan v. Florian Marku at welterweight
Callum Smith v. Lenin Castillo at light heavyweight
3-0 Campbell Hatton v. Izan Dura
Christopher Ousley v. Khasan Baysangurov at middleweight  


Tennis News
The BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells will take place October 4th through the 17th 


Boxing on October 16th
Hughie Fury v. Christian Hammer
WBO middleweight champ Savannah Marshall v. Lolita Muzeya


2022 Winter Olympics
North Korea has been suspended after skipping the Tokyo Games 


UFC 268 on November 6th
Welterweight: 7-0 Ian Garry v. Jordan Williams
*Garry was signed from Cage Warriors in July after winning the vacant WW title 


UFC on October 2nd
Diego Ferreira v. Grant Dawson has been removed from the card due to an injury to Ferreira 


UFC 269 on December 11th
Middleweight: Andre Muniz v. Dricus du Plessis 


Boxing
Sunny Edwards' first IBF title defense v. Jayson Mama won't take place on Saturday due to Edwards suffering an ankle injury 

The Brandon Figueroa-Stephen Fulton super bantamweight title unification bout has been postponed from next weekend  

Teofimo Lopez v. George Kambosos Jr. is now on for October 4th, although still at MSG's Hulu Theater  

WBC light flyweight champ Kenshiro Teraji v. Masamichi Yabuki has been rescheduled for September 22nd (originally scheduled for tomorrow)   


Hockey News
The National Women's Hockey League will rebrand to the Premier Hockey Federation, both to reflect the international makeup of the league and to show that the women are on equal footing with the men 


UFC 267 on October 30th
Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi 
30% capacity expected
All fans will be required to have proof of COVID vaccination and a negative PCR test in the last 48 hours
Jan Blachowicz will defend the light heavyweight title v. Glover Teixeira
Aljamain Sterling will defend the bantamweight title v. Petr Yan in a rematch 


Boxing on December 18th
Josh Taylor mandatory defense v. Jack Catterall 

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

2022 Men's World Cup Qualifying
Europe- First Round
Armenia and Liechtenstein tied 1-1
Albania def. San Marino 5-0
Belgium def. Belarus 1-0
Greece def. Sweden 2-1
Hungary def. Andorra 2-1
Germany def. Iceland 4-0
Italy def. Lithuania 5-0
Spain def. Kosovo 2-0 
North Macedonia and Romania tied 0-0
Northern Ireland and Switzerland tied 0-0
Poland and England tied 1-1
Wales and Estonia tied 0-0 

Group Updates
Several teams are now in the "cannot qualify directly" classification and can only advance to the playoffs:
Group A: Ireland
Group B: Georgia
Group C: Lithuania
Group E: Belarus and Estonia
Group F: Faroe Islands and Moldova
Group G: Gibraltar (they had been eliminated) 
Group I: Andorra
Group J: Liechtenstein 
2022 Men's World Cup Qualifying
Europe- Games Today 
Group J: 3-1-1 Armenia v. 0-5 Liechtenstein
Group I: 3-2 Albania v. 0-5 San Marino
Group E: 1-3 Belarus v. 4-0-1 Belgium
Group B: 0-0-3 Greece v. 3-0 Sweden
Group I: 2-2-1 Hungary v. 1-4 Andorra
Group J: 1-3-1 Iceland v. 4-1 Germany
Group C: 3-0-2 Italy v. 0-4 Lithuania
Group B: 1-2-1 Kosovo v. 3-1-1 Spain
Group J: 2-1-2 North Macedonia v. 3-2 Romania
Group C: 1-1-1 Northern Ireland v. 2-0-1 Switzerland
Group I: 3-1-1 Poland v. 5-0 England
Group E: 2-1 Wales v. 0-3 Estonia

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Men's World Cup '22 Qualifying
Europe- First Round
Portugal def. Azerbaijan 3-0 (Azerbaijan is eliminated) 
Scotland def. Austria 1-0 
Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kazakhstan tied 2-2
Croatia def. Slovenia 3-0
Denmark def. Israel 5-0 (Denmark now with six wins in six games) 
Faroe Islands def. Moldova 2-1 (first win of WC UEFA qualifying) 
France def. Finland 2-0
Montenegro and Latvia tied 0-0
Netherlands def. Turkey 6-1
Norway def. Gibraltar 5-1 (Gibraltar is eliminated at 0-6) 
Ireland and Serbia tied 1-1
Russia def. Malta 2-0
Slovakia def. Cyprus 2-0 

Country-by-Country: Tokyo Olympics '21: Taekwondo Qualifying: Oceania

Guam
80K: Alexander Allen won the semifinal but lost in the final 


Papua New Guinea
68K: Rainner Pennie won his semifinal bout but lost in the final 
+80K: Steven Tommy lost in the final


Samoa
57K: Theresa Vili lost in the final  


Tonga
67K: Malia Paseka gained the automatic spot 
68K: Uhila Langi lost in the semifinal 
+80K: Pita Taufatofua won the final 
Qualifying for Men's World Cup '22
Eliminated Teams: Afghanistan, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Burundi, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Chad, Chinese Taipei, Comoros, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Gambia, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mongolia, Montserrat, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Uzbekistan and Yemen
*Entries in italics are newly added  

Withdrawn Teams: Saint Lucia, North Korea   

Country-by-Country: Tokyo Olympics Qualifying- Wrestling- Africa/Oceania Qualifiers

Algeria
Men's Freestyle 57K: Abdelhak Kherbache qualified for Tokyo after winning in the quarterfinals and semifinals 
Men's Freestyle 65K: Amar Laissaoui won in the first round but lost in the quarterfinals
Men's Freestyle 74K: Ishak Boukhors won in the first round and the quarterfinals but lost in the semifinals 
Men's Freestyle 86K: Fateh Benferdjallah qualified for Tokyo after winning in the quarterfinals and semifinals  
Men's Freestyle 97K: Mohammed Fardj qualified for Tokyo after winning in the quarterfinals and semifinals 
Greco-Roman 60K: Abdelkarim Fergat won his group at 2-0 and qualified for Tokyo after winning his semifinal
Greco-Roman 67K: Abdelmalek Merabet finished second at 2-1 and qualified for Tokyo
Greco-Roman 77K: Abdelkarim Ouakali finished second in his group at 1-1 but lost in the semifinals
Greco-Roman 87K: Bachir Sid Azara won his group at 2-0 and qualified for Tokyo after winning his semifinal match
Greco-Roman 97K: Adem Boudjemline won the group at 4-0 to qualify for Tokyo
Greco-Roman 130K: Hichem Kouchit finished third in the group at 1-2 and didn't qualify 
Women's Freestyle 50K: Ibtissem Doudou finished fourth in the group at 1-3 and didn't qualify
Women's Freestyle 57K: Rayane Houfat qualified for the semifinals after finishing second in her group at 1-1, but she lost her semifinal match
Women's Freestyle 62K: Amel Hammiche finished fourth of five at 1-3 and didn't qualify        

American Samoa
Men's Freestyle 57K: Josh Failauga lost in the quarterfinals 
Men's Freestyle 74K: Elias Vaoifi won his quarterfinal bout but lost in the semifinals
Men's Freestyle 86K: Nolan Puletasi lost in the quarterfinals 
Men's Freestyle 97K: Tyler Ili lost in the first round 
Greco-Roman 60K: Josh Failauga finished 0-2 in pool play and didn't advance to the semis 
Greco-Roman 87K: Ariston Bartley finished 0-2 in pool play and didn't advance to the semis 
Greco-Roman 97K: Tyler Ili lost all four bouts, finishing last 


Guam
Men's Freestyle 57K: Ethan Aguigui lost in the first round
Women's Freestyle 53K: Rckaela Aquino qualified for Tokyo after winning her quarterfinal and semifinal 
Women's Freestyle 57K: Mia-Lahnee Aquino finished 0-2 in pool play and didn't qualify for the semifinals 


Guinea
Men's Freestyle 57K: Mohamed Camara lost in the first round 
Women's Freestyle 57K: Fatoumata Camara won her group, finishing 2-0, and advanced to Tokyo by winning her semifinal bout


Guinea-Bissau
Men's Freestyle 57K: Diamantino Iuna Fafe qualified for Tokyo by winning his first round, quarterfinal and semifinal matches   
Men's Freestyle 74K: Augusto Midana qualified for Tokyo by winning in the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds
Men's Freestyle 86K: Bedopassa Buassat lost in the quarterfinals 
Women's Freestyle 50K: Debora Ture finished fifth of five and didn't qualify 


Ivory Coast
Men's Freestyle 97K: Ulrich Manouan lost in the quarterfinal round 
Women's Freestyle 76K: Amy Youin finished third of three and didn't qualify   


Micronesia
Men's Freestyle 57K: Junjun Asebias won his quarterfinal bout but lost in the semifinals


Namibia
Greco-Roman 60K: Romio Goliath finished last in his group at 0-2 and didn't qualify for the semifinals 


Palau
Men's Freestyle 65K: Cristian Nicolescu lost in the quarterfinals   
Men's Freestyle 74K: Guy Delumeau lost in the first round 


Senegal
Men's Freestyle 65K: Adama Diatta qualified for Tokyo after winning his quarterfinal and semifinal
Men's Freestyle 125K: Thiacka Faye finished third in his group at 0-2 and didn't move on to the semis
Women's Freestyle 68K: Anta Sambou finished fourth of four and didn't qualify for Tokyo   


Sierra Leone
Men's Freestyle 97K: Amadu Kamara lost in the quarterfinals
Greco-Roman 77K: Foday Kargbo finished 0-2 in the group and didn't qualify for the semifinals  
NBA News
F Lauri Markkanen is headed from the Bulls to the Cavaliers 


Champions League Groups
Group A: Club Brugge, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig
Group B: AC Milan, Atletico Madrid, Liverpool and Porto
Group C: Ajax-Amsterdam, Besitkas, Borussia Dortmund and Sporting Portugal 
Group D: Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk and Sheriff Tiraspol 
Group E: Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Benfica and Dynamo Kiev 
Group F: Atalanta, Manchester United, Villareal and Young Boys
Group G: Lille, Red Bull Salzburg, Sevilla and Wolfsburg 
Group H: Chelsea, Juventus, Malmo and Zenit St. Petersburg 


Boxing on October 1st
Super Middleweight: 19-0 Daniele Scardina v. Juergen Doberstein
Lightweight: Francesco Patera v. Devis Boschiero 
Welterweight: Nicholas Esposito v. Emanuele Cavallucci for the Italian title 
Super Welterweight: Samuel Nmomah v. Craig O'Brien 
UFC on December 4th
Light Heavyweight: Jimmy Crute v. Jamahal Hill 


Boxing on September 24th
Bantamweight: Ja'Rico O'Quinn v. Saul Sanchez 
Featherweight: Jayvon Garnett v. Luis Reynaldo
Junior Lightweight: Alejandro Guerrero v. Otar Eranosyan 


Boxing on October 2nd
Chris Eubank Jr v. Sven Elbir (rescheduled from Saturday) 
David Avanesyan v. Liam Taylor for Avanesyan's European welterweight title 
Cruiserweight: 11-0 Richard Riakporhe v. Krzysztof Twardowski and 13-0 Mikael Lawal v. Steven Ward 


Men's World Cup '22 Qualifying
Asia- Third Round
South Korea def. Lebanon 1-0
Australia def. Vietnam 1-0 

Monday, September 6, 2021

Men's World Cup '22 Africa Qualifying
Games Today
Benin and DR Congo tied 1-1
Niger def. Djibouti 4-2
Uganda and Mali tied 0-0
Liberia def. Central African Republic 1-0
South Africa def. Ghana 1-0
Ivory Coast def. Cameroon 2-1 

Games Tomorrow
Group G: 0-1 Ethiopia v. 0-0-1 Zimbabwe
Group D: 0-1 Malawi v. 0-0-1 Mozambique
Group J: 0-0-1 Tanzania v. 0-1 Madagascar
Group B: 1-0 Zambia v. 1-0 Tunisia
Group C: 0-0-1 Cape Verde v. 1-0 Nigeria
Group H: 0-0-1 Congo v. 1-0 Senegal
Group B: 0-1 Equatorial Guinea v. 0-1 Mauritania
Group F: 0-1 Angola v. 1-0 Libya
Group A: 1-0 Burkina Faso v. 1-0 Algeria
Group I: 0-1 Sudan v. 0-0-1 Guinea-Bissau 

Sunday, September 5, 2021

Men's World Cup '22 Qualifying: Games on Tuesday
Asia
South Korea v. Lebanon
Vietnam v. Australia
China v. Japan
Oman v. Saudi Arabia
Syria v. UAE
Iraq v. Iran  

Africa
Malawi v. Mozambique
Tanzania v. Madagascar
Zambia v. Tunisia
Cape Verde v. Nigeria
Congo v. Senegal
Equatorial Guinea v. Mauritania
Ethiopia v. Zimbabwe
Angola v. Libya
Burkina Faso v. Algeria
Sudan v. Guinea-Bissau 

Europe
Azerbaijan v. Portugal
Austria v. Scotland
Bosnia-Herzegovina v. Kazakhstan
Croatia v. Slovenia
Denmark v. Israel
Faroe Islands v. Moldova
France v. Finland
Montenegro v. Latvia
Netherlands v. Turkey
Norway v. Gibraltar
Ireland v. Serbia
Russia v. Malta
Slovakia v. Cyprus

Men's World Cup '22 Qualifying: Games Tomorrow
Africa
Benin v. DR Congo
Djibouti v. Niger
Uganda v. Mali
Liberia v. Central African Republic
South Africa v. Ghana
Ivory Coast v. Cameroon

'22 Men's World Cup Qualifying
CONMEBOL
Ecuador and Chile tied 0-0
Paraguay and Colombia tied 1-1
Uruguay def. Bolivia 4-2 

CONCACAF: Final Round
Panama def. Jamaica 3-0
Mexico def. Costa Rica 1-0 
El Salvador and Honduras tied 0-0
United States and Canada tied 1-1 
Bellator 270: 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland on November 5th
Men's Featherweight: Daniel Weichel v. Pedro Carvalho
Middleweight: Charlie Ward v. Norbert Novenyi 


Women's Super League
Arsenal def. Chelsea 3-2
Brighton & Hove Albion def. West Ham 2-0


UFC on November 20th
Welterweight: Michael Chiesa v. Sean Brady 


UFC on November 13th
Middleweight: Eryk Anders v. Roman Dolidze 


UFC 269 on December 11th
Men's Bantamweight: Randy Costa v. Tony Kelley 


UFC 268 on November 6th
Men's Featherweight: Shane Burgos v. Billy Quarantillo 
Middleweight: Andreas Michailidis v. GLORY kickboxing champ Alex Pereira  


NWSL
Orlando Pride and Houston Dash tied 1-1 


'22 Men's World Cup Qualifying
Africa: Second Round
Rwanda and Kenya tied 1-1
Namibia def. Togo 1-0
Gabon and Egypt tied 1-1 

Europe: First Round
Wales def. Belarus 3-2
Albania def. Hungary 1-0
Bulgaria def. Lithuania 1-0
England def. Andorra 4-0
Iceland and North Macedonia tied 2-2
Belgium def. Czech Republic 3-0
Germany def. Armenia 6-0
Kosovo and Greece tied 1-1
Romania def. Liechtenstein 2-0
Poland def. San Marino 7-1
Spain def. Georgia 4-0
Switzerland and Italy tied 0-0 

Thursday, September 2, 2021

2022 Men's World Cup Qualifying

Notable Goal Scorers
Romelu Lukaku scored twice for Belgium 
Raheem Sterling, Harry Kane, Harry Maguire and Declan Rice each scored once for England
Germany received solo goals from Timo Werner and Leroy Sane  

Asia- Third of Four Rounds- Opening Games
Oman def. Japan 1-0
South Korea and Iraq tied 0-0
Iran def. Syria 1-0
UAE and Lebanon tied 0-0
Australia def. China 3-0 
Saudi Arabia def. Vietnam 3-1  

Africa- Second Round- Opening Games
DR Congo and Tanzania tied 1-1
Kenya and Uganda tied 0-0
Benin def. Madagascar 1-0
Namibia and Congo tied 1-1
Burkina Faso def. Niger 2-0  

Europe- First Round- Matchday 4
Kosovo def. Georgia 1-0
Andorra def. San Marino 2-0
Czech Republic def. Belarus 1-0
Belgium def. Estonia 5-2
England def. Hungary 4-0 
Romania def. Iceland 2-0
Italy and Bulgaria tied 1-1
Germany def. Liechtenstein 2-0
Northern Ireland def. Lithuania 4-1
North Macedonia and Armenia tied 0-0
Poland def. Albania 4-1
Sweden def. Spain 2-1 
Bellator 269/Bellator Russia on October 23rd
Heavyweight Main Event: Fedor Emilianenko v. Tim Johnson 
Usman Nurmagomedov v. Patrik Pietila 
Said Sowma will step in for Tyrell Fortune against Vitaly Minakov 
Grachik Bozinyan v. Ross Houston 
Bantamweight: Brian Moore v. Nikita Mikhailov
Welterweight: Alexey Shurkevich v. Christian Eckerlin 


Boxing next Friday
Filip Hrgovic v. 0-loss Marko Radonjic


Bellator 266 on September 18th
Welterweight Co-Main: Neiman Gracie v. Mark Lemminger
The main event will be Yoel Romero's promotional debut v. Phil Davis   


Boxing next Saturday
Callum Johnson v. Marko Nikolic at light heavyweight will join Sunny Edwards' first IBF flyweight title defense v. Jayson Mama. Johnson-Nikolic will join Denzel Bentley v. Andrew Robinson 


UFC on November 13th
Women's Featherweight: Felicia Spencer v. Leah Letson 


UFC News
Darren Stewart is off the roster after fifteen Octagon appearances. He joins Yancy Medeiros and Justin Jaynes 

Ariane Lipski v. Mandy Bohm at flyweight has been moved from this Saturday to two weekends from now 


UFC 269 on December 11th
A lightweight title fight between champion Charles Oliveira and Dustin Poirier is being targeted for the event. This would join a rescheduled women's bantamweight title fight between champion Amanda Nunes and Julianna Pena and a recently-announced women's flyweight bout between Maycee Barber and Montana De La Rosa  


NHL News
G Filip Gustavsson has re-signed with the Senators for two years 
Men's World Cup '22 Qualifying

Asia- Round Three of Four
Oman def. Japan 1-0
South Korea and Iraq tied 0-0