Copa del Rey

Alaves, Granada, Huesca, Valladolid and Villareal are among the teams that progress to the second round

Serie A

Atalanta def. Venezia 4-0

Fiorentina def. Sampdoria 3-1  

Boxing on December 17th

WBA Junior Middleweight Eliminator: Israil Madrimov v. Michel Soro

Junior Welterweight: Shakhram Giyasov v. Cristian Rafael Coria

Junior Flyweight: Hasanboy Dusmatov v. Jose Rivas 

Soccer News

Club World Cup set for February 3rd through the 12th in UAE

Semifinal Byes: Chelsea (defending Champions League winners) and Palmeiras (defending Copa Libertadores winners)

Also in: Al-Ahly, Al-Hilal, Al-Jazira, Auckland City and Monterrey

*Chelsea will need to postpone Premier League games on the 8th and 12th  

MLB Trades

Pirates -- Marlins: C Jacob Stallings

Marlins -- Pirates: RHP Zach Thompson and prospects Kyle Nicolas (P) and Connor Scott (OF) 

Boxing on Thursday

TrillerVerz Main Event

Heavyweight: Michael Hunter v. Jerry Forrest  

College Football News

Mark Stoops has agreed to a seven-year extension with Kentucky

Brian Kelly will leave Notre Dame to replace Ed Orgeron as the LSU head coach 

UFC on December 18th

Dustin Stoltzfus will replace Anthony Hernandez against Caio Borralho

Bellator 272 on Friday

Jared Scoggins v. Josh Hill has been moved to the main card after the removal of Jay Jay Wilson v. Alfie Davis  

UFC on February 26th

Lightweight: Arman Tsarukyan v. Joel Alvarez

*This joins the Dariush-Makhachev main event at lightweight

Boxing News

Amir Khan v. Kell Brook is set for February 19th in Manchester

MLB Offseason

C Yan Gomes has signed with the Cubs for two years 

RHP Sandy Alcantara has signed a five-year extension with the Marlins

C Roberto Perez has signed with Pittsburgh for one year 

Reliever Kirby Yates has signed with Atlanta for two years 

RHP Michael Lorenzen has signed a one-year deal with the Angels

LHP Brooks Raley has signed a two-year deal with Tampa Bay 

RHP Kevin Gausman has signed a five-year deal with Toronto

College Football Recruiting

WR Evan Stewart has committed to Texas A&M  

Beijing '22 Winter Olympics

*Action starts February 3rd

Men's Ice Hockey: Complete Field

Group A: Canada, China, Germany and United States

Group B: Czech Republic, Denmark, ROC and Switzerland

Group C: Finland, Latvia, Slovakia and Sweden

Women's Ice Hockey: Complete Field

Group A: Canada, Finland, ROC, Switzerland and United States

Group B: China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Japan and Sweden 

2022 CONCACAF Champions League

Qualified Teams: Cavaly, CF Montreal, Colorado Rapids, Comunicaciones, Cruz Azul, Forge FC, Guastatoya, Leon, Motagua, New England Revolution, Santos Laguna, Santos de Guapiles, Saprissa, Seattle Sounders and UNAM

*The final spot will be the MLS Cup champion

Eastern Conference final: New England/NYCFC winner v. Philadelphia Union

Western Conference final: Portland Timbers v. Real Salt Lake 

The Round of 16 draw will be December 15th

Boxing News

The Jermell Charlo-Brian Castano rematch looks to be set for February 26th in Houston 

Liam Williams v. Chris Eubank Jr has been moved from December 11th to January 29th and will land in Cardiff, Wales

Cruiserweight Boxing

A rematch between WBC champ Ilunga Junior Makabu and mandatory challenger Thabiso Mchunu is targeted for January 29th 

MLB Offseason

RHP Corey Kluber has signed with Tampa for one year 

Closer Hector Neris has signed with Houston for two years 

UFC on February 26th

Lightweight Main Event: Beneil Dariush v. Islam Makhachev 

MLB Trades

Padres -- Mariners: 2B/OF Adam Frazier

Mariners -- Padres: LHP Ray Kerr and OF Corey Rosier 

Indian Super League

Bengaluru and Kerala Blasters tied 1-1 

English League One

Ipswich Town def. Crewe Alexandra 2-1 

A-League Men

Melbourne Victory def. Brisbane Roar 3-0

Western Sydney and Newcastle Jets tied 2-2 

Scottish Premiership

Rangers def. Livingston 3-1

Celtic def. Aberdeen 2-1 

Eredivisie

Ajax-Amsterdam def. Sparta Rotterdam 1-0

Twente and Feyenoord tied 0-0

Utrecht and Heracles tied 1-1

English League Championship

Sheffield United def Bristol City 2-0 

Ligue 1

Paris Saint-Germain def. Saint-Etienne 3-1

Monaco and Strasbourg tied 1-1 

Brest def. Bordeaux 2-1

Rennes def. Lorient 2-0

Reims def. Clermont 1-0 

Lyon def. Montpellier 1-0 

Serie A

Udinese and Genoa tied 0-0

Sassuolo def. AC Milan 3-1

Bologna def. Spezia 1-0 

Bundesliga

Eintracht Frankfurt def. Union Berlin 2-1 

Bayer Leverkusen def. RB Leipzig 3-1

La Liga

Real Betis def. Levante 3-1

Espanyol def. Real Sociedad 1-0 

Premier League

Brentford def. Everton 1-0

Leicester City def. Watford 4-2 behind two goals from Jamie Vardy

Manchester City def. West Ham 2-1

Chelsea and Manchester United tied 1-1 with Jadon Sancho scoring the lone goal for Man U

Burnley-Tottenham has been postponed

Super Welterweight Boxing

Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano are expected to have their rematch in February 

La Liga

Celta Vigo def. Alaves 2-1

Valencia and Rayo Vallecano tied 1-1

Super Flyweight Boxing

A unification bout between WBO champ Kazuto Ioka and IBF champ Jerwin Ancajas is expected for a New Year's Eve card in Japan  

Premier League

Arsenal def. Newcastle United 2-0

Aston Villa def. Crystal Palace 2-1

Liverpool def. Southampton 4-0 with two goals from Diogo Jota and a solo strike from Virgil van Dijk 

Norwich City and Wolverhampton tied 0-0 

NFL News

RB Phillip Lindsay has been claimed by the Dolphins after being released by the Texans 

UFC on March 5th

Men's Featherweight: Edson Barboza v. Bryce Mitchell 

Cage Warriors 131 on December 10th

Lightweight: George Hardwick v. Mehdi Ben Lakhdar 

Bantamweight: Liam Gittins v. Kingsley Crawford

Featherweight: PK Zadeh v. Ben Rees 

UFC on March 19th

Men's Bantamweight: Jack Shore v. Umar Nurmagomedov 

College Football Head Coaching Extensions

James Franklin, Penn State: Ten years 

Hugh Freeze, Liberty: Seven years

Jonathan Smith, Oregon State: Six years 

Mel Tucker, Michigan State: Ten years

Cage Warriors 132 on December 11th

Featherweight: Tobias Harris v. Jair Junior and Paull McBain v. Konmon Deh

140 Catchweight: Aidan Stephen v. Edward Walls

Bantamweight: Aidan James v. Tanio Pagliariccio 

College Football Recruiting

CB Jaheim Singletary has committed to Georgia    

UFC next weekend

Light Heavyweight: Alonzo Menifield v. William Knight 

Middleweight: Chris Curtis will replace Roman Dolidze opposite Brendan Allen

Welterweight: Alex Morono v. Mickey Gall; Matt Brown is out of his bout against Bryan Barberena

Strawweight: Mallory Martin v. Cheyanne Vlismas   

Boxing on December 11th

Light Heavyweight: Dmitry Bivol will defend his WBA title v. Umar Salamov 

Super Bantamweight: Hiroaki Teshigawara v. Marlon Tapales in an IBF eliminator  

UFC on February 5th

Welterweight: Shavkat Rakhmonov v. Carlston Harris 

MLB Offseason

Reliever Kendall Graveman has signed with the White Sox for three years 

LHP Jose Quintana has signed with Pittsburgh for one year 

C Pedro Severino has signed with Milwaukee for one year 

LHP Aaron Loup has signed with the Angels for two years 

Boxing on December 29th

Flyweight: Junto Nakatani will defend his WBO title v. Cristian Gonzalez

Lightweight: Masayuki Ito v. Shuichiro Yoshino for the OPBF title 

NCAA D1 Women's Volleyball Tournament

Sun Belt: South Alabama earns the automatic bid with a 3-0 win over Texas State

NCAA Men's Soccer

D1 Tournament

Georgetown def. Georgia State 2-0

Duke def. UCLA 2-1

Providence def. Marshall 2-1

West Virginia def. Virginia Tech on penalties

Indiana def. Bowling Green 2-0

New Hampshire def. North Carolina 4-1 

Saint Louis def. Long Island 5-1

Pittsburgh def. Northern Illinois 5-2

Notre Dame def. Villanova 3-0

Hofstra def. Penn State 8-2

Wake Forest def. Florida International 3-2

Clemson def. Denver 1-0 in added extra time

Kentucky def. Santa Clara 2-0

Tulsa def. Creighton 1-0

Washington def. Portland 3-1

Oregon State def. Saint John's 2-0 

A-League Men

Central Coast Mariners def. Newcastle Jets 2-1

MacArthur FC and Wellington Phoenix tied 1-1 

Scottish League Cup

Hibernian def. Rangers 3-1

Mexican Liga BBVA MX

UNAM def. Toluca 2-1

Monterrey def. Cruz Azul 4-1

FA Women's Super League

Arsenal def. Manchester United 2-0

Chelsea def. Birmingham City 5-0 behind three goals from Sam Kerr

Everton def. Leicester City 1-0

Reading def. Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0

West Ham def. Tottenham 1-0  

English League Championship

Derby County def. Bournemouth 3-2

Eredivisie

Groningen def. Go Ahead Eagles 1-0

Feyenoord def. PEC Zwolle 4-0 

Heerenveen def. Willem II 2-1

Ajax-Amsterdam def. RKC Waalwijk 5-0 

Cambuur def. Utrecht 2-1 

Ligue 1

Brest def. Racing Club de Lens 4-0

Angers def. Lorient 1-0

Metz and Bordeaux tied 3-3 

Strasbourg and Reims tied 1-1

Saint-Etienne def. Troyes 1-0

Nice def. Clermont 2-1

Lyon-Marseille was abandoned 

Bundesliga

Eintracht Frankfurt def. Freiburg 2-0

Mainz and Cologne tied 1-1

Serie A

Sassuolo and Cagliari tied 2-2

Venezia def. Bologna 1-0 

Sampdoria def. Salernitana 2-0 

Inter Milan def. Napoli 3-2

Roma def. Genoa 2-0  

La Liga

Getafe def. Cadiz 4-0

Real Madrid def. Granada 4-1  despite Luis Suarez scoring in the thirty-fourth minute 

Real Betis def. Elche 3-0 

Real Sociedad and Valencia tied 0-0 

MLS Playoffs

Eastern Conference: NYCFC def. Atlanta United 2-0 and will meet the New England Revolution in the conference semis

Western Conference: Portland Timbers def. Minnesota United 3-1 and will take on the Colorado Rapids in the conference semis 

Premier League

Manchester City def. Everton 3-0 with Raheem Sterling marking his 300th PL appearance with the first goal

Tottenham def. Leeds United 2-1

2021 Sports Retirements

Joseph Benavidez: Two-time UFC flyweight title challenger and tied for most wins in UFC divisional history with Demetrious Johnson  

Luke Campbell: Sixteen of twenty bouts won by KO; all four losses in title fights; two-time lightweight title challenger; 2012 Olympic gold medalist at bantamweight 

Carlos Condit: Former UFC interim welterweight champion with five Fight of the Night bonus awards, including his 2016 classic v. Robbie Lawler 

Bethe Correia: Twelve bouts in the Octagon; challenged Ronda Rousey for the UFC bantamweight title at UFC 190  

Paul Felder: Competed fifteen times in the Octagon with nine wins and won six post-fight bonuses  

Pau Gasol 

Carli Lloyd: Three-time Olympian in soccer; highest-scoring USWNT midfielder; most USWNT Olympics goals with 10; 316 appearances with 134 goals in total for USWNT  

Artem Lobov: Competed seven times in the Octagon, including for the Ultimate Fighter 22 lightweight title; won twice under the BKFC banner 

Manny Pacquiao 

Shawn Porter 

Luke Sanders: Competed eight times in the Octagon and logged two Performance of the Night bonuses

Ronaldo Souza: Sixteen bouts under the UFC banner with seven post-fight bonuses  

Gian Villante

Joe West 

*Italics = newly announced

2022 Sports Retirements

Roxanne Modaferri (after UFC 271 bout v. Casey O'Neill)   

*Modaferri has competed ten times inside the Octagon, including for the inaugural women's flyweight title

NFL News

CB Avonte Maddox has signed a three-year extension with Philadelphia 

Boxing on December 4th

Haney-Diaz Jr card 

Women's Welterweight Title Fight: Jessica McCaskill v. Victoria Noelia Bustos

Heavyweight: Filip Hrgovic v. Scott Alexander

Montana Love v. Carlos Diaz    

UFC on February 5th

Middleweight: Punahele Soriano v. Nick Maximov 

Boxing on December 2nd

Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC

Cassius Chaney v. George Arias

Michael Hunter v. Mark De Mori 

Trey Lippe Morrison v. Mike Balogun

Andrey Fedosov v. Junior Wright

WBC Women's Heavyweight Title Fight: champ Hanna Gabriels v. Danielle Perkins 

Scottish League Cup

Celtic def. Saint Johnstone 1-0 

A-League Men

Western Sydney and Sydney FC tied 0-0

Melbourne Victory def. Western United 1-0

Perth Glory and Adelaide United tied 1-1 

USL Championship

Tampa Bay Rowdies def. Louisville City 3-2 in added extra time

Scottish Premiership

Dundee United def. Aberdeen 1-0

Motherwell def. Heart of Midlothian 2-0

Saint Mirren and Livingstone tied 1-1  

Mexican Liga BBVA MX

Santos Laguna def. Atletico San Luis 2-0

USL League One

Union Omaha def. Greenville Triumph 3-0  

English League Championship

Sheffield United and Coventry City tied 0-0

Bristol City and Blackburn Rovers tied 1-1

Fulham def. Barnsley 4-1

Huddersfield Town def. West Bromwich Albion 1-0

Hull City def. Birmingham City 2-0 

Middlesbrough and Millwall tied 1-1

Cardiff City def. Preston North End 2-1

Reading and Nottingham Forest tied 1-1

Stoke City def. Peterborough United 2-0 

Swansea City and Blackpool tied 1-1

FA Women's Super League

Manchester City def. Aston Villa 5-0

Eredivisie

PSV Eindhoven def. Vitesse 2-0

Twente def. Sparta Rotterdam 1-0

AZ Alkmaar and Nijmegen tied 1-1

Heracles def. Fortuna Sittard 3-1  

Ligue 1

Paris Saint-Germain def. Nantes 3-1

Rennes def. Montpellier 2-0

NWSL

Washington Spirit def. Chicago Red Stars 2-1 in added extra time  

Bundesliga

Bielefeld and Wolfsburg tied 2-2

Bayer Leverkusen def. Bochum 1-0

Borussia Dortmund def. Stuttgart 2-1

Borussia Monchengladbach def. Greuther Furth 4-0

Hoffenheim def. RB Leipzig 2-0

Union Berlin def. Hertha Berlin 2-0

Serie A

Atalanta def. Spezia 5-2

Juventus def. Lazio 2-0

Fiorentina def. AC Milan 4-3   

La Liga

Celta Vigo and Villareal tied 1-1

Sevilla and Alaves tied 2-2

Atletico Madrid def. Osasuna 1-0

Barcelona def. Espanyol 1-0 

MLS Playoffs

Eastern Conference: Philadelphia Union def. New York Red Bull 1-0

Western Conference: Sporting Kansas City def. Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 

Premier League

Chelsea def. Crystal Palace 3-0

Aston Villa def. Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0

Burnley and Crystal Palace tied 3-3

Newcastle United and Brentford tied 3-3

Norwich City def. Southampton 2-1

Watford def. Manchester United 4-1

Wolverhampton def. West Ham 1-0

Liverpool def. Arsenal 4-0 

NCAA Men's Soccer- D1 Tournament

Saint John's def. Princeton 1-0

Long Island def. Maryland 1-0

Creighton def. Missouri State 1-0

North Carolina def. Loyola-Maryland on penalties

Villanova def. Vermont 1-0

Virginia Tech def. Campbell 2-1

Wake Forest def. Mercer 2-1 

Bowling Green def. Louisville 1-0 

Santa Clara def. Akron 2-1

Georgia State def. Charlotte 1-0

Hofstra def. Lipscomb 4-2

Northern Illinois def. Oakland 2-1

Providence def. Marist College 2-0

Denver def. Grand Canyon 1-0 

Portland def. Seattle 3-2 

Boxing on January 15th

Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York 

Light Heavyweight: Joe Smith Jr will defend his WBO title v. Callum Johnson 

UFC on December 4th

Middleweight: Roman Dolidze will replace Brad Tavares against Brendan Allen

Boxing on January 1st

Fox Sports PPV

IBF Eliminator: previously announced Luis Ortiz v. Charles Martin

Frank Sanchez v. Carlos Negron 

Jonnie Rice v. Michael Coffie 

Gerald Washington v. Ali Eren Demirezen   

8-0 Viktor Faust v. Iago Kiladze 

Winter Olympics

3-on-3 hockey is being explored for future Olympics but will most likely not take place in Beijing 

UFC News

6-0 Brave CF prospect Muhammad Mokaev has signed with the promotion 

Flyweight Liana Jojua has been released, the third on the women's side in the past week or so after Livinha Souza and Randa Markos

NHL News

The Maple Leafs have acquired F Kyle Clifford from the Blues. Clifford will report to Toronto's AHL affiliate, the Toronto Marlies  

MLB Offseason

1B Brandon Belt has accepted San Francisco's qualifying offer and will remain with the Giants for at least one more year 

Justin Verlander has re-signed with Houston for one year  

Boxing News

Lightweight: Michel Rivera v. Jorge Linares in a WBA final eliminator 

Keyshawn Davis and Richard Torrez Jr have both signed with Top Rank 

Welterweight: Vergil Ortiz Jr v. David Avanesyan in a WBC final eliminator

World Cup '22

Which teams have been eliminated?

Afghanistan, Albania, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chinese Taipei, Comoros, Congo, Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Gibraltar, Greece, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Northern Ireland, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, US Virgin Islands, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

World Cup '22

Currently Qualified Teams

1. Argentina

2. Belgium 

3. Brazil

4. Croatia 

5. Denmark 

6. England 

7. France 

8. Germany

9. Netherlands 

10. Serbia 

11. Spain

12. Switzerland  

Beijing '22 Winter Olympics

Women's Ice Hockey

Final qualifier winners Czech Republic, Denmark and Sweden join China and Japan in Group B 

UFC on December 4th

Light Heavyweight: 10-0 Azamat Murzakanov v. Phillipe Lins 

Strawweight: Cheyanne Buys will replace Montserrat Ruiz against Mallory Martin 

Welterweight: Alex Morono v. Mickey Gall

Middleweight: Maki Pitolo v. Dusko Todorovic

Combat Sports Retirements

Paul Redmond, who won fifteen bouts across multiple promotions including Bellator, Cage Warriors and UFC, joins Joseph Benavidez, Luke Campbell, Carlos Condit, Artem Lobov, Manny Pacquiao, Luke Sanders and Gian Villante  

UFC 269 on December 11th

Main Event: Charles Oliveira v. Dustin Poirier for the lightweight title

Co-Main: Amanda Nunes v. Juliana Pena for the women's bantamweight title 

Heavyweight: Tai Tuivasa v. Augusto Sakai 

Middleweight: Andre Muniz v. Eryk Anders

Boxing on January 15th

Heavyweight: 11-0 Tony Yoka v. Carlos Takam 

UFC Releases

Teemu Packalen, Andrew Sanchez, Laureano Staropoli and Khama Worthy join Randa Markos and Livinha Souza  

UFC Fight Night on January 15th

Women's Flyweight: Silvana Gomez Juarez v. Vanessa Demopoulos 

Boxing News

Joshua Buatsi is out of a December 18th bout v. Maxim Vlasov due to a hand injury; Lee McGregor will make a defense of his European title v. Narek Abgaryan on that date  

Undisputed super middleweight champ Canelo Alvarez will challenge WBC cruiserweight champion Ilunga Makabu in May 

Light Flyweight: Masamichi Yabuki v. Kenshiro Teraji rematch in the spring 

UFC 271 on February 12th

Light Heavyweight: Ed Herman v. Maxim Grishin  

Cage Warriors 131 on December 10th

Middleweight: Matthew Bonner v. Djati Melan and John-Martin Fraser v. Christian Duncan

Featherweight: Jean N'Doye v. Tom Mearns and Nik Bagley v. Scott Pederson

UFC on March 26th

Women's Bantamweight: Sarah McMann v. Karol Rosa   

Boxing on January 1st

Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida

Heavyweight: Luis Ortiz v. Charles Martin

Cage Warriors 132 on December 11th

Flyweight: Sam Creasey v. Luke Shanks II, Scott Malone v. Conor Hignett, Aaron Aby v. Samir Faiddine and Adam Amarasinghe v. Michele Martignoni 

Welterweight: Jamie Richardson v. Leonardo Damiani   

Middleweight: Justin Moore v. Mick Stantos 

Boxing on December 29th

Golovkin-Murata middleweight title unification will air on Amazon Prime in Japan and DAZN everywhere except Japan and Kazakhstan

UFC on February 19th

Men's Bantamweight: Mario Bautista v. Khalid Taha 

Lightweight: Nasrat Haqparast v. John Makdessi 

Boxing on Friday

Jose Velasquez (21-fight win streak) will replace Ronny Rios opposite Murodjon Akhmadaliev

UFC on March 12th

Light Heavyweight Main Event: Magomed Ankalaev v. Thiago Santos  

Boxing on December 11th

19-0 Katie Taylor v. mandatory challenger Firuza Sharipova

Karim Guerfi defending his European featherweight title against Jordan Gill 

MLB Offseason

C Manny Pina has signed a two-year deal with Atlanta 

LHP Eduardo Rodriguez has signed a five-year deal with Detroit  

Boxing on Christmas

PBC on Fox 

Welterweight: Vito Mielnicki Jr v. Nicholas DeLomba

Middleweight: Joey Spencer v. Limberth Ponce 

Africa World Cup Qualifying

Second Round -- Third Round

DR Congo

Egypt

Ghana

Mali 

Morocco

Senegal 

Asia World Cup Qualifying

Third Round

UAE def. Lebanon 1-0

Saudi Arabia def. Vietnam 1-0

China and Australia tied 1-1 (Wu Lei scored his twelfth goal of the tournament for China) 

South Korea def. Iraq 3-0 

Africa World Cup Qualifying

Second Round

Egypt def. Gabon 2-1

Libya and Angola tied 1-1

Mozambique def. Malawi 1-0 

Asia World Cup Qualifying- Third Round

Australia and Saudi Arabia tied 0-0

South Korea def. UAE 1-0 

Iran def. Lebanon 2-1

Japan def. Vietnam 1-0

China and Oman tied 1-1 (Wu Lei scored his eleventh goal of the tournament for China, extending his second-place mark)

Iraq and Syria tied 1-1   

Africa World Cup Qualifying- Second Round 

Ethiopia and Ghana tied 1-1

DR Congo def. Tanzania 3-0 

Uganda and Kenya tied 1-1 

Benin def. Madagascar 2-0

Congo and Namibia tied 1-1

Mali def. Rwanda 3-0 to win the group and advance to round three

South Africa def. Zimbabwe 1-0

Togo and Senegal tied 1-1  

CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifying

Ecuador def. Venezuela 1-0

Chile def. Paraguay 1-0

Brazil def. Colombia 1-0 to qualify for Qatar '22

Peru def. Bolivia 3-0  

Europe World Cup Qualifying- First Round

North Macedonia def. Armenia 5-0

Luxembourg def. Azerbaijan 3-1

Georgia def. Sweden 2-0

Russia def. Cyprus 6-0 

Germany def. Liechtenstein 9-0 with two goals each from Leroy Sane and Thomas Muller

Croatia def. Malta 7-1

Ireland and Portugal tied 0-0

Slovakia and Slovenia tied 2-2  

UFC 271 on February 12th

Welterweight: Mike Diamond v. Orion Cosce

UFC on December 18th

Trevin Jones has withdrawn from a bantamweight bout v. Raoni Barcelos 

Boxing on December 18th

Lewis Ritson v. Christian Uruzquieta 

Ricky Burns v. Emiliano Dominguez

Thomas Patrick Ward v. Leonardo Padilla 

WBA eliminator: Gilberto Ramirez v. Yunieski Gonzalez

Seneisa Estrada defending the WBA light flyweight title v. Maria Santizo

Lamont Roach Jr v. Rene Alvarado

Marlen Esparza will defend her WBC flyweight title v. Anabel Ortiz

Action on Fox will see David Morrel Jr defend his WBA belt at super middleweight v. Alantez Fox

The Fox card will also see Jose Valenzuela v. Austin Dulay

UFC News

Livinha Souza has been released   

Boxing on December 11th

Chris Eubank Jr v. Liam Williams on Sky Sports

Claressa Shields will defend her WBC, WBA and IBF middleweight titles v. Ema Kozin 

NFL News

WR Odell Beckham Jr has signed with the Rams after being released from Cleveland         

Boxing on December 5th

Davis-Cruz card 

Sebastien Fundora v. Sergio Garcia

Sergiy Derevyanchenko v. Carlos Adames

Eduardo Ramirez v. Miguel Marriaga  

UFC this weekend

Kyle Daukaus v. Roman Dolidze at middleweight has been scrapped

Boxing News

Jose Zepeda is the WBC junior welterweight mandatory challenger for the Josh Taylor-Jack Catterall winner 

UFC 269 on December 11th

Dricus Du Plessis is out of a planned bout v. Andre Muniz 

Jorge Masvidal is out of a planned bout v. Leon Edwards due to injury

ONE Championship on December 3rd

Winter Warriors card

Atomweight Grand Prix final: Stamp Fairtex v. Ritu Phogat 

Marcus Almeida v. Kang Ji Won 

Lightweight Kickboxing Title Fight: champion Regian Eersel v. Islam Murtazaev

Timofey Nastyukhin v. Saygid Guseyn 

Hu Yong v. Yuya Wakamatsu 

Kickboxing: Qiu Jianliang v. Hiroki Akimoto   

Boxing on December 11th

Sunny Edwards will defend his IBF flyweight title v. Jayson Mama

John Riel Casimero will defend his WBO bantamweight title v. Paul Butler 

UFC on February 19th

Middleweight: Kyle Daukaus v. Julian Marquez 

UFC on December 18th

Welterweight: Stephen Thompson v. Belal Muhammad 

Lightweight: Carlos Diego Ferreira v. Mateusz Gamrot 

Strawweight: Angela Hill will replace Nina Nunes against Amanda Lemos 

UFC News

Strawweight Randa Markos is off the roster following the completion of her contract  

Kay Hansen v. Jasmine Jasudavicius at flyweight has been moved from a Fight Night on January 15th to UFC 270 at Honda Center on January 22nd 

UFC next weekend

Lupita Godinez will replace Cheyanne Buys opposite Loma Lookboonmee  

UFC 271 on February 12th

Middleweight Title Fight: Israel Adesanya v. Robert Whittaker 2

Men's Bantamweight: Ronnie Lawrence v. Mana Martinez  

Light Heavyweight: Carlos Ulberg v. Fabio Cherant  

Africa World Cup Qualifying

Second Round

Who's still in it?

Group A is between Algeria and Burkina Faso

Group B is between Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea and Zambia

Group C is between Nigeria, Cape Verde and Central African Republic

Group D is between Ivory Coast and Cameroon

Group E is between Mali and Uganda

Group F is between Egypt, Libya and Gabon

Group G is between South Africa and Ghana

Group H (Senegal) and Group I (Morocco) have already been wrapped up

Group J is a four-horse tussle between Tanzania, Benin, DR Congo and Madagascar      

World Cup 2022 Qualifying on Friday

Africa- Second Round

Burkina Faso v. Niger

Djibouti v. Algeria

Gabon v. Libya

Guinea v. Guinea-Bissau

Angola v. Egypt

Sudan v. Morocco  

South America

Uruguay v. Argentina

Europe- First Round

Moldova v. Scotland

Andorra v. Poland

Austria v. Israel

Denmark v. Faroe Islands

England v. Albania

Hungary v. San Marino

Italy v. Switzerland

Northern Ireland v. Lithuania 

CONCACAF

Honduras v. Panama

El Salvador v. Jamaica

Canada v. Costa Rica

United States v. Mexico 

World Cup 2022 Qualifying on Thursday

Africa- Second Round

Ethiopia v. Ghana

Tanzania v. DR Congo

Uganda v. Kenya

Benin v. Madagascar

Congo v. Namibia

Rwanda v. Mali 

South Africa v. Zimbabwe

Togo v. Senegal   

Asia- Third Round

Australia v. Saudi Arabia

South Korea v. United Arab Emirates

Lebanon v. Iran

Vietnam v. Japan

China v. Oman

Iraq v. Syria 

South America

Ecuador v. Venezuela

Paraguay v. Chile

Brazil v. Colombia

Peru v. Bolivia 

Europe- First Round

Armenia v. North Macedonia

Azerbaijan v. Luxembourg

Georgia v. Sweden

Russia v. Cyprus

Germany v. Liechtenstein

Greece v. Spain

Malta v. Croatia

Ireland v. Portugal

Romania v. Iceland

Slovakia v. Slovenia

Boxing on December 18th

Women's Lightweight: Amanda Serrano v. Miriam Gutierrez

English FA Cup

First Round

Salford City def. Dagenham & Redbridge 1-0  

UFC 269 on December 11th

Women's Flyweight: Erin Blanchfield v. Miranda Maverick after Maycee Barber withdrew 

*This is the third scheduled bout in this slot after Barber v. De La Rosa and Barber v. Blanchfield 

Boxing News

Previously announced to be returning to action December 11th, Connor Benn will face Chris Algieri 

Liam Smith v. Jessie Vargas is in the works for February 

Matchroom Boxing has won the rights to Leigh Wood v. Michael Conlan

UFC on January 15th

Welterweight: Michel Pereira v. Muslim Salikhov  

Global Soccer Roundup 

Austrian Bundesliga: LASK Linz picked up three points, while Rapid Vienna fell 4-1

Danish Superliga: Midtjylland lost 3-0 

Greek Super League: Olympiakos and PAOK Athens both won 

Serie B: Lecce def. Parma 4-0 in a matchup of former Serie A teams while Crotone tripped in their bid to return to the top flight courtesy of a 1-1 tie 

Swiss Super League: FC Basel lost by a 1-0 score 

Turkish Super Lig: Galatasaray left two points on the table with a 1-1 tie   

Mexican Liga BBVA MX

UNAM def. Cruz Azul 4-3

Santos Laguna and Atletico San Luis tied 0-0

Scottish Premiership

Celtic def. Dundee 4-2

Rangers def. Ross County 4-2  

La Liga

Villareal def. Getafe 1-0

Valencia and Atletico Madrid tied 3-3 with Atletico receiving solo goals from Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann

Mallorca and Elche tied 2-2

Real Sociedad def. Osasuna 2-0

Sevilla def. Real Betis 2-0

Eredivisie

Groningen and RKC Waalwijk tied 1-1

PSV Eindhoven def. Fortuna Sittard 4-1

Feyenoord def. AZ Alkmaar 1-0

Vitesse def. Utrecht 2-1 

Ajax-Amsterdam and Go Ahead Eagles tied 0-0 

Women's Super League

Tottenham and Manchester United tied 1-1

Reading def. Birmingham City 3-0

Manchester City def. Leicester City 4-1

Arsenal def. West Ham 4-0 

English FA Cup

Second Round -- Third Round

Shrewsbury Town

St. Albans Town 

Ligue 1

Marseille and Metz tied 0-0

Brest def. Lorient 2-1

Nantes and Strasbourg tied 2-2

Saint-Etienne def. Clermont 3-2

Reims and Monaco tied 0-0

Montpellier def. Nice 1-0

Rennes def. Lyon 4-1

NWSL

Chicago Red Stars def. Gotham NJ/NY 1-0

Washington Spirit def. North Carolina Courage 1-0 

Bundesliga

Hertha Berlin and Bayer Leverkusen tied 1-1

Cologne and Union Berlin tied 2-2

Eintracht Frankfurt def. Greuther Furth 2-1

Serie A

Venezia def. Roma 3-2

Bologna def. Sampdoria 2-1

Udinese def. Sassuolo 3-2    

Premier League

Arsenal def. Watford 1-0

Everton and Tottenham tied 0-0

Leeds United and Leicester City tied 1-1

West Ham def. Liverpool 3-2 

Combat Sports Retirements

Gian Villante will retire after his Saturday bout v. Chris Barnett 

*He's won seventeen bouts overall including seven in the UFC 

Roxanne Modaferri will retire after her UFC 271 fight v. Casey O'Neill in February

*Modaferri has won 25 bouts in her career with UFC wins over Barb Honchak, Antonina Shevchenko, Maycee Barber and Andrea Lee in addition to five wins under the Invicta banner 

They will join Artem Lobov, Luke Sanders, Manny Pacquiao and Luke Campbell in retirement  

Boxing on December 18th

Joshua Buatsi v. Maxim Vlasov

*Buatsi is 15-0 while Vlasov has won 45 bouts 

Carlos Gongora v. Lerrone Richards 

Jack Cullen v. Emre Cukur with a vacant European title on the line

IBF eliminator between Zelfa Barrett and Bruno Tarimo  

NBA News

Chris Paul is now in the top three for career assists, trailing only Jason Kidd and John Stockton 

UEFA Champions League

AC Milan and Porto tied 1-1

Real Madrid def. Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 behind two goals from Karim Benzema

Ajax-Amsterdam def. Borussia Dortmund 3-1 to qualify for the Round of 16 with Sebastien Haller netting his seventh of the tournament

Liverpool def. Atletico Madrid 2-0 and qualify for the Round of 16 

Manchester City def. Club Brugge 4-1

RB Leipzig and Paris Saint-Germain tied 2-2 

Inter Milan def. Sheriff Tiraspol 3-1

Sporting Portugal def. Besiktas 4-0

Boxing next month

Connor Benn and Katie Taylor will both return December 11th against TBD opponents 

Released from the UFC

Laureano Staropoli joins Modestas Bukauskas 

Boxing on December 4th

WBC Lightweight Title Fight: Devin Haney v. Joseph Diaz Jr 

UFC 271 on February 12th

Women's Flyweight: Casey O'Neill v. Roxanne Modaferri 

West Coast Conference Women's Soccer

Pepperdine def. Pacific 3-0 

English League Championship

Preston North End def. Bournemouth 2-1

Barnsley def. Derby County 2-1

Fulham def. Blackburn Rovers 7-0 with five goals in the second half

Stoke City def. Blackpool 1-0

Queens Park Rangers def. Cardiff City 1-0

West Bromwich Albion de. Hull City 1-0    

MLS

Montreal def. Houston 2-0

NY Red Bull and Atlanta tied 0-0  

SEC Women's Soccer

Tennessee def. Florida 5-2 

Irish Premier Division

Waterford and Derry City tied 2-2 

Boxing on December 11th

Dignity Health Sports Park 

WBC Bantamweight Title Fight: Nonito Donaire v. Reymart Gaballo

Brandun Lee v. Juan Heraldez 

Madison Square Garden

Lightweight: Vasiliy Lomachenko v. Richard Commey

English EFL Trophy

Hartlepool United def. Everton U21 1-0  

Boxing on February 5th

Junior Welterweight: Jose Ramirez v. Jose Pedraza 

UEFA Champions League

Chelsea def. Malmo 1-0

Wolfsburg def. Red Bull Salzburg 2-1 

Boxing on Friday

Luis Melendez v. Thomas Mattice 

La Liga

Rayo Vallecano and Celta Vigo tied 0-0 

Granada def. Levante 3-0

Serie A

Bologna def. Cagliari 2-0  

Premier League

Wolverhampton def. Everton 2-1 

Boxing on November 20th

IBF Middleweight Eliminator: Esquiva Falcao v. Patrice Volny

Janibek Alimkhanuly v. Hassan N'Dam

Raymond Muratalla v. Steven Ortiz 

UFC next weekend

Middleweight: Roman Dolidze will replace Kevin Holland opposite Kyle Daukaus 

Boxing on December 5th

Gervonta Davis will take on Isaac Cruz after Rolando Romero's removal 

Bare Knuckle FC

BKFC 22 next Friday will see Britain Hart v. Pearl Gonzalez 

Boxing next weekend

Kyrone Davis replaces Jose Uzcategui against David Benavidez