UFC on April 16th

Middleweight: Uriah Hall v. Andre Muniz 

UFC News

Jeremy Stephens is no longer on the UFC roster after 34 bouts, seven Fights of the Night and eighteen knockdowns across featherweight and lightweight. His run on the roster came to an end with a six-fight winless streak which included three losses by stoppage. He holds stoppage wins over Josh Emmett, Doo Ho Choi, Dennis Bermudez, Rony Jason, Marcus Davis, Justin Buchholz, Rafael dos Anjos, Cole Miller and Nick Walker in a UFC career dating back to 2007 

Jan Blachowicz v. Alexsandar Rakic is expected to be rescheduled from the original date of March 26th

Boxing News

Demetrius Andrade is reportedly vacating his WBO middleweight title and moving up to super middleweight  

UFC on April 23rd

Strawweight Main Event: Jessica Andrade v. Amanda Lemos 

Heavyweight: Tanner Boser v. Rodrigo Nascimento 

NFL Retirements

Eagles G Brandon Brooks hangs up his cleats after 114 games, 108 starts and three Pro Bowls with both Houston and Philadelphia 

Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger hangs up his cleats with 249 appearances for Pittsburgh

Boxing on April 30th

Undisputed lightweight champ Katie Taylor v. Amanda Serrano at Madison Square Garden   

UFC London on March 19th

Paddy Pimblett will make his second Octagon appearance v. Kazula Vargas

Boxing on February 19th

Natasha Jonas v. Ewa Piotkowska for the vacant WBO super welterweight title  

NHL News

D Nick Holden has signed a one-year extension with Ottawa 

UFC 274 on May 7th

Lightweight Title Fight: Charles Oliveira v. Justin Gaethje 

Bellator London on May 13th

Women's Flyweight: Denise Kielholtz v. Kana Watanabe 

Men's Featherweight: Daniel Weichel v. Robert Whiteford

UFC 271 Main Card

Israel Adesanya v. Robert Whittaker 2 for Adesanya's middleweight title

Heavyweight: Derrick Lewis v. Tai Tuivasa with Derrick Lewis looking to defend his #4 ranking

Middleweight: #6 Jared Cannonier v. #4 Derek Brunson 

Men's Bantamweight: Kyler Phillips v. Marcelo Rojo 

Lightweight: Bobby Green v. Nasrat Haqparast 

Asia World Cup Qualifying

Australia def. Vietnam 4-0 with Jamie Maclaren scoring his sixth goal of the tournament; Vietnam become the first third-round team eliminated from qualifying contention with a record of 0-7

Japan def. China 2-0 for their region-leading thirteenth win of the tournament

South Korea def. Lebanon 1-0 for their tenth win of the tournament

Iran def. Iraq 1-0 to book a spot in Qatar 

UAE def. Syria 2-0

Saudi Arabia def. Oman 1-0 

CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifying

Ecuador and Brazil tied 1-1

Uruguay def. Paraguay 1-0 with Luis Suarez scoring in the fiftieth minute 

Argentina def. Chile 2-1 

CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying

Mexico def. Jamaica 2-1

United States def. El Salvador 1-0

Canada def. Honduras 2-0 with Jonathan David scoring his eighth goal of the tournament 

Costa Rica def. Panama 1-0 

Asia World Cup Qualifying

Wins table across all rounds

Japan- 13 

Iran/Saudi Arabia/Australia- 12 

South Korea- 10 

United Arab Emirates/Oman- 8 

Syria/Qatar/China- 7

Malaysia- 6

Iraq/Uzbekistan/Vietnam- 5 

Kuwait/Jordan/Bahrain/Tajikistan/Lebanon- 4 

Philippines/Palestine/Kyrgyzstan/Turkmenistan- 3

Cambodia/Maldives/Singapore/Nepal/Mongolia/Myanmar/Thailand- 2

Mongolia/Sri Lanka/Bangladesh/Guam/Hong Kong/Yemen/India/Afghanistan- 1 

Asia World Cup Qualifying- where do things stand?

Third of four rounds (the fourth round is a playoff with the Oceania winner) 

Group A

The battle to join Iran in automatic qualification is between South Korea and United Arab Emirates, with South Korea three wins and six points in front. Lebanon, Iraq and Syria can only qualify for the fourth round

Group B

Saudi Arabia is the only team assured of at least round four; China can no longer qualify directly but can reach the playoff stage; Vietnam has been eliminated courtesy of their 0-7 mark in round three 

World Cup '22- Qualified Teams

1. Argentina

2. Belgium

3. Brazil 

4. Croatia

5. Denmark

6. England

7. France

8. Germany

9. Iran

10. Netherlands 

11. Serbia

12. Spain

13. Switzerland

Italics = most recent qualifier 

World Cup Qualifying

Leading Goalscorers

Europe

Harry Kane (England) and Memphis Depay (Netherlands) have both scored 12 goals each  

Asia

Ali Mabkhout (UAE) has scored 14 goals

Wu Lei (China) has scored 12 goals 

Africa

Islam Slimani (Algeria) has netted 7 goals

Five people have recorded five goals each

CONMEBOL

Marcelo Moreno (Bolivia) has scored 9 goals

Neymar (Brazil) has scored 7 goals

Lionel Messi (Argentina) has scored 6 goals

CONCACAF

Cyle Larin (Canada) has scored 11 goals

David Rugamas (El Salvador) has scored 8 goals

Jonathan David (Canada) and Cecilio Waterman (Panama) have scored 7 goals apiece

Africa Cup of Nations

Quarterfinal Round

Saturday

Burkina Faso v. Tunisia

Gambia v. Cameroon 

Sunday

Senegal v. Equatorial Guinea

Egypt v. Morocco 

Indian Super League

Bengaluru def. Chennaiyin FC 3-0 

Scottish Premiership

Dundee United def. Ross County 2-1

Celtic def. Heart of Midlothian 2-1

Motherwell and Hibernian tied 0-0

Rangers def. Livingston 1-0 

Saint Johnstone and Dundee tied 0-0 

FA Women's Super League

Chelsea def. West Ham 2-0 

English League Championship

Preston North End def. West Bromwich Albion 2-0 

Africa Cup of Nations- Round of 16

Egypt def. Ivory Coast on penalties

Equatorial Guinea def. Mali on penalties 

Ligue 1

Saint-Etienne def. Angers 1-0 

Boxing on March 5th

Julio Cesar Martinez will replace Juan Francisco Estrada against Roman Gonzalez 

Combat Sports

David Branch has signed with ONE Championship

The PFL will continue to air events on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN+ 

UFC London on March 19th

Men's Bantamweight: Nathaniel Wood v. Liudvik Sholinian

Boxing News

Tony Yoka is unavailable for a title eliminator v. Filip Hrgovic due to his postponed bout against Martin Bakole  

UFC 273 on April 9th

Middleweight: Chris Curtis v. Dricus Du Plessis 

UFC on April 16th

Welterweight Main Event: Vicente Luque v. Belal Muhammad rematch 

Heavyweight: Chris Barnett v. Martin Buday 

Boxing on March 19th

Light Flyweight: WBC champ Masamichi Yabuki will rematch former champion Kenshiro Teraji 

Flyweight: Sunny Edwards will defend his IBF belt against Muhammad Waseem 

UFC on April 30th

Men's Bantamweight: Francisco Figueiredo v. Daniel da Silva 

English EFL Trophy

Quarterfinals -- Semifinals 

Hartlepool United

Rotherham United 

Sutton United 

Wigan Athletic 

Scottish Premiership

Saint Mirren def. Aberdeen 1-0

A-League

Men: Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC tied 2-2

Women: Melbourne Victory-Sydney FC was postponed  

English League Championship

Birmingham City and Peterborough United tied 2-2

Coventry City def. Stoke City 1-0

Luton Town def. Bristol City 2-1

Nottingham Forestt def. Barnsley 3-0

Queens Park Rangers and Swansea City tied 0-0 

Africa Cup of Nations- Round of 16

Senegal def. Cape Verde 2-0

*Sadio Mane scored Senegal's first goal in the sixty-third minute; Cape Verde played with nine men from fifty-seven minutes on after two red cards 

Morocco def. Malawi 2-1 

Combat Sports News

The PFL Challenger Series will have their first event on February 18th 

UFC London on March 19th

Heavyweight Main Event: Alexander Volkov v. Tom Aspinall 

Welterweight: Gunnar Nelson v. Claudio Silva 

Men's Featherweight: Dan Hooker v. Arnold Allen 

UFC on April 23rd

Women's Flyweight: Maycee Barber v. Montana De La Rosa (originally scheduled for UFC 269 on December 11th) 

UFC 276

Targeted date: July 2nd as part of International Fight Week 

Targeted location: T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas 

UFC on April 30th

Women's Flyweight: Antonina Shevchenko v. Cortney Casey 

UFC 271 on February 12th

Welterweight: Jeremiah Wells v. Mike Diamond 

UFC 274 on May 7th

Light Heavyweight Title Fight: Glover Teixeira v. Jiri Prochazka 

Women's Featherweight: Macy Chiasson v. Norma Dumont 

Indian Super League

Hyderabad def. East Bengal 4-0 

English League Championship

Blackburn Rovers def. Middlesbrough 1-0 

Africa Cup of Nations

Round of 16 -- Quarterfinals

1. Burkina Faso

2. Cameroon 

3. Gambia

4. Tunisia 

English Soccer Standings

Second Tier: English League Championship

Promotion Spots: Fulham, Bournemouth

Promotion Playoff Spots: Blackburn, Queens Park Rangers, West Bromwich Albion, Huddersfield Town

Relegation Spots: Peterborough United, Derby County, Barnsley  

Third Tier: English League One

Promotion Spots: Wigan Athletic, Sunderland

Promotion Playoff Spots: Rotherham United, Wycombe Wanderers, Milton Keynes Dons, Oxford United

Relegation Spots: Morecambe, Crewe Alexandra, Doncaster Rovers, Gillingham 

Fourth Tier: English League Two 

Promotion Spots: Forest Green Rovers, Tranmere Rovers, Sutton United

Promotion Playoff Spots: Northampton Town, Newport County, Swindon Town, Mansfield Town

Relegation Spots: Scunthorpe United, Oldham Athletic 

Fifth Tier: English National League

Promotion Spot: Chesterfield

Promotion Playoff Spots: Halifax, Stockport County, Bromley, Boreham Wood, Wrexham, Notts County

Relegation Spots: Wealdstone, Weymouth, Kings Lynn Town, Dover

La Liga

Cadiz def. Levante 2-0

Villareal def. Mallorca 3-0

Sevilla and Celta Vigo tied 2-2

Atletico Madrid def. Valencia 3-2

A-League Women

Sydney FC def. Melbourne City 3-0 

A-League Men

Perth Glory def. Sydney FC 2-1 

Eredivisie

Groningen def. Vitesse 3-1

AZ Alkmaar and Cambuur tied 0-0

PEC Zwolle def. Heerenveen 1-0

Twente def. Willem II 1-0  

English League Championship

Bristol City def. Cardiff City 3-2

Nottingham Forest def. Derby County 2-1

Hull City def. Bournemouth 1-0

Birmingham City def. Barnsley 2-1

Blackpool def. Millwall 1-0

Queens Park Rangers def. Reading 4-3

Sheffield United def. Luton Town 2-0

Fulham def. Stoke City 3-2

Swansea City def. Preston North End 1-0

West Bromwich Albion def. Peterborough United 3-0 

Mexican Liga BBVA MX

Guadalajara and Queretaro tied 1-1

Leon def. Pachuca 2-1

Atlas def. Club America 2-0

Monterrey and Cruz Azul tied 2-2 

Ligue 1

Brest def. Lille 2-0

Marseille def. Racing Club de Lens 2-0 

Serie A

Genoa and Udinese tied 0-0

Inter Milan def. Venezia 2-1

Lazio and Atalanta tied 0-0  

Bundesliga

Bayer Leverkusen def. Augsburg 5-1

Union Berlin def. Borussia Monchengladbach 2-1

Freiburg def. Stuttgart 2-0

Greuther Furth def. Mainz 2-1

Borussia Dortmund def. Hoffenheim 3-2 with Erling Haaland scoring in the sixth minute 

Bochum and Cologne tied 2-2 

Premier League

Aston Villa def. Everton 1-0

Wolverhampton def. Brentford 2-1

Newcastle United def. Leeds United 1-0

Manchester United def. West Ham 1-0 behind a solo goal from Marcus Rashford

Southampton and Manchester City tied 1-1 

UFC on April 23rd

Mike Jackson v. Dean Barry

Jessica Andrade returns to strawweight to face Amanda Lemos. Andrade is the former strawweight champion and has UFC wins at strawweight, flyweight and bantamweight in her career 

Boxing on March 5th

Mauricio Lara v. Emilio Sanchez 

Angel Fierro v. Juan Carlos Burgos 

Diego Pacheco v. Genc Pilana 

UFC 270 tomorrow

Rodolfo Vieira v. Wellington Turman and Ilia Topuria v. Charles Jourdain are both off the card

*This comes after Charles Jourdain was announced as a replacement opponent 

Boxing on February 5th

Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai v. Carlos Cuadras in a rematch 

Kickboxing News

June

RIZIN/RISE champ Tenshin Nasukawa v. K1 champ Takeru Segawa

Event and location TBD 

UFC on March 26th

Welterweight: Neil Magny v. Max Griffin 

Boxing on March 12th

Women's Lightweight: Terri Harper will move up from super featherweight v. Heather Hardy 

Light Heavyweight: Sergey Kovalev v. Meng Fanlong 

UFC on April 16th

Welterweight: Miguel Baeza v. Dhiego Lima 

Boxing on February 18th

Jamaine Ortiz v. Nahir Albright 

Joe George v. Sean Hemphill 

Paul Kroll v. Marquis Taylor 

UFC News

The Octagon will land in London at the O2 Arena on March 19th for the first time since Till v. Masvidal in 2019 

Greg Hardy v. Sergey Spivak at heavyweight has been rescheduled for UFC 272 on March 5th   

Bellator London on May 13th

Location: SSE Arena

Main Event: Yaroslav Amosov defending his welterweight title v. Michael Page 

Boxing News

The Cosmo in Las Vegas will host Roger Gutierrez v. Chris Colbert on February 26th 

A title unification between Shakur Stevenson and Oscar Valdez is being targeted for April 30th in Las Vegas 

Africa Cup of Nations

Round of 16

Sunday

Burkina Faso v. Gabon

Nigeria v. Tunisia

Monday

Guinea v. Gambia 

Cameroon v. Comoros 

Tuesday

Senegal v. Cape Verde 

Morocco v. Malawi 

Wednesday 

Mali v. Equatorial Guinea 

Ivory Coast v. Egypt 

Quarterfinals

Saturday, January 29th

Burkina Faso/Gabon v. Nigeria/Tunisia 

Guinea/Gambia v. Cameroon/Comoros

Sunday, January 30th  

Senegal/Cape Verde v. Mali/Equatorial Guinea

Ivory Coast/Egypt v. Morocco/Malawi  

Africa Cup of Nations

Group Stage -- Round of 16

1. Burkina Faso

2. Cameroon

3. Cape Verde

4. Comoros 

5. Egypt 

6. Equatorial Guinea 

7. Gabon

8. Gambia 

9. Guinea

10. Ivory Coast 

11. Malawi 

12. Mali 

13. Morocco

14. Nigeria

15. Senegal

16. Tunisia 

Copa del Rey- Round of 16

Real Madrid def. Elche 2-1 and Athletic Bilbao def. Barcelona 3-2 with both games needing added extra time 

Africa Cup of Nations- Group Stage

Ivory Coast def. Algeria 3-1

Equatorial Guinea def. Sierra Leona 1-0

Gambia def. Tunisia 1-0

Mali def. Mauritania 2-0 

Coppa Italia- Round of 16

Roma def. Lecce 3-1 

La Liga

Getafe def. Granada 4-2

Mallorca-Real Sociedad was postponed 

Carabao Cup- Semifinals

Liverpool def. Arsenal 2-0 and will take on Chelsea in the final 

Ivy League Men's Squash- Saturday

Dartmouth will host Cornell 

Harvard will host Columbia 

Yale will host Princeton 

CONCACAF Champions League

Round of 16 Matchups

First Leg: February 15th, 16th or 17th

Second Leg: February 22nd, 23rd or 24th

Guastatoya (Guatemala) v. Leon (Mexico)

Motagua (Honduras) v. Seattle Sounders (United States)

Comunicaciones (Guatemala) v. Colorado Rapids (United States)

Santos de Guapiles (Costa Rica) v. New York City FC (United States)

Saprissa (Costa Rica) v. UNAM (Mexico)

Cavaly (Haiti) v. New England Revolution (United States)

Santos Laguna (Mexico) v. CF Montreal (Canada)

Forge FC (Canada) v. Cruz Azul (Mexico)

Most Appearances (counting this year) 

Saprissa: 11 

Cruz Azul: 8

Santos Laguna/Seattle Sounders/Comunicaciones: 7

Motagua: 6 

UNAM/CF Montreal: 5

Leon: 4

Colorado Rapids: 3 

New York City FC/New England Revolution/Guastatoya: 2 

Cavaly/Forge FC/Santos de Guapiles: debut appearance 

  

English League One

AFC Wimbledon and Portsmouth tied 0-0

Cambridge United def. Doncaster Rovers 3-1

Wigan Athletic def. Morecambe 2-1

Rotherham United-Lincoln City was postponed

Indian Super League

Odisha FC def. Northeast United 2-0  

English League Two

Carlisle United and Hartlepool United tied 0-0

Salford City def. Port Vale 1-0

Stevenage def. Crawley Town 2-1

Sutton United def. Colchester United 3-2

Forest Green Rovers-Mansfield Town was abandoned 

English National League

Maidenhead United def. Chesterfield 3-2

Stockport def. Eastleigh 3-0 

Scottish Premiership

Aberdeen and Rangers tied 1-1

Saint Mirren def. Dundee United 2-1

Heart of Midlothian def. Saint Johnstone 2-0

Livingston def. Dundee 2-0 

Ross County def. Motherwell 3-1 

La Liga

Real Betis def. Alaves 4-0

Cadiz and Espanyol tied 2-2

English League Championship

Fulham def. Birmingham City 6-2

Preston North End and Sheffield United tied 2-2 

Africa Cup of Nations- Group Stage

Malawi and Senegal tied 0-0

Zimbabwe def. Guinea 2-1

Gabon and Morocco tied 2-2

Comoros def. Ghana 3-2  

Coppa Italia Round of 16

Lazio def. Udinese 1-0 in added extra time with a goal from Ciro Immobile 

Juventus def. Sampdoria 4-0 

Premier League

Brighton & Hove Albion and Chelsea tied 1-1

Burnley-Watford was postponed

Africa Cup of Nations

Group Stage -- Round of 16 

1. Cameroon

2. Morocco 

3. Nigeria

 

Copa del Rey

Real Betis and Valencia move into the quarterfinals

Serie A

Verona def. Sassuolo 4-2

Venezia and Empoli tied 1-1

Roma def. Cagliari 1-0

Atalanta and Inter Milan tied 0-0  

Spanish Supercopa- Final

Real Madrid def. Athletic Bilbao 2-0 

La Liga

Elche def. Villareal 1-0 

Premier League

Liverpool def. Brentford 3-0 with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scoring in the sixty-ninth minute

Leeds United def. West Ham 3-2 behind a hat trick from Jack Harrison 

Tottenham-Arsenal was postponed 

Boxing on February 5th

Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales

Chris Eubank Jr v. Liam Williams 

Combat Sports News

Free agents from the UFC

Katlyn Chookagian 

Jared Gooden 

Maki Pitolo

Matt Sayles

Boxing on February 19th

Plaza Monumental de Playas de Tijuana

Golden Boy on DAZN

Jaime Munguia v. D'Mitrius Ballard 

UFC on April 16th

Lightweight: Drakkar Klose v. Brandon Jenkins 

ONE Championship Updates

Bad Blood on February 11th

Bibiano Fernandes v. John Lineker for Fernandes' bantamweight title

X on March 26th

Atomweight Title Fight: Angela Lee (c) v. Grand Prix winner Stamp Fairtex 

Men's Flyweight Title Fight: Adriano Moraes (c) v. Yuya Wakamatsu

MMA/Muay Thai Mixed Bout: Demetrious Johnson v. Rodtang Jitmuangnon   

UFC 271 on February 12th

Heavyweight: Andrei Arlovski v. Jared Vanderaa

Boxing News

Katie Taylor v. Amanda Serrano is being finalized for April 30th at Madison Square Garden 

Edgar Berlanga v. Steve Rolls is set for March 19th at MSG's Hulu Theater 

Filip Hrgovic v. Tony Yoka is being finalized for an IBF eliminator at heavyweight 

Jessie Vargas v. Liam Smith has been postponed from February 5th  

UFC on April 23rd

Lightweight: Clay Guida v. Claudio Puelles  

USFL Calendar

Player Selection Meeting: February 22nd and 23rd

Start of Training Camps: March 21st 

UFC 270 next weekend

Men's Featherweight: Charles Jourdain will replace Movsar Evloev v. Ilia Topuria 

Heavyweight: Greg Hardy is out of his bout v. Sergey Spivak, who replaced Aleksei Oleinik 

Jack Della Maddalena v. Pete Rodriguez in a battle of UFC newcomers

MLB News

Melky Cabrera has announced his retirement after playing 1,887 games in fifteen seasons  

UFC on February 26th

Women's Flyweight: Priscila Cachoeira will replace Poliana Botelho v. Ji Yeon Kim 

Bare Knuckle FC

KnuckleMania 2 on February 19th 

Inaugural Women's Flyweight Title Fight: Britain Hart v. Christine Ferea 

Chad Mendes promotional debut v. Joshuah Alvarez 

UFC 273 on April 9th

Middleweight: Kelvin Gastelum v. Nassourdine Imavov 

Heavyweight: Jairzinho Rozenstruik v. Marcin Tybura 

Indian Super League

Kerala Blasters def. Odisha FC 2-0 

Coppa Italia

Atalanta def. Venezia 2-0 to move into the quarterfinals

English League One

Crewe Alexandra def. Charlton Athletic 2-1 

Africa Cup of Nations- Day Three

Mali def. Tunisia 1-0

Gambia def. Mauritania 1-0

Ivory Coast def. Equatorial Guinea 1-0  

Spanish Supercopa- Semifinals

Real Madrid def. Barcelona 3-2 in added extra time

Premier League

West Ham def. Norwich City 2-0

Italian Supercoppa

Inter Milan def. Juventus 2-1 with a goal in the 121st minute 

English Carabao Cup- Semifinals

Chelsea def. Tottenham 1-0 and advance 3-0 on aggregate  

UFC 273 on April 9th

Men's Featherweight Title Fight: Alexander Volkanovski v. Chan Sung Jung

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

Strawweight: Mackenzie Dern v. Tecia Torres 

UFC this weekend

Charles Rosa will replace Gabriel Benitez v. TJ Brown 

Kevin Croom will most likely replace Saidyokub Kakhramonov v. Brian Kelleher 

UFC on March 26th

Women's Flyweight: Joanne Wood v. Alexa Grasso 

Men's Flyweight: Matheus Nicolau v. David Dvorak

Women's Bantamweight: Sara McMann v. Karol Rosa

Middleweight: Aliaskhab Khizriev v. Abusupiyan Magomedov 

Men's Featherweight: Nate Landwehr v. Lerone Murphy 

UFC 270 next weekend

Michel Pereira v. Andre Fialho (rescheduled from this weekend) 

Silvana Gomez Juarez v. Vanesa Demopoulos (rescheduled from this weekend) 

Ilia Topuria v. TBD after the withdrawal of Movsar Evloev  

UFC 272 on March 5th

Welterweight Main Event: Jorge Masvidal v. Colby Covington 

NHL News

G Tuukka Rask has signed a one-year contract with Boston 

D Jon Merrill has signed a three-year extension with Minnesota 

UFC on February 19th

Lightweight: Rafael Fiziev v. Rafael dos Anjos 

Boxing on January 29th

Trevor Bryan v. Jonathan Guidry 

Rene Tellez Giron v. Luis Melendez 

UFC on March 12th

Lightweight: Drew Dober v. Ricky Glenn 

Africa Cup of Nations

Day One

Cameroon def. Burkina Faso 2-1

Cape Verde def. Ethiopia 1-0 

Day Two

Senegal def. Zimbabwe 1-0

Guinea def. Malawi 1-0

Morocco def. Ghana 1-0

Gabon def. Comoros 1-0 

Day Three

Algeria v. Sierra Leone

Nigeria v. Egypt

Sudan v. Guinea-Bissau 

English FA Cup

Third Round -- Fourth Round

1. Barnsley 

2. Boreham Wood 

3. Bournemouth 

4. Brentford

5. Brighton & Hove Albion 

6. Cambridge United

7. Cardiff City 

8. Chelsea

9. Coventry City 

10. Crystal Palace

11. Everton

12. Hartlepool United 

13. Huddersfield Town

14. Kidderminster Harriers  

15. Leicester City 

16. Liverpool 

17. Luton Town 

18. Manchester City  

19. Manchester United 

20. Middlesbrough 

21. Norwich City 

22. Nottingham Forest 

23. Peterborough United

24. Plymouth Argyle

25. Queens Park Rangers

26. Southampton 

27. Stoke City 

28. Tottenham 

29. West Ham 

30. Wigan Athletic 

31. Wolverhampton

Bellator 274 on February 19th

Welterweight Co-Main: Andrey Koreshkov v. Mukhamed Berkhamov

*Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut

2022 Combat Sports Retirements

Kash Farooq (boxing), who will take on the role of Head of Talent at St. Andrew's Sporting Club   

UFC this weekend

Muslim Salikhov has withdrawn from a scheduled bout v. Michel Pereira 

Bellator on January 29th

Men's Featherweight: Weber Almeida v. Josh Wright 

UFC 270 next weekend

Alexa Grasso won't be competing on the card after the withdrawal of Viviane Araujo, her originally scheduled opponent 

Showtime FC

For their February 11th debut, Jacob Kilburn v. Lucas Alexander has been set as the featherweight main event 

UFC 273

Welterweight: Kevin Holland v. Alex Oliveira 

*Holland's first bout at welterweight since 2017 

Boxing News

IBF champ Kiko Martinez will defend his featherweight strap against Josh Warrington on February 26th 

The Jermell Charlo-Brian Castano rematch will move from February 26th to either March 12th or 19th

The Fury-Whyte purse bid has been moved back to Tuesday the 18th 

Daniel Jacobs v. John Ryder on February 12th will take place at London's Alexandria Palace 

Jose Pedraza v. Jose Ramirez has been moved from February 5th to March 4th  

Boxing this weekend

Joe Smith Jr will face Steven Geffrard after Callum Johnson withdrew 

Bellator News

Signed to the roster

Lightweight: Tofiq Musayev 

Men's Bantamweight: Richard Palencia 

Women's Flyweight: Justine Kish 

Yaroslav Amosov v. Michael Page in London for Amosov's welterweight title is being finalized for the April/May/June timeframe 

UFC 273 on April 9th

Women's Flyweight: Miesha Tate v. Lauren Murphy 

UFC on March 26th

Welterweight: Matt Brown v. Bryan Barberena 

UFC on February 19th

Lightweight: Jim Miller v. Nikolas Motta 

UFC 271 on February 12th

Lightweight: Nasrat Haqparast v. Bobby Green  

Heavyweight: Derrick Lewis v. Tai Tuivasa 

UFC on March 12th

Women's Flyweight: Ariane Lipski v. JJ Aldrich 

Bellator on February 25th

Women's Featherweight: Sinead Kavanagh v. Leah McCourt

Boxing on March 5th

Juan Francisco Estrada v. Roman Gonzalez rematch

Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California 

PFL News

Despite an 0-2 record in the promotion, former UFC lightweight champ Anthony Pettis will return for the 2022 season 

Coupe de France

Who's in the Round of 16?

1. Amiens 

2. Brest

3. Marseilles 

4. Monaco 

5. Montpellier 

6. Nantes

7. Paris Saint-Germain 

8. Racing Club de Lens 

9. Reims 

10. Saint-Etienne 

11. Toulouse

Copa del Rey

(Some of the) Round of 16 Qualifiers

1. Barcelona

2. Espanyol 

3. Mallorca

4. Rayo Vallecano 

5. Real Betis 

6. Real Madrid 

7. Real Sociedad 

8. Valencia

Bellator 275 on February 25th

Brett Johns v. 8-0 Khurshed Kakhorov 

Boxing Fight Announcements

Chris Eubank Jr v. Liam Williams and Claressa Shields v. Ema Kozin will now take place February 5th. This is the second rescheduling after they were originally scheduled for December 11th, then January 29th, then the new date after all January boxing cards in the UK have been postponed 

UFC 272 on March 5th

Men's Featherweight Title Fight: Alexander Volkanovski v. Max Holloway 3

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

Soccer News

Everton have signed right-back Nathan Patterson from Rangers on a reported five-year deal 

Bare Knuckle FC

BKFC Fight Night: Jackson on January 29th from the Jackson Convention Center in Jackson, Mississippi

Former UFC middleweight Alan Belcher v. Bobo O'Bannon 

KnuckleMania 2, expected to take place on February 19th at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida

Main Event: Julian Lane v. Mike Perry 

Chad Mendes v. TBD opponent (Mendes challenged for interim UFC featherweight gold at UFC 189)

Luis Palomino v. Martin Brown for Palomino's lightweight title 

Britain Beltran (nee Hart) v. TBD opponent for a BKFC women's title 

NHL News

Blackhawks -- Penguins: F Alex Nylander

Penguins -- Blackhawks: F Sam Lafferty 

UFC 270 on January 22nd

Men's Bantamweight: Raoni Barcelos v. Victor Henry (rescheduled from last month) 

UFC next weekend

Joaquin Buckley v. Abdul Razak Alhassan is off the card due to undisclosed reasons 

UFC on February 19th 

Light Heavyweight: Johnny Walker v. Jamahal Hill 

Boxing News

Super featherweight Alycia Baumgardner and junior welterweight Liam Paro have signed with Matchroom 

NFL News

The Washington Football Team will unveil a new name and logo on February 2nd 

UFC on March 12th

Men's Featherweight: Sodiq Yusuff v. Alex Caceres

Light Heavyweight: Azamat Murzakanov v. Tafon Nchukwi 

UFC on March 26th

Men's Bantamweight: Montel Jackson v. Danaa Batgerel  

UFC on April 16th

Lightweight: Nikolas Motta v. Drakkar Klose 

NFL Draft

North Carolina QB Sam Howell and Cincinatti CB Ahmad Gardner have joined Southern Cal WR Drake London and Oklahoma RB Kennedy Brooks in declaring 

Heavyweight Boxing

Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte have until January 11th to come to terms on a bout, otherwise a purse bid will leave Fury the beneficiary of an 80/20 split 

MLS News

After the expansion draft, Charlotte FC has kept F McKinzie Gaines, D Anton Walkes and FB Joseph Mora 

College Football

Nebraska LB JoJo Domann has finished his Cornhusker career with 200+ total tackles in 51 appearances 

NHL Milestones

Alex Ovechkin has now scored more power-play goals than anyone in NHL history with his 275th 

Basketball News

Sixteen-year WNBA vet and six-time All-Star Becky Hammon is close to becoming the new HC of the Las Vegas Aces as part of a five-year deal 

UFC on February 5th

Women's Bantamweight: Alexis Davis v. Julija Stoliarenko

Combat Sports News

Pieter Buist has signed with Bellator and will debut in their lightweight division at some point this year 

UFC 273 on April 9th

Expected location: Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York

*Targeted bout at women's bantamweight: Aspen Ladd v. Irene Aldana  

Bellator on February 25th

6-0 Khasan Magomedsharipov v. Jose Sanchez

UFC on February 26th

Light Heavyweight: Ryan Spann v. Ion Cutelaba

NFL News

Oklahoma RB Kennedy Brooks has joined Southern Cal WR Drake London in declaring for the 2022 draft   

UFC on March 5th

Strawweight: Marina Rodriguez v. Yan Xiaonan  

Boxing News

Heavyweight: Tony Yoka v. Martin Bakole, originally scheduled for the 15th of this month, has been postponed indefinitely 

Super Flyweight: Kazuto Ioka will defend his IBF title against Fernando Daniel Martinez on either February 5th or 19th

Terri Harper will move from super featherweight to lightweight for a planned return in March