The next Club World Cup is still with a time TBD, but we're getting a clearer picture of the teams that will be competing. 

1. The top three teams from the CAF Champions League

That's the two finalists (Al Ahly and Wydad AC) effectively automatically and either ES Setif or Petro de Luanda 

2. The top two teams in the AFC Champions League will also qualify automatically

Sixteen teams remain in: Al-Duhail, Al-Faisaly, Al-Hilal, Al-Rayan, Al-Shabab, BG Pathum United, Daegu FC, Foolad, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, Johur Darul Ta'zim, Kitchee, Nasaf Qarshi, Shabab Al-Ahli, Urawa Red Dragons, Vissel Kobe and Yokohama F. Marinos 

*Half of the Round of 16 games will be in August with the other half in February 

UFC on September 10th

Women's Featherweight: Norma Dumont v. Danyelle Wolf 

UFC 278 on August 28th

Men's Bantamweight: Aori Quileng (UFC bantamweight debut) v. Jay Perrin 

Bellator Dublin on September 23rd

Men's Featherweight Main Card Opener: Mads Burnell v. Pedro Carvalho

Bare Knuckle FC 26 on June 24th

Jimmie Rivera (bare-knuckle debut with 23 wins in MMA) v. Howard Davis (2-0 under the BKFC banner) 

UFC London on July 23rd

Lightweight: Paddy Pimblett v. Jordan Leavitt and Marc Diakiese v. Damir Hadzovic

Men's Featherweight: Makwan Amirkhani v. Jonathan Pearce   

UFC on July 16th

Men's Featherweight Main Event: Brian Ortega v. Yair Rodriguez 

UFC on June 25th

Lightweight Main Event: Arman Tsarukyan v. Mateusz Gamrot 

UFC this weekend

Strawweight Main Card Opener: Felice Herrig v. Karolina Kowalkiewicz 2 (rematch from UFC 223 in April 2018) 

UFC News

Paulo Costa v. Luke Rockhold is moving from UFC 277 on July 30th to a card on August 20th 

Professional Fighters League

The regular season will resume at Atlanta's Overtime Elite Arena on June 17th and 24th and July 1st 

2022 Postseason

August 5th (Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden)

August 13th (Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales- SmartCage overseas debut)

The third postseason card will be at London's Copper Box 

2022-23 English League Championship

Birmingham City 

Blackburn Rovers

Blackpool 

Bristol City  

Burnley

Cardiff City 

Coventry City 

**Huddersfield Town** 

Hull City 

Luton Town

Middlesbrough  

Millwall 

Norwich City

Preston North End 

Queens Park Rangers

Reading 

Sheffield United

Stoke City

Swansea City  

Watford

West Bromwich Albion 

And the three promoted teams from League One

*Italics = relegated from Premier League 

*Double Asterisks = lost promotion playoff final 

Relegated to League One: Barnsley, Derby County and Peterborough 

2022-23 Premier League

Arsenal 

Aston Villa

Bournemouth

Brentford 

Brighton & Hove Albion 

Chelsea 

Crystal Palace 

Everton

Fulham

Leeds United

Leicester City 

Liverpool

Manchester City 

Manchester United

Newcastle United

Nottingham Forest 

Southampton 

Tottenham 

West Ham 

Wolverhampton 

NWSL action this evening will see Orlando face Washington; Malaysia (over Brunei), Bahrain (over Myanmar) and Thailand (over Turkmenistan) picked up international friendly victories; The NBA Finals will see the Warriors facing off against either the Heat or the Celtics; Women's soccer qualifying for Paris 2024 will continue in July with the CONCACAF W Championship, with the overall winner qualifying for the Olympics and the semifinalists moving to next year's World Cup; As the inaugural Europa Conference League champs, Roma claims their first European title since the sixties; Formula 1 will be in Monaco on Sunday; Hertha Berlin will remain in the Bundesliga next season; Paddy Pimblett is scheduled for another bout at UFC London; Huddersfield Town v. Nottingham Forest on Sunday with the winner joining Fulham and Bournemouth in the Premier League next season; Africa Cup of Nations qualifying will resume in the next couple of days; Air Force has their first pitcher with ten wins in a season since 1994; Qualifying for the U21 Euros will resume on Wednesday; Melbourne will host the short-course world championships in December, replacing the Russian city of Kazan; The hosting stadiums for the 2026 World Cup will be unveiled on June 16th; Montenegro has replaced Russia in Group A of September's EuroBasket tournament

World Cup 2026

The host venues will be revealed on June 16th 

Which stadiums are still in the running? 

Arrowhead Stadium (Kansas City, Missouri) 

AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas)

BC Place (Vancouver) 

BMO Field (Toronto) 

Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida) 

Commonwealth Stadium (Edmonton) 

Empower Field at Mile High (Denver, Colorado)

Estadio Akron (Guadalajara) 

Estadio Azteca (Mexico City) 

Estadio BBVA (Monterrey) 

Gilette Stadium (Foxborough, Massachusetts) 

Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida) 

Levi's Stadium (Santa Clara, California) 

Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 

Lumen Field (Seattle, Washington) 

Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, Georgia) 

MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford, New Jersey) 

M&T Bank Stadium (Baltimore, Maryland)

Nissan Stadium (Nashville, Tennessee) 

NRG Stadium (Houston, Texas) 

Paul Brown Stadium (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Rose Bowl (Pasadena, California) 

SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, California) 

World Cup 2026

The host venues will be revealed on June 16th 

UFC on July 9th

Men's Bantamweight: Ricky Turcios v. Aiemann Zahabi

Middleweight Boxing

Canelo Alvarez v. Gennadiy Golovkin 3 for the title of undisputed champion is set for September 17th  

UFC 277 on July 30th

Women's Bantamweight Title Fight: Julianna Pena v. Amanda Nunes 2

Interim Men's Flyweight Title Fight: Brandon Moreno v. Kai Kara-France 2

Heavyweight: Derrick Lewis v. Sergei Pavlovich 

Middleweight: Paulo Costa v. Luke Rockhold 

Light Heavyweight: Magomed Ankalaev v. Anthony Smith  

The Basketball Tournament

NYC's Rucker Park will host regional action from July 16th through the 20th 

UFC on August 6th

Middleweight: Sam Alvey v. Michael Oleksiejczuk 

UFC on June 25th

Light Heavyweight: Tafon Nchukwi v. Carlos Ulberg 

UFC 275 on June 11th

Welterweight: Jake Matthews v. Andre Fialho 

UFC on August 13th

Middleweight: Gerald Meerschaert v. Bruno Silva 

Women's Bantamweight: Sara McMann v. Aspen Ladd 

UFC Paris on September 3rd

Potential Middleweight Bout: Robert Whittaker v. Marvin Vettori

UFC Contender Series this year

First fight card will be July 26th and the last of ten events will be September 27th  

UFC 276 on July 2nd

Lightweight: Brad Riddell v. Jalin Turner 

UFC on July 16th

Men's Featherweight: Billy Quarantillo v. Bill Algeo 

Men's Bantamweight: Jack Shore v. Ricky Simon 

Who's still in contention of competing at Paris 2024?

Men's Soccer- Europe Qualifier

First Round -- Second Round (U21 Qualifiers -- U21 Final Tournament)

Belgium, Georgia, Romania, Spain

*Georgia and Romania as co-hosts; Belgium and Spain as group winners  

Who still has a shot? 

Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine

Women's Soccer- CONCACAF Qualifier

Who still has a shot?

Canada, Costa Rica, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, United States

UFC 276 on July 2nd

Lightweight: Jim Miller v. Bobby Green (the duo have collectively appeared 58 times in the Octagon)

UFC on August 6th

Welterweight: Vicente Luque v. Geoff Neal 

Lightweight: Terrance McKinney v. Erick Gonzalez 

UFC London on July 23rd

Light Heavyweight: Alexander Gustafsson v. Nikita Krylov and Paul Craig v. Volkan Oezdemir 

Women's Flyweight: Molly McCann v. Hannah Goldy and Mandy Bohm v. Victoria Leonardo  

UFC on June 18th 

Rebooked Lightweight Bout: Donald Cerrone v. Joe Lauzon 

UFC on July 16th

Men's Featherweight: Herbert Burns v. Khusein Ashkabov (first of Burns' new four-fight deal) 

Strawweight: Michelle Waterson v. Amanda Lemos 

Bellator Dublin on September 23rd

Men's Bantamweight: James Gallagher v. Brett Johns  

UFC 277 on July 30th

Men's Flyweight Interim Title: Brandon Moreno v. Kai Kara-France rematch 

Lightweight: Carlos Diego Ferreira v. Drakkar Klose 

Light Heavyweight: Magomed Ankalaev v. Anthony Smith 

Combat Sports News

Daniel Cormier has been announced for this year's class of the UFC Hall of Fame, joining Khabib Nurmagomedov

UEFA U21 Euros

Russia has been officially DQd from the group stage and their results declared null and void, meaning they're most likely out of the running for men's soccer qualifying for Paris 2024   

UFC 277 on July 30th

Middleweight: Luke Rockhold v. Paulo Costa 

NFL International Games this Season

October 2nd at London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium: Saints v. Vikings

October 9th at London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium: Packers v. Giants 

October 30th at London's Wembley Stadium: Jaguars v. Broncos 

November 13th at Munich's Allianz Arena: Buccaneers v. Seahawks

November 21st at Mexico City's Estadio Azteca: Cardinals v. 49ers  

UFC on June 4th

Lightweight: Joe Solecki v. Alex da Silva 

UFC on June 25th

Lightweight: Arman Tsarukyan v. Mateusz Gamrot

NCAA Baseball

Patriot League Semifinals this weekend: Army-West Point v. Holy Cross

Doubleheader on Saturday with an if-necessary third game on Sunday  

UFC on July 9th

Lightweight: Rafael dos Anjos v. Rafael Fiziev 

NCAA Women's Lacrosse this weekend

D1 First Round on Friday: Loyola-Maryland v. Mount Saint Mary's and James Madison v. Connecticut with the winners facing off on Sunday 

UFC 276 on July 2nd

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

Middleweight Title Fight: Israel Adesanya v. Jared Cannonier 

Bellator on July 8th

Welterweight: Douglas Lima v. Jason Jackson (rebooked from Friday) 

UFC on August 6th

Light Heavyweight Main Event: Thiago Santos v. Jamahal Hill 

UFC 275 on June 11th

Men's Flyweight: Manel Kape v. Rogerio Bontorin 

NCAA Men's Lacrosse

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Semifinals

Marist v. Manhattan

Siena v. Saint Bonaventure

UFC on September 3rd

Heavyweight: Ciryl Gane v. Tai Tuivasa  

College Sports News

Mount St. Mary's will join the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference beginning next season (their membership will be effective on July 1st), switching from the Northeast Conference 

*This comes after news that Loyola-Chicago is switching conferences (Missouri Valley to Atlantic-10) 

NCAA Men's Tennis

Skyline Conference Semifinal: Manhattanville v. US Merchant Marine Academy 

UFC on July 16th

Middleweight: Punahele Soriano v. Dalcha Lungiambula 

NCAA Baseball

Emory closed out their regular season with a share of the UAA title and will wait until next Monday to see if they make the D3 field

UFC 276 on July 2nd

Welterweight: Robbie Lawler v. Bryan Barberena

Middleweight: Sean Strickland v. Alex Pereira (moved up from UFC 277 on July 30th) 

Men's Bantamweight: Sean O'Malley v. Pedro Munhoz  

NCAA Men's Lacrosse

Patriot League Semifinals- Friday

1-Seed Boston University v. Lehigh 

2-Seed Army-West Point v. Loyola-Maryland

Bellator 282 on June 24th

Women's Featherweight: Cat Zingano v. Pam Sorensen  

NCAA Men's Tennis

D1 Tournament- Friday

Navy v. North Carolina

Princeton v. Arizona 

WNBA News

The All-Star Game this year will be in Chicago on July 10th (1p Eastern/10a Pacific on ABC) 

NCAA Men's Volleyball- NCAA Tournament

Sunday, May 1st

North Greenville def. Princeton 3-0 

Tuesday, May 3rd

Hawaii def. North Greenville 3-0 

UCLA def. Pepperdine 3-1

Thursday, May 5th

Long Beach State v. UCLA

Ball State v. Hawaii 

English League Championship

Bournemouth def. Nottingham Forest 1-0 and secure promotion back to the Premier League

Scottish Premiership Promotion/Relegation Playoffs

First Leg: Inverness-Caledonian Thistle def. Partick Thistle 2-1  

A-League Men

Central Coast Mariners def. Brisbane Roar 2-0 

UEFA Champions League

Liverpool def. Villareal 3-2 and advance to the final 5-2 on aggregate

*Liverpool will face either Real Madrid or Manchester City in the final 

NCAA Men's Volleyball- NCAA Tournament

Sunday, May 1st

North Greenville def. Princeton 3-0 

Tuesday, May 3rd

Hawaii v. North Greenville 

UCLA v. Pepperdine

Thursday, May 5th

Long Beach State v. UCLA/Pepperdine winner 

NCAA Men's Volleyball

NCAA Tournament

North Greenville def. Princeton in straight sets to become the first Conference Carolinas team to win a match at this level. They will face Hawaii tomorrow 

NCAA Women's Tennis

D1 Tournament Qualifiers

Ohio Valley: Southeast Missouri

West Coast Conference: Pepperdine 

NCAA Men's Lacrosse

Atlantic Sun Semifinals on Thursday

Utah v. Bellarmine 

Robert Morris v. Air Force 

UFC on June 18th

Men's Featherweight Main Event: Calvin Kattar v. Josh Emmett 

Bellator 280/Bellator Paris on Saturday

Co-Main: Alex Polizzi will replace Melvin Manhoef against Yoel Romero 

UFC London on July 23rd

Heavyweight Main Event: Curtis Blaydes v. Tom Aspinall 

Middleweight: Darren Till v. Jack Hermansson 

Boxing on August 13th

Heavyweight: Andy Ruiz Jr v. Luis Ortiz