Boxing News

Juan Francisco Estrada v. Joshua Franco has been moved back to August 20th 

2022-23 NCAA Men's Basketball

Cornell will travel to Syracuse in December, either on the 17th or 27th 

PFL 6 on Friday

Kaitlin Young replaces Julia Budd against Kayla Harrison in the main event 

Combat Sports News

Rogerio Bontorin is no longer on the UFC roster after six appearances in the Octagon. He won both of his UFC appearances in 2019 over Magomed Bibulatov and Raulian Paiva 

Boxing on August 27th

Top Rank on ESPN Main Event: Jose Pedraza v. Richard Commey

UFC on September 17th

Middleweight: Gregory Rodrigues v. Chidi Njokuani

Heavyweight: Tanner Boser v. Rodrigo Nascimento  

Boxing on August 6th

Women's Minimumweight: Seniesa Estrada WBA title defense v. Anabel Ortiz 

Jake Paul v. Tommy Fury and Amanda Serrano v. Brenda Carbajal 

Boxing on September 10th

Undisputed Showdown: Claressa Shields v. Savannah Marshall  

Boxing on September 4th

Heavyweight on PBC on Fox PPV: Andy Ruiz Jr v. Luis Ortiz 

2026 World Cup

Host Stadiums

Arrowhead Stadium (Kansas City, Missouri) 

AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas)

BC Place (Vancouver) 

BMO Field (Toronto)

Estadio Akron (Guadalajara) 

Estadio Azteca (Mexico City) 

Estadio BBVA Bancomer (Monterrey) 

Gillette 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)

NRG Stadium (Houston, Texas) 

SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, California)

Paris 2024 Updates

The 2023 FIBA World Cup will be one of the qualifiers for men's basketball, and with qualifying competition resuming on the 30th of this month several teams have moved a step closer to the Paris field: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Dominican Republic, Georgia, Great Britain, Greece, Iceland, India, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Phillipines, Puerto Rico, Serbia, Spain, Turkey, United States, Uruguay and Venezuela (France is also into the second round of WC qualification but are the host nation for the Olympics and therefore are already qualified) 

For the first time in Olympic history, boxing will be fully gender-equal, with 124 men's and 124 women's spots up for grabs across thirteen weight categories (seven for men and six for women- this averages to about nineteen per weight category). Men will compete in the 51, 57, 63.5, 71, 80, 92 and +92 kilos and women will compete in the 50, 54, 57, 60, 66 and 75 kilo categories. 

The 69-kilo category for both men and women has been removed 

Olympic-by-Olympic Progression

Rio 2016: ten weight classes for men and three for women

Tokyo 2020: eight weight classes for men and five for women

Paris 2024: seven weight classes for men and six for women 

Paris 2024 will also be the first gender-balanced Olympics (half male and half female participants)

Two mixed events will be added (twenty as compared to eighteen in Tokyo)  

Weightlifting is seeing a decrease in quota places from the Tokyo numbers and over a hundred from the Rio numbers. Just 120 weightlifters will compete in Paris after 196 in Tokyo and over 200 in Rio. There will be ten events in total with five each for men and women. The men's categories will be 61, 73, 89, 102 and +102 kilos, while the women's categories will be the 49, 59, 71, 81 and +81 kilos. 

Bare Knuckle FC 28 on August 27th

Women's Flyweight Title Fight: Christine Ferea v. Taylor Starling 

UFC on July 16th

Welterweight: Phil Rowe v. Abubakar Nurmagomedov 

UFC on August 13th

Men's Bantamweight Main Event: Dominick Cruz v. Marlon Vera

Combat Sports News

UFC and WEC veteran Eddie Wineland has officially announced his retirement, ending a 41-fight career stretching back to 2003 

UFC on October 1st

Men's Bantamweight: Guido Cannetti v. Randy Costa (joining Tabatha Ricci v. Cheyanne Vlismas at strawweight)  

Boxing on August 20th

Oleksandr Usyk v. Anthony Joshua heavyweight rematch for the WBA, IBF and WBO belts in Saudi Arabia 

UFC on August 6th

Light Heavyweight: Misha Cirkunov v. Shamil Gamzatov 

UFC London on July 23rd

Lightweight: Jai Herbert v. Kyle Nelson 

Men's Featherweight: Nathaniel Wood v. Charles Rosa 

UFC on September 17th

Men's Bantamweight Main Event: Cory Sandhagen v. Song Yadong

Men's Featherweight: Andre Fili v. Lando Vannata and Damon Jackson v. Pat Sabatini

Invicta FC 48 on July 20th

Bantamweight Title Fight Main Event: Taneisha Tennant v. Olga Rubin   

Boxing on August 6th

Super Lightweight: Dalton Smith v. Sam O'Maison (vacant British title) 

Welterweight: Vergil Ortiz Jr v. Michael McKinson

Upcoming Army-Navy Games

2023: Foxborough, Massachusetts- Boston area (250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party; 225th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the USS Constitution) 

2024: Landover, Maryland- DC area (125th game in the series) 

2025: Baltimore, Maryland (Fort McHenry as the backdrop)

2026: East Rutherford, New Jersey (25th anniversary of 9/11) 

2027: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (also this years' host on December 10th)   

Boxing News

Matchroom is heading to Australia in September with 22-0 Liam Paro v. 20-0 Brock Jarvis as the main event. Australian Skye Nicholson will make her home debut and the card will also feature 21-0 Dempsey McKean  

UFC on August 20th

Men's Bantamweight: Jose Aldo v. Merab Dvalishvili 

Boxing on July 2nd

Heavyweight: Joe Joyce v. Christian Hammer for the WBO International and WBC Silver titles

UFC on September 10th

Men's Bantamweight Title Fight: Aljamain Sterling v. TJ Dillashaw 

Combat Sports News

Greg Hardy has signed with Bare Knuckle FC after going 4-5 with one no-contest with the UFC. Hardy is scheduled to have his pro boxing debut in October

Boxing on July 23rd

Featherweight Final Eliminator: Joet Gonzalez v. Isaac Dogboe  

UFC Paris on September 3rd

Strawweight: Jessica Andrade v. Manon Fiorot (Andrade replaces Katlyn Chookagian) 

Combat Sports Retirements

Zabit Magomedsharipov finishes his MMA career 18-1, including a perfect 6-0 in the Octagon, and on a fourteen-fight win streak  

Bellator 284 on August 12th

Welterweight Main Event: Neiman Gracie v. Goiti Yamauchi 

Heavyweight: Valentin Moldavsky v. 10-0 Steve Mowry 

Women's Flyweight: Ilima-Lei Macfarlane v. Bruna Ellen 

UFC on August 6th

Welterweight: Bryan Battle v. Takashi Sato (Battle's welterweight debut)

Bellator 283 on July 22nd

Lightweight Title Fight Main Event: Patricky Freire v. Sidney Outlaw  

UFC 277 on July 30th

Men's Flyweight: Alex Perez v. Alexandre Pantoja (Perez was originally booked against Askar Askarov for July 16th)

*Pantoja will also be the backup fighter for Moreno v. Kara-France co-main 

UFC 278 on August 20th

Welterweight Title Fight Main Event: Kamaru Usman v. Leon Edwards 2 

UFC on October 1st

Strawweight: Cheyanne Vlismas v. Tabatha Ricci

NCAA Men's Basketball

UCLA will be at Maryland on December 14th of this year  

Maryland will travel to UCLA on December 22nd of next year 

UFC 277 on July 30th

Lightweight: Ignacio Bahamondes v. Ludovit Klein 

Bare Knuckle FC on August 20th

Welterweight: Michael Page v. Mike Perry 

2026 World Cup

The venues will be revealed on Thursday. Stadiums still in the running include Lumen Field, Nissan Stadium, AT&T Stadium, Empower Field at Mile High, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, M&T Bank Stadium, Levi's Stadium, SoFi Stadium, Camping World Stadium, Lincoln Financial Field, MetLife Stadium, NRG Stadium, Arrowhead Stadium, Paul Brown Stadium, Gilette Stadium, BMO Field, BC Place, Estadio Azteca and Estadio BBVA 

U21 Euros Qualifying

Italy v. Ireland on Tuesday

With both teams guaranteed top-two finishes in the group, Ireland will win the group if they can defeat Italy; meanwhile, Italy only needs a draw to finish on top

PFL 5 on the 24th of this month

Bruno Capelozza v. Matheus Scheffel 

Anthony Pettis v. Stevie Ray 

Chris Wade v. Kyle Bochniak 

Renan Ferreira v. Klidson Abreu

Ante Delija v. Stuart Austin

Denis Goltsov v. Sam Kei 

Ali Isaev v. Jamelle Jones

Bubba Jenkins v. Saba Bolaghi

Brendan Loughnane v. Boston Salmon 

Alejandro Flores v. Ryoji Kudo     

UFC on the 25th of this month

Men's Bantamweight: Brian Kelleher v. Mario Bautista 

UFC on August 13th

Women's Flyweight: Alexa Grasso (ninth) v. Viviane Araujo (eleventh)  

Combat Sports News

Greg Hardy (7-5 as a mixed martial artist with UFC wins over Dmitriy Smolyakov, Juan Adams, Yorgan De Castro and Maurice Greene) will have his pro boxing debut October 8th against a TBD opponent 

CONCACAF Nations League

Saint Lucia def. Dominica 1-0

Saint Kitts def. Aruba 3-2

Guadalupe def. Barbados 1-0

Belize and French Guyana tied 1-1

Puerto Rico def. Cayman Islands 3-0 

Cuba def. Antigua & Barbuda 2-0

Panama def. Martinique 5-0

Canada def. Curacao 4-0 behind two goals from Alphonso Davies 

U21 Euros Qualifying

Slovenia def. Andorra 2-0 

Sweden and Italy tied 1-1; this result means that Sweden has been eliminated from continental qualifying for Paris 2024 men's soccer 

Ukraine and France tied 3-3; this result means that France moves on to the final tournament as Group H winners and Ukraine will finish runner-up in the group and will have to go through the playoff stage  

UEFA Nations League

Gibraltar and Bulgaria tied 1-1

Greece def. Cyprus 3-0

Kosovo def. Northern Ireland 3-2

Estonia def. Malta 2-1

Georgia def. North Macedonia 3-0

Norway and Slovenia tied 0-0

Portugal def. Czech Republic 2-0 

Serbia def. Sweden 1-0

Spain def. Switzerland 1-0 

U21 Euros Qualifying

Finland def. Azerbaijan 3-0

Lithuania and Northern Ireland tied 1-1

Faroe Islands and Serbia tied 1-1

Israel def. San Marino 2-0 

Hungary def. Latvia 2-0 

Germany def. Poland 2-1; this result means that Israel makes the playoff round and Poland finishes third

Netherlands def. Gibraltar 6-0

Spain def. Malta 7-1

England def. Albania 3-0 

Portugal def. Liechtenstein 9-0  

Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying

Burkina Faso def. Swaziland 3-1

Zambia def. Comoros 2-1

Cape Verde def. Togo 2-0

Senegal def. Rwanda 1-0 

CONCACAF Nations League

Guyana def. Bermuda 2-1 

Asia World Cup Qualifying

Australia def. UAE 2-1 and will face Peru next week 

UFC on ABC 3 on July 16th

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

Men's Flyweight: Askar Askarov v. Alexandre Pantoja 

Men's Featherweight: Shane Burgos v. Charles Jourdain

Strawweight: Emily Ducote v. Jessica Penne

Bare Knuckle FC

Former UFC title challenger John Dodson has signed with the promotion and is expected to have his debut bout August 27th in Albuquerque 

Bec Rawlings (3-0 in bare-knuckle) will make her return on the 24th of this month at BKFC 26 in a rematch against Britain Hart (their first bout was at BKFC 2 in 2018) 

ONE Championship on August 26th

Amazon Prime debut

Flyweight Main Event: Adriano Moraes v. Demetrious Johnson rematch 

UFC on October 1st

Women's Bantamweight: Leah Letson v. Chelsea Chandler 

UFC on September 10th

Strawweight: Hannah Cifers v. Melissa Martinez (joining Norma Dumont v. Danyelle Wolf at featherweight)  

Bellator Dublin on September 23rd

Women's Featherweight: Leah McCourt v. Dayana Silva  

U21 Euros Qualifying

Portugal def. Belarus 5-1 with Goncalo Ramos tallying his tenth goal of the tournament

Denmark def. Kazakhstan 3-0 

Kosovo def. Andorra 3-0 

Switzerland def. Bulgaria 1-0

La Liga 2

Tenerife def. Las Palmas 2-1 and advance to the promotion final 3-1 on aggregate  

Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying

Namibia and Burundi tied 1-1

Gabon def. DR Congo 1-0

Gambia def. South Sudan 1-0

Niger and Tanzania tied 1-1

Algeria def. Uganda 2-0 

Mali def. Congo 4-0

Mauritania def. Sudan 3-0

Senegal def. Benin 3-1 behind a Sadio Mane hat trick 

CONCACAF Nations League

Bermuda and Haiti tied 0-0

Suriname and Jamaica tied 0-0 

Guyana def. Montserrat 2-1

El Salvador def. Grenada 3-1

NWSL

Chicago def. OL Reign 1-0

Gotham def. Washington 1-0

North Carolina def. Louisville 3-0 

Kansas City and San Diego tied 2-2 

MLS

Vancouver Whitecaps def. Real Salt Lake 2-1  

UEFA Nations League

Armenia def. Ireland 1-0

Finland and Bosnia/Herzegovina tied 1-1

Hungary def. England 1-0

Luxembourg def. Lithuania 2-0

Italy and Germany tied 1-1

Montenegro def. Romania 2-0

Turkey def. Faroe Islands 4-0    

UFC Paris on September 3rd

Heavyweight: Cyril Gane v. Tai Tuivasa

Middleweight: Robert Whittaker v. Marvin Vettori 

Women's Featherweight: Zarah Fairn v. Ailin Perez (one week before Norma Dumont v. Danyelle Wolf) 

Heavyweight Boxing

July 2nd: Hughie Fury v. Michael Hunter in a WBA final eliminator

Combat Sports News

Tainara Lisboa has signed with the UFC and will compete in the bantamweight division  

La Liga 2

Tenerife have a 1-0 lead over Las Palmas heading into the second leg of their promotion semifinal 

USL League One

Richmond Kickers def. Chattanooga Red Wolves 3-0 

U21 Euros Qualifying 

Belarus def. Cyprus 2-0 

Ukraine def. Faroe Islands 4-0 for their fifth win of the tournament; the result keeps them on track for the playoffs while it means the Faroe Islands have been eliminated

USL Championship

Rio Grande Valley Toros def. Atlanta United 2 4-3

Tulsa FC and Tampa Bay Rowdies tied 1-1  

Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying

Angola def. Central African Republic 2-1

Libya def. Botswana 1-0

Ghana def. Madagascar 3-0 

NWSL

Washington Spirit and Chicago Red Stars tied 1-1 

UEFA Nations League

Poland def. Wales 2-1 

*In other Nations League news, Russia have been DQd and have been automatically relegated down to League C 

CONMEBOL-UEFA Cup of Champions

Argentina def. Italy 3-0 with Paulo Dybala scoring in second-half stoppage time 

World Cup Qualifying

Ukraine def. Scotland 3-1 and will face Wales on Sunday for a spot in the WC field