GLOBAL SPORTS AGENDA
Week Preview
Major League Baseball’s World Series will be plaid between the Los Ángeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay, after both won the League “Championship” Series in seven games. The first game is tonight (Tuesday).
In Horse Racing, Japan has its Kikuka Shō (Japanese St. Leger), just a week after Kohei Matsuyama (JAP) rode Daring Tact, to win the Shūka Shō, the sixth horse to ever win the Japanese Filly Triple Crown, and the first to ever do so unbeaten.
Khabib Nurmagomedov (RUS) wants to make a case as #1 MMA Pound for Pound fighter in the world by trying to defend his UFC Lightweight Championship against Justin Gaethje (USA).
In boxing, World Title fights featuring Mexicans are usually spectacle and we will have three from México City this weekend, including the best Super Flyweight in the world, José “Gallito” Estrada (MEX), in a rematch against Carlos Cuadras (MEX) from their fight three years ago. Crowd-pleaser Julio César Martínez (MEX) will try to defend his Flyweight World Title versus last-minute replacement Moisés Calleros (MEX), since Maximino Flores (MEX) tested positive to Covid-19. Former P4P-rated Román González (NIC) might aim for a fight against the winner of Estrada and Cuadras if he is to beat Israel González (MEX).
IndyCar has its title decider and Josef Newgarden (USA, Penske) can still mathematically defend his Championship but it is way more likely that Scott Dixon (NZL) will get his sixth. Formula 1 returns to action in the inaugural race at spectacular Algarve and MotoGP races in Aragón again, after Álex Rins (ESP) became the 8th rider to win this season, which is led by consistent Joan Mir (ESP), who is yet to win.
In Road Cycling, the Giro d’Italia will be decided and the Vuelta a España just started this morning, with a stage win for Primož Roglič (SLO), who wants to redeem his Tour de France’s disappointing second place.
The Winter Sports season is on, as the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup held its first race last week and now the ISU Figure Skating Grand Prix Circuit begins.American Football:
NFL Regular Season
Athletics:
Towerrunning Tour 2020 – International Vertical Marathon PingAn Finance Centre
Aussie Rules Football:
AFL Finals
Auto sport:
Best In The Desert – (Parker, Arizona)
BOSS GP (Imola, ITA) x2
Carrera Panamericana (México)
FIA Formula 1 – Portuguese Grand Prix (Algarve, POR)
IndyCar – (Streets of St. Petersburg, USA)
Intercontinental GT Challenge, GT World Challenge powered by AWS – Spa 24 Hours (Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, BEL)
NASCAR Cup (Texas)
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series (Texas)
NHRA (Houston, Texas)
Super GT (Suzuka, JAP)
World of Outlaws Late Models (Kokomo, USA; Pevely, USA)
World of Outlaws Sprint Cars (Kokomo, USA)
Baseball
Major League Baseball – World Series
Nippon League – Climax Series
KBO Regular Season
Billiards:
World Snooker Tour – Betvictor Championship League
Boxing:
World Boxing Association Super World Super Fly Title – Román González (NIC) vs Israel González (MEX)
World Boxing Council World Super Fly Title – Juan Francisco Estrada (MEX) vs Carlos Cuadras (MEX)
World Boxing Council World Fly Title – Julio César Martínez (NIC) vs Moisés Calleros (MEX)
vacant World Boxing Federation World Female Feather Title – Elina Tissen (GER) vs Pasa Malagic (BIH)
interim International Boxing Federation World Welter Title – Sergey Lipinets (RUS) vs Custio Clayton (CAN)
Cricket:
Indian Premier League Regular Season
Darts:
PDC International Darts Open (ET4)
Equestrian:
FEI Driving World Championship for Singles
FEI Eventing Nations Cup – Italy
eSports:
Arena of Valor (Garena Challenger Series Summer 2020, RoV Pro League 2020 Winter, Arena of Glory Winter 2020)
SMITE Pro League/2020 Season/Phase 2
Global StarCraft II League Season 3 – Semifinals
Quake Pro League Season 2: Stage 1
World Cyber Games 2020 Connected Group Stage
League of Legends World Championship – Semifinals
Figure Skating:
ISU Grand Prix – USA
Golf:
PGA Tour ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP @ SHERWOOD
LPGA Drive On Championship – Reynolds Lake Oconee
Horse Racing:
Manikato Stakes, Ladbrokes Cox Plate (Australia)
Grande Premio ABCPCC, Grande Premio OSAF, Grande Premio São Paulo (Brazil)
Vertem Futurity Trophy Stakes (England)
Criterium International, Criterium De Saint-Cloud, Prix Royal-Oak (France)
XX Clásico Esmeralda, LXXIV Gran Premio Nacional, XXI Hándicap Loma de Sotelo (México)
Kikuka Shō (Japanese St. Leger) (Japan)
Clásico Enrique Ayulo Pardo, Clásico Ricardo Ortiz de Zevallos (Perú)
Ankara Stakes (Turkish St. Leger) (Turkey)
Lion City Cup (Singapore)
Mixed Martial Arts:
UFC Lightweight Championship – Khabib Nurmagomedov (RUS) vs Justin Gaethje (USA)
Motorcycling:
FIM Flat Track World Championship (Boves-Cuneo, ITA)
FIM Motocross World Championship (Lommel, BEL x2)
FIM MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3 World Championship (Aragón, ESP)
Mountain Bike:
UCI CHAMPIONNATS DU MONDE MOUNTAIN BIKE MARATHON
Para Powerlifting:
Online World Cup 5 Results
Polo:
Tortugas Open
Powerboating:
UIM PLEASURE NAVIGATION Class Endurance GR. B World Championship (Como, ITA) x3
Road Cycling:
UCI World Tour Giro d’Italia
UCI World Tour Vuelta a España
UCI World Tour Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
UCI Women’s World Tour Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
Simracing:
eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series
GPVWC
GT Pro Series
Tennis:
WTA Ostrava Open
