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Bayern Munich host Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga game of the weekend. Bayern finished 16 points clear of Borussia Dortmund in claiming their 13th Bundesliga title in the last 14 years last season, and early evidence suggests BVB may serve up the biggest challenge to the brilliant Bavarians again. Bayern and Dortmund have both taken 17 points from their opening seven games, each unbeaten with five wins and two draws, and goals tend to be a common theme in this fixture.

Week 7 brings a huge Sunday night test for Patrick Mahomes as the unbeaten Chiefs travel to Seattle, while Jordan Love’s Packers face the Lions in a key NFC North showdown. Bryce Young’s Panthers host Tampa Bay in an important divisional clash, and Matthew Stafford’s Rams take on the Raiders with both teams needing momentum. We break down the biggest matchups, assess the strongest betting angles across spreads, totals and player props, and look ahead to Cowboys–Eagles on Monday night, with divisional pride and pressure adding another layer to an intriguing slate.

UFC 333 takes place Saturday, October 24 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, and will be headlined by Volkanovski vs Evloev. Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili also meet for a third time in the co-main event. On this episode, Billi breaks down both and gives you his best bet for each of them.

Freiburg made a flying start to the season, going undefeated in their opening nine games and registering eight wins, but the wheels have threatened to come off in recent days following defeats to Leverkusen in the Bundesliga and Monaco in the Conference League.That makes Sunday’s visit of league leaders Bayern Munich all the more inconvenient, with the Bavarians unbeaten in 11 matches across all competitions.Vincent Kompany’s side are not impenetrable though, drawing three of their last four and conceding goals at regular intervals. They will also be rocked by the absence of Kompany, who unexpectedly collapsed at the training ground this afternoon. 

Billi breaks down NFL Week 6, with Matthew Stafford’s Rams facing the Cardinals and Jordan Love’s Packers hosting the Cowboys in the Sunday night showdown. Josh Allen’s Bills take on the Raiders, the Chiefs face the Chargers, and Baltimore meet Cleveland in a key AFC North clash before Washington and San Francisco close the week on Monday Night Football. Expect a betting-focused look at the biggest matchups, injury concerns and player props as Billi picks out his favourite angles and the teams worth backing heading into another packed NFL Sunday. 

After a scintillating fight for the ages in May this year, Daniel Dubois and Fabio Wardley stage an unmissable rematch for the WBO heavyweight title on Saturday, live on DAZN PPV.Those who witnessed their thrilling first encounter will not forget the brutality they witnessed for a long time to come and the return at London’s O2 Arena is must-see tv.Given the respective brilliant knockout ratios and their penchant for violence, fireworks were expected in the first fight and it more than delivered on the hype.


Wardley was the favourite last time, but now finds himself back in familiar territory of being the underdog and having to prove people wrong, something he did with great regularity on his rise up the ranks. The Ipswich man’s ascent from white collar boxer to world champion as a professional is a real-life ‘Rocky‘ story and he has delivered Hollywood moments aplenty already in his remarkable career.

Bayern Munich’s standards are so high that two draws in the space of four days now constitute a crisis. They returned from the international break by conceding the fastest goal in Bundesliga history in a 2-2 draw at Augsburg. The Bavarians then fell 2-0 down in Norway against Viking, before conceding a late equaliser in a 3-3 draw. A quick look at Bayern’s underlying numbers suggests that this crisis won’t last long. They generated 4.96 Expected Goals in their draw at Augsburg, before winning the xG battle 3.29 to 0.72 against Viking.

RB Leipzig know all too well what Bayern are capable of. They lost last season’s Bundesliga meetings between the pair 6-0 at the Allianz Arena and 5-1 at home. Bayern’s two home league games to date have gone to plan, with the Bavarians beating a solid Stuttgart side 5-1 and thumping Union Berlin 7-0, while Leipzig have been vulnerable on the road.

Week 5 brings the NFL back to London, with the Jacksonville Jaguars facing the Philadelphia Eagles in a game that should tell us plenty about both teams’ ambitions. Elsewhere, divisional rivalries take centre stage as the Bears visit Green Bay and the 49ers travel to Seattle, while Houston head to Tennessee desperate to get their season moving. We’ll break down the key matchups, where the pressure is building, and which teams offer the best betting value as the early-season picture starts to become clearer. The primetime slate sees Baltimore visit Atlanta before Josh Allen and the Bills face Matthew Stafford’s Rams on Monday night—a fitting finish to a weekend packed with talking points. On this week’s show, we’ll separate the results that matter from the early-season noise, assess the strongest angles across the spreads, totals and player props, and deliver our best bets for NFL Week 5. 

WWE Money in the Bank 2026 is one of the most important PLEs of the year, with long-term ramifications that will extend into and even beyond WrestleMania season.After years of taking place in the late spring or early summer, Money in the Bank will take place on Oct. 10 as one of the final stops on the road to Survivor Series: WarGames. Each year, the MITB PLE plays a key role in shaping major storylines on Raw and SmackDown, and it also often leads to breakout moments and pushes for rising stars.

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This episode features both Barcelona and Real Madrid. Real fell to a 2-1 defeat at city rivals Atletico in their last league game, leaving them six points shy of leaders Barcelona. Jose Mourinho’s side have work to do, and they need to dispatch a Villarreal side that has improved following their early struggles.

Bundesliga Matchday 5 sees Bayern Munich travel to Augsburg, where the hosts’ impressive start makes this an intriguing test for the champions. We’ll assess Bayern’s chances, look at the goals potential in Mainz versus Leverkusen and Leipzig versus Frankfurt, and pick out the strongest betting angles across the weekend. Sunday brings the Rhine derby between Köln and a struggling Borussia Mönchengladbach, before unbeaten Freiburg host Schalke—with Freiburg looking like one of the standout plays on the card.

NFL Week 4 has a much more meaningful feel to it, with the early-season picture beginning to take shape. Rams v Eagles is arguably the standout game of the Sunday slate, with both teams looking to respond after Week 3 defeats, while Chiefs v Raiders gives us a major AFC West clash between two teams that entered the week unbeaten. Jaguars v Bengals is another excellent AFC matchup, and Buffalo will look to continue their perfect start at home to New England. The NFL also returns to London with Colts v Commanders, while Chargers v Seahawks and Broncos v 49ers strengthen a very good late window. Detroit travel to Carolina on Sunday Night Football before Falcons v Saints rounds out the week on Monday night. By the end of Week 4, we should have a far better idea which hot starts are legitimate and which struggling teams are already in serious trouble.

Billi breaks down the latest blockbuster developments surrounding Manchester City, after their SHAM commercials were publicly exposed by the Premier League.

The independent commission found Man City guilty of:

• Man City arranged 'sham' contracts with a number of its commercial partners to artificially inflate the club's revenues and reduce its costs by more than £900m.
• The club filed accounts that concealed the true state of its finances from auditors and football regulators.
• Man City was significantly in breach of both the Premier League's and UEFA's spending limits.
• During the Premier League's investigation, Man City failed to co-operate and act in good faith towards the league.

This episode also looks at a handful of selected UEFA Nations League matches, including France versus Italy, which will be Zidane's first home game in-charge of France, and England's trip to Croatia. Both Croatia and England have begun their campaigns with a win over Czech Republic and a defeat to world champions Spain, and now they meet in Rijeka hoping to get the upper hand in Group 3. A Lamine Yamal masterclass dealt Croatia a heavy defeat away to Spain and their 4-2 defeat to England in the World Cup will still be fresh in their memory.

NFL Week 3 is headlined by a strong slate of heavyweight matchups, with Bills v Chargers, Ravens v Cowboys and Rams v Broncos all standing out. Buffalo will look to stay unbeaten against a Chargers side already under pressure, while Dallas face a major test against Lamar Jackson and Baltimore after an impressive Week 2 showing from Dak Prescott. Kansas City also travel to Miami looking to maintain their perfect start, with the Dolphins already badly needing a response. Elsewhere, Bengals v Steelers brings another physical AFC North matchup, while the week closes with Eagles v Bears on Monday Night Football. With unbeaten teams looking to establish themselves and several 0-2 sides already facing early-season pressure, Week 3 should give us a much clearer picture of who is genuine and who has simply benefited from a small sample.

NFL Week 2 is underway, featuring high-stakes divisional rivalries and teams looking to bounce back from tough season-opening results. Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals travel to meet C.J. Stroud and the Houston Texans. The Bengals look to capitalise on momentum after a Week 1 win over Tampa Bay, while Houston's defense aims to put the clamps on Cincinnati's explosive passing attacks. Elsewhere, in Denver, rookie Bo Nix faces Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars. Denver looks to clean up a sloppy, missed-tackle Week 1 performance against the Chiefs, while the Jaguars try to extend their dominance after shellacking Cleveland. Meanwhile, Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers head to Foxborough to play Drake Maye and the New England Patriots, with both offenses desperate to establish consistency. 

It would be a major shock if Bayern Munich didn’t beat struggling Union Berlin comfortably in Friday night’s Bundesliga clash at Allianz Arena. Vincent Kompany’s side have been a bit off their best in the opening weeks of the campaign, which is perhaps understandable after a World Cup summer.

Elsewhere, Stuttgart welcome Borussia Dortmund to the MHPArena for what should be one of the weekend’s most entertaining Bundesliga fixtures. Dortmund have made a perfect start, winning all three league matches and scoring three times in each of their last three games across all competitions. The developing partnership between Serhou Guirassy and Fabio Silva gives BVB enormous attacking quality, but they have looked vulnerable defensively when opponents have matched their intensity—conceding twice against both Hoffenheim and Villarreal.

Stuttgart have lost two of their opening three league matches, although a schedule featuring Bayern and Hoffenheim away has contributed to that slow start. They have still scored in every competitive game this season, average around 1.7 xG per Bundesliga match and recently produced four goals against Köln at the MHPArena. With Stuttgart likely to attack aggressively in front of their own supporters and Dortmund carrying several threats in transition, this has the ingredients for an open, high-scoring contest.

The NFL is back, and Week 1 gives us our first real look at every team after an offseason full of predictions, hype and unanswered questions. In this episode, I run through a selection of the biggest and most interesting games on the opening slate, breaking down the key matchups, new-look offences, coaching changes and potential Week 1 surprises. Which contenders will immediately live up to expectations, which favourites could be vulnerable, and where might the betting value be hiding? We’ll separate the genuine signals from the preseason noise and make our picks for a fascinating opening weekend of NFL action.

The NFC had its fun — now it’s time for the conference where apparently every division contains somebody who thinks they’re winning the Super Bowl. We’re going through all 16 AFC teams, separating the genuine contenders from the annual September bullshit, and figuring out where the sportsbooks might have left us some money. Buffalo are still chasing the big one, Kansas City remain Kansas City, Baltimore have another loaded roster, and the AFC South is once again asking us to believe that this is finally the year somebody becomes trustworthy.
We’ve got win totals, playoff odds, division markets and season-long bets, with absolutely no obligation to be polite about any of them. Are the Chiefs still kings of the West? Can Josh Allen finally drag Buffalo all the way? Are Houston ready to take another step? Which AFC North team survives the inevitable 17-game bar fight? And, most importantly, which teams are we betting on — and which ones wouldn’t get a penny of our money if they were playing against eleven traffic cones? 16 teams. Four divisions. Plenty of bets and probably several terrible takes. Welcome to the 2026 AFC Betting Preview.

One of the biggest boxing fights of the year is almost here! Ryan Garcia is set to defend the WBC Welterweight Championship on Saturday against Conor Benn. This event takes place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, with the Main Card beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET.

Garcia enters this fight with a 25-2 record, with 20 wins by knockout. In February, Garcia won the WBC Welterweight title against Mario Barrios. That was Garcia’s first victory since December 2023. Garcia is taking on surging British superstar Conor Benn. Benn also has 25 career victories with only one loss and is coming off a win against Regis Prograis in April. Trash talk aside, Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn are two premier boxers and should deliver a fantastic fight on Saturday. Billi breaks down all of the betting lines before closing out with his Lock for the fight. 

The Bundesliga’s smallest ever team, Elversberg, will put their 100 per cent record on the line when they welcome 35-time German champions Bayern Munich to the Ursapharm-Arena on Sunday.Elversberg have not only achieved a fairy-tale promotion to the Bundesliga, they are thriving in it, starting out with back-to-back wins over Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Monchengladbach, scoring seven goals in the process.That leaves them two points above Bayern in the standings, with Vincent Kompany’s side having been held to a surprise goalless draw by another of the newly-promoted sides, Schalke, last weekend having opened with a commanding 5-1 win over Stuttgart.

The AFC can keep its collection of superstar quarterbacks — today we’re crossing over to the NFC, where half the conference thinks it can reach the Super Bowl and the other half could be firing people by Christmas. We’re going division-by-division through all 16 teams, separating the genuine contenders from the frauds, the sleepers from the corpses, and trying to work out which sportsbooks have accidentally left us a price worth betting. Philadelphia are defending their throne, the NFC North has been turned upside down after Detroit somehow went from contenders to finishing bottom, and somewhere in the NFC South somebody is legally required to win the division.
We’ve got win totals, playoff markets, division bets and season-long plays — plus several teams we wouldn’t trust to look after a goldfish, never mind our money.

Can anyone catch the Eagles? Are the Lions about to go from last back to first? Is Caleb Williams finally ready to make Chicago dangerous? And can the NFC West survive an entire season without half the division ending up on an injury report? Four divisions, 16 teams and absolutely no intention of treating all of them with respect. Welcome to our 2026 NFC Betting Preview.

Goodbye, Saturday Night's Main Event. Welcome, Sunday Night's Main Event. For the first time in its four-decade history, the iconic professional wrestling series moves to Sunday, emanating from Atlanta. Cody Rhodes, a superstar with multi-generational ties to the city, headlines the card. Rhodes takes on his WrestleMania rival Randy Orton in a rematch months in the making. Orton delivered a devastating punt to Rhodes to end their match and Rhodes has been keen on getting his lick back ever since. Orton recently made his return to WWE TV and nearly delivered a similar blow to the one he did in the WrestleMania leadup where Rhodes head was placed on the ring steps and Orton smacked it with a chair. This time, authorities intervened in time.

Perhaps the biggest match on Sunday, though, sees a pair of rising stars square off as Bron Breakker faces Oba Femi. Breakker has been tunnel-vision focused on Femi since seeing his mentor, Paul Heyman, approve of Femi's action at SummerSlam where Femi bested Brock Lesnar. Breakker is worried he is losing his mentor to another superstar and wants to prove himself again on Sunday.

Champions Bayern Munich picked up where they left off when routing Stuttgart 5-1 in the Bundesliga’s curtain-raiser, with the biggest worry for the rest of the league surely being that they did that without Harry Kane scoring. Even more terrifying is that the England captain has since found his feet, netting a brace in a similarly dominant 4-1 victory over Osnabruck in the German Cup. Vincent Kompany’s Bavarians are simply irresistible when at their best and that is bad news for Schalke, who could really do with a win after marking their Bundesliga return with a 3-0 defeat at Augsburg.

Ordinarily, a return to a home fortress where they are unbeaten in 14 games would provide a boost. However, a clash with Bayern is like no other on any German team’s calendar. The Bavarians have scored 226 goals in 69 Bundesliga games under Kompany’s stewardship and with Kane, Michael Olise and Luis Diaz in frightening form, Schalke look set for another heavy defeat. Bayern have won four of their last five games by at least three goals – the exception being in the Super Cup against Schalke’s rivals Borussia Dortmund

eyes will be on Carlos Alcaraz as he returns from a wrist injury that has kept him sidelined since Barcelona in April and despite his absence he is a warm favourite to successfully defend his Flushing Meadows crown.Alcaraz's fiercest rival and the man he defeated in last year's final, Jannik Sinner, remains out but there are still plenty of dangers to the Spaniard with French Open hero Alexander Zverev and 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic seen as the two most likely to dethrone him by the bookmakers.

The Bundesliga is one of the best leagues to bet on when it comes to individual matches but probably the worst in terms of an outright for the season - when we consider how few markets there are available, compared to some of the other top European leagues. You've only got a handful to go at and two of those have a clear favourite unlikely to be beaten. Bayern Munich are as short as 1/10 in places to lift yet another Bundesliga title, with star striker Harry Kane in at 2/5 with the those bookies who are offering a top goalscorer market.

Billi does what he can with what he has on offer, breaking down all of the available futures markets, before moving into to covering selected games from Matchday 1. Bayern Munich kick off the season tonight at home to Stuttgart. Bayern won the Bundesliga by 16 points last season, scoring a whopping 122 goals in their 34 matches, and Vincent Kompany’s side are unlikely to take their foot off the gas as they chase glory at home and abroad.They have already beaten Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the German Super Cup, but opening league opponents Stuttgart will be encouraged by the fact the champions kept just four clean sheets in their final 19 Bundesliga games last term.

Billi previews the 2026/27 La Liga Season, looking at the Outright Winner, Top Goal Scorer and Winner Without Barcelona and Real Madrid markets. Florentino Pérez pressed the Special One button again after two straight trophyless seasons at Real, however, its Lamine Yamal and co who remain the title favourites.

Plenty has changed since José Mourinho was last appointed Real Madrid manager, but a lot has also not changed. Before his first game in charge in 2010, Spain had just become world champions, their extra-time winner in the final scored by a Barcelona player after their opponents, who had been reduced to 10 men, had tried to kick them off the park. Like then, Mourinho’s task is to take down a Barcelona team that have won two La Liga titles in succession. And like then, he has a host of world-class talent at his disposal.


Note, unlike Europe’s other major leagues, La Liga is staggering the start of its new season. Owing to their players’ involvement in the later stages of the extended World Cup, none of Madrid, Barcelona and Atlético are in action on the opening weekend.

Islam Makhachev will defend his UFC welterweight title against Ian Machado Garry in the main event of UFC 330 on tomorrow night at the Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia. Billi extensively breaks down what could be one of the most intriguing fights of the year. 

The biggest party of the summer is back and will once again be in the two-night format. The first night of action will be held Saturday, Aug. 1, at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and will be followed by another night of action on Sunday, Aug. 2.

SummerSlam Night 2 Card

World Heavyweight Championship: Roman Reigns (c) vs. Seth Rollins
Interim WWE Women's Championship Ladder Match: Charlotte Flair vs. Jade Cargill vs. Chelsea Green vs. Tiffany Stratton vs. Mystery Opponent
Undisputed WWE No. 1 Contender's Match: Finn Bálor vs. Sami Zayn
United States Championship: Trick Williams (c) vs. Baron Corbin
Intercontinental Championship: Penta (c) vs. Chad Gable
Danhausen vs. Dominik Mysterio — Human monies on a pole match

The biggest party of the summer is back and will once again be in the two-night format. The first night of action will be held Saturday, Aug. 1, at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and will be followed by another night of action on Sunday, Aug. 2.
SummerSlam Night 1 Card

• Undisputed WWE Championship: CM Punk (c) vs. Cody Rhodes
• Women's World Championship: Liv Morgan (c) vs. Iyo Sky
• Hell in a Cell: Oba Femi vs. Brock Lesnar
• Gunther vs. Nick Aldis
• The Usos, Jacob Fatu vs. Royce Keys, LA Knight, Solo Sikoa — Six-man tag-team match
• Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley, and Lainey Reid) vs. The Bellas, Paige — Six-woman tag-team match

Spain, Argentina, France and England have held FIFA's top four international spots for almost exactly two years. Now, they will face each other for the right to hoist the World Cup trophy: France versus Spain on Tuesday in Arlington, Texas, followed by Argentina against England on Wednesday in Atlanta — then the winners' faceoff at Sunday's final in East Rutherford, N.J.

It seems surreal that McGregor is actually just hours away from making the walk to the octagon considering the events of the past five years. McGregor’s activity had already fallen off a cliff for various reasons by the time he fought Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in July 2021—just McGregor’s fifth fight since 2016 (including a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather)—but the broken leg he suffered that loss signaled the start of a seemingly interminable layoff that had no shortage of diversions.

Fast forward to the now, and somehow, McGregor has returned. He takes on a familiar face, Max Holloway, who lost to a pre-fame McGregor back in 2013 when the two were budding featherweights with their whole lives ahead of them. Thirteen years later, both fighters have piled up championships, and packed on a few pounds for their rematch at welterweight. Saturday’s main event is the second-to-last fight on McGregor’s current contract. Win or lose, it’s anyone’s guess what he decides to do for his UFC swan song, not to mention his plans for unrestricted free agency (though a BKFC fight is all but guaranteed).

With Carlos Alcaraz out of the tournament with injury, could heavy-favourite Jannik Sinner pull off a repeat, or will Novak Djokovic add that final record title to his resume? On the women's side, it feels wide open as usual. Could Aryna Sabalenka win her first major title on grass? Or will another huge underdog capture the women's crown?

WWE Night of Champions 2026 on June 27th serves as the final PLE before SummerSlam. Cody Rhodes defends his WWE Championship against Gunther and Sami Zayn, with Rhodes favored to retain, potentially setting up a SummerSlam clash with CM Punk. The King and Queen of the Ring tournaments conclude, with winners earning world title shots at SummerSlam. Jey Uso is predicted to win the King of the Ring against Oba Femi, possibly due to Brock Lesnar's interference. Iyo Sky is expected to defeat Liv Morgan in the Queen of the Ring finals, setting up a possible rematch. Other key bouts include Trick Williams defending the US Title against Ricky Saints, Tiffany Stratton facing Jade Cargill for the Women's US Title, and Bron Breakker battling Seth Rollins. The event streams on ESPN Unlimited and Netflix.

Billi breaks down the headline bouts from tonight's UFC Freedom 250 main card. Donald Trump is of course expected to be in attendance for the event as the White House hosts a sporting event for the first time ever. The card will feature a lightweight fight between Ilia Topuria and Justin Gaethje, while Alex Pereira is also set to take on Ciryl Gane in a heavyweight interim bout. This will all take place outside in an arena that was built specifically for this event.

The next major night of wrestling on deck is Clash in Italy 2026, the first premium live event to take place in the country. European crowds always bring the energy, and they will try to breathe new life to some familiar bouts, with plenty of rematches scheduled.

Headlining the night is another edition of Roman Reigns vs. Jacob Fatu, this time with Tribal Combat in effect for the World Heavyweight Championship match. Cody Rhodes will get in the ring with Gunther again, although they will be squaring off for a different prize with the Undisputed WWE Championship at stake.A pair of WrestleMania rematches will include Rhea Ripley vs. Jade Cargill, plus Brock Lesnar back from his suspected retirement to try and get even with Oba Femi. And finally, Sol Ruca will get another opportunity to add some gold to her young career when she gets Becky Lynch once more with the Women's Intercontinental Championship on the line.

Billi looks at the Futures markets for both the men and women at this year's French Open. The men's draw is obviously missing Carlos Alcaraz and the potential of a rematch of last year's epic final against Jannik Sinner, but Grand Slam tournaments always leave plenty of room for surprises. While Sinner is a big favorite to win on the men's side, the women's draw looks wide open for any of five to 10 different potential winners.

Ronda Rousey is stepping back into the cage tonight for the first time in nearly a decade — and she’s doing it against another foundational figure in women’s MMA.  Rousey faces Gina Carano live on Netflix in a long-discussed superfight years in the making, headlining Netflix’s first-ever live MMA event from Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.
The blockbuster fight card also features Nate Diaz vs. Mike Perry in a five-round welterweight bout, along with the return of former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou, who faces Brazil’s Philipe Lins following his crossover into boxing and dominant 2024 PFL championship run.

The bottom three has been decided in the Bundesliga but the order is yet to be determined with three teams battling to claim the play-off place and avoid automatic relegation. Wolfsburg currently hold that coveted 16th spot but they are level on points with rock bottom St Pauli ahead of their do-or-die meeting in Hamburg on Saturday.Heidenheim are sandwiched between these two sides and they face Mainz this weekend so both of these teams will be keeping tabs on that game as well, and all three sides have similar goal differences as well with Wolfsburg on -26 and the bottom two on -29 – Heidenheim are above St Pauli as they have scored more goals. It is all set up for a fascinating finish.

The next chapter in wrestling kicks off with Backlash, with WWE turning the page on its calendar while also dealing with the fallout of WrestleMania 42.
Newly crowned Champion Roman Reigns https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2026/04/19/roman-reigns-wins-wrestlemania-42-world-heavyweight-title/89692481007/has his first title defence, and it’s a family affair with Jacob Fatu, challenging his cousin for the title. Four other matches are scheduled, mostly featuring feuds that have been in the works long before WrestleMania.

The UFC is back in Newark, New Jersey, for UFC 328. The UFC’s last appearance at the Prudential Center came in June 2025. One of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world, Khamzat Chimaev, is defending his UFC Middleweight Championship against former title holder Sean Strickland in the Main Event.


This episode also looks tonight's blockbuster heavyweight clash, as Fabio Wardley puts the WBO heavyweight title on the line against Daniel Dubois at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester; Wardley is coming off a standout victory over Joseph Parker last time out while Dubois is hoping to reclaim a world title after losing the IBF belt to Oleksandr Usyk

Stuttgart host Bayer Leverkusen tomorrow in a match that may decide who goes into next season's Champions League. Leverküsen are fourth in the league, one place above Stuttgart, but both teams have won more games than they have lost this season.Stuttgart are without a win in three Bundesliga games and have played out two straight stalemates, but Bayer Leverkusen have won four of their last five matches and have gone unbeaten on seven of their last eight road trips.

The race to secure Champions League football is hotting up in Germany and with three games left to play, time is running out for Bayer Leverkusen to break into the Bundesliga’s top four. Their 2-1 win over Cologne and Stuttgart’s 1-1 draw with Werder Bremen moved them to within two points of their goal but fifth-placed Hoffenheim are also on two points, so they need all the victories they can get if they are to break into the Champions League places. RB Leipzig, in contrast, look sure to be dining at Europe’s top table next term. Five straight wins has moved Ole Werner’s side five points clear of Stuttgart and Hoffenheim and within five points of second-placed Dortmund, meaning one more victory should secure their spot in the top four. 

Billi breaks down selected matches from this weekend's Matchday 31 slate. The title race is over, but the UCL race between Stuttgart, Hoffenheim and Leverküsen is likely to go all the way. Bayer Leverkusen have only lost one of their last seven Bundesliga away games and they travel to Cologne on this afternoon, desperately looking for a win to put some pressure on their rivals.

Billi breaks down a selection of handpicked matches from Italy, France and Portugal, all taking place on Sunday.

Billi breaks down selected matches from this weekend's Matchday 30 slate. Vincent Kompany’s side could lift the title with a win this weekend, should Borussia Dortmund slip up on Saturday. Regardless, a win will leave them at least 12 points clear with four games to play, and their goal difference is more than double that of their nearest challengers.

Billi looks at the betting for both nights of WrestleMania 42. As usual, WWE has loaded up WrestleMania with a mix of superstar wrestlers and the involvement of mainstream stars.

Thirteen matches have been announced for the two-day event. Night 1 will be headlined by Randy Orton challenging Cody Rhodes for the undisputed WWE championship. In a controversial twist to the match, Pat McAfee was revealed as the voice in Orton's ear and now McAfee will have to leave the wrestling business forever if Orton fails to win on Saturday.

Night 1

• Main Event – Cody Rhodes (c) vs Randy Orton for the Undisputed WWE Championship
• Stephanie Vaquer (c) vs Liv Morgan for the Women’s World Championship
• AJ Lee (c) vs Becky Lynch for the Women’s Intercontinental Championship
• Irresistble Forces (c) vs Bella Twins vs Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss vs Bayley & Lyra Valkyria; Fata 4-Way for the Women’s Tag Team Championship
• Seth Rollins vs Gunther
• Drew McIntyre vs Jacob Fatu in an unsanctioned match (will air in the first hour)
• Logan Paul, Austin Theory and iShowSpeed vs The Usos and LA Knight (will air in the first hour).

The Night 2 main event pits world heavyweight champion CM Punk against Royal Rumble winner Roman Reigns. Reigns is looking to climb back to being a champion, having previously been champion for 1,316 days. Punk has invoked the ire of Reigns' Samoan family, leading to questions over whether or not Reigns will truly go at it alone against the champion.

Night 2

• Main Event – CM Punk (c) vs Roman Reigns for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
• Jade Cargill (c) vs Rhea Ripley for the WWE Women’s Championship
• Sami Zayn (c) vs Trick Williams for the United States Championship
• Demon Finn Balor vs Dominik Mysterio
• Penta (c) vs Je’Von Evans vs Rusev vs Dragon Lee vs JD McDonagh vs Rey Mysterio: Ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship (will air in the first hour)
• Brock Lesnar vs Oba Femi (will air in the first hour)

Tyson Fury makes his latest return from retirement on Saturday night with a tough but very winnable match-up against Arslanbek Makhmudov.Back in January 2025, Fury called time on his career for the fifth time after back-to-back defeats to Oleksandr Usyk but he’s since decided to fight on, and a win over Makhmudov would set him up for either a trilogy meeting with Usyk or a long-awaited tussle with British rival Anthony Joshua – or potentially both.

Däs Bündesliga Show is back on the correct feed, after accidentally being posted on the Soccer Betting Podcast feed last weekend. The game of the week sees Niko Kovac’s Borussia Dortmund at home to Kasper Hjulmand’s Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday. Borussia Dortmund are second in the league, four places and 15 points ahead of sixth-placed Bayer Leverkusen. Dortmund have 19 wins and two defeats, while Leverkusen have 14 wins and seven losses, and are on the outside looking in when it comes to qualifying for next season's Champions League.

Deontay Wilder's two fights against Tyson Fury, either side of the Covid-19 pandemic, will live long in the memory of boxing fans around the world. But the two defeats for the American affected his standing in the heavyweight division and he has not reached the same heights since.In the four-and-a-half years since his second loss against Fury, Wilder has fought just four times and lost two of them.That has left the 40-year-old scrambling to climb the steps of the heavyweight division, with chances to get back in the title conversation dwindling.Given the two fighters' lack of fights in the last few years, there are no belts on the line this evening but Wilder views this as the next step on his comeback trail to the top of the sport.

I am having trouble getting this on the paywall feed due to the poor WiFi and 5g in Thailand, so I had to put this on free feed for this week only. This episode features insghts on tonight's Atletico Madrid v Barcelona clash. Barcelona’s La Liga title charge has been built on a foundation of rock-solid home form, winning all 15 of their games in their own back yard this term. However they have found things tougher on their travels, losing four times, and they face one of their biggest challenges of the campaign as they visit the Metropolitano to take on Atletico Madrid on Saturday.

Diego Simeone’s men have won 13 of their 15 games at the Metropolitano this term, losing just once to Real Betis in February. This could be another high-scoring clash, given that 4 of the last 6 head-to-heads between these two have gone over 3.5 goals.