Jun 14, 2018; Moscow, Russia; Fans of Russia cheer before Group A play against Saudi Arabia during the FIFA World Cup 2018 at Luzhniki Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tim Groothuis/Witters Sport via USA TODAY Sports

All Times Eastern

Arena Football
Washington Valor at Baltimore Brigade — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.

Australian Rules Football
Round 13
Carlton Blues vs. Fremantle Dockers — FS2, 11:30 p.m.
Gold Coast Suns vs. St. Kilda Saints — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 a.m. (Saturday)

CFL
Week 1
Toronto Argonauts at Saskatchewan Roughriders — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

Drag Racing
NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, Bristol Dragway, Bristol, TN
Qualifying — FS1, 6 p.m.

FIFA World Cup
Group A, Ekaterinburg Arena, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Egypt vs. Uruguay — Telemundo, 7:30 a.m./FS1, 8 a.m.

Group B, Saint Petersburg Stadium, St. Petersburg, Russia
Morocco vs. Iran — Telemundo, 10:30 a.m./Fox, 11 a.m.

Group B, Fisht Stadium, Sochi, Russia
Portugal vs. Spain — Telemundo, 1:30 p.m./Fox, 2 p.m.

FIFA World Cup Live — FS1, 7 a.m.
Hoy en la Copa Mundial — Telemundo, 7 a.m.
Univision Deportes Fútbol Club: Edición Mundialista — Univision Deportes, 7 a.m.
Fútbol Central — Univision Deportes, 9:50 a.m.
Un nuevo dia en la Copa Mundial — Telemundo, 10 a.m.
FIFA World Cup Today — Fox, 10 a.m.
Fútbol Central — Univision Deportes, 12:50 p.m.
Un nuevo dia en la Copa Mundial — Telemundo, 1 p.m.
FIFA World Cup Today — Fox, 1 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo: Edición Mundialista — Univision Deportes, 3:50 p.m.
Hoy en la Copa Mundial — Telemundo, 4 p.m.
FIFA World Cup Today — Fox, 4 p.m.
The Xtra: Russia 2018 — beIN Sports, 7 p.m.
Viva el Mundial y más — Telemundo, 7 p.m.
FIFA World Cup Highlights — FS2, 9 p.m.
República Mundialista — Univision Deportes, 10 p.m.
FIFA World Cup Tonight — FS1, 10 p.m.
Phenoms: France — FS1, 11 p.m.

Golf
U.S. Open, Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, NY
2nd Round — FS1, 10 a.m.
2nd Round — Fox, 4:30 p.m.

Live From the U.S. Open — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Live From the U.S. Open — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Meijer LPGA Classic, Blythefield Country Club, Grand Rapids, MI

2nd Round — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
CES MMA 50, Twin River Casino, Lincoln, RI
Bantamweight World Title

Dinis Paiva vs. Andre Ewell — AXS TV, 9 p.m.

Hard Knocks MMA Fighting: Justin Schmitt and Vyron Phillips — beIN Sport, 9 p.m.

MLB
National League
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis or Philadelphia at Milwaukee — MLB Network, 8:15 p.m.

MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 11 p.m.
MLB Whiparound — FS1, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

NBA
The Jump — ESPN, 3 p.m.
The Starters: The 2018 Playoff Awards — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA Draft: Prospect to Pro — ESPN, 8 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, midnight

NFL
Good Morning Football — NFL Network, 7 a.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.
NFL Up to the Minute — NFL Network, 4 p.m.

NHL
Hockey Central @ noon — NHL Network, noon
NHL Now — NHL Network, 4 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 6 p.m.

Sports Talk
Get Up — ESPN, 7 a.m.
SportsCenter:AM — ESPN2, 7 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — ESPNews, 10 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 11:45 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/AT&T SportsNet (Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain/Southwest)/Root Sports, noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
The Jim Rome Show — CBS Sports Network, noon
High Noon — ESPN, noon
Outside the Lines  — ESPN, 1 p.m.
Jalen & Jacoby — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Tiki & Tierney — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Will Cain Show — ESPNews, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Around the Horn — ESPN, 5 p.m.
The Sean Salisbury Show featuring Robin Carlin — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN, 6 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN, 7 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 10 p.m.
Titulares y Más — Telemundo, 11:35 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt— ESPN, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight
TMZ Sports — FS1, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

Tennis
WTA Tour
Libéma Open, Autotron Rosmalen, Rosmalen, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands/Nature Valley Open, Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

Quarterfinals — beIN Sports, 9 a.m.

WNBA
Las Vegas Aces at Dallas Wings — NBA TV, 8 p.m.
Connecticut Storm at Seattle Storm — NBA TV, 10 p.m.

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