#quarterfinals

#quarterfinals

Selection Sunday is right around the corner, meaning every result carries weight for NCAA Tournament seeding, bracket positioning, and bubble teams fighting for their postseason lives.

The ATX Open on February 27 features three matches at the quarterfinal stage, with the best being No. 76-ranked Oksana Selekhmeteva versus No. 62 Peyton Stearns. The Tennis Channel provides live coverage and highlights of all the major moments across tournaments during Center Court and Center Court Live.

First round of the quarterfinals are done, as Slovakia maintained their stable run, as they pushed to win today's match against Team Germany, officially eliminating them from the tournament. For a brief moment, Germany felt the spark of a deep tournament run. Slovakia, however, proved to be the ultimate extinguisher. Just as Germany found their rhythm in the second period, Slovakia snuffed out the flame and began to pull away on the scoreboard.

One of Auston Matthews and William Nylander/Oliver Ekman-Larsson will be headed home early as Team USA and Team Sweden get set to face off in the quarter finals following Sweden's 5-1 victory over Latvia in the play-off round on Tuesday. It will mark the first clash between the Toronto Maple Leafs teammates of the tournament. It's somewhat shocking to see two teams like this in the quarter finals, given that an argument easily could have been made for both of those teams to finish among the top four seeds, but it goes to show how important goal differential is in a tournament like this.

Canada (no. 1 seed), USA (no. 2), Slovakia (no. 3), and Finland (no. 4) all earned byes to the quarterfinals, where they'll await the winners of Tuesday's play-in games. Canada and the United States were the only two teams to go undefeated in their three preliminary round games. Canada got the number one seed by winning their three games a combined 20-3, just edging out the USA's combined scores of 17-5.

USA hockey beat Germany 5-1 on Sunday to clinch the top spot in Group C in the 2026 Winter Olympics men's hockey tournament. As they did not beat Germany by 10 or more goals, the U.S. finishes second overall in the tournament standings, trailing Canada for the top seed. Auston Matthews scored twice, and Zach Werenski, Brock Faber and Tage Thompson also scored for the Americans. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 23 of the 24 shots he faced.

Barcelona were able to extend their winning run to 11 matches in all competitions, thanks to a victory over Racing Santander in the Copa Del Rey. The Catalans have now reached the quarterfinal stage of the competition, with the draw set for Monday. Although Real Madrid's surprise exit will serve as a relief for the Blaugrana, the club could still face a host of tough opponents who are still alive in the competition.

Goals either side of half-time by Junior Tchamadeu and Christian Kofane took Cameroon through to the Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals at South Africa's expense, as the Indomitable Lions edged their last-16 clash 2-1. Tchamadeu opened the scoring in the 34th minute at Al Medina Stadium in Rabat on Sunday, and teenage Bayer Leverkusen forward Kofane headed in the crucial second goal two minutes after half-time.

HSV are currently second from bottom in the league with a game in hand. However, they are not to be taken lightly by any means. They actually opened their Bundesliga campaign by drawing with Wolfsburg, one of the strongest teams in the league. What's more, they defeated Bayer Leverkusen on penalties to reach the Pokal quarterfinals, and they even made it all the way to the semifinals last season.

After last nights 140-110 shellacking of the lowly Washington Wizards, the Toronto Raptors moved to 3-0 in their group in the NBA Cup tournament. During NBA Cup play the Raptors have beaten the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Atlanta Hawks as well, and they are the only team in their group to remain undefeated. Not only do they have the best record in their group, but they also have the highest point differential at +52, which also helps determine who wins a group.

It's a formidable looking midfield as Gabrielle Vernier partners Marine Menager. Pauline Bourdan Sansus will no doubt look for runners against the grain with every opportunity. Lock Madoussou Fall Raclot was a menace against South Africa. Her carrying ability, along with Charlotte Escudero's all-court game at the base of the ruck, will be key to providing France go-forward ball. Morgane Bourgeois' reliability from the tee sees her win the fullback jersey.

Eight teams remain in contention for the UEFA Women's Euros trophy, with hosts Switzerland reaching the quarterfinals for the first time and world champions Spain in strong form.

Al Hilal will ride on the high of beating the tournament's defending champions Manchester City 4-3 in an extra-time thriller in one of the biggest upsets in the tournament's history on Tuesday.