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One of the biggest race days of the Kentucky Downs' summer meet comes this Saturday with the running of four graded stakes on the turf, including the $750,000 (G3) Kentucky Turf Cup. The race has drawn a full field of 12 starters and four Also Eligibles to run the 1 1/2 miles on the turf course, including the defending 2017 champion Oscar Nominated.

The welterweight belt will be on the line for the first time in more than a year on Sept. 8 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, in UFC 228. Tyron "The Chosen One" Woodley collides with Darren "The Gorilla" Till in the finale of a five-bout event on the main card. Woodley (-120) is a slight favorite over Till (-110), according to TopBet.

The 2018-19 UEFA Champions League is the 27th edition of Europe’s premier club soccer tournament and all 32 teams will be doing everything in their power to win the coveted trophy. Only one team can be victorious. Who will it be?

Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter are ready to square off for the World Boxing Council 147-pound title this upcoming Saturday. We've hit on all the important details and odds surrounding their matchup—including a prediction that may end up defying the oddsmakers.

The NFL preseason is upon us and while yes it's true, the games don't count in the standings, they do impact upon a team's final roster. Certainly, that's important info for future wagering, and it's also vital in the short term. A club with many lineup decisions to make is likely to take a much different approach to the preseason than a team with relatively few choices to consider.

Six fillies and mares are set to go to the gate at Del Mar race track on Sunday for the running of the $300,000 (G1) Clement L. Hirsch Stakes. Run at 1 1/16 miles on the Del Mar dirt, the race offers the winner automatic entry into the 2018 Breeders' Cup Distaff as part of the BC's 'Win and You're In' race series.

With the recently announced retirement of Triple Crown winner Justify, the odds have suddenly improved for a number of other horses to capture big races leading up to the 2018 Breeders' Cup Classic. One of those goes on Saturday at Monmouth Park with the running of the $1 million (G1) Haskell Invitational Stakes. Justify was once expected to be in the field, but the door is now open for his main rival.

A group of old foes will be meeting up again on Saturday afternoon to battle it out at Saratoga Race Course in the $600,000 (G2) Jim Dandy Stakes. The compact field of five features four three-year-old colts that were involved in the chase for the Triple Crown this past spring, all of them looking for a measure of redemption.

Wonder filly Wonder Gadot goes for the second leg of the Canadian Triple Crown on Tuesday night as she faces five others in the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes. After cruising to a solid 4 3/4 length victory in the 1 1/4 mile Queen's Plate on Woodbine's tapeta surface, she'll be back on the dirt and racing 1 3/16 miles at Fort Erie.