Eight precious tickets remain for next week’s Sweet 16 as the NCAA Tournament enters the final day of its first weekend on Sunday. Fans won’t have to wait long for the excitement to ramp up with (7) Miami and (2) Purdue kicking things off (12:10 p.m ET CBS, March Madness Live)

The second game on the slate features is shrouded with injury intrigue as No. 2 seed Iowa State faces uncertainty around All-American big Joshua Jefferson ahead of its tilt with dangerous No. 7 seed Kentucky (2:45 p.m. ET, CBS, March Madness Live). 

Later in the evening, No. 7 seed UCLA takes on No. 2 seed UConn (8:45 p.m. ET TNT, March Madness Live) in a battle of coaching wits between the Bruins’ Mick Cronin and the Huskies’ Dan Hurley. 

No. 5 Texas Tech and No. 4 seed Alabama will serve as a much-anticipated finale (9:45 p.m. ET CBS, March Madness Live). The winner gets a date with No. 1 seed Michigan in next week’s Sweet 16.

Here is the full schedule and beyond to get you ready for the NCAA Tournament, and be sure to follow the live bracket throughout March Madness.

2026 NCAA Tournament schedule, dates

Second round

Sunday, March 22
Benchmark International Arena (Tampa), Xfinity Mobile Arena (Philadelphia), Viejas Arena (San Diego), Enterprise Center (St. Louis)

Saturday, March 21
KeyBank Center (Buffalo), Bon Secours Wellness Arena (Greenville), Paycom Center (Oklahoma City), Moda Center (Portland)

Sweet 16

Thursday, March 26 — 7:10 p.m. start (CBS, TBS)
Toyota Center (Houston), SAP Center (San Jose)

Friday, March 27 — 7:10 p.m. start (CBS, TBS)
United Center (Chicago), Capital One Arena (Washington, D.C.)

Elite Eight

Saturday, March 28 — 6:09 p.m. start (TBS)
Toyota Center (Houston), SAP Center (San Jose)

Sunday, March 29 — 2:15 p.m. start (CBS)
United Center (Chicago), Capital One Arena (Washington, D.C.)

Final Four

Saturday, April 4 — 6:09 p.m. start (TBS)
Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis)

National Championship

Monday, April 6 — 8:50 p.m. (TBS)
Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis)

First round

Thursday, March 19
KeyBank Center (Buffalo), Bon Secours Wellness Arena (Greenville), Paycom Center (Oklahoma City), Moda Center (Portland)

Friday, March 20
Benchmark International Arena (Tampa), Xfinity Mobile Arena (Philadelphia), Viejas Arena (San Diego), Enterprise Center (St. Louis)

The World Athletics Indoor Championships 2026 is back in Torun with Team GB eyeing up success in a year without an Olympic Games or outdoor World Championships.

Keely Hodgkinson will be expected to land gold in the women’s 800m, while teammate Georgia Hunter Bell will also hope to claim glory in the women’s 1,500m.

On Saturday, Josh Kerr reclaimed the men’s 3000m world indoor gold he first won two years ago in Glasgow after holding off a final-stretch fightback from Cole Hocker, the man who pipped him to Olympic 1500m gold in 2024.

Here’s the timetable and list of events across the three-day event this weekend:

Day 3 – Sunday 22 March

Morning session

9:05 AM: Women’s 60 Metres Hurdles Pentathlon

9:20 AM: Women’s Long Jump final-medal Final

9:43 AM: Women’s High Jump Pentathlon

9:48 AM: Men’s 4×400 Metres Relay Round 1

10:23 AM: Men’s Shot Put final-medal Final

11:05 AM: Women’s 4×400 Metres Relay Round 1

11:55 AM: Women’s 60 Metres Hurdles Round 1

12:21 PM: Women’s Shot Put Pentathlon

Evening session

4:40 PM: Women’s Long Jump Pentathlon

4:45 PM: Women’s Pole Vault final-medal Final

5:38 PM: Men’s 1500 Metres final-medal Final

5:51 PM: Women’s 60 Metres Hurdles Semi-Final

6:12 PM: Men’s Long Jump final-medal Final

6:22 PM: Women’s 1500 Metres final-medal Final

6:38 PM: Men’s 800 Metres final-medal Final

6:53 PM: Women’s 800 Metres final-medal Final

7:03 PM: Women’s 800 Metres Pentathlon

7:13 PM: Women’s 60 Metres Hurdles final-medal Final

7:26 PM: Men’s 4×400 Metres Relay final-medal Final

7:47 PM: Women’s 4×400 Metres Relay final-medal Final

Proven sprinter Jigsaw has offered trainer Cindy Alderson a thrilling voyage.

A capable performer at two and three, Jigsaw went off track in the heart of his career but has swung back strongly to become a double Group 1 winner.

Headed to New Zealand to secure the Railway Stakes at Ellerslie in January, providing Alderson and Logan Bates with their first Group 1 hits, Jigsaw lengthened his winning run to six by capturing the Group 1 William Reid Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

Following up merely a week after his score at Caulfield on the same distance as the William Reid Stakes, Jigsaw ($5.50) commanded from the outset to score by a long neck from Angel Capital ($8.50), as Devil Night ($81) trailed a short-half-head adrift in third.

Strikingly, Jigsaw clocked 1.08.83 for the 1200m, the exact figure from his win last week.

Alderson keeps expecting the astonishing run of form to halt sometime soon.

“But he’s not giving me any indications it’s going to stop,” Alderson said.

“He’s just run exactly the same time as he ran last week, so he answered the back-up.

“It’s amazing for a small stable like ours to have the opportunity to have a horse like this at this stage of my career.”

Jigsaw joined seven other Group 1 winners in the field and had the outside barrier draw.

Pre-race chats with Bates highlighted worries over the Saturday field’s strength over the wide post position.

“We were never too concerned about him drawing a wide gate, especially with the start being in a straight line,” Alderson said.

“He was able to control the race. He got an absolute flyer of a start and I thought Tropicus would go up and take us on, but they didn’t.

“Charm Stone gave him a run on the corner, but he kept fighting all the way to the line.”

Concluding a seven-race effort from September with six triumphs, Alderson is not certain how much further Jigsaw can go this time in.

“I keep taking it one day at a time,” Alderson said.

“I’ve never backed him up, so that could be the end of the preparation as he’s been in work for a long time, but he’ll tell me.

“I know him that well. He won’t do much for the following week and then he’ll let us know.

“Looking at him out there, he’s never looked better in his life.”

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Trevor Rogers notched his career’s standout result with Roulette King saluting in the Alister Clark Stakes (2000m) on Caulfield’s track.

Roulette King represented Rogers’ eighth foray into Stakes racing, with the three-year-old delivering the trainer’s inaugural ‘Black Type’ placing.

Post the Saturday Group 2 2000m conquest, stakeholders ponder if Roulette King spells up or chases a trio of upcoming Derbies: Australian Derby, South Australian Derby or Queensland Derby.

The $5.50 elect Roulette King, piloted by Jamie Mott, stormed home late to pip $81 hope Savisanta by a head, leaving Kaye Jay ($21) to fill third a further three-quarters of a length adrift.

“This was his Grand Final. This was the race we set him for,” Rogers said.

“We’ll get him home and see what happens, but he’s a horse for the future so we won’t go knocking him around.

“A Derby, they are things we will talk about with Jamie and the owners and how the horse pulls up, but I’ve got no doubt the horse will pull up well.

“He’s just one of those horses. He gets home and just wants to eat, which is a big plus.”

Having tracked Roulette King from foalhood, Rogers held his nerve as Mott held the gelding in the latter stages of the field.

“I was never worried because Jamie has had a lot to do with the horse,” Rogers said.

“When he went out, I said to ride him how you see fit, because you know what you’ve got.

“I could see him over the back that he had a handful of horse, and he was waiting for a bit of clear air down the running and with the turn of foot he’s got, he was always going to be a chance.”

Sports betting enthusiasts enjoyed the action in the Alister Clark Stakes, with top racing odds available through online bookmakers.

No. 12 High Point put everyone on notice for the second time in as many games this March Madness, but could not find the same success.

After advancing to the Round of 32 following an upset victory over No. 5 Wisconsin, the Panthers’ season ended after No. 4 Arkansas ran away from them late Saturday night.

High Point led by as many as five early in the game, and they were up 56-52 with 14:17 to go after going on a 12-2 run. 

Both teams exchanged buckets for several minutes, with no one expanding their respective leads by more than three points for a little while.

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High Point Panthers head coach Flynn Clayman and guard Rob Martin (3) react in the second half against the Arkansas Razorbacks during a second round game of the men’s 2026 NCAA Tournament at Moda Center. (Craig Strobeck/Imagn Images)

With 7:04 to play, the Panthers took a 72-71 lead, to which the Razorbacks responded with a 10-2 run, putting them up by seven and giving them their largest lead of the night.

The game was then quickly tied at 83 after a wild run by High Point, but over the final 3:19, Arkansas outscored High Point, 11-5, to snatch the victory, despite a valiant effort from the Panthers.

High Point Panthers forward Terry Anderson (5) drives against Arkansas Razorbacks forward Malique Ewin (12) and forward Billy Richmond III (24) in the second half during a second round game of the men’s 2026 NCAA Tournament at Moda Center. (Craig Strobeck/Imagn Images)

VANDERBILT’S HAIL MARY SHOT MISSES BY NARROWEST OF MARGINS AS NEBRASKA ADVANCES TO SWEET 16 IN EPIC FASHION

Arkansas was favored by 11.5, and while they couldn’t cover, it was another Sweet 16 appearance for legendary head coach John Calipari.

Two Panthers, Rob Martin (30) and Cam’Ron Fletcher (25), combined for 55 points, but Darius Acuff Jr. of Arkansas trumped everyone by dropping 36.

Arkansas will face the winner of No. 1 Arizona and No. 9 Utah State in the Sweet 16.

High Point Panthers head coach Flynn Clayman and forward Braden Hausen (15) react in the second half against the Arkansas Razorbacks during a second round game of the men’s 2026 NCAA Tournament at Moda Center. (Craig Strobeck/Imagn Images)

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High Point’s victory over Wisconsin on Thursday marked their first ever in March Madness after making the tournament last year for the first time.

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Manchester United had six players in loan action on Saturday afternoon.

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Ethan Ennis

Ennis played the full 90 minutes of Fleetwood Town’s 1-0 win over Crawley Town.

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He made one key pass and connected with three of his crossing attempts in an impressive display of traditional wing play. Ennis also completed 81% of his passes during the match.

The young winger also completed one successful dribble and came out on top in three duels.

Radek Vitek

The Czech goalkeeper made five stops in Bristol City’s 0-1 defeat to West Bromwich Albion.

He made one high claim and one clearance for his side. Vitek also won his only aerial duel in a strong performance despite the loss.

Jacob Devaney

The young Irish midfielder played 80 minutes of St Mirren’s 2-1 win away to Falkirk.

He made two key passes and completed an impressive 85% of his passing attempts. Devaney was also a menace in the middle of the park, winning three of his four tackles and five of his six ground duels in a tenacious effort.

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Dan Gore

Gore played the final 25 minutes of Rotherham United’s 0-3 defeat to Lincoln City.

He made one key pass and completed 79% of his other passes. He also won his only aerial and ground duel of the match.

Gabriele Biancheri came off the bench for The Millers for the second half. He had zero shots on goal and could not provide any key passes in a disappointing display.

The young striker did win his only tackle and also two out of four ground contests.

Ethan Wheatley played the final 45 minutes of Bradford City’s 1-2 defeat to Burton Albion.

He failed to have any shots on goal or provide any key passes during his time on the pitch.

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Manchester City will not be able to call on Marc Guehi in the Carabao Cup final against Arsenal despite fellow January signing Antoine Semenyo being available

Pep Guardiola doesn’t like it and many can’t understand it but Manchester City will not be able to call on Marc Guehi for their Carabao Cup final against Arsenal. Nearly two months after joining the club, the former Palace defender will have to sit out the match despite the fact fellow January signing Antoine Semenyo can play.

Semenyo’s involvement caused confusion and controversy when he lined up for Guardiola’s side in their semi-final against Newcastle United. Eddie Howe was not happy that Semenyo was able to play even though he had already featured in an earlier round for Bournemouth before his £62.5m winter transfer.

Not only did he play but the Ghana international was instrumental in City’s 2-0 win at St James’ Park in the first leg of their semi-final, helping the Blues back into their first League Cup final since 2021 when they beat Aston Villa to win the trophy for the fourth consecutive time. Guardiola will be able to call on Semenyo for Sunday’s game with Arsenal thanks to that tweak to the rules to allow players to feature in the same competition for two different teams.

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Guehi will not have that chance though – not because of his prior involvement with Crystal Palace but because he was not a City player before the first leg of their semi-final with Newcastle. The new rules of the competition as of this season mean that a new signing has to have joined before that date if they want to play in either the semi-final or the final.

That effectively makes Guehi the only cup-tied player in the competition this season, an unusual quirk that left Guardiola baffled after their place in the final was confirmed. “Hopefully we can convince the Carabao Cup (EFL) that Marc can play the final,” he said.

“I don’t understand why he cannot play the final. Hopefully we make a letter. You buy a player for a lot of money and he is not able to play for a rule I don’t understand. Hopefully they can change it. It is difficult to understand.”

Pep Guardiola believes Manchester City are “close” to getting back to their best despite their comprehensive Champions League defeat by Real Madrid.

City’s hopes of repeating their 2023 European success were ended this week as the Spanish giants completed a 5-1 aggregate success in the last 16.

The setback has not discouraged City manager Guardiola, who has seen enough in recent months to be optimistic even if he accepts there remains a gap to bridge at the very highest level.

City have a chance to win the first major trophy of the season on Sunday as they face Arsenal in the Carabao Cup final and they have not given up hope of catching the Gunners in the title race.

“I have the feeling that in many things it is just underneath, it will flourish,” said Guardiola, whose side are also through to the FA Cup quarter-finals. “I have the feeling that it is close.

“In other things we need a little bit more time to realise, and for the players to realise what we need to be a strong team in many departments, but in most of the things we are close.”

Guardiola feels City’s progress this season has already surpassed that of their underwhelming 2024-25 campaign, regardless of how it now ends.

He said: “Last season we arrived in the final of the FA Cup against Crystal Palace. We played really well but there were many things behind the scenes we could not control and the season was not good.

“Even if we had won against Crystal Palace, the season had not been good. Many things happened that were not what a team should be.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen but this season has been more than decent. Most of the time we have been a team that is not perfect but is good.”

The next step, he believes, is to find consistency throughout a full season.

Guardiola said: “The other things to be aware of, maybe for the type of players that we have, is to do what we need to be consistent for 11 months in important games.

“The gap is a little but in many aspects we are an extraordinary team.”

Pressed on what was still missing, Guardiola said at a press conference: “I won’t tell you but I know it and the players know it.”