A Packed Week of High-Stakes Sport Across the Americas and Europe

The week’s sports schedule brings together decisive matches and races across football, basketball, tennis, cycling and motor racing.

Four Brazilian teams, two Argentine sides and two Ecuadorian clubs begin their campaigns for places in the Copa Libertadores semifinals. The tournament’s title will be decided in Montevideo in two months and 15 days. In the Copa Sudamericana quarterfinals, four Brazilian teams remain alongside clubs from Colombia, Uruguay and Peru, with Boca Juniors the only Argentine representative.

Toluca and Monterrey meet in the Leagues Cup final after eliminating León and América in the semifinals. In Spain, LaLiga leaders Barcelona, the only team with a perfect record, visit a Valencia side still seeking its first win. Paris Saint-Germain, winner of the Champions League for the past two years, starts another campaign with the chance to claim a third straight title, a feat previously achieved only by Real Madrid under Zinedine Zidane from 2016 to 2017.

The United States, led by Caitlin Clark, face Italy in the second group-stage game in Berlin, while Puerto Rico play reigning European champions Belgium. The 15th stage of La Vuelta runs 110.2 kilometers from Palma del Río to Córdoba and has been shortened by nearly 80 kilometers because of forecast high temperatures.

At the US Open, defending champion and world No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz plays American Tommy Paul in the fourth round, while reigning women’s champion Aryna Sabalenka faces Taylor Townsend. In Formula One, Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli, described as the youngest leader in history, competes at Monza in the Italian Grand Prix, the season’s 13th race.