The Brazil Olympics are under way, even before the opening ceremonies Friday night. The U.S. Women opened with New Zealand on Wednesday, then take on France at 3pm, Sat., Aug. 6, and Colombia at 5pm, Tue., Aug. 9, both live on NBCSN. The U.S. men failed to qualify, but there’s lots of male action as well, scattered across various NBC networks – starting with Mexico-Germany this afternoon (Thu., Aug. 4) at 3pm.

Meanwhile, the CONCACAF Champions League got under way this week, with five MLS teams entered; catch the Nicaraguan champions, Real Estelí, at FC Dallas, tonight at 7pm, live on Univision Deportes.

This article appears in August 5 • 2016.

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